When Favre gets inducted in Hall of Fame

[Lurker64]

Woody-

I don't think anybody doubts that Favre will be a first-ballot Hall of Fame player, he absolutely had earned that honor by the time he had his third MVP award. I think people are just not especially fond of him at this point, or are at the very least kind of sick of him and his schtick. I think in the last few years he's made himself a much less popular player at his HoF induction than he would have been if he had just stayed retired the first time. Everybody would still love Favre if he had just stuck to his first retirement. He's getting into the Hall of Fame anyway, but I don't have to like him.

[swede]

Woody, stop hating on Favre. Have a little respect for what the man did on the field.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I wasn't heckling you, Harlan .

I know, I was over-acting, chewing the scenery.

Speaking of public scenes, you know what would be fun? To have a week where we pretend to be other posters. I call Madtown! It'd almost be too easy, using the m.f. words, the quick temper, the faux gang talk. Damn, if this was high school, we'd form a committee and get right on this worthy project.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Woody, stop hating on Favre. Have a little respect for what the man did on the field.

I was going to write an angry post in Woody's voice, but I don't have the chops for it. Immitating Woody would be like trying to write like Hunter S. Thompson - it seems easy to do until you try and then it sounds forced. They broke the mold when they made Woody. AFTER they made him, that is, lest there be any misunderstanding.

[OS PA]

ESPN has already started the rebuilding of Favre's image. Tom Jackson and Chris Berman counted down their top 10 football moments in the past 25 years and Favre's beating the Raiders was their top moment. They then proceeded to pour on the Favre love for the next 30 seconds. We can probably expect ALOT more of this in the coming years. Favre is an important marketing tool for the league, and they're going to try everything they can to make him into a good boy again.

[pbmax]

Favre retiring and being elected to the HOF is fine and dandy by me.

But Darren Sharper getting play for the HOF is going to elicit a wee bit of protest from these parts.

[KYPack]

I know, I was over-acting, chewing the scenery.

Speaking of public scenes, you know what would be fun? To have a week where we pretend to be other posters. I call Madtown! It'd almost be too easy, using the m.f. words, the quick temper, the faux gang talk. Damn, if this was high school, we'd form a committee and get right on this worthy project.

OK.

I pick you. Firstly, let me summon my inner crybaby.

Woody, nah, too easy to mime.

Pick somebody is tough to copy.

Be Superfan, act intelligent for a time, that'll fool 'em.

[Zool]

You really need to include a "who gives a rat fuck" and mark me down for 1 on that.

[Patler]

I sense most people in WI are 100% fed-up with Favre and would be fine disowning him. But maybe more committed fans, like people in this forum, are ready to forgive or forget.

Forgive and forget? There is nothing to forgive. It is what it is. Many in this generation of fans will never forget, nor should they, because, again, it is what it is. The next generations of fans simply won't care as much for or against Favre.

Farve will never again be what he was to the state of Wisconsin and Packer fans up to 2007. His pedestal will never again be so high. But I don't think he was ever deserving of the pedestal he had to begin with, so I don't feel sorry for him.

I think a lot of fans thought Favre was more than he was both as a player and as a person, and that there was something truly unique about his relationship with the Packers. They now realize it wasn't any more special than what many other players have with their teams, but more importantly Favre is not quite what they thought he was. It's more than just having gone to the Vikings, that was just the culmination of the realization. The drama, the lies, the insults, the way he treated the Jets situation, the photography; these all showed Favre to be different than many fans had thought. He will never regain the relationship that he lost. He will be accepted as a former player who lead a team that brought a Super Bowl to Green Bay, but the specialness of even that has been changed. Aaron Rodgers took care of that.

He could have been the successor to Bart Starr in his relationship with the franchise. Maybe Aaron Rodgers will be. That story is still being written. Maybe there really is only one Bart Starr.

[vince]

Well said Patler, although I think there is much to "forgive" (or not) so to speak. You can't take away what Favre did on the field as a Packer. You can debate the extent of his greatness, but most everyone would agree he was a great player as a Packer.

As a person, he proved himself to have significant flaws. Some will continue to ignore those flaws and others will continue to consider them and not respect the man.

The Packers are a family in a sense, and many, many fans feel like they're a part of that family. At a minimum, they feel a strong allegiance toward the organization, regardless of how you want to describe it.

What he did and/or tried to do to hurt the Packer organization is unforgivable to many. Many fans feel like he was not only unfaithful to his wife, but to them too for a number of his actions geared at hurting the Packers. Ironically, it's in the Packers' best business interests for the fans to forgive and forget now. Brett Favre screwed that up too.

[Patler]

Ironically, it's in the Packers' best business interests for the fans to forgive and forget now.

I don't think it matters a whole lot to the organization anymore. Aaron Rodgers and other new stars like Matthews have filled the void for a face of the franchise. The performance of the complete team in winning the Super Bowl has satiated the desire for the success that was achieved with Favre a long time ago. The organization, the fans who hate Favre and the fans who still adore Favre have all moved on together in their support for the current Packers. Whether fans lave or hate Favre doesn't really matter much anymore.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I pick you. Firstly, let me summon my inner crybaby.

See, now you went too far, you've gone and hurt my feelings, Chicken Man.

I'm a little surprised at the poll result, I guess Favre is still the cock of the walk around here.

[Deputy Nutz]

"My life in a protected Bubble"
Written by Aaron Rodgers,
as Told to him by, Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy

[hoosier]

HE EMBARASSED HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN AND HIS FAMILY. HE LET HIS REMAINING FANS DOWN MISERABLY BECAUSE HE ISN'T ANY ORDINARY MAN. HE'S BRETT FAVRE. HE TOOK AN AWESOME CAREER AND PISSED ALL OVER ALL OF HIS AMAZING ACCOMPLISHEMMENTS AND STAINED HIS IMAGE

BUT........ I will not judge him

I think you just did.

[hoosier]

"My life in a protected Bubble"
Written by Aaron Rodgers,
as Told to him by, Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy

Have you threatened to knee cap a Packer QB recently?

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