or the million dollars a month salary


million dollars a month

is a lot of incentive to do something

Favre has earned the right to do what he wants. It's "His" legacy, he can keep it going or stop. I'm from Wisconsin and will remember his Packer days. jmo

Favre has earned the right to do what he wants. It's "His" legacy, he can keep it going or stop. I'm from Wisconsin and will remember his Packer days. jmo

That is correct. It is his right to make an *** out of himself.

The same inner drive that makes athletes great, is responsible for their inablility to simply walk away from the game when it is probably in their best interest. ( Troy Aikman, Eric Dickerson, Emmit Smith, etc. - the list is endless)

Favre self-destructed the last 8 games of the 2008 season, playing for the Jets, culminated by getting beaten at home, with a playoff trip on the line, by a team that started Chad Pennington at QB (the man let go by the Jets to make room for Favre).

Anyone else would have left the game totally humiliated. Of course there is also the extra motivation he has to get revenge on the Packers, as the Vikings will play them twice and have a chance to win the division.

I think it will end badly, for Favre. Just my opinion.

I think it will end badly, for Favre. Just my opinion.


I hope so!

would you make an azz out of yourself doing what you like to do for a million dollars a month

and not have to work ever month to get it

25 mil for two years

oh yeah i would more than likely

Brett was gonna mow his lawn today

but then he changed his mind

but then he decided to mow it

but it was lunchtime so he blew it off

but then around 3:00 he decided to go ahead and mow his lawn

Depends on how many millions I had in the bank.

Yeah he's making good money but he could have gone about it quietly. He's all about being the center of attention. Hope he falls flat and we can all have the last laugh!

His debut game was a joke!!

He went out and threw four times, only connected on one pass and had a total of FOUR yards...he got hit twice....and the one hit planted him on his azz pretty hard...and he felt the pain in his arm when he got hit...he was pulled immediately after that.

The Vikings won their game that day, with Jackson as QB....

it is really sad..

and BTW...HIS legacy was made at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, WI...

The people of WI hired him, and he worked/played for them!! THEY are the ones that will keep any legacy alive...

HIS legacy belongs to all those who played with him...and it belongs to the game...

HE has done what he has done, and said things that he could not have given much thought too...at least I hope that is why he said the things he did...

The level of respect he has as a person and a player has been diminished quite a bit in the Green Bay area...

I heard that he only wanted to show up after the work was done...

This was an article that I got in an email...I thought it was very well written.

August 21, 2009 at 11:23 am by: Dan Oswald

I’m going to admit it upfront — I’m a huge Green Bay Packers fan. I grew up in Wisconsin and followed the Pack since I was a boy. I was in diapers when they won the first two Super Bowls and then suffered through some pretty lean years in the ’70s and ’80s. But the 1990s ushered in a new era with the arrival of Brett Favre. The three-time league MVP led them to a 1998 Super Bowl victory over the Denver Broncos and everything was right in Green Bay. The once storied franchise was returned to its previous glory and the conquering hero was Brett Favre.

I always thought Favre played the game the way it was meant to be played. He was a ferocious competitor, but he looked like he was having fun every minute he played. All of us should be so lucky as to have a job that we love so much that each day when we awake we can’t wait to get to work. That’s the way I saw Brett Favre and I respected him immensely for it.

But my opinion of Favre has changed over the past few years and not because he has left the Packers. Favre’s actions over the past years have caused me to lose respect for him. He’s made mistakes that every manager can learn from.

Each of the last three years Favre was with the Packers he contemplated retirement until early last year he finally decided to hang it up. His annual back and forth debate hurt the Packer organization and its people. Here are four things we can learn as managers from Favre’s annual retirement debate.

1. Don’t put yourself before the team. Each year that Favre publicly debated retirement it effectively held the organization hostage. Faced with possibly losing the cornerstone of the franchise, the Packers had to consider what personnel moves to make. Do we need to spend a draft pick on a quarterback or maybe sign a free agent to provide depth at the position? If Favre returns we have strength at that position and will need to work on other needs. What to do? The organization was made to sit and wait for one person to make a decision that would impact many. As a manager, you must do what is best for the company and for your team. If you act selfishly it will negatively impact your ability to lead. You can’t put your personal needs above those of others.


2. Don’t speak until you’re ready to act. I understand that retirement is a big decision and is worthy of serious consideration. But Favre could have quietly considered his options and then made an announcement about whether or not he intended to continue playing. Instead he very openly and publicly would contemplate retirement. Those who counted on him were left to wait for him to make a decision before they could act. There was no plan they could follow because their leader hadn’t made up his mind as to what he was going to do. It’s hard to follow someone who can’t decide whether or not he wants to continue to lead.


3. Once you’ve relinquished your leadership position it’s hard to get it back. After he finally retired and the organization had moved on, Favre decided that he’d made a mistake and wanted to rejoin the team in his old role as the starting quarterback and team leader. Problem is that the organization had moved on. It had anointed a new leader. And, even if the Packers had relented and let him rejoin the team I’m not sure he could have ever become the leader he once was. As a manager, if you relinquish the role of a leader in your organization people will find others to follow. Once they have, it will be nearly impossible to convince them that you are worthy of leading them again.


4. Leaders must be willing to do anything they ask of others. Brett Favre did “unretire” and played last season with the New York Jets, only to retire once again. And just recently, he unretired again and has signed to play for one of the Packers’ biggest rivals, the Minnesota Vikings. Now, Minnesota gave him $25 million reasons to unretire a second time and I won’t begrudge anyone who changes his mind for that kind of money. But Favre’s comment that he waited to sign until after training camp was over really bothered me. He said he didn’t want to go through all the hassle of two practices per day, sleeping in a dorm room with a roommate, and going to endless meetings. Everyone else on the team went through that regimen, but the supposed new team leader couldn’t be bothered with it. How can he expect to assume a leadership position when in his first public statement after joining the team he lets it be known that’s he’s too good to be bothered with training camp?

Brett Favre is an incredible football talent and has made a positive impact on the game. But his actions over the past five years have looked selfish and have tarnished his image. It’s too bad that he wasn’t able to handle all of this better, but we can learn from his mistakes. As a manager, you must remember that respect is hard earned and easily lost. You must carefully consider how your actions will impact your ability to lead others. I think Favre lost sight of that somewhere along the line. As managers we can’t make the same mistake.

Great article, thanks!

Not even out of pre-season and ESPN is reporting that some Viking players are pissed that he was brought in. Dividing the locker-room in pre-season is not good. Better hope the Left Tackle is on his side.

I dont suppose I blame him. if I loved doing something as much and could wrangle a few million dollars out of it I would want the chance to try to keep playing

we'll see if he can

I think he will do fine. he has a good line one of the best running backs in the NFL, decsent recievers. The one thing against him is will his age catch up to him mid season. And he doesn't do well in the cold.

Yeah, he will do great for the first half of the season, but don't expect much after that. My guess is, they will limp into the playoffs and their year will end on a very poorly thrown pass by #4.

Brett said it himself that if he wanted revenge on the Packers front office (let's get this straight, it has nothing to do with the players or fans) it would be silly to focus on just two games a year. Real revenge would be winning the Superbowl with another team.

If it happened, no matter how unlikely people want to say it is, THAT would become his Legacy.

The Packers now have a decent team and a good quarterback. It's unfortunate that in Milwaukee sports talk radio only focuses on Favre bashing everyday, all the time. I would like to hear more about the Packers from them.

Now they're reporting on ESPN that Minnesota is looking to trade Jackson. Guess they didn't learn from the Jets, trading away Pennington, just to see him come back and beat them in their own backyard, and watching Favre re-retire. This is Favre's last year, hope it was worth it to them.

My guess, Childress will exit with Favre at year's end, just as Mangini got fired from the Jets when Favre re-retired.

I almost feel sorry for Viking fans. They will be high as a kite until about week 9 or 10.

I have a friend from Minnesota (hard to admit) that sent me this. I have to admit, it is pretty creative. I got a few laughs out of it.

I'm posting it because of the upcoming Monday Night Football game and the media firestorm that is coming.

I still believe the Vikings will regret signing Favre come playoff time (if they make the playoffs).

The first 20 seconds sound garbled, but it is supposed to, bear with it. Music Man, you should REALLY enjoy this: a rap made by Viking fans.laugh:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cveH9nNs2pw