Part of Brett's problem is the cadre of enablers he surrounds himself with who tell him what he wants to hear. And they do so because they all have a vested interest in his playing - Bus so he gets his $360K commission and Deanna and the good folks in Kiln so they get a break from living with him FT... Give me 10 minures with him and he'd retire. I'd show him that tape of his heartfelt retirement where he publicly stated he could not do the mental prep necessary to play like a QB who leads a team to the playoffs EVER AGAIN. ONCE WAS ENOUGH. I'd loop it with his highlights from 2005-2006 with highlights from his Dallas and NY matchups this season.
He used to tell the story of how for most of his career he slept through film study - had no idea what it was they were studying. McCarthy only stuck with him past 2006, when he sucked and was off the cap books, because he said he could do it and would do it for the first time in his career. But it isn't fun and it ruined the joy of the gunslinger's game for him even though it helped his team win for a change. And it mentally drained him. And that was coming off a full off season and an incredibly weak schedule where the only tough teams in the NFC he faced made an ass of him. So he quit. But now GB should stick with him and screw the future because this month he's in revisionist mode and thinks that's what he wants to do again. And he'll feel that way until the losses and picks pile up - which he will publicly blame on insufficient support from management and his teamates. Deja vu all over again. To the point at least half the fan base in GB and 75% of the NFL fan base just wants him to go away.
Thompson and McCarthy's legacies are debatable either way. They appeared to have a good rebuild and turnaround going on before this crap started. Favre has totally demolished his own legacy. He never have a flying F about "The Packers". His ego and and a foolish fan base and fauning media have convinced him over the last decade that he is the franchise. Lombardi must be rolling in his grave. The Packers were a storied franchise long before Brett Favre came along. Drew Bledsoe and Bill Parcell's and a punt returner having a career day did more for the Pack in the last 17 seasons than Brett ever did. He's been a self-absorbed prick his entire life, personally and professionally, and he's just now gotten around to adding publicly to the list.
He may ruin lots of careers in the final analysis, including his own. I honestly believe that he is a dinosaur and that franchise cannot build any sort of future until they can put Farve and the past behind them. I think Thompson and McCarthy know this and I think they were also trying to protect his legacy from this self destruction that if Brett gets his way as he always has will be all their undoing.
