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Admit it Packer fans, Favre dominant this year « packergeeks — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:44:14 +0000

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Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:16:30 +0000

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By: T

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:30:47 +0000

56Coop. Nothing really new was said on the show. Favre confirmed the surgery and said the recovery is pretty much the only thing standing in his way of coming back. He said the reason the Vikings were a good fit is because he ran the same offense for 16 years and knew the terminology (as opposed to in NY where it was like learning a foreign language and they had to condense the playbook for him). I was disappointed in his answer to the question about running onto Lambeau field as a Viking. He didn’t seem to think it was any different than being a Jet (compared it to Lombardi coaching in Washington). Overall – as a Favre fan, it was good to seem him. As far as the Favre haters, I don’t think there was anything said that would change their mind…

By: 56Coop

56Coop — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:03:26 +0000

Your’e killing me Ron. Campbell–At last I agree with you– somewhat. Therre was some pretty good stuff on the Packers Daily Briefing at JS online about how the teams doing so far at practice and a lot of it is very positive. It appears all this Favre nonsense is having little or no affect in the lockerroom.

With that being said, I don;t get HBO ( Igave it up for the NFL Ticket) so someone please put a synopsis of what Favre says tonight on here so I can read it in the morning.

By: Ron La Canne

Ron La Canne — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:05:04 +0000

MM’s lack of response means Favre is truth teller? I guess that means Johnny Cochran really thought OJ was guilty. A new legal tactic is born!

By: Campbell

Campbell — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:03:19 +0000

Jesus, Favre lies and does all these other “terrible” things to Packer fans. But you people CANNOT stop talking about him. The sad part of all of this is that he is the only interesting thing connected to the Packers at this point.

Concentrate on the team. But I’m sure tonight you’ll all be parsing every single word he utters. Favre doesn’t know that no matter what he says, he’s giving more grist for the Favre-haters mill.

Give it a rest.

By: T

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:52:42 +0000

The quote is pretty clear – and if you take it as the truth, then TT/MM also lied. Cook said that at that point “they didn’t want Brett back”. That doesn’t sound like the welcome mat was rolled out like TT/MM would have us believe. I don’t know the specifics about the dates Rivera and Wahle were released, but it is probably being compared to date that the media reported Favre was coming back. Unfortunately, we all know that there’s a lot going on in Favre’s mind before the media reports it. Anyway, seems like I have to get in the last word – but I promise this is my last word (at least for today…)

By: PackerBelle

PackerBelle — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:21:06 +0000

There are multiple other instances of Favre being untruthful. Such as saying Rivera and Wahle were released after he publically comitted to playing again when they were release before then.

And the quote is pretty clear – within a few weeks of retiring he called and said he wanted to come back. That fits with what TT and MM said last year and which Favre denied.

Yes, Favre lost my ‘trust’ because he has lied, he’s aired his grievances in a public forum and basically seems willing to hurt the Packer fans who supported him for years. I don’t think I’ll ever see him the same way I did when he retired, but what happens with the Vikings will go a long way to determining his long term legacy in my eyes (and I would bet a number of others).

By: T

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:53:24 +0000

PackerBelle, you may be right – but again the media takes part of a quote out of context to make their point. The first part of Cook’s quote was “Last summer … we still don’t know why, and nobody’s every given us a reason why, the guy wanted to go back and play one more year and for some reason, they didn’t want Brett back,”. I agree there was a discrepency with at what time Favre was comitted to coming back, but I’m not sure that proves Favre was lying. It was probably clearer in Favre’s mind than his agent (who has also had some credibility issues over the years).
Anyway, if Favre has lost your trust then there’s probably nothing he can say (or especially I can say) to change your mind. I’ve got to get off this topic – peace out…

By: PackerBelle

PackerBelle — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:52:59 +0000

The problem is that Favre has been shown to have been less than honest.

Look at the PDF and the JS Online today.

It certainly wouldn’t be the first time Favre has been less than truthful about something. We got our latest example just this past weekend when Favre’s agent, Bus Cook, admitted Favre told the Packers soon after his retirement in 2008 that he wanted to come back.

“Within a few weeks of announcing his retirement, he told them ‘I want to come back.’ That just didn’t happen, obviously.”

Hmmm, that’s interesting because that’s exactly what Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy said happened last year. And Favre, in his last post-retirement interview to Van Sustern, said the Packers were lying:

“I didn’t say I wanted to come back. I did not call them before they went to Orlando and say, I’m playing, man I made a mistake — I’m sorry, three weeks ago we had this big deal. But that’s not true.”