Favre Retirement Idea

[KYPack]

I really think it boils down to how long TT is with the team.

If TT is with GB for 8 more years, then nothing will happen on the BF retirement for 8 years. That may sound daffy, but I really think it's the way things will go down.

[Gunakor]

I really think it boils down to how long TT is with the team.

If TT is with GB for 8 more years, then nothing will happen on the BF retirement for 8 years. That may sound daffy, but I really think it's the way things will go down.

I don't think Favre will hold his grudge against Thompson forever. I don't expect anything to happen this year, but it won't take Thompson's departure from Green Bay to make this thing happen. The two won't ever be friends, but they're both capable of coming together as men and getting this thing done for the team and the fans of Green Bay. I expect it won't be more than a few more years.

[Joemailman]

If Favre decides to "wait out" Thompson before having his number retired, he'll just look petty. I don't think he'll do that. The fact that Bus Cook said Favre wanted his release because he wants to retire as a Packer could mean Favre is ready for a reconciliation. I wouldn't be shocked if his number is retired this year.

[Patler]

The fact that Bus Cook said Favre wanted his release because he wants to retire as a Packer could mean Favre is ready for a reconciliation.

Was that the case? I had not heard that.

[Joemailman]

The fact that Bus Cook said Favre wanted his release because he wants to retire as a Packer could mean Favre is ready for a reconciliation.

Was that the case? I had not heard that.

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/ic/blogs/insider/index.shtml

[GrnBay007]

I really think it boils down to how long TT is with the team.

If TT is with GB for 8 more years, then nothing will happen on the BF retirement for 8 years. That may sound daffy, but I really think it's the way things will go down.

That could very well be the case. This article is less than 2 months old.

I thought during the two day "talk" they were supposedly letting Brett decide where he wanted to play outside the NFC North.

http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/brett-again-favre-wanted-to-be-traded-to-tampa-bay/

[KYPack]

Great stuff double "O".

Didn't hear about any of this when it came out.

[Fritz]

I really think it boils down to how long TT is with the team.

If TT is with GB for 8 more years, then nothing will happen on the BF retirement for 8 years. That may sound daffy, but I really think it's the way things will go down.

From all the reading I've done on this - like most of you, that's a whole lot - I have to agree with KY here. The Favre Clan seems to have decided that Thompson is the Evil One, and I suspect that once they've decided you're out, then you're out.

I'd say it would be wise for the Pack to just let this one sit until, oh, say mid-August. If by then Favre has not come back, then perhaps Murphy could send that gentle love note/invitatiion.

[Patler]

The fact that Bus Cook said Favre wanted his release because he wants to retire as a Packer could mean Favre is ready for a reconciliation.

Was that the case? I had not heard that.

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/...er/index.shtml

Something doesn't compute here. Didn't Favre say that he has already filed his retirement papers? I thought he said that when he announced he wasn't coming back to the Jets. If he has done that, he has already retired as a Jet.

From what I have been told, it is virtually meaningless anyway, except for the list they are on at the NFL for retirement benefits, when they list the players by team according to the last team they had a contract with.

To "retire as a Packer" the Packers will have to sign him for a day, as they have recently with a number of other players.

[AV David]

"The fact that Bus Cook said Favre wanted his release because he wants to retire as a Packer could mean Favre is ready for a reconciliation."



Doesn't this presuppose Bus Cook was telling the truth?

[pbmax]

He did file his papers, but the Jets left him on the reserve/retire list rather than releasing him. It left his contract intact and his rights continued to belong to the team. According to Dave Hutchinson at the Newark Star-Ledger, this is the second time they have asked to be released.

But I think Favre is conflating some events, although it is entirely possible he was left with little choice. ESPN could not have reported his trade to the Jets until he agreed to the trade. Up until that point, everyone believed that there were two suitors, New York and Tampa. And if I recall correctly, it was known that the Jets offer was better and preferred by the Packers, but I remember the latter (preference) being an inference on our part because it meant he would not play the Packers during the season.

Until this nugget, no one had reported at the time that Tamps was NOT an option. So while the message Favre conveys is quite possibly true, getting this info from ESPN in front of his daughter seems likely to be invented. He likely learned of this from Cook or the Packers while in Green Bay, not Mort on TV. The Packers were talking to Glazer, Schefter and the local guys. Not the 4 Letter network.

ESPN could eventually have learned that Tampa is not an option from either Tampa (by way of the Packers or Camp Favre-although the Packers likely would not want to sabotage the backup plan) or from Camp Favre directly.

The retire as a Packer stuff seems far fetched. Not only is this step unnecessary at this time, but if this was the plan, then someone in the Favre camp would have called the Packers, which so far does not seem to have happened. By talking this step unilaterally rather than with the Packers knowledge, they are clearly happy to make people uncomfortable.

This is sabre-rattling the Favre way, to let people know he isn't happy yet. He may play, he may not and he probably doesn't know himself yet. But he is still mad.

[Zool]

Oh fucking great. Another off-season with the same conversations. Will he/wont he.

[pbmax]

Oh fucking great. Another off-season with the same conversations. Will he/wont he.

I promise to stop if you will change your avatar to something other than a Depends S&M commercial

[Zool]

NEVER!

[KYPack]

Just a side note, but rememnber all this BS (allegedly from the BF camp) last July?

Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:44 pm EDT

Favre: Tampa Bay is 'too hot''
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Brett Favre is planning to play in 2008 and no longer feels welcome in Green Bay. But if he is able to gain his release or be traded from the Packers, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers may not be very high on Favre's list of new teams.

Favre has recently told sources close to him that Tampa Bay was 'too hot,' and that he prefers to play and practice in cooler weather. That sounds rather strange from a guy who grew up and spends his summers in Mississippi.

What was up with that shit?

Was Brett trying to help the Jet trade or was it all crap?