Favre Up To His Old Tricks

A heated discussion on the sidelines between Brett Favre and his head coach Brad Childress during Minnesota's 26-7 loss to Carolina has led to further revelations. According to recent reports Childress privately blasted Favre behind closed doors after the game, and has allegedly considered removing Favre from several games earlier this season. It seems that Farve has been disregarding the coaches instructions and disregarding the offensive game plan at times. This doesn't surprise me in the least. I have subscribed to the theory that it isn't Favre's aging body that would be the Viking's biggest problem, but his over inflated ego and sense of entitlement. The writing has been on the wall for a few years now about Favre's attitude. For the last few seasons Favre has left teams hanging in limbo during training camp while he decides whether or not he would like to come out and play, oblivious to the fact that teams are actually trying to put together N.F.L. offenses while he is at the fishing hole. Favre's constant pre-season stalling may have been a ploy to skip the majority of training camp, which I'm sure was not appreciated by his dozens of teammates laboring in the summer heat. The Vikings were willing to roll the dice on Favre and may have lost. It seems that Favre has spent too much time reading his own press clippings. Yes, Favre is a great player with a giant mountain of stats to prove it, but Favre's need to make himself bigger than the coach and the team over the last few seasons is more destructive than his arm is productive. Favre believes he is entitled to play by a different set of rules because of his past success. If he can't get his teammates and coaches to buy into that philosophy the Vikings will be in trouble down the stretch of the season. A true leader puts the team first and down plays distractions rather than creates them. Correct me if I'm wrong.