Favre’s Unhappy Too
Packers fans aren’t the only ones unhappy with the way Ted Thompson is managing the team:
It is disappointing. It was a done deal and the stories of how we lost him because he didn’t want to restructure his contract were not true.
He was going to wipe his contract clean and sign for $3 million guaranteed, plus a fourth-round draft pick. That would have been a steal. But we were not willing to guarantee part of that $3 million. I even had (agent) Bus (Cook) call up there and tell them I would give up part of my salary to guarantee that part of the money. Apparently that wasn’t enough either.
I just want to win; maybe I see things the wrong way. I don’t want to ruffle any feathers and I want people to respect me. Sometimes I think it’s hard for them to let Brett go. They might think that we pay him a lot of money, but he still gives us the best chance to win. I’ve never been told that, but there are times when I wonder if I’m the odd man out here and they just don’t know how to tell me.
This is a first-class organization that wants to win. I want to win now.
I told Donald to imagine a one-back set with a three-man rotation. Who would they (opposing defenses) cover? If they double Randy, Donald would be in single coverage. Last year, he caught 92 balls in double and triple coverage and made the Pro Bowl.
Our offense struggled last season. If it were not for our defense, we would not have won eight games. Right now, it’s hard to be optimistic. I’m not getting any younger and I think everyone knows that. I don’t have five years to rebuild. No one in Green Bay is saying rebuild but it’s hard to look at where we are going and say, ‘How can they not be rebuilding?’
I don’t know if I’ve lost faith, and I think everyone in the organization wants to win. I just don’t know if it includes me. If it’s going to be five years from now, I’m not going to be here. This is 17 years for me and I want to win.
As a result, Favre asked to be traded after the NFL draft. It seems that his temper has cooled in the last two weeks. I don’t want to see him go to another team, but I can certainly undersand why he’d want to.