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Brett Favre Talks About Returning To Football… As A Coach Or General Manager

Published Thu, 29 Jun 2017 20:00:48 -0500

Green Bay Packers legend Brett Favre was talking about returning to the team. Not as a player, but as either a coach or administrative position like GM. Favre played with the Pack for 16 years before retiring, unretiring, retiring, unretiring… yeah, it was a mess. The Packers decided to move on while Favre was contemplating his future. Aaron Rodgers became the starter and Favre ended his career playing for the Minnesota Vikings and New York Jets. Green Bay fans were not happy that he wore a rivals color, but in the last couple years things have been worked out and he went into the Pro-Football Hall of Fame last year with a slew of Packer fans in attendance.

Favre used to talk about pulling an Elway. Winning the Super Bowl and then walking off into retirement. Now he's talking about a different kind of Elway since John Elway has returned to the Denver Broncos as General Manager and won a Super Bowl. Favre, 47, is planning for what he's going to do after his youngest daughter, Breleigh, finishes her college volleyball career in four years. Favre was on ESPN Wisconsin's Wilde & Tausch on Thursday and spoke about his thoughts:

That type of stuff has crossed my mind. Because it's no different to me than coaching. It's being involved in the game in some aspect. When I coached high school football for two years, it really wasn't on my radar. My dad did it for many, many, many years, [but] I thought, 'I just don't have anything left in the tank from a competitive side. What type of coach would I be?' I always thought I would be a good coach, but I didn't know if I had the effort in me. Well, I did. I'll tell you what, it was a joy. The competitive spirit came right back. It was obviously different than playing, and so I had a lot of fun.

He talked about getting involved in the front office aspects of the game:

I think the competitive spirit would be there. It's just different because there's such a business side to it. I don't know if I would have that in me. Picking good players is always in art — and some do it better than others — and there's some luck involved and things like that. But, yeah, it's crossed my mind, just like coaching has.

How series is he about these thoughts:

I would say, I'd never say never. I believe that would be a dream job, working as a coach there or in some form of administration. I don't know, and I don't want to create a stir [by talking about it], because who knows? But I would say, 'Never say never.'

Except this is Brett Favre and it's been proven when he even thinks about something involved in Football, it causes a stir.

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