GREEN BAY -
Brett Favre left Green Bay Wednesday without a
clear picture of his future in the NFL. Packers
fans were similarly confused.
Don Harvey, of
Ashwaubenon, was carrying a life-size cutout of
Brett Favre and said he was so disgusted with
management he planned to sell his season tickets.
"It's
outrageous how they treated a quarterback who was
near the top of his game," Harvey said.
The veteran
quarterback boarded a chartered jet Wednesday,
returning to Mississippi to wait on his future.
The answer came late Wednesday night after it was
confirmed that he was traded by the Packers to the
New York Jets.
After Wednesday
morning's training camp practice at Clarke Hinkle
Field, Green Bay Packers President and CEO Mark
Murphy walked back to Lambeau Field among players
and fans.
While some fans
carried signs supporting Favre and criticizing
general manager Ted Thompson, others voiced
support for Murphy and stopped to shake his hand
or take his picture.
"Good
job," said David Steeno, giving Murphy a
thumbs-up.
Steeno, a former
Wisconsin resident who lives in Big Rapids, Mich.,
said there were inconsistencies on both sides of
the issue. The best option now is to trade Favre,
he said.
"I'm a Favre
fan, but maybe he was in a zone where he was not
seeing the whole picture," Steeno said.
Brett Teela, of
Madison, who carried a homemade sign urging
Thompson's firing, said management "botched
the whole thing. They should trade (Aaron)
Rodgers."
Sharon Meyer, of De
Pere, who has sold cold drinks and souvenirs at
training camp for several years, said crowds
Wednesday "were a quarter of the size when
people thought Brett Favre would be here. The
majority of people are not happy with the idea he
may be traded."
Todd Brown, of
Green Bay, held up a "Bring Brett back"
sign. Brown said he was disappointed with the way
Favre was treated by Packers management and urged
coach Mike McCarthy to apologize to Favre.
"It's not over
until there's a trade or they bring him
back," Brown said.
However, Favre has
seen a sharp decline in his favorability among
many Wisconsinites, a new survey shows. Only 47
percent had a favorable view of Favre, while 34
percent had an unfavorable view. The survey of 600
people likely to vote in the November presidential
election was conducted Sunday and Monday by the
Wisconsin Policy Research Institute.
It has a margin of
error of plus or minus 4 percent. In a survey last
December, 73 percent of the people in Wisconsin
had a favorable view of Favre and 7 percent had an
unfavorable view.
Steve Tate of
DeForest said he'd like to see Favre end his
career in Green Bay.
"It had been a
little bit of Camelot, but now it's gone,"
Tate said. "It's big business and big
egos."