Re: GB - Why Brett?... ARod is my QB...
Posted: 15/07/2008, 18:20
by Alvin
Comunque oggi ho letto che parte della colpa è di sua moglie, che gli sta scassando da un pezzo perchè molli. Poi magari non è neanche vero, però..
Re: GB - Why Brett?... ARod is my QB...
Posted: 15/07/2008, 18:38
by matteogb4
ecco parte dell'intervista
Greta Van Susteren of Fox News Network conducted a lengthy interview with Brett Favre, so it took some time to wade through the transcript. Complicating the matter is the fact that Fox News Network decided at the last minute to air the interview over two days, and some of the comments you'll read below did not appear on the opening night's broadcast.
Here are some of the more interesting comments:
ON WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A PACKER: "I can't envision being with anyone else or I haven't envisioned being with anyone else. That has always been my focus. I said then and I will say it now, really as I've said my whole career. Playing in Green Bay - and you're from up there. There is nothing like it. There is nothing like it. And it is one of those things - it was destiny. A kid from south Mississippi, a lot like Bart Starr, who would have ever thought I would go to Green Bay and have the career I had?
"And it's unfortunate that it's come to this and I'm sure there are a lot of fans out there thinking, from what they've heard, that Brett is a traitor, he wants to play elsewhere. That's not true. I was told that playing at Green Bay was not an option. Regardless of what you hear from up there. I'm not making it up. I was told that playing in Green Bay was not an option.
"Yes, I was told we can't imagine you playing, or can't envision you playing with another team, as well. What does that tell me? It tells me we don't want you playing period."
ON A MEETING WITH TED THOMPSON AFTER THE NFL DRAFT: "But this whole process - the only time I talked to Ted Thompson is Friday before the draft which I think this year was at the end of April, he calls me and says, 'Brett, it's Ted Thompson.' 'Hey, Ted, how's it going?'
"''Well, you think maybe I can fly down after the draft, Monday or Tuesday and just chat with you?' And I said, 'Sure. Yes.'
"And so we hang up the phone and my wife Deanna says, 'What do you think he's calling for?' And I said probably going to ask me to come back. I don't know, what else is there?
"So he shows up, I think it was Tuesday around noon, maybe it was Monday, I can't remember the exact date, but it was a couple days later. We make small talk for 45 minutes. How did the drive go? What about your guys? Pretty good. And then it kind of gets quiet and...- I'm thinking to myself, here we go.
"'You think it would be OK if we dismantled your locker and sent it to you?' 'I guess, Ted, you know. Don't know what I'll do with it, but sure.' I'm thinking surely he didn't fly all the way down here to tell me that and it just kind of gets quiet again and OK, and he says, 'Well, OK, if I want to talk, I guess I'm going to run.'
"We stand up, and he looks at me. And he says, 'Are you and I OK?' I said, 'Yes. Yes. Yes, I'm fine. Sure. No problem.' And that was it."
FAVRE AS HE WALKS THOMPSON TO HIS CAR: "But I told him as he walked to his car, I said, 'Ted, I just want to give you a heads-up that, hey, you know, say July rolls around, I wake up and I say, man, I made the wrong decision. I have to play. Or maybe it's June or whatever, I said, I just want you to have a plan.'
"And he said, 'OK, Don't worry about that.' And that was it. He didn't say good, bad, indifferent, whatever. He just said, 'No problem. OK.'"
ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THOMPSON: "And, you know, Ted and I, I thought, have always had a good relationship. We don't talk a whole lot, we don't go out and eat and shoot the bull. But on three different occasions -- I don't want to say lied, I think that's kind of a harsh word, but I think untruth or whatever is better."
ON HIS CHAT WITH MIKE MCCARTHY: "I talked to him on June 20th. That was it. ...And you know, I said, 'Mike, I'm thinking about coming back. I've been working out at the high school. I said, and that was a big hurdle for me to get over. You know, don't want to get up and go up there and run and throw, which I did that this morning. And I feel good.
"And you know, I said, you know, 'I'm thinking about it.' I said, 'I just want your take on it. And, you know, if I'm going to play it's going to be in in Green Bay, but I need to find out what their take is.' And he - oh, I could just see him. You know he's 'Oh, Brett, you know, we moved on.'
"And I said, 'Moved on?' And he said, 'Yes, we moved on. You know, I had to tell the team something. You know? You told me you were not 100% committed back, you know, not only when you retired, but several weeks after, you know when we were talking about coming down there. And we've had that conversation where you said you were not 100% committed.'
"I said, 'You're right. You're absolutely right.' And I said, 'But Mike, and it was a good conversation. We've always had good communication, the two of us. "And I said, 'You're right. I totally agree. I was not 100% committed.'
"And I said, 'But you guys wanted an answer in March. And I gave you the honest answer.' And I said, you know, 'Had I been able to wait until training camp, that would have been great.'
"He said, 'Well, why didn't you tell me that? We would have let you do it.'
"And I thought to myself well, you know, you told me before the tryout I'm a free agent. And they ended up signing two kids in the draft. So that kind of tells you."
ON ASSISTANT COACH JAMES CAMPEN WHO VISITED FAVRE: "And he's caught in the middle of this, which he doesn't want to be caught in the middle of it. Yes, we are friends. We do talk. That's really how this whole thing got started, but, you know, that's not his job.
"He says, 'You know, I know they told you they're moving on and playing there's not an option. Playing here in Green Bay is not an option, which that's what they want. They want to move on. But I'm telling you, if you reinstate or you force their hand, back them in a corner, they feel like they have no other option, they're going to accept you back."
"And he said, 'Just telling you.' And I said, 'OK.'
"...You know, I didn't want to go back there after that. You know, and really already, after what Mike had told me when he said, 'Hey Brett, I'm sorry, we've moved on,' that was OK. That was OK.'
ON AARON RODGERS: "You know, the one thing in this, I do feel bad for Aaron a little bit. I think he'll do a fine job, to be totally honest with you, I do. He has been injured. I mean, the two injuries are not his fault. Couldn't control. I know this has been tough on him.
"I think he'll do a fine job. And this has nothing to do with him, this whole deal. If they want to make a backup -- the thing is, they had been preaching about we want to protect Brett's legacy and we think he should -- and we both know how, you know, what that's about. How does that protect my legacy if I'm a backup, if I'm, you know, Brett, we'll welcome you back, we'll pay you $12 million, but you've got to hold the clipboard and ball cap? That's probably better for them as opposed to letting me go somewhere and me coming back. Then their legacy, the management, would, you know, could be in jeopardy.
"Let me worry about that, you know? You don't worry about my legacy. And you know, it's a bunch of bull. It's all it is."
ON THE CURRENT SITUATION: "I have talked to numerous guys throughout this whole ordeal. I wish them the best, I really do. I hold nothing against those guys. We had a lot of fun together. We had - it was an amazing year last year. I don't want to make it any worse than it is.
"I've always been a Packer, always will be a Packer. Will I play somewhere else? Remains to be seen. But I don't want to go back there just to stick it to them. And the only reason I'm doing this -- I got to a point, I hadn't been saying anything, I felt like I had to defend myself, which I don't like to do.
"And thinking about this, couldn't sleep last night, I said, 'I'm just going to tell the truth. I have nothing to hide.' And what they're telling is part of it. All I'm saying is I called, not long ago, said I was really thinking about playing again, and here we are. It's escalated into something mind-boggling."
