Favre asked to be traded

[Brando19]

What if the Packers make a move to get Keyshawn or Jerry Porter? Are there any players out there the Pack could get that you guys think could help Favre make a decision to stay (besides hanging TT)?

[packers11]

What if the Packers make a move to get Keyshawn or Jerry Porter? Are there any players out there the Pack could get that you guys think could help Favre make a decision to stay (besides hanging TT)?

HAHA ... I think the last choice would work

[Brando19]

KFFL has an article that has eased my mind a LITTLE bit:

Jay Glazer, of FOXSports.com, reports Green Bay Packers QB Brett Favre's agent, Bus Cook, phoned general manager Ted Thompson within two to three days of the draft and asked for a trade, according to several team and league sources. The sources said Cook railed off how his client was fed up with the organization and wanted out. Head coach Mike McCarthy tried phoning Favre, but the quarterback ignored all off his calls for a week. The two finally connected in the middle of this past week, and sources close to the situation said Favre asked McCarthy if he was aware that Cook asked for a trade. McCarthy immediately insisted that would not happen. McCarthy told others inside the organization he had cooled Favre's anger. By the end of the conversation, Favre admitted he did not want to go elsewhere. However, Favre has told friends on other teams he is frustrated with the organization's failure to acquire WR Randy Moss, who was traded to the New England Patriots.

[Scott Campbell]

.................. (besides hanging TT)?

Told ya. It's a lynch mob mentality out there, and Favre just pandered to it - trying to preserve his good guy legacy.

[Scott Campbell]

I'm a little surprised people are defending this behavior. If any other player threatened to take their ball and go home because of some personnell move that didn't go down, most of us would speak out against the player. I guess there's a double standard. Right and wrong isn't right and wrong if Brett's involved.

[cpk1994]

And so if the offense sputters next season you will root for the Patriots becuase Randy would have saved us the trouble of struggling?

Or will you root for the team Favre gets traded to?

You're telling me your support for the Packers is based on a decision Randy Moss made?

Cry baby!!!!! What a piece of crap Brett is!!!! Great leadership Brett!! I say we trade him to the Boys.

Are you serious??? I'm with Brett on this one... GB FUCKED UP BIG TIME...

No ... My support for the Packers is the decision to help Favre and the offense out...

Since Favre won't be traded he'll still root for the packers.

ITs amazing all these people that defend Brett on this one. The team is called the Green Bay Packers, not the Brett Favre Packers.. TT owes Favre nothing. TT will build the team they way he feels best. He is not in the business of making moves to make fans happy or a certain player. I sorry but Favre is an absolute moron on this one.

[Brando19]

I'm a little surprised people are defending this behavior. If any other player threatened to take their ball and go home because of some personnell move that didn't go down, most of us would speak out against the player. I guess there's a double standard. Right and wrong isn't right and wrong if Brett's involved.

Yeah, but 17 years with no favors/big help might get old. I think it's crappy Favre is doing this out in the public because he needs to take his fans into consideration (it's going to ruin there day, week, or however long this takes to get resolved), but can you blame the guy for being frustrated? Our defense is playing at a Playoff calibre...but our offense is absolutely terrible! We need a RB...we need WR's, we need a TE. I wish we could trade for Larry Johnson!

[GoPackGo]

I won't believe this until my ears hear Brett admit asking for a trade or being frustrated with Ted Thompson. The last thing I heard Brett say is that he likes the young guys and that he thinks the team has alot of talent.

Loudmouth malcontent receivers don't win championships. Great defense, Solid QB play, and an excellent running game do. Brett knows that.

[Rastak]

Glazer seems to have expanded his article:



Several Packers and league sources have told FOXSports.com that Brett Favre's agent Bus Cook phoned Green Bay's general manager Ted Thompson within two to three days of the draft and asked for a trade. The sources said that Cook railed off how his client was fed up with the organization and wanted out.

The shocking request appeared directly related to the team's inability to trade for WR Randy Moss.

The news was then relayed to head coach Mike McCarthy, who immediately phoned the Super Bowl winning quarterback to squash his anger. However, the quarterback ignored all his calls for a week, perhaps showing the team how upset he was this time.

Finally, in the middle of this past week the two finally connected. Sources close to the situation said Favre asked McCarthy if he was aware that Cook asked for a trade but McCarthy immediately insisted that would not happen. McCarthy told others inside the organization it appeared the team's head coach had cooled Favre's anger and by the end of the conversation admitted he didn't want to go elsewhere. However, at the same time he has told friends on other teams as well how frustrated he is with the organization's inability to land the former Pro Bowl wideout and that he, in fact, wanted out.

Several calls this morning to McCarthy and Thompson by FOXSports.com have not yet been returned.

On Saturday, Favre railed against the team in an interview with his local Biloxi Sun Herald.

"I just want to win; maybe I see things the wrong way," Favre said in the exclusive interview. "I don't want to ruffle any feathers and I want people to respect me. Sometimes I think it's hard for them to let Brett go. They might think that we pay him a lot of money, but he still gives us the best chance to win. I've never been told that, but there are times when I wonder if I'm the odd man out here and they just don't know how to tell me.

"Our offense struggled last season. If it were not for our defense, we would not have won eight games. Right now, it's hard to be optimistic. I'm not getting any younger and I think everyone knows that. I don't have five years to rebuild. No one in Green Bay is saying rebuild but it's hard to look at where we are going and say, 'How can they not be rebuilding?'

"I don't know if I've lost faith, and I think everyone in the organization wants to win. I just don't know if it includes me. If it's going to be five years from now, I'm not going to be here. This is 17 years for me and I want to win."

At this point the Packers are primed to head into serious damage control to prevent any further uproar regarding their most prized name. However, too much damage may already have been done by his bizarre trade request.

Despite Favre's trade request and rant to the Biloxi Sun, the team has no intention of parting ways with him. In fact, some within the organization claim that McCarthy honestly believes they can win with the long-time vet at the helm and has repeatedly told him as such.

Thus, they are hoping that Favre simply needed to vent for a while before jumping back on board.

[packinpatland]

I'm a little surprised people are defending this behavior. If any other player threatened to take their ball and go home because of some personnell move that didn't go down, most of us would speak out against the player. I guess there's a double standard. Right and wrong isn't right and wrong if Brett's involved.

You know Scott, you'd be right if this hasn't been happening for the past 3 years.....the not doing much for the offense stuff.

This also sounds like conversations that should never been have been made public. Don't question Favre about his ethics when in all probability TT is the one that could have 'leaked' this. Sure takes the heat off him and on to Favre.

[cpk1994]

I won't believe this until my ears hear Brett admit asking for a trade or being frustrated with Ted Thompson. The last thing I heard Brett say is that he likes the young guys and that he thinks the team has alot of talent.

Loudmouth malcontent receivers don't win championships. Great defense, Solid QB play, and an excellent running game do. Brett knows that.

Amen. Additonaly, there is one man at the crux of this report and he is Bus Cook. If Bus indeed contacted TT, you wonder how much of what was said by Bus was said by Brett and what was pure BS. I lean toward a lot of BS from Bus.

[packinpatland]

Glazer seems to have expanded his article:



Several Packers and league sources have told FOXSports.com that Brett Favre's agent Bus Cook phoned Green Bay's general manager Ted Thompson within two to three days of the draft and asked for a trade. The sources said that Cook railed off how his client was fed up with the organization and wanted out.

The shocking request appeared directly related to the team's inability to trade for WR Randy Moss.

The news was then relayed to head coach Mike McCarthy, who immediately phoned the Super Bowl winning quarterback to squash his anger. However, the quarterback ignored all his calls for a week, perhaps showing the team how upset he was this time.

Finally, in the middle of this past week the two finally connected. Sources close to the situation said Favre asked McCarthy if he was aware that Cook asked for a trade but McCarthy immediately insisted that would not happen. McCarthy told others inside the organization it appeared the team's head coach had cooled Favre's anger and by the end of the conversation admitted he didn't want to go elsewhere. However, at the same time he has told friends on other teams as well how frustrated he is with the organization's inability to land the former Pro Bowl wideout and that he, in fact, wanted out.

Several calls this morning to McCarthy and Thompson by FOXSports.com have not yet been returned.

On Saturday, Favre railed against the team in an interview with his local Biloxi Sun Herald.

"I just want to win; maybe I see things the wrong way," Favre said in the exclusive interview. "I don't want to ruffle any feathers and I want people to respect me. Sometimes I think it's hard for them to let Brett go. They might think that we pay him a lot of money, but he still gives us the best chance to win. I've never been told that, but there are times when I wonder if I'm the odd man out here and they just don't know how to tell me.
"Our offense struggled last season. If it were not for our defense, we would not have won eight games. Right now, it's hard to be optimistic. I'm not getting any younger and I think everyone knows that. I don't have five years to rebuild. No one in Green Bay is saying rebuild but it's hard to look at where we are going and say, 'How can they not be rebuilding?'

"I don't know if I've lost faith, and I think everyone in the organization wants to win. I just don't know if it includes me. If it's going to be five years from now, I'm not going to be here. This is 17 years for me and I want to win."

At this point the Packers are primed to head into serious damage control to prevent any further uproar regarding their most prized name. However, too much damage may already have been done by his bizarre trade request.

Despite Favre's trade request and rant to the Biloxi Sun, the team has no intention of parting ways with him. In fact, some within the organization claim that McCarthy honestly believes they can win with the long-time vet at the helm and has repeatedly told him as such.

Thus, they are hoping that Favre simply needed to vent for a while before jumping back on board.

I've said this along, TT doesn't want to be the one that tells Favre it's over.

[Scott Campbell]

Don't question Favre about his ethics when
in all probability TT is the one that could have 'leaked' this.

Yikes, another conspiracy theory.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I'm sure Brett was pissed because he really wanted Moss, he phoned him for weeks, he knew he could be had for cheap, Thompson kind of strung him along by showing interest, and then wouldn't even offer a 4th round pick for a guy that Favre thinks could help him contend for a championship. Favre never said publicly he wanted a trade--although I'm sure he let the team know that he was pissed. McCarthy seems to have squashed the trade request. Overblown. This isn't the usual case of a player wanting out because of money. Put yourself in Brett's shows. It would be tough. He REALLY likes Moss. Thought he was the difference between maybe making the playoffs and maybe contending for one last Super Bowl run. He went out of his way to recruit him. Then, they lost him because Thompson offered only a 5th--instead of a 4th. I'd probably be pissed too. Favre sometimes goes a little overboard, but I'm betting that once he sees Jones and Clowney, he'll tell everybody how great those guys are and how this will be the best receiving corps he's ever thrown to.

[Scott Campbell]

"I don't want to ruffle any feathers and I want people to respect me. "

Brett


I certainly believe the second part of that statement, but who could honestly believe the first part?

How can you possibly go to the press and lambast your GM and not expect to ruffle some feathers?