there was a day when we all worshipped brett favre. oh yes, the arm, the looks, and a dedication to everyone's hometown team, the green bay packers. brett favre became synonomous with loyalty, dedication, team spirit in a day where it seems like most people are out for themselves. so what changed? or has it?
brett retires only to come back with a vengence with the consumate rivals, the minnesota vikings. he crushes the packers on their home field. he's now the only qb in the history of the nfl to win against every nfl team. that's a record that will be hard to beat.
brett was in "there's something about mary". yes, we all know that some qb's have big heads and that brett couldn't act his way out of dog attack. but we loved the movie anyway, and we still loved brett. it wasn't that he could act; it was that he couldn't...
so now, maybe it was all a big act. as mr. spotlight seems to have been the love of all cheeseheads, it seems the love and admiration wasn't enough. it was about brett and brett alone all along. what qb doesn't take the bench when a coach asks him to? let alone argue at the sidelines for everyone to observe? yes, i expect that crap from rich gannon. but brett favre? mr. spot-on dedication. mr. green bay himself? oh, right not mr. green bay. not mr. decidely packer qb. nope. mister i'm all in it for myself, didn't ya know? hell no, we didn't know--you jerk!!! sit your ass down. you're not the coach. you're the ball player. you wanna coach, retire and talk some nfl owner into giving you an opportunity. oh, but right, that might be real work and whiny babies can't coach. whiny babies get to be star qb's who are all about themselves, not the team. whiny babies might be able to play the game, but whiny babies aren't leaders. they can fake it under the right coach, but now that favre is out from the coaches, the team and the fans who made him great--we get to see him for what he really is. a whiny baby who is going to refuse to sit the hell down and lose the damn game in the process.
i'm feeling a bit let down (as i'm sure a lot of green bay fans did earlier this season), but i see the light at the end of the tunnel for cheeseheads. favre showed his true colors, ruined his reputation, and well, no nfl team keeps a qb primadonna once his bitchy little ass can't get it done. it's too bad the poetic justice of the buccs versus the raiders in the super bowl won't repeat itself here. but just like gannon, favre has played his last cards, and it's the fans (or lack thereof) that will blow his career away. as for his reputation, well, he blew that away all on his own....
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