Packers Paranoia Simplified: There is a Solution to make Green Bay Happy Again

     It is no secret that relations between Brett Favre and Ted Thompson have never been warm and fuzzy. Something Favre said in his interview with Greta Van Susteren sums up their relationship pretty well. When asked about how he gets on with Teddy Bear, Favre responded, “We don’t go out to dinner or sit around and shoot the bull or anything.” Enough said. Favre doesn’t have the brotherly, fatherly, friendly relationship with Thompson that he is used to with other managers, coaches, players and innumerable NFL contacts.

     It isn’t that Thompson doesn’t want the Packers to be successful. He just wants to see them be successful with his boy Rodgers. He doesn’t like the fact that he, GM almighty, has to work in the shadows of a living legend. And Thompson especially doesn’t like the fact that here, in 2008, he still hasn’t put his stamp on the Packers and the league by proving his genius with the selection and development of Aaron Rodgers.

     Even after last season’s successes, Thompson would like to see Favre retired so he can move forward with his experiment. With the formal filing of tampering allegations against Minnesota, Thompson even seems to be attempting to sway public opinion further away from Favre by implying he’s a traitor of the worst sorts.

4.                  Favre is not suddenly showing his true, villainous colors. The reason he faces a backlash from certain Packers fans is because they are just like

him – emotional and stubborn

     If you have recently heard someone from Packer Nation describing Brett Favre as selfish, or a man-diva, or whatever the knock may be, it is because they have been hurt by him. Almost everyone in Wisconsin assumed Favre would come back in 2008-09.

     What, after the blockbuster year he had – why wouldn’t he? After a few of the young bucks started to show true promise, why wouldn’t he? After they were so ******* close to the Super Bowl, how couldn’t he?

     But then came the retirement rumors and the subsequent press conference – and that hurt Packers fans like a kick to the jewels. It took a while, but they worked on getting over it. They worked like hell to get used to the idea of watching a Packers game with someone other than Brett Favre playing quarterback. It wasn’t easy, but after a few months of taking in the loss of their legend, after a few months of drinking and talking until they convinced themselves it might not be that bad to see what the Rodgers kid can do, a number of fans thought they had found a sense of closure on the issue.

     The fans locked up their emotions as to not be hurt by their hero again. Now this? They aren’t going to have their hearts stomped on again.

     Come on Brett, you could have just never retired. You could have unretired in later March. Everything could be just fine right now. Why didn’t you just figure it out sooner?

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