I can’t stand Favre. For those not following, it now appears that his “itch” has been confirmed as a combination of crabs and poison ivy as he wants back in the league for sure. GB doesn’t really want him, so he wants to be released so he can play for any team he wants to.
And this pisses me off on so many levels.
Firstly, I still respect him as a quarterback. He made the “gunslinger” mentality work and was an icon of the sport for so many years. However, he has been overrated as I don’t like that playing style at all. Thinking he’s a god and can throw a ball anywhere he wants - into any coverage with any receiver. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. And for someone of his status, unless he has a season where he throws 30 picks or so (2007 I think), the mishaps are always ignored for the rest of his glory.
Secondly, it is incomprehensible to think that he would put himself above the organization he played for for so many years. The organization that made him into what he is, and what he continued to do to keep them relevant. That however is NO excuse for him to hold the Packers hostage for now the 3rd (I think) offseason in a row about his inability to decide to retire. Too many people nowadays have trouble walking away from the game they love (happens in every sport), and they continue to play long after retiring and ruin their stats, look like crap, and sign with a shitty team just because they think they can do what they can’t anymore. Favre ruined GB’s offseason in previous years because they had to go into back to back drafts not knowing his status - therefore being unable to accurately ascertain their needs. And like I said, nobody should put themselves above the organization like that.
Now Favre wants to come back and play for another team? I can’t stand how greedy and selfish players are in today’s society. He played for the Packers for so many years, and he should retire as one. (Those “one-day” contracts so players can retire wearing their old uniform are complete horsesh*t, and don’t even get me started on that.) Play for where you made yourself who you are. Fans love you, team loves you, organization loves you. And they support you and allow you to be a retard as Favre has done the past few years. He retired, so be it, retire. Now he’s coming back and they don’t want him back. Well I say kudos to the Packers for sticking it to Favre. I hope he signs somewhere else, and gets sacked in a preseason game, suffers a concussion or season ending injury, and is forced to retire on those terms. Because clearly that’s the only hint he’ll take to gtfo of the league.
As I’ve said to my friends for years ever since the retirement fiasco started with Favre years ago, my opinion of him has been forever tarnished, and I’ll always remember him for the selfish jack*ss that he is, not the decent overrated quarterback that he was.