Falcons: Alternate Universe

[Drathdon]

I pray we can read something like this about Matty Ice one day - Except without the Rankin Smith part... that almost made me nauseous.

ALTERNATE UNIVERSE UPDATE: Brett Favre Retires After Twenty Glorious Years With Falcons

[ViperXX79]

Bret Favre would of died if he stayed in Atlanta. He had issues.

[AUTiger7222]

(10-23-2012 09:43 PM)ViperXX79 Wrote:  Bret Favre would of died if he stayed in Atlanta. He had issues.

Yep. Favre would have died from all the drinking and drug problems he had.

[ViperXX79]

(10-24-2012 12:32 AM)AUTiger7222 Wrote:  Yep. Favre would have died from all the drinking and drug problems he had.

My father was a coach during that period and used to tell us how Favre would show up with a white powder smeared on his face and they had to keep him from the media. They were extremely worried about him.

[FullMetalFalcon23]

Had Favre until coming Atlanta ever spent an extended period of time in a city like Atlanta?

[AUTiger7222]

(10-24-2012 03:54 AM)FullMetalFalcon23 Wrote:  Had Favre until coming Atlanta ever spent an extended period of time in a city like Atlanta?

Nope. He was born and raised in rural Mississippi and played at Southern Miss. When he got to Atlanta he was overwhelmed by the night life and couldn't control himself. The Packers were the only team for which he could have played for an made it in the NFL because Green Bay is in the middle of nowhere Wisconsin. There's nothing to do there except play football.

I'll never understand how people can say the Falcons screwed up by trading him when you take into account all the off the field issues.

[AUTiger7222]

(10-24-2012 03:25 AM)ViperXX79 Wrote:  My father was a coach during that period and used to tell us how Favre would show up with a white powder smeared on his face and they had to keep him from the media. They were extremely worried about him.

Wow. But I can believe it.

[juraitwaluzka]

(10-24-2012 05:42 AM)AUTiger7222 Wrote:  I'll never understand how people can say the Falcons screwed up by trading him when you take into account all the off the field issues.

Because people are notoriously bad at taking things into account and it is still going on. That's at the root of all the misconceptions you see today about the Falcons.

Put another way, people are lazy dumbasses.

[AUTiger7222]

(10-24-2012 07:25 AM)juraitwaluzka Wrote:  Because people are notoriously bad at taking things into account and it is still going on. That's at the root of all the misconceptions you see today about the Falcons.

Put another way, people are lazy dumbasses.

You summed it up perfectly.