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PATRIOT64 · 08-04-2009, 10:12 AM

Brett Favre: Fans Who Are Sick of Me Never Really Loved Me -- NFL FanHouse

Well there goes the legacy of fans who loved the guy and by spewing this crap on those who idolized him

***Deus Irae*** · 08-04-2009, 10:14 AM

He's 100% right, so what's the big deal?

Sicilian · 08-04-2009, 10:27 AM

This may sound like an unnecessary jab at our celebrity obsessed culture but... any athlete who thinks that his fans (who don't actually know him) should "love" him needs to have his head shrunk.

And vice versa, any fan who thinks they love an athlete or celebrity needs to re-evaluate their priorities. Love someone you know, not someone who can throw a football.

***Deus Irae*** · 08-04-2009, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Sicilian

This may sound like an unnecessary jab at our celebrity obsessed culture but... any athlete who thinks that his fans (who don't actually know him) should "love" him needs to have his head shrunk.

And vice versa, any fan who thinks they love an athlete or celebrity needs to re-evaluate their priorities. Love someone you know, not someone who can throw a football.

That's fine, but the part about the athlete thinking his fans 'should' love him is not the context of the comment:

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....But Favre says that just means the fans who said they loved him back then didn't really understand him...

***patchick*** · 08-04-2009, 10:42 AM

So if I follow this right...somebody claims to adore you. You jerk them around and trample on their affection for years. Eventually they turn against you. So then you say that proves they "never loved you to begin with"?

That's a little creepy.

***KontradictioN*** · 08-04-2009, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Deus Irae

He's 100% right, so what's the big deal?

Not really. Even though he was an INT machine even with Green Bay, Favre was one of my favorite quarterbacks in the league. I had a ton of respect for the guy... up until about 2006 when he continued jerking the media and the rest of us around with his, "well should I or shouldn't I. Yeah, I'll retire. Wait! No I won't" BS. He did it again the next year only he actually RETIRED then came back. It's amazing that I actually began to despise the guy when he was still technically in Green Bay. His move to the Jest only sealed it for me.

***Deus Irae*** · 08-04-2009, 10:51 AM

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Not really. Even though he was an INT machine even with Green Bay, Favre was one of my favorite quarterbacks in the league. I had a ton of respect for the guy... up until about 2006 when he continued jerking the media and the rest of us around with his, "well should I or shouldn't I. Yeah, I'll retire. Wait! No I won't" BS. He did it again the next year only he actually RETIRED then came back. It's amazing that I actually began to despise the guy when he was still technically in Green Bay. His move to the Jest only sealed it for me.

Then you weren't really a Favre fan. That's his whole point.

And he's right. When the Patriots make a move that leaves you pissed off or confused, you don't stop being a fan. Same rules apply.

***KontradictioN*** · 08-04-2009, 10:54 AM

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Then you weren't really a Favre fan. That's his whole point.

And he's right. When the Patriots make a move that leaves you pissed off or confused, you don't stop being a fan. Same rules apply.

I guess I wasn't really a Johnny Damon fan either when I got pissed off over him signing with the Evil Empire...

Bostonian1962 · 08-04-2009, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by patchick

So if I follow this right...somebody claims to adore you. You jerk them around and trample on their affection for years. Eventually they turn against you. So then you say that proves they "never loved you to begin with"?

That's a little creepy.

That is creepy. He is one of the most self absorbed athletes ever! He is so full of himself, and has been his whole career, that it's just that - creepy!

PatsFanSince74 · 08-04-2009, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Sicilian

This may sound like an unnecessary jab at our celebrity obsessed culture but... any athlete who thinks that his fans (who don't actually know him) should "love" him needs to have his head shrunk.

And vice versa, any fan who thinks they love an athlete or celebrity needs to re-evaluate their priorities. Love someone you know, not someone who can throw a football.

"Love" is a multi-faceted word, so I have no idea what Brett Favre means when he talks about fans who do or do not, did or did not, "love" him. And, to be honest, after the last two years, I just, flat-out, don't care.

But, I strongly agree with your second comment. It's a little weird when fans seem to invest too much in their feelings for a celebrity or athlete, or especially for a celebrity athlete like Tom Brady. Even the very best and most decent of these folks (and I would put Brady in that category, without a doubt) are presenting us with a carefully crafted persona. That's not to say that there isn't sincerity and truth in that persona, but folks sometimes can burden these people with their own expectations and needs.