This entire Brett Favre situation is unreal; it's unreal what Favre has done to tarnish his legacy. I don't understand the people who put any sort of blame on the Packers' management.
First off, the Packers have to view the situation from a football standpoint. Who gives them the best chance to win? Although Favre is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, the answer is not clear. Aaron Rodgers has shown flashes but is still basically a rookie while Favre is way past his prime. Regardless, the Packers have a decent team that just needs a proverbial "bus driver," which Rodgers and Favre are both more than capable of being. Thus, we come to the public relations part of this unfortunate situation.
Let's say that there's a married couple named Bob and Cindy. The couple has been married for a good number of years. One day, Cindy gets tired of her dull husband and files for a divorce. Bob is obviously upset, but respects Cindy's decision. He knows that he has always been a decent provider for Cindy through the millions of dollars he brings home each year from his job on Wall Street. However, Bob also has noticed that Cindy has been restless as of late since he has been so busy with work. He therefore reluctantly goes through with the divorce, crying himself to sleep every night for a month. Bob, though, is a resilient man. After a few months, Bob begins to recover from the loss of Cindy, moving on with his life and entering the dating scene once again. He finds a nice young lass called Erin who he really likes and proposes to her (she accepts).
Just as Bob and Erin are beginning to make wedding plans, Bob receives an unexpected call from his ex, Cindy. She suddenly has had a change of heart and wants to re-marry again. A couple of months living the single life made Cindy realize that she was not ready for it, and she begs Bob to take her back. What is Bob to do? Having been married to Cindy for many happy years, he obviously still has feelings for her, but he has already proposed to Erin. Bob tries dissuading Cindy from re-marrying him again, but to no avail. He even tries paying her $20 million to reconsider and find a husband, or whatever one does with $20 million dollars. My guess is that Bob will probably end up filing a restraining order against Cindy and happily marry Erin (all while thinking to himself, "Boy am I glad that I got rid of that mess of a woman!")
As you have probably already guessed from my grossly extended metaphor, Bob = Green Bay Packers, Cindy = Brett Favre, and Erin = Aaron Rodgers. Who is at fault in this story? Cindy, obviously. You can't just go around randomly divorcing your spouse and then changing your mind. Favre can't go around randomly retiring and un-retiring on a whim either. The Packers can't give in to Favre every time he changes his mind.
No single football player is greater than his team. Not even Brett Favre.
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