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Posted on 08/03/2008 3:12:55 PM PDT by VaBthang4
Sixteen years after Brett Favre came to the Packers, he is returning for a seventeenth season. He has had a great career with our organization and although we built this year around the assumption that Brett meant what he said about retiring, Brett is coming back. We will welcome him back and turn this situation to our advantage.
Frankly, Brett’s change of mind put us in a very difficult spot. We now will revise many actions and assumptions about our long-term future, all predicated on Brett’s decision last March to retire. As a result of his decision, we invested considerably in a new and different future without Brett and we were obviously moving in that direction. That’s why this wasn’t easy. Having crossed the Rubicon once when Brett decided to retire, it’s very difficult to reorient our plans and cross it again in the opposite direction - but we’ll put this to our advantage.
Brett will be in camp tomorrow. Although there has been uncertainty regarding Brett’s return, Ted Thompson and Coach McCarthy had previously discussed this and have had a plan in place. Coach McCarthy will talk to the team and the quarterbacks about the plan moving forward, and after he has done that we will share it publicly.
No matter what, I look forward to another successful season for the Packers and our fans. This has been a tough situation, but the Packers will make the most of it.
Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy
Poor old pathetic Bret.
Favre sure was a jerk throughout all this.
I have been a Packer Fan from the 50s on, through thick and thin, and I am pleased to see this great and honorable sportsman back in the Green and Gold!
What a loser! He’s completely destroyed his reputation and credibility throughout this whole sorry episode. I hope he makes a complete fool of himself on the field this season.
Family night scrimmage is going to be a mess tonite. I wouldn’t blame Rodgers at all if he wants a trade. Favre has lost my respect in all of this.
I’m a little confused. The statement says he will be in camp. Does this mean he will start or be backup for Aaron Rogers? Or is that all in the air?
I guessing that they trade him to some basement dwelling AFC team.
I've always liked Favre. But, I have to agree with you on this one.
Haha, I take it you intend to place all of the Olympic threads in General/Chat as well, right?
Cuz a hell of allota Freepers care more about this than that.
;o)
FSN’s Jay Glazer is reporting that once Favre shows up and becomes an active member of the roster, he can’t refuse a trade, and Packers management WILL trade him at some point.
LOL! That cover is a classic!
Farve PING!
You are all morons, I hope Brett brings them a championship and I am a faithful Minnesota fan.
Kinda reminds me of the old joke about the man who worked for a company for 30 plus years and they had a big retirement ceremony for him and gave him a gold watch and everything. Then a couple of months later he reports back to work telling everyone that he’s been ordered by his wife’s pschycologist to go back to work.
AWESOME! FANTASTIC!!!
Brett Favre, You are Fantastic! Get that Superbowl this Year Greenbay! with your fantastic Quarterback!
May Brett’s critics fill their mouths with cowpies:-)
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