Favre...gimme a break

[GBBob]

One final quote from a guy you didn't hear much from..

Q: This question was asked a lot this summer, and neither you nor (General Manager) Ted Thompson ever answered it directly. Why did you guys pick Aaron Rodgers instead of Brett Favre?

McCarthy: "I'm going to say this about the Favre situation: First of all, we should be here talking about the 2008 team, and I think we both recognize that. Secondly, that wasn't the question. I think so much has been twisted and spun. It really came down to him making a decision. I'm coaching the football team. At some point, when you get involved in situations that are at an organization level, then everybody's responsible for their part. Ted is responsible for the whole football operation. I'm ultimately responsible for the football team. Decisions have to be made on factual information, and I think if you just go out there and connect the dots, you can answer your own question. I'm going to stay on the high road with this thing. Obviously, I'm not in agreement with a lot of things that have been said or will continue to be said. There's nothing to gain for me to go back into it."

Q: After all that happened, where does your relationship stand with Brett, and how did you leave things with him when you last spoke?

McCarthy: "We haven't spoken since he left here. He was here on that Monday and Tuesday, and I think he left on Wednesday, right? So I spoke to him here Monday night for a long time, Tuesday morning for a long time, and I spoke to him on the phone that evening. It was very productive, respectful, but I haven't spoken to him since he's gone on to New York. As a head coach for an opposing team, I don't think it would be appropriate for me to be calling someone's starting quarterback."

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by GBBob

One final quote from a guy you didn't hear much from..

Q: This question was asked a lot this summer, and neither you nor (General Manager) Ted Thompson ever answered it directly. Why did you guys pick Aaron Rodgers instead of Brett Favre?

McCarthy: "I'm going to say this about the Favre situation: First of all, we should be here talking about the 2008 team, and I think we both recognize that. Secondly, that wasn't the question. I think so much has been twisted and spun. It really came down to him making a decision. I'm coaching the football team. At some point, when you get involved in situations that are at an organization level, then everybody's responsible for their part. Ted is responsible for the whole football operation. I'm ultimately responsible for the football team. Decisions have to be made on factual information, and I think if you just go out there and connect the dots, you can answer your own question. I'm going to stay on the high road with this thing. Obviously, I'm not in agreement with a lot of things that have been said or will continue to be said. There's nothing to gain for me to go back into it."

Q: After all that happened, where does your relationship stand with Brett, and how did you leave things with him when you last spoke?

McCarthy: "We haven't spoken since he left here. He was here on that Monday and Tuesday, and I think he left on Wednesday, right? So I spoke to him here Monday night for a long time, Tuesday morning for a long time, and I spoke to him on the phone that evening. It was very productive, respectful, but I haven't spoken to him since he's gone on to New York. As a head coach for an opposing team, I don't think it would be appropriate for me to be calling someone's starting quarterback."

Way to throw your GM under the bus. 9-7 or less and Ted will be sure to fire you before he gets canned.

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Way to throw your GM under the bus. 9-7 or less and Ted will be sure to fire you before he gets canned.

not at all how i read that.

think you're wildly off base.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

not at all how i read that.

think you're wildly off base.

How are you reading it? Being omniscient I do agree you are starting with a big advantage here.

[hi_im_god]

i think the organization guy was giving the organization answer.

he isn't going to dis a hall of famer that should go in with a packer uniform.

but nothing he said was a shot at his gm. he said as much as he could.

what i read is the packers took favre at his word and moved on to a point they couldn't turn back when he changed his mind (again).

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

i think the organization guy was giving the organization answer.

he isn't going to dis a hall of famer that should go in with a packer uniform.

but nothing he said was a shot at his gm. he said as much as he could.

what i read is the packers took favre at his word and moved on to a point they couldn't turn back when he changed his mind (again).

I hate Favre and he's to blame for the Packers ever using a draft pick on Rodgers in the first place but this whole part to me sounds totally like the coach is saying he is only in charge of the players he has on the team and the GM determines who is on that team and even though he doesn't agree with who that GM put on the team, he's not going to say anything bad, but you can connect the dots.

I'm coaching the football team. At some point, when you get involved in situations that are at an organization level, then everybody's responsible for their part. Ted is responsible for the whole football operation. I'm ultimately responsible for the football team. Decisions have to be made on factual information, and I think if you just go out there and connect the dots, you can answer your own question. I'm going to stay on the high road with this thing. Obviously, I'm not in agreement with a lot of things that have been said or will continue to be said.

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I hate Favre and he's to blame for the Packers ever using a draft pick on Rodgers in the first place but this whole part to me sounds totally like the coach is saying he is only in charge of the players he has on the team and the GM determines who is on that team and even though he doesn't agree with who that GM put on the team, he's not going to say anything bad, but you can connect the dots.

I'm coaching the football team. At some point, when you get involved in situations that are at an organization level, then everybody's responsible for their part. Ted is responsible for the whole football operation. I'm ultimately responsible for the football team. Decisions have to be made on factual information, and I think if you just go out there and connect the dots, you can answer your own question. I'm going to stay on the high road with this thing. Obviously, I'm not in agreement with a lot of things that have been said or will continue to be said.

i don't read it that way at all. i think you're supposed to connect the dots back to favre being indecisive.

why would you think he'd bury his gm and not the guy that plays on another team? win or lose, he's the coach of the packers. i've seen no public wedge between him the gm before now. why do you think he'd start that?