Who wants Favre now? After one season with the Jets, Brett Favre has retired again, informing the Jets today that he would not return.
Favre, in an email to ESPN's Ed Werder said that he feels okay that he is ending his career with the Jets and not the Packers. I'm sure he's okay with the money the Jets gave him to play one season, too. Plus, what's he doing emailing Ed Werder about a Jets story? Where's Rachel Nichols? Favre to the Cowboys?
Who knows where Favre goes from here. It obviously wouldn't shock anyone if he came back again, but I'm not sure a whole lot of people really care. Maybe he'll just focus on his acting career for those Wrangler commercials. You know, the one where he leads that guy a little too far so he has to dive in the mud to make the catch. What a dick.
Anyway, there's your obligatory Favre retirement post. You'll have to wait until next year for another.
I was originally going to name this post "A Few People Every Chicago Sports Fan Should Hate", but then StevieY pointed out to me that I shouldn't attribute my personal hate list to all Chicago sports fans. Thus, here is my personal sports hate list. All of these people should be enemies of Chicago sports fans, but you can decide who you hate. This list is in no particular order (except Bruce Pearl, who is by far the worst):
Bruce Pearl: I hate this guy more than anyone else on this list. When his face flashes on the TV screen or his name comes up in conversation, I usually react immediately by saying "F#$% that guy!". Why, you ask? Well its a long story, but I'll give you the short of it here. In the late 1980s, Pearl, an assistant at Iowa, and Jimmy Collins, an assistant at Illinois, were both pursuing a hot recruit named Deon Thomas. At some point Thomas committed to Illinois. Pearl lost, end of story, right? Wrong. Pearl proceeded to call Thomas and ask if he had received inappropriate gifts from University of Illinois in order to commit. He recorded that call. Thomas indicated he had received those things (it's still debatable whether he admitted anything). A subsequent NCAA investigation found that the allegations were completely false. Thomas passed a lie detector test regarding the issue. The problem, however, is that the investigation uncovered a bunch of other minor violations that resulted in heavy fines and sanctions on Illinois recruiting. There is speculation that when Henson retired as Illinois' coach, Collins career had been stained by the scandal and that is why he was not named the new coach. When Collins went to the Horizon League to coach UIC, Pearl coached for the rival University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Collins refused to shake Pearl's hand after any of the games between the two teams. He is the scum of the earth. When Thomas was asked about forgiving Pearl, he was quoted as saying: "It's hard to forgive a snake." This man deserves to be eliminated from the game permanently for his shady actions. If you see him on the street, flick him off for me please. Thanks.
Eric Gordon: Ahh, more shady college basketball recruiting enemies. This spot honorarily goes to Kelvin Sampson, but let's focus on Gordon for now. After committing to Illinois, Sampson texted Gordon until his cell phone literally exploded. Gordon finally agreed to go to Indiana after Sampson promised to stop texting him. He was one of the top recruits in the country and was leading IU to a great season until Sampson's shadiness caught up with him and the program collapsed in on itself. Illinois relied on that recruit and completely altered their recruiting strategy in reliance on Gordon's guarantee. Shame on him and his parents for teaching him that his word didn't matter. Shame on the whole Indiana basketball program for bringing in a coach that was a known cheater. Bad Boy Pistons of the Late 1980s: The Jordan Rules were shady. For those that don't know, Chuck Daly was the coach of the Pistons in this era. In an effort to stop the unstoppable force that was Michael Jordan, Daly adopted a strategy he called "The Jordan Rules", where he told his team to foul Jordan as much and as hard as they could until he weakened and got frustrated. Eventually Jordan was able to overcome this strategy. The Pistons took that the way they took everything: with class.
Tony LaRussa: The Cardinals themselves are just a team, it's their fans and their coach that are so bothersome. No fans are worse than Cardinals fans. They have an inflated sense of importance based entirely on their manager's luck. Yeah, luck. Tony LaRussa, inventor of the "bat the pitcher 8th" strategy, is a lucky man. His teams have managed to have success despite a complete lack of strategy, leadership, and talent. St. Louis is an afterthought, Cardinals fans. Just so you know, your city hasn't been relevant since the late 1800s and no amount of LaRussa luck will ever change that.
Brett Favre: Well well well. 3 years ago I would have felt a little nervous putting him on the list. Not because I didn't hate him, but mostly because any Packers fan could just say I was jealous and I would have a hard time proving otherwise. Not anymore. This guy has shown his true colors. A self-centered douchebag, Favre has proven to be the complete ass-hat we all thought he was by retiring, returning, re-retiring, re-returning, etc. Looks like the saga will continue into 2009. The media's love for the all-time interception leader is baffling as well, and no amount of slurping on him by John Madden and Peter King will change my mind that this guy is overrated and a shitty human being.
The 1969 Mets: I wasn't alive for the 1969 season, but my childhood was peppered with stories of the great 1969 Cubs. 4 future hall of famers were on that team. Williams, Banks, Jenkins and Santo (he should be in the hall and you know it). This team was better than the 2008 team we all just watched choke against the D-Bags. They were heavy favorites to win the NL and go on to the World Series. But the "Miracle Mets" had other things in mind. The Cubs were leading the Mets on September 2 by 12.5 games. 12.5 games. Insurmountable one would think. After a 4-game losing streak, the Cubs travelled to Shea Stadium, where they lost a doubleheader. In the second game, a black cat came onto the field, ran around Santo in the on-deck circle, then stared at Durocher in the Cubs dugout. The Mets continued to win and the Cubs continued to lose. The Cubs ended up losing the pennant by 8 games. 8! F#$% the Miracle Mets.
Bill Wirtz: It has been well-documented on this site that I know little about and care little for the game of hockey. I barely paid attention to the Hawks the last 15 years. The one thing I knew was that Bill Wirtz was the worst owner in all of sports in the modern era. No one will even argue with that. He refused to spend any money, created an extremely non-fan friendly atmosphere, and basically killed hockey in Chicago. Evidence of how bad he was? Literally the day he died, the Hawks began to win and almost made the playoffs for the first time in over a decade.
Steve Bartman: It's not fair to blame Bartman for what happened to the Cubs in 2003. I mean I dislike the guy, don't get me wrong. What he represents for me and an entire new generation of Cubs fans, however, is detestable. As a Cubs fan in my early 20s, I had heard about how the Cubs were supposedly "cursed" by crazy circumstances over the last century and how they would never win a championship. In my experience, the Cubs were just bad to mediocre. There were no curses, just an average team muddling along through season after season. Then 2003 happened. The curse all of a sudden became a very real thing for young Cubs fans, not just a mythical story our fathers told us growing up. It almost makes me want to cry.
Honorable Mention: Ben Wallace, Larry Hughes, Mike Illitch, Dusty Baker, Mike McCaskey, Brock-for-Broglio, Pat Riley(Circa 1990s),Corey Patterson, Ray Nietschke, Eddy Curry.
While writing this post, I went from boiling blood anger to near-tears sadness. If none of these people were to exist, my life would be so much better. If anyone has any others to add that I forgot, please feel free to add them in the comments.
This video from NESW Sports is priceless. Apparently Skip Bayless said Tim Tebow is the next Brett Favre. Stephen A. Smith rips him a new one for it. You know things are bad at ESPN when I agree with Stephen A. Smith.
I love Rose as much as the next guy, but a rookie should be hazed no matter how good he is. Don't you think.
The Eamus Catuli sign that counts the years since the last Cubs World Series on top of the building on Sheffield has been reconfigured. Some people think the sign should be taken down altogether.
I'm sure some of you have caught wind of this business about Brett Favre sharing info on the Packer offense with the Detroit Lions. A couple of issues have festered to the point where I couldn't hold back a post anymore.
First, Brett Favre sharing information with the Lions about the Packers. What the hell? Why the Lions? Now there have been reports that it was Matt Millen who called Favre and requested the information (Millen's best move as GM for the Lions), but seriously Brett? When Favre finally left the Packers, only to dominate headlines for what seemed like years when talk of a return started up, I complained plenty about him hogging the spotlight, but it was mainly because I just don't like Favre through my years as a disgruntled Lions fan.
I complained that he was childish and attention-deprived. If this "liongate" business is true, which I tend to believe it is based on Jay Glazer's reputation for always being right, these will be two of the main traits I remember Mr. Favre by forever. Plus, former teammate LeRoy Butler has said that the business with the Lions is only the "tip of the iceberg" when it comes to Brett's torching of bridges on his way out of Green Bay.
Second, how is ESPN ignoring this story? I heard there was a blurb on their ticker this morning, but it has been almost entirely ignored. The network even went as far as to send out a memo warning employees not to report on the story because they have it from "reliable sources" that the story is not true. What are the odds that Favre is the source? Or someone Favre told it wasn't true?
I would like to know how often these memos go out. If Chris Mortenson doesn't get one of these memos every other day, they are underused. Of all the times ESPN has been dead wrong in recent years, it's going to be hilarious when their moment of caution turns out to be on a story that is actually true.
Brett Favre may have shared inside info on the Packers offense with the Detroit Lions. Why not with someone who could actually, you know, take advantage of it?
Cubs sign Jim Hendry to a four year extension. If only he could hit in the playoffs.
Hester looks downfield, hits Booker right between the numbers! Touchdown!!! Apparently the Bear have been practicing plays with Hester as QB. Interesting.
Ex-Chicago Bears wide receivers insulting the offense? Your turn Justin Gage. Because I really give a shit what you think. You suck.
Samardzija may start Sunday. This guy is working out really well. (Update: Marshall is starting over Samardzija, but he's still doing well. Thanks Flossmoron)
Sox win to stay in first. The starters are turning it on here.
People have been asking me to post what I think about Brett Favre on this site. I think I have made it clear what I think about him. I hate him. I don't want to post about him anymore, I don't want to talk about him anymore. I don't want to even think about him. So let's not talk about the past, let's talk about the future. Who cares what I think about Favre going to NY. Who cares that he even went there. Now we have to deal with 2009 being the Brett Favre story. In honor of that annoying story, here is a prediction about Favre's season from KSK with which I completely agree, created totally from fake NY Post headlines:
Fuh-Brett-aboudit: Jersey welcomes Favre Meet The Bretts! Crazy bleachers fans pledge their allegiance to gunslinger My panties are all Brett: Our Andrea Peyser says Favre a “real man” New Jersey Bretts: New resident welcomed by home crowd Sour Clemons: Favre arrival ruins run at starting gig Favring For Football! Brett “Hungry” To Start Taking Snaps Brett Brett Hut! Favre practices Not Favre Now! Brett to Start in Week 1! Favrey Far Far! Jets win in laugher! Bobba Brett! Favre hunts down opposing corners! Breast in Show: Deanna Favre at NY Fashion Week Catherine Bretta Jones! Deanna and Douglas’ wife spar in “huge catfight” Brett’s Get Physical: Jets win ugly brawler against Bills Best Little Fourhouse In Jersey: Jets win again! Bretty in Pink: Favre supports wife’s breast cancer awareness Favre And Away: Brett and Peter King marry in Irish countryside Favralous! Favre and King enjoy 2-night Key West getaway You Can Brett On It! Favre Boldly Predicts Win Over Dolphins Brettrosexual! Favre goes shoe shopping at Barney’s Brett Offensive! Throw 3 picks in Pats loss Chronicles Of Favria: Steve Serby hails the Jets new “Prince” Bretteranarian! Favre tells Cindy Adams about his love for small toy dogs Rum Slinger: Favre arrested in barroom brawl Soldier Boy! Fightin’ Favre reminds our Steve Dunleavy of his old WWI chums at Gallipoli Favre-y Dent: Brett’s inconsistent play has made him a Two-Face Not The Man He First Brett: King and Favre try “trial separation” 4 Skinned? Favre arrested in Montclair, NJ, rest stop sting Favre 4 Fighting: Jets make run at final playoff spot Brett Him Outta Here! Rich Lowry says Favre’s whiny ways totally fucking Un-American Favra Conger! Brett did all for the $$$$! Brett Him Play! Favre wants start over Clemons Brett Blanket! Favre unhappy with Clemons start Pot Calls Brettle Back! Mangini says Favre “sabotaging” team A Bridge Too Favre? Mangini and Favre “at a stalemate” Favre, Nifty 4, Where Are You?! Favre a no-show for road trip Favred Up! Jets miss playoffs thanks to untimely 8 INT Favre performance after Kellen goes down! Thanks Four The Memories: Favre retires after disappointing season in New York; plans July unretirement
See you later Scott Eyre. You had your ups and downs but all in all it was a good run. Maybe they should have designated Howry instead.
I love when Arenas blogs. He is a normal person like you and me, for instance, how often do you wonder "How many sharks should I put in my shark tank?"
I'm so so so sorry. I know you all are sick of this story and so am I. God willing it's almost over, as Fox Sports is reporting that:
[D]espite reports to the contrary, there would not be an open quarterback competition as even Favre felt this would not be in the best interests of the locker room. Thus, Aaron Rodgers is the team's starting quarterback...
Favre now has to truly decide if he wants to play football for one of the two teams that have shown interest — the Jets and the Bucs — or continue to push for a solution that does not appear to be viable to the Packers.
Just RETIRE! Apologies again, my burning hatred for Favre compels me to continue posting about this.
F$%# Brett Favre. F&%$ him. Why won't this story go away? Now Goodell forced the Pack to take him back? I think I just threw up in my mouth a little. I don't even know if he's got anything left, and I don't care. He is such a douchebag and his true colors came out the last few weeks. I cannot even watch sportscenter anymore without seeing this crap. What does this mean for Aaron Rodgers? Does this make the Pack legit contenders in the NFC? Do I give a shit? Who knows.
"It looks that way. I don't think they want to lose their leading scorer for nothing. Maybe they do, I don't know." -Ben Gordon, on the Bulls limiting their offer to what's left under the luxury tax, and sticking to the scoring = $$$ talking points. (via Blogabull)
Israel tries to "Jew" Jason Williams out of his money. I just wanted to use Jew in a J-Will story. He's my boy now.
I hate Jay Mariotti. Get off Favre's balls already. (Hey Judd, remember when Mariotti gave me that wake up call? I'm still going to get you back for that)
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Who wants Favre now? After one season with the Jets, Brett Favre has retired again, informing the Jets today that he would not return.
