Favre - How Not to Retire
Although we won’t be posting our first Green Bay chili until long after the current Brett Favre issue has been put to rest, I gotta speak up on the Favre business.
First of all, the pre-season drama of the year ought to be Chad Johnson moaning about his contract in Bengal-land. But Ocho-Cinco has decided to become boring, so we’re left with this batch of Mississippi mud.
So, on Favre’s retirement – first he was, then he wasn’t, then he was, then he might, then he did. Yikes! That’s world-class, running-for-office type flip-flopping. Not the decision-making I expect from my starting quarterback. I have a hard time understanding the good of popping in and out of retirement. This should really be embarrassing to Mr. Favre. It smacks of a middle-aged “super hero” desperately clinging to the last rays of sun. “Idolize me, fight for me, PAY ATTENTION TO ME!” Time to accept that you’re supposed to be grown-up about this. It’s time to let it go.
I don’t know why some people lack the sense-of-self that keeps them from “Going out on top”. So few seem to be able to do it – John Elway, Jim Brown, Barry Sanders. But you really have to admire the ones that can pull it off. My favorite example, though not a football player, is Johnny Carson – the one-time King of Late Night – who walked away, and despite continuing to live in L.A. was pretty much not heard from again.
Now THAT is how you retire.
CHILI DAN
