Brett Favre: The Man We Hate To Love
For the last four years Brett Favre has put football fans and coaches through hell with his retire or not schtick. That’s old news. It’s the reason he puts the fans of his teams that interests me.
Brett Farve loves to be begged. Last year he made Vikings coach Brad Childress travel to Favre’s home in Mississippi and do his dishes. Dig a new ceptic tank. Wash his dogs and mow his lawn. It’s a shame an NFL head coach has to humble himself scrubbing one of his player’s dog’s balls, but seeing as how Farve’s backups were Tavaris Jackson and professional third stringer Sage Rosenfeld, I don’t blame him. A trip to the playoffs is worth scrubbing dog balls.
When Favre comes back the love and cheer will reign down upon him. Not just in Minnesota, but all across the nation. Face it folks. We love football. And anyone who claims to be sick of Farve’s annual fence riding show loves him also.
We love guys that “go for broke.” If Farve was a ball control, game manager like Joe Montana who would care if he came back or not? Farve keeps us riveted even when the football season is months away. Who cares what Peyton Manning or Tom Brady are doing? Is Favre coming back?
In our society success is measured by how much the public is interested in you. Lady Gaga is successful. Henry Winkler was successful when he was Fonzie. Now that he’s just Henry Winkler, even though he’s had some success as a director or something, face it. Who cares?
Brett Favre wants to be The Fonz! Not plain old Henry Winkler.
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I have to say I’ve been a long time hater of Favre for all the reasons you wrote about above in this post Joe, but his “last” game last season reminded me that no matter how classless much of his last four years of off-season harangue and baiting with franchises has been, I have been privileged, and yes blessed to have watched this man play across his career. He had his ankle taped to the point of immobility and went down fighting.
If the Vikings’ll have him? -Let him play until they knock his head off of his shoulders, I think that’s the way Favre wants it.
-SJ
When you love playing the game as much as Favre does, quitting, really quitting, must terrify him. The thought of not playing another game, ever, must fill him full of dread. Hence, the retiring, not retiring farce. I was 44 when I played my last competitive game of soccer, for a team of 20-somethings, against a team of 20-somethings, I lasted 15 minutes, then I needed oxygen and my head examined. Brett should quit for his reputations sake, because he will crash and burn if he keeps coming back.
Are the geniuses still harping about Alex’s small hands Randall?
He may need to watch his back though. I was reading that someof his team mates are tired of his yearly drama. If a couple of his linemen are among them that could mean Favre’s gonna take some big hits because of “missed” blocks.
Hey, I want him to come back, I’ve had him on my keeper fantasy team for years. I just don’t trust Alex Smith!