Packers GM No Likey Brett Favre?

Source: Mike Vandermause, Green Bay Press-Gazette

Biloxi Sun Herald reporter Al Jones, a self-described friend of Favre’s, added fuel to the Brett Favre fire in an interview on Milwaukee’s WTMJ radio when he said Favre was forced into retirement by GM Ted Thompson.

“It all comes down to Ted Thompson,” Jones said. “The main thing is the man has shown no respect to perhaps the greatest quarterback in their franchise history. Brett’s a little disappointed. He feels like he can still play. He knows he can still play.”

Jones added that Favre has been working out, throwing passes every morning, and doesn’t want to play for any other team.

“When it’s all said and done, Ted Thompson is the man to blame on all this,” Jones said. Thompson has been unavailable for comment since the latest Favre news broke. But in an interview before he left on vacation, I asked Thompson to respond to the perception the organization didn’t do enough to talk Favre out of retiring. “I never understood that, quite frankly,” Thompson said.

“We went about this offseason the way we have the last several, making sure Brett knew that Mike (McCarthy) and I both felt he’s still a good player, can still play the game, can still win, and that our team was going to be in a position to win.

“I think that’s what a veteran looks for: Do we have a chance to win? And can I still play? “Other than that, it’s not my place to try to convince someone that they’re making a bad decision or a good decision. It’s my place to say, these are the facts as I see them, now it’s up to you and Deanna to make your choice.”

There has of course been speculation that Thompson, who hand-picked Aaron Rodgers as Favre’s successor four years ago, has been impatient for the Rodgers Era to begin. Thus, Favre’s annual waffling about whether to come back has been especially difficult for Thompson to tolerate.

-YOUbeQB.com