We finally have confirmation on the Favre front, he IS coming back to the Minnesota Vikings for a 20th and potentially final season (I'll believe that when I see it), this man has been a national nightmare, a one-man soap opera basically dictating ESPN's news cycle.
How ridiculous have the last couple days been, with reports about Favre "boarding a plane heading north" and a report about three Vikings players going to his home to beg Favre to come back and blah, blah, blah. Not to mention what the Worldwide Leader did a couple weeks ago jumping the horse on those Favre retirement reports and driving logical sports fans up a wall.
What we got then and are getting now is a retelling of the awesome story of Brett's career and how well he played the game and jubilation he has in doing so. How about someone calling the man out on his constant BS?
Year after year, Brett has thrown his team under the figurative bus with his non-stop indecision and lack of communication and the habitual lying. For the last half-decade, Favre has thought about ending his career and living out his life on his farm riding a tractor wearing Wrangler jeans, but intsead Favre has decided to reak havoc on whatever franchise will have him.
The Favre we all know and loathe today came to be around 2008 when he really started to invest in this retirement talk after blowing the NFC Championship Game which culminated in his official "retirement" which led to resentment by the man who retired towards the team that supposedly forced him out.
What resulted was a continous will he, won't he novel about the eventual Hall-of-Fame QB who plays with a child-like intensity.My biggest gripe with Brett has been his insistence upon leaving his team in the cold about his mindset about everything. The worst thing that could have happened to the viewing public was Brett playing well last year which culminated in the same old ending, an interception ending yet another season.
Brett said after the season ended that he would decide quicker whether he would play this season and of course he didn't and it took three friends in the middle of August to go to Brett's house for him to say that he wants to come back for "them".
He acted like he wanted to play, but all the while he kept telling everyone how beat down and hurt he is and didn't keep contact with coach Brad Childress who stuck his neck out by letting Favre set his own timetable for his return to the team.
You can not have any player dictate the course of your fanchise the way Brett Favre has because when you do, chaos ensues.
The Adrian Petersen example works perfectly here because as illustrated he missed a practice to attend a parade being held in his hometown and yet he was criticized was Coach Childress while Brett sat at home and waited until the second preseason game to announce his intentions and yet everything is just fine with that.
It sets a bad principle in the locker room despite the comments that go public about the players being okay with Favre missing time and returning to the team because if the team struggles this year, watch the stories that surface. It will be very interesting to see just how good Favre can be this year and if the Vikings have learned their lesson for an off season of confusion.
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