When Favre gets inducted in Hall of Fame

[Harlan Huckleby]

Not trying to stir the pot - that's not my way - just wondering what the favre temperature of the fans was these days.

[Brandon494]

You been sniffing glue again?

[Harlan Huckleby]

ya, wanna come over to my place and party?


I really have no idea how people think about Favre now.

[vince]

Hall of Fame as a Packer.
Hall of Shame as a Viking.

Packer fans are blessed to have the worst-run, hard-luck franchise in football history as a rival. So many good times.

[3irty1]

You don't get inducted into the football hall of fame with a team affiliation. You just get a bust.

[Lurker64]

You don't get inducted into the football hall of fame with a team affiliation. You just get a bust.

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It's baseball where you go into the hall of fame with a team. In football it's all about you.

[vince]

Favre earned his way into the Hall of Fame as a Packer.
Favre earned his way into the Hall of Shame as a Viking.

[VegasPackFan]

I think I even heard him say that he is hated now by most fans.. Thinking that he will eventually humble himself and attempt to re-embrace the GB fans.

[Lurker64]

I think I even heard him say that he is hated now by most fans.. Thinking that he will eventually humble himself and attempt to re-embrace the GB fans.

Falcons fans never really liked him.
Packers fans don't really like him because he went to play for a hated rival in order to beat the Packers.
Jets fans don't really like him because he only played there one year and he sort of torpedoed that season by playing poorly down the stretch.
Vikings fans don't really like him because he torpedoed their 2010 season, and you can pin some of the NFCCG loss on him.
Average football fans are pretty sick of the media's tendency to fawn over Favre over the last decade and change.

So he's got to do something before he goes into the HoF to get people liking him again.

[th87]

What a mess his legacy became.

The man was absolutely adored in Wisconsin, and we believed that he was "different" in that it seemed that he was just like us and cared about us more than the average athlete.

I wonder how it's possible to be that out of touch to not know that going to the Vikings would burn that bridge. Or not care that it did burn that bridge.

[Joemailman]

What a mess his legacy became.

The man was absolutely adored in Wisconsin, and we believed that he was "different" in that it seemed that he was just like us and cared about us more than the average athlete.

I wonder how it's possible to be that out of touch to not know that going to the Vikings would burn that bridge. Or not care that it did burn that bridge.

I think Favre really thought that the fans would support him over Thompson. He apparently did not appreciate how strong the Packer/Viking rivalry was. I think he will eventually seek to repair his relationship with the Packers. It's too soon right now though. If he were to try it now, a lot of people would think he's trying to overshadow what the Packers accomplished last year without him, and they would resent it.

Ron Wolf refused to get involved in the Favre/Thompson debate in 2008 because he was close to both. He had brought both into the Packer organization. He may be just the person though to help the two sides reconcile things.

[mraynrand]

Isn't there a special thread for all these important thoughts? My two cents: I remember that Favre guy. He was a really good QB for the Packers. Made all kinds of tough throws, played all the time, fun as all hell to watch. From time to time he would throw a head-scratcher INT though. But he was right up there with Starr, Heber and Rodgers as an all time Packer QB great.

http://citystadium.wordpress.com/201...adjusted-qber/

[sheepshead]

He played football not baseball.

[mraynrand]

He played football not baseball.

2 out of 36 viewers believed this added to the discussion

[sheepshead]

Ok, then define what the author meant? Should Brett be the first guy to wear a hat? A jersey? Have Tarkington introduce him? Its hard to add to the 'discussion' when it makes no sense at all.