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An open letter to Packers president Mark Murphy
Mark, how's that new job in Green Bay?  
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Tags: favre, brett, packers,mark murphy, ted thompson, retirement

An open letter to Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy.

Dear Mark:

First of all, I bet you may be wondering now what you got yourself into when you took that job in Green Bay. As you and I discussed when we first met at a Milwaukee Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon a few months ago, you knew then that you would someday need to guide the Packers through the post-Brett Favre era.

Neither you nor I could have foreseen how ugly that would play out.

But playing out it is. And as you know, it's nasty. Favre is burning his Packer bridges behind him, with allegations that general manager Ted Thompson lied to him.

On one hand, Favre's detractors may be right ... He may be a prima donna. He may be a narcissist. He may be a drama queen. He may be a baby. He may be a whiner. He may be all of those things. So what. He's also a great football player.

So far, Thompson has appeared to be a deer in Ashwaubenon headlights. For Thompson to tell Favre that he is welcome to return and be the backup quarterback is a joke. Over time, Thompson is engaging in public relations war that he will not win. Twenty years from now, Packers fans will be pining about the Favre era. Thompson will be a trivia question.

That being said, I dare say it's time for you to make an executive intervention on behalf of the organization. You can take the personalities out of this nasty conundrum. If Thompson and the rest of the Packer braintrust indeed believe that it's time to move on without Favre, then so be it. They should have the testicular fortitude to make that decision, if that's their best guess, and move on.

If Thompson truly believes the Packers will be better off without Favre, then why would he fear Favre competing against the Packers as an opposing quarterback?

Some people make this more complicated than it really need be. The Packers have three options here. They can welcome Favre back. They can trade him. They can cut him. Letting this drag on into a he said / he said soap opera is not good for the organization, for the Packers' players, for the team's fans, for Favre OR for heir apparent Aaron Rodgers.

Mark, as a lifetime Packers fan, I ask you to intervene and insist that the organization make a decision, so everyone involved can move on.



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Posted by High_Life_Man on July 20, 2008 at 12:34 p.m. (report)

Hehehe...Murphy has an uncanny resemblance to Sloth from "The Goonies." Google Image it.

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Posted by rufus on July 18, 2008 at 3:05 p.m. (report)

"Make Favre squirm." Duh. That accomplishes a whole lot, doesn't it? Not! Meanwhile, the longer this lingers on, the longer it hovers over Rodgers. Don't be so juvenile and petty. The Packers need to move on. Period.

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Posted by Z_boy on July 18, 2008 at 12:03 p.m. (report)

xcatch: I had the utmost respect for Favre during his retirement proceedings. But that has entirely changed now that he has come back whining, throwing temper tantrums, and making rambling statements during interviews. I like the idea of making Favre squirm, as captain so eloquently stated earlier.

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Posted by rufus on July 18, 2008 at 11:56 a.m. (report)

Steve's blog is exactly right. Someone needs to be the adult here. It's clearly not going to be Favre, and it's clearly not going to be Thompson. Instead of being stupid and digging in their heels and dragging this thing on, the Packers should make a decision and get on with it.

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Posted by captain on July 18, 2008 at 11:42 a.m. (report)

MARK OR TED, Like I said, DO NOT BUDGE. Don't listen to outlandish opinions from certain Favre-lovers. Do what is best for the team. Please don't do the FAIR thing and release him. Let him squirm some more in the press. Trade him to the Berlin Thunder! (Too bad the NFL Europe is no more) We don't need Aaron Rodgers to try and carry the team. He is only one of 53 members of the TEAM.

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