Comments on: Wednesday (Brett Favre) edition: Wha’ Happened?

By: Paul Peter Paulos

Paul Peter Paulos — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:42:51 +0000

I think it’s because it all happened at the same time. And I responded to your line …”Often without the huge contracts he’s signed” since it sounded cruel like money should have anything to do with grief.

By: Toonces51 - Zoneblitz.com

Toonces51 - Zoneblitz.com — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:40:35 +0000

Yes, P3, that’s exactly what I said. Rich people deserve cancer.

All I’m saying is his life doesn’t seem like that tragic of one to me. Yeah, he’s had some tragic times. But does that make it a tragic life? By that definition, it seems like EVERYONE’S life is tragic.

By: Paul Peter Paulos

Paul Peter Paulos — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:24:18 +0000

I agree everybody’s tragedy is “unique” because everybody carries their own particular burden, but not too many have that much stress in total pressing down on them Toon, so let’s get real..and ask Favre if he would have played for free if only his dad was alive..so that line about huge contract was just lame…like saying rich people deserve cancer or something..lame

By: Toonces51 - Zoneblitz.com

Toonces51 - Zoneblitz.com — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:59:55 +0000

I have no trouble comparing Favre to Fran. It’s not like Fran played back when guys were playing both ways, and splitting time between tackle and running back, like a Bronko Nagurski. And I’ve always thought it was the QBs job to get points on the board, whether that’s through scrambling then passing, scrambling the whole way, or throwing some stupid left handed, under handed shovel pass to a running back that makes John Madden go into convulsions while trying to fellate the player from the booth.

Yeah, Fran might not be a real hot commodity after the combine in today’s NFL. But every once in a while, NFL execs get is wrong at the combine…”cough” Tom Brady “cough”.

I have to agree, though, that as much as I want to hate Favre, I do have to respect him. The longetivity, and the ability to do some of the things he did despite the gunslinger mentality that gets a lot of QBs in trouble is impressive.

Not sure I view his life as a uniquely tragic one–sure, losing a dad that way sucks, and a wife with breast cancer isn’t fun, and painkiller addiction is probably hell, but lots of people deal with worse every day. Often without the huge contracts he’s signed.

By: Paul Peter Paulos

Paul Peter Paulos — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:57:38 +0000

Look at Bradshaw..not the guy I want fixing my brakes Hardehar

By: Dave MN

Dave MN — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:55:47 +0000

I know, I just wouldn’t want anyone to say that anything was “all I knew”… It makes you sound like an idiot or someone who didn’t have their priorities straight…

By: Paul Peter Paulos

Paul Peter Paulos — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:49:48 +0000

Dave, many commentators in past years said just that..that Favre would not retire soon since “football was all he knew”..honestly, I read that often

By: Dave MN

Dave MN — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:49:10 +0000

How does he order coffee?

“Brown! Halfcaff Right! Z-Skim! Hot! Hot! Hot!”

By: Paul Peter Paulos

Paul Peter Paulos — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:48:18 +0000

But Toon, surely you can’t compare Frances the Scrambling Mule to Favre if only since I always felt a qbs job was to scramble first then throw not just scramble and scramble and (you get the idea)…but old Frances was ok in his time, but he couldn’t have dealt with football in Favre’s time….being too slow, and having that weak arm to boot, but he did hold “a whole pile of records” ..from the Dark Ages before NFL teams became specialists, became much better killing machines.

As for the need to hate the guy, Ricky, because he plays on another (better) team), I disagree. I never liked the Vikings but always admired Moss, Culpepper even Phat in some truly ghastly way.

And StraightCash, you are right on..he’s had one hell of a tragic life off field, and knows far more about himself than just football. I just meant to say that now when he retires, as happens when anyone ceases to do what they excelled at, there must be an enormous hole where football used to be. Everyone goes through that. Luckily I was never any good at anything

By: Dave MN

Dave MN — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:41:22 +0000

I mean football is all he knows

Have sadder words been spoken?