Comments on: Brett Favre: The Man, The Myth…..The Legend or The Letdown? http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2009/08/brett-favre-the-man-the-myth-the-legend-or-letdown/ A sports blog by and for Midwest Sports Fans Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BigMB http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2009/08/brett-favre-the-man-the-myth-the-legend-or-letdown/#comment-10937 BigMB Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:27:33 +0000 http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/?p=3272#comment-10937 @JRod, I definitely agree the back and forth was the worst part of it all. I actually would not mind if Favre played until he was 50. He's exciting to watch, but make up your mind. Oh, and by the way....I do own the all-time series in Madden...maybe you should come to Indy and we could hash it out with the New Madden 10...great game. Until next time! @JRod, I definitely agree the back and forth was the worst part of it all. I actually would not mind if Favre played until he was 50. He’s exciting to watch, but make up your mind. Oh, and by the way….I do own the all-time series in Madden…maybe you should come to Indy and we could hash it out with the New Madden 10…great game. Until next time!

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]]> By: JRod http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2009/08/brett-favre-the-man-the-myth-the-legend-or-letdown/#comment-10934 JRod Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:33:32 +0000 http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/?p=3272#comment-10934 Myles, Excellent first effort. And I mostly agree with you. I loved seeing MJ come back, even knowing he was only a shell of his former self, just for those brief glimpses when he would remind you of his former greatness and for the everlasting belief we all had as his fans that he could do something great at any moment. I think what has separated Favre is how he has handled things. The back and forth. And the increased media attention today, even compared to Jordan's days, has not helped him. Every thought Favre has had has been magnified. When you're wishy-washy and every wish and wash is broadcast to the masses, it can lead to people getting sick of it all. To wit, the new issue of SI is promoting itself as being "Favre-free". http://sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com/2009/08/sports-illustrated-boycotts-favre.html I'm not sure exactly what this means...but it certainly proves that we've reached a tipping point where Favre's legend has intersected with the exhaustion that many people have at not his inability to walk away, but his inability to handle the situation in a way that doesn't create such drama. Favre will always be a legend (especially to people like your first commenter!) but I think he will be hard-pressed to make this latest comeback anything other than a letdown. He set his own bar so high, it will be hard for him to do anything that lives up to it. And now that so many people are simply exhausted by the never-ending saga, the benefit of the doubt that aging stars usually receive will no longer be there. Myles,

Excellent first effort. And I mostly agree with you. I loved seeing MJ come back, even knowing he was only a shell of his former self, just for those brief glimpses when he would remind you of his former greatness and for the everlasting belief we all had as his fans that he could do something great at any moment.

I think what has separated Favre is how he has handled things. The back and forth. And the increased media attention today, even compared to Jordan’s days, has not helped him. Every thought Favre has had has been magnified. When you’re wishy-washy and every wish and wash is broadcast to the masses, it can lead to people getting sick of it all.

To wit, the new issue of SI is promoting itself as being “Favre-free”.

http://sportsmediawatch.blogspot.com/2009/08/sports-illustrated-boycotts-favre.html

I’m not sure exactly what this means…but it certainly proves that we’ve reached a tipping point where Favre’s legend has intersected with the exhaustion that many people have at not his inability to walk away, but his inability to handle the situation in a way that doesn’t create such drama.

Favre will always be a legend (especially to people like your first commenter!) but I think he will be hard-pressed to make this latest comeback anything other than a letdown. He set his own bar so high, it will be hard for him to do anything that lives up to it. And now that so many people are simply exhausted by the never-ending saga, the benefit of the doubt that aging stars usually receive will no longer be there.

]]> By: BigMB http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2009/08/brett-favre-the-man-the-myth-the-legend-or-letdown/#comment-10918 BigMB Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:20:25 +0000 http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/?p=3272#comment-10918 Thanks! I look forward to writing more! Thanks! I look forward to writing more!

]]> By: Jordana http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2009/08/brett-favre-the-man-the-myth-the-legend-or-letdown/#comment-10916 Jordana Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:03:36 +0000 http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/?p=3272#comment-10916 Myles, Fantastic article! Great Job! :) Brett Favre is amazing & this season I will be sporting a Vikings jersey for the first time in my life! I look forward to your future posts! Ex-Packer fan a.k.a. Jerod's girlfriend Myles,

Fantastic article! Great Job! :)
Brett Favre is amazing & this season I will be sporting a Vikings jersey for the first time in my life!
I look forward to your future posts!

Ex-Packer fan a.k.a. Jerod’s girlfriend

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