When speculation swirls about Brett Favre’s future plans, it’s hard not to view Favre as a drama queen who loves being the subject of media speculation.
But one of the people who knows Favre best, former NFL coach Steve Mariucci, insists that Favre doesn’t like attention at all.
“He hates it,” Mariucci said Wednesday on ESPN 1000 in Chicago.
Mariucci repeated the common refrain from friends of Favre that all Brett really wants to do is drive a tractor in the offseason.
“You know what he was doing yesterday? He was working in his yard,” Mariucci said. “He avoids the media as much as he possibly can. He could hold a press conference every day if he wanted to. People are always waiting for him outside his house, outside the high school where he does training and rehab there, and he avoids it.”
Of course, if Favre really wanted to avoid all the media speculation, he could always bring the speculation to an end by reporting to training camp.
Please……And every man in America hates blondes with big boobs and a tight ass…..See how ridiculous that sounds?
Bullsh!t. Mariucci is a shill for the best interests of Brett Favre (and his own continued access).
Yeah… and pigs are flying out of my a** as we speak. Favre = the ultimate primadonna. Period.
I hate how PFT gets on ESPN’s case for not holding back on covering the Roethlisberger case or the Vick case, yet they don’t have anything on the Favre-cell phone-crocs story. Or was that the pre-NBC PFT that would get on ESPN?
black is white, up is down, right is wrong, and so on…
ROFLMAO….thats the funniest thing I have heard since Vick donated 10 g’s to Virginia Tech after the shooting. Favre is the ultimate ego maniac and the reason why he can’t walk away from the game. I really believe his wife can’t stand him and if he was home for an extended period of time she would end up choking him cause he wouldn’t move away from the vanity mirror.
pleeeeeeease… the dumbest thing I’ve heard yet.
How often is Brett Favre making official statements?
Rarely.
It kind of speaks for itself if you can put aside the bandwagon hatred.
Steve Mariucci: Rodney King liked being beaten
I’ve lost so much respect for Mariucci as this fiasco goes on. He will never coach in the NFL again. That is a total BS statement.
Of the top ten most commented stories, nine are Farvert articles, and one on Rapenstein.
The lesson learned kids is that if you play in the NFL and want to get your name in the paper, simply show your weenis to someone who would prefer you not.
Expect jealous, lesser known players to follow suit.
If Mariucci is dumb enough to believe that, it’s no wonder that he’s not a coach anymore.
ESPN knows it can make money off of Favre. ESPN knows it can’t make as much money off of Vick or Ben.
You figure out why ESPN caters to Favre.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It still amazes me the idiots on here who call Favre a media whore, yet he rarely if ever grants interviews and spends the whole off-season in seclusion on his ranch in Mississsippi.
Now you want a media whore, look no further then Jenn Stinger or Erin Rodgers. Rodgers spends the whole off season trying to get his pic into every Hollywood tabloid there is.
“Of course, if Favre really wanted to avoid all the media speculation, he could always bring the speculation to an end by reporting to training camp.”
So he should report to camp based solely on quelling the media attention and not on his injury?
Wow, you grow dumber by the day Mike.
Adam-Chris Schefterson says:
August 4, 2010 4:47 PM
Steve Mariucci: Rodney King liked being beaten.
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That’s hilarious! I haven’t had this much fun at the Vikings expense since………well, …since yesterday.
It’s all about not having to go to training camp. Once camp is over, he’ll be on a plane.
Mariucci’s wrong because he doesn’t realize that you can avoid the media physically, but still enjoy the attention. Lot’s of people like privacy but aren’t happy unless they know people are out there thinking about them every minute.
Love how the media chases Favre like a rabid dog, reporting every time he farts, and then you dipshits get on here and act like Favre himself is doing all the talking when he hasn’t said shit in ages.
Brett Favre LOVES attention… is he effing kidding right now?!?!?
And Barack Obama tells the truth.
Seriously Mooch, do you really want to go there? Are you being paid to do Bus Cook’s job? I hope so.
He doesn’t like the attention like a freshman girl doesn’t like receiving text messages….
No wonder no team has asked this idiot to be a head coach again
This is why Mooch was never a successful NFL coach. He wanted to be everybody’s friend and couldn’t see through the BS. Farve LOVES being all over ESPN for days on end, or else he wouldn’t have sent the texts in the first place. He wants to be the prettiest girl at the beauty pageant. “Don’t look at Manning and Brees, look at ME!” And none of those ESPN foofs want to make him mad, so they all kiss his ass.
# SJ Apollo says: August 4, 2010 4:36 PM
I hate how PFT gets on ESPN’s case for not holding back on covering the Roethlisberger case or the Vick case, yet they don’t have anything on the Favre-cell phone-crocs story. Or was that the pre-NBC PFT that would get on ESPN?
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You apparently missed this http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/08/04/bizarre-allegations-against-favre-could-complicate-his-decision/ from 2:30 this afternoon
Jared Allen’s Shart Stain says: August 4, 2010 4:47 PM
How often is Brett Favre making official statements?
Rarely.
It kind of speaks for itself if you can put aside the bandwagon hatred.
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Exactly. The media is all over the guy, including PFT.
They make stories out of nothing, and then put him down for being a diva.
pkrlvr says:
August 4, 2010 4:59 PM
Love how the media chases Favre like a rabid dog, reporting every time he farts, and then you dipshits get on here and act like Favre himself is doing all the talking when he hasn’t said shit in ages.
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Dude…exactly!
Of course, if Favre really wanted to avoid all the media speculation, he could always bring the speculation to an end by reporting to training camp.
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This kind of comment is why were still talking about favre
Yeah Favre hates publicity, that’s why he went to the Espy’s, does tv commercials, gives interviews to Ed Werder and Greta Van Susteran and Joe Buck, creates media furors by texting teamates, works out at a public high school instead of at his estate. Yeah, good one.
Hmmm…hates it, eh?
Um….he could easily end it…but he seems to let it happen every year.
So I’m going to call BS on that.
Favre is a drama queen, Prima Donna, attention whore, and every other name that falls under those categories.
What media reports can kitty farts total atribute to Farve? Making do with very microscopic windmills around here lately. Speaks volumes for how low Next Bush Network has sunk.
You have to give it to those loyal Farve-aholics, they will twist the situation around in hopes that the everyday Joe won’t think this is a marketing ploy by Farve.
Simply put, Farve, come out and say your either playing or not? That’s it, stop sending bull crap texts, grow a sack and let your team know what your plans are. If your coming back after pre-season, just say so. You have lot so much respect in this league to continue pulling this crap.
On wait, I just received a text message from Captn. Stubbing and they are bringing back the Love Boat.. Thank God Chester is now playing in Chicago huh?
Just nominated for the Common Mans most Preposterous Statement Contest…. you MPLS Sports fans know what i’m talking about.
Farve just texted me saying he misses Dan Dierdorf and the mustache rides he used to give Farve..
Print that there PFT and ESPN. Want proof, ask Mooch he’ll agree with what I said, I slipped him a fifty and a tube of hair gel.
The media whore is laughing his freakin ass off right now. He makes a deal with a couple friends of his on the team to text them and say he isn’t coming back. They leak it out and the sideshow begins. It worked! He is being offered $7 million more than he is scheduled to make this year. He absolutely pulled it off. He’s a freakin moron and shouldn’t be allowed in the NFL anymore. It’s not about winning with him or there wouldn’t even be any decision. IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY AND ATTENTION!!!!
# SJ Apollo says: August 4, 2010 4:36 PM
I hate how PFT gets on ESPN’s case for not holding back on covering the Roethlisberger case or the Vick case, yet they don’t have anything on the Favre-cell phone-crocs story. Or was that the pre-NBC PFT that would get on ESPN?
Are these idiots really comparing alleged pictures of oneself to raping a college student in a bathroom or slamming a dog into the ground multiple times until it dies?
You typify every Favre hater. Thanks for making your priorities in life clear for everyone.
Brett Favre hates the attention, but he loves sending pictures of his cock to random chicks. Stay classy Brett!!
This guy’s yard must be immaculate since every time I hear somebody tell me what he is doing he’s “working on his yard.”
# nutnbutnet says: August 4, 2010 5:20 PM
Yeah Favre hates publicity, that’s why he went to the Espy’s, does tv commercials, gives interviews to Ed Werder and Greta Van Susteran and Joe Buck, creates media furors by texting teamates, works out at a public high school instead of at his estate. Yeah, good one.
Wow, what a publicity hound. He went to the Espy’s because he was nominated for an award. HOW DARE HE! The guy does maybe %5 of the Commercials Manning does but yet he love his publicity. You mentioned 3 interviews over 3 years, really? You can do better than that.
nutnbutnet = fail
“Simply put, Farve, come out and say your either playing or not? That’s it, stop sending bull crap texts, grow a sack and let your team know what your plans are. ”
Not clear enough yet for you bronco? He has CLEARLY stated that he will come back based on how his ankle heals.
As far as the texts you mentioned, you care to post the specific texts you are talking about?
That’s what I thought.
broncofan,
At least Favre didn’t need a Running Back who had the best two season run of any RB ever in order to win his SB. Unlike somebody who could not win a SB without that.
Even a homer like me does not buy Mariucci’s story. Obviously Favre does like the attention, but he wants it on his terms. I know that Favre is deeply flawed as most of us are, but he truly loves football. I remember his saying that one of the reasons he never likes to be taken out of games is that he thinks he will never be put back in. That is what happened to Majik after he was hurt in GB. His consecutive start record is part of that insecurity.
actually rodney was all hopped up on dope and beat the crap out of the cops before they got the upper hand
but the non-media and its useful follower idiots wont publicize that.
“He hates it”
He should know.
Mooch hated the attention each and every time Mooch–err–sources leaked word of Mariucci’s interest in another job while Mooch was coaching the 49ers.
Hated it.
Shorter: Brett “hates” attention like Paris, Lindsay, TO “hate” attention.
Yea, and all my WI bretheran really really hate Beer.
If he didn’t crave the attention, he wouldn’t have flip-flopped on his intentions the last few years. He has an ego the size of the moon and he loves the media fawning all over his every move. I respect his accomplishments on the field, but he is not a respectable person.
“Steve Mariucci: Rodney King liked being beaten”
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haha
FoF wrote:
“At least Favre didn’t need a Running Back who had the best two season run of any RB ever in order to win his SB. Unlike somebody who could not win a SB without that”.
Really, it appears to me that Favre has a pretty stocked team last year and couldn’t get it done. Humm, I guess your right.. Favre still is a bone head primadonna..Either move on or get his ass to practice.
FoF, you are the scum of the earth. Please just move to Mississippi so you can just be with your hero at all times. Stop calling Aaron Rodgers ‘Erin.’
Your bitterness is pretty obvious, and it makes you a pathetic little b*tch.
If Favre really is the “media whore” that this gaggle of angry school girls paints him to be, then every time you post about him, you are the whore’s john, supporting the whole thing.
Now go back to your regularly scheduled feigned moral outrage.
Mari-Douchey is just another one of Favre’s minions in the media who have a man-boy crush on him.
To suggest that Favre (Fav-ruh?) “hates” the attention is absolutely ludicrous.
He’s mentioned the word “retirement” every year since 2002 and has now retired and unretired every offseason for the past 3 years.
Hates the attention? I didn’t even think Mari-Douchey was that stupid.
Mariucci is a dumbass.
Remember he had his hands in the pie when Detroit went farther down the septic line.
NFLN pay attention, this is one of your big guns and hes spewing ignorance like a busted well.
what a pissant, with dwindling credability before now i see he probably has nil at present.
Every year that nitwit Mariucci chimes in to ride Farve’s jock. Why does that moron always know what Brett did yesterday? Please… that dude is just like the other sycophants that kiss Farve’s ass on a constant basis.
# GobiasINC_1 says: August 4, 2010 6:13 PM
Your bitterness is pretty obvious, and it makes you a pathetic little b*tch.
Ditto with you and your obsession with Favre.
Thanks for playing
# GobiasINC_1 says: Stop calling Aaron Rodgers ‘Erin.’
Your bitterness is pretty obvious, and it makes you a pathetic little b*tch.
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Why do you care what anyone calls your beloved QB? Does it matter? Calling someone a “pathetic little b*tch seems quite bitter too.
i admit that favre can be a mischievous prankster sometimes but that’s just his way. ted on the other hand frightens small children and there’s nothing funny or likable about him.
Favre hates attention the way Big Ben hates little girls in confined areas.
Oh, I have a great QB in Aaron Rodgers. Packer fans have a great future with Rodgers, Finley, Jennings and the 3-4 defense. I just like to stick up for the Packers when someone calls them out. Namely, calling Aaron Rodgers a girl’s name. Which is old and played out.
With Favre, I’m just sick of #4 pulling this crap for the last eight years or so, and even more sick of everyone defending him. Even you Favre fans have to be getting sick of the constant indecision. Right?
Look at the Vikings fans……..mouth agape, ready to swallow, and busting on florio…….as is Favre isn’t a drama queen…….all the medias fault……..I have said it before anf i will say it again…….VIKINGS FANS ARE THE MOST PATHETIC FANS ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET…..
Hornung’s Tumbler says:
August 4, 2010 4:47 PM
I’ve lost so much respect for Mariucci as this fiasco goes on. He will never coach in the NFL again. That is a total BS statement.
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I’m sure Mariucci is disraught knowing some internet turd does respect him.
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Ambrose says:
August 4, 2010 4:59 PM
Adam-Chris Schefterson says:
August 4, 2010 4:47 PM
Steve Mariucci: Rodney King liked being beaten.
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That’s hilarious! I haven’t had this much fun at the Vikings expense since………well, …since yesterday.
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Jesus gramps, unless you are confined to a wheelchair, you need to get out and enjoy the years you have left. You have an unhealthy obsession with a man you’ve never met.
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The guy has done more orchestrating than Leonard f’ing Bernstein but yeah Mooch, he just HATES the attention!
straight face when he said it ?
Marriucci is on the Favre payroll towing the company line. It’s kinda gross how Mooch has become Favre’s little media errand boy. No wonder the Packers didn’t want to hire him when Favre requested it. Then he would’ve been ruling the roost both figuratively AND literally.
And i’ll bet Favre hasn’t cut his own grass in 15 years. The only one riding his mower is the undocumented mexicans he brings in for his landscaping. Favre loves to nurse that good ol’ boy image.
And no, i’m not a Packers fan.
Favre hates the media attention?
HAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
Good one Mooch! I can’t stop laughing!!!
I think we have to learn to appreciate Brett for his latest contribution to society. Brett has given us a new word. “Favre-ing” Dictionary Definition: to lie- bullshit- or purposefully mislead.
Properly used in a sentence; Did you hear Peyton Manning broke both his legs and is out for the season? O, you’ve got to be Farve-ing me.
I think Brett’s just Farv-ing us again!
GobiasINC_1 says: August 4, 2010 7:09 PM
I just like to stick up for the Packers when someone calls them out. Namely, calling Aaron Rodgers a girl’s name. Which is old and played out.
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Get over it, pal. Referring to Aaron Rodgers as ‘Erin’ is the least egregious thing anyone could ever say in an insulting manner – they do worse on kindergarten playgrounds.
Life must be pretty rough wherever you’re at if referring to an NFL QB with a female-gendered name that gets you riled up.
yeah gobias especially since erin has a male roommate/life partner and chokes like a dog in big games and has never won a playoff game.
RC IV
Obsessed with turds?
Comes from your background of cleaning the toilets at Mickie D’s.
Cheese burger please young lady.
Matt says:
August 4, 2010 11:34 PM
GobiasINC_1 says: August 4, 2010 7:09 PM
I just like to stick up for the Packers when someone calls them out. Namely, calling Aaron Rodgers a girl’s name. Which is old and played out.
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What are your thoughts on the name GayRod?
Gravy Makes Sconnies Fat says:
August 5, 2010 12:07 AM
yeah gobias especially since erin has a male roommate/life partner and chokes like a dog in big games and has never won a playoff game.
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Who?
Steve Mariucci: Barbie hates her Malibu dream house
Steve Mariucci: Lindsay Lohan hates going commando
Mooch, you gotta be shitting me! Every year we have to listen to this Prima donna….Well, if I’m healthy etc…BS and Mooch is full of it!
I bet Steve Mariucci’s basement is a ode to Brett Favre
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Being born in the U.P. must have frozen his friggen brain.
Obama isn’t Black
National health care won’t cost anyone anything
The Vikings beat New Orleans
I adore T.O.
I was the greatest 49 ers coach ever
Aside from Adam-Chris begging for attention (see: his back to back ‘one-liners’) we’ve seen them, you can stop now…
But, Brett Favre hasn’t initiated any of this… I can’t say it isn’t his fault when he retires then un-retires, but honestly – I truly think he has legitimate concerns about his health when he decides to retire/un-retire, the guy just doesn’t know… you can’t fault him for that. You CAN however fault the media for constantly bending over backwards everytime he does it… That’s not Favre’s fault. You saw the video yesterday when he was trying to get into his truck and leave, and Ed Werder stood in front of his door so he couldn’t close it… it’s 90% Media, 9% Brett, 1% PFT.
Wow..
Packer fans are whinier than teenage chicks on their periods, and far less rational….
Mooch should be embarassed by all this but much like Peter King, Chilly and John Madden, they are all sucking off Favre to further their own agendas.
I would rather PFT stick to stories of Favre sending pixs of his junk, T Jack Off’s development or Chilly’s attempt to act like he is in control. All those hold higher amusement values than this obvious BS by Mooch.
I don’t know Jimmy, I think your comments are far more amusing (as in pathetic) than any stories PFT comes up with.
FoF’s pre-meal prayer…
“Bless us our Favre, in these thy gifts, which we’re about to receive, from thy bounty, through Favre our Lord. Amen.
In the name of the Favre, and Deanna, and the Holy Favre. Amen.”
Actually, worthless Romanian failed business owners aren’t exactly known for being scholars, so it’s probably much simpler.
“Favre is great. Favre is good. Let us thank him for our food.” Amen.
HAHAHAHAHAHAA Mooch is soooo full of shit.
Favre hates attention, like:
Those Favre ballwashers are tired of getting pissed on by their drama queen.
They won’t be bidding up the price, thiristing for copies of Jenn Sterger’s cell phone’s photos the married nude perv sent her of his dong.
Vikings fans aren’t gullible at all.
FoF wrote:
“At least Favre didn’t need a Running Back who had the best two season run of any RB ever in order to win his SB. Unlike somebody who could not win a SB without that”.
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No he just needed Reggie White, Desmond Howard, Kieth Jackson, and Andre Rison to win his.
Steve Mariucci: Hitler hated Mass Executions.
He fishpack….Stop gargling TT’s balls and licking his nutsack and maybe you’ll start to make sense….but I doubt it.