Comments on: Homer interviews Trent Dilfer re Favre – very interesting

By: awhayes

awhayes — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:48:15 +0000

Money A Charles, money: “He’s just like a wayward teenager in a goth phase.”

By: A Charles

A Charles — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:26:47 +0000

Scott is right. The Packers and Favre will both make more money by working together in the long run. Favre will never be more effective in terms of marketing value in any market other than WI. The Packers will sell more jerseys, trinkets, HOF tickets, etc. if they have new Favre stuff for us to see and buy every year. The Packers have NO incentive to want to poison the well. You might hate the management, but they’re not going to leave all that future money on the table. Favre, on the other hand, has not exactly been rational in his decisions. Favre’s 100% denials have a 100% probability of being revised based on our current sample. He’ll come around and apologize eventually. To use a Nixonian term, there’s a great silent majority of Packers fans that place most of the blame on #4 but who will welcome him back after a few seconds of post-retirement contrition. And he’ll do it, too. He’s screwed up before, and he’ll eventually come around. No one in NY or Bristol, CT will ever show him the love he’ll get in WI. He’s just like a wayward teenager in a goth phase.

By: ja

ja — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:51:31 +0000

And was Thompson lying to all of us when he denied in his press conference that any player was issued a cell phone by the team?

By: ja

ja — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:46:22 +0000

Team-issued cell phones don’t count against the salary cap any more than team-issued helmets or shoulder pads. Or laptops for film study.

But if wasn’t the Packers who spread the team-issued cell phone story, who was it? Both Florio and McGinn cited sources. Did they both fabricate it?

By: Ron La Canne

Ron La Canne — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:45:54 +0000

With you DDD. The cell phones in question were a “Promotion” program offered by the Cell Company. Every team has them and net impact on the Cap = zero. The only real question is, who has access to the individual phone records? My guess, and that’s all it is, the records reside in NY at the Comish’s office.

By: Donald's Designated Driver

Donald's Designated Driver — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:03:23 +0000

I’m amazed at how people don’t understand the team-issued cell phone contraversy. The whole point of that contraversy was **whether the Packers violate the salary cap.** So why—WHY?—would someone within the organization start spreading the rumor that the Packers were violating the salary cap?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:48:14 +0000

It’s probably Pepper Burris getting revenge for having to wrap Favre’s ankles for the last 16 years…

By: RayMidge

RayMidge — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:36:53 +0000

sorry, I don’t spell so good . . .

By: RayMidge

RayMidge — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:35:04 +0000

I really don’t know what to think, but I kind of use the Charlie-Murphy-on-Chappelle-Show explanation of his story about playing basketball with Prince: Who could make something like that up? It’s too bizarre and specific for someone to have inivented whole cloth. And when Favre’s reaction goes from “it’s total bs” to “Sure I talked to Millen but we talked about fishing” to “sure there probably were other people on the line listening and I figured he wanted information” . . . I dunno, he protests too much. The other thing is forget about tarnishing Favre’s legacy, the absolute last thing the Packers want or need is any more Favre stories or distractions. Rodgers has been better than expected and the team has had some rocky games and lots of injuries but show signs of pulling it together for a playoff run. There is nothing to gain and everything to lose by having a Favre story like this break in the middle of the season. To beleive that you’d have to beleive that the organization which wanted him to stay retired or come back and play for them is more petty and vindictive than a star athlete who has demonstrated many signs of at the very least, self-centeredness and egotism. I don’t see what the Packers organization gets out of making this story up and floating it now, 3-4 weeks after it happened. And I hate to say it but it does seem to be consistent with favre’s modus operandi as others have pointed out. To me the most telling event in the entire divorce proceeding was when, unable to come to a settlement, the pack told Favre to come on in to camp and compete for the job, which favre said all along was all he wanted. I think he figured he was calling thier bluff by showing up, that he owuld cause such a commotion that they would cave and trade him to the Vikes if he did it. But then came the infamous meeting with McCarthy where it was revealed that Favre was the one blufffing, he didn’t want “a chance” and he didn’t want to be a Packer any more. I think he is stubborn and bitter and competetive and he still holds a grudge. Those were great qualities when he was in his prime and our QB, but it comes with a lot of baggage. Favre wouldn’t be the first great athlete that wasn’t completely what we hoped he was.

By: scott in wisconsin

scott in wisconsin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:35:57 +0000

In terms of revenue growth, the Packers cannot afford to sever their future relationship with BF. When he’s in his sixties and a lot of us are in our 60s, he’s going to assume Bart Starr’s role. Granted, Starr never made Favre money, maybe that’s what Bart stumps whenever he can in GB. MM said the Packers were aware of BF talking to Lions and I think it would have been released before now. Green Bay sports writers do have a lot of time on their hands Wed-Saturdays. Not much of a market for Green Bay Gamblers news, dontchaknow.