<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>McCarthy expects much from Favre, PackersBy CHRIS JENKINSAP SPORTS WRITER Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre shares a laugh with first-year head coach Mike McCarthy during the first day of a football mini camp Friday, May 5, 2006, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Asked if he liked what he saw in his first day of minicamp, new Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy responded with a qualified "yes" Friday.That goes for Brett Favre, too.McCarthy said he had several "deja vus" watching Favre on the field for the first time this offseason, recalling his days as the Packers' quarterbacks coach in 1999.Most of those memories, McCarthy said, were positive. But not all of them."Just some of the things he does fundamentally," McCarthy said. "Some of the things, you shake your head at. And some of the things, you're glad he's your quarterback. Probably a lot more of those, that's for sure."After more than four months' worth of wavering on his football future, Favre returned to join his teammates for the Packers' first minicamp. He's scheduled to address the media Saturday.Favre did light jogging and stretching with the team and ran some plays. But just because Favre is gracing the Packers with his presence again this year doesn't mean he gets to do whatever he wants.McCarthy expects his quarterback to participate in an undetermined number of the team's offseason activities, something Favre has skipped in recent offseasons. Favre also is expected to put in the extra time it will take to learn a new offense.McCarthy talked to Favre for more than two hours after his arrival on Thursday."I'd like to sit here and say he did cartwheels and everything as we talked about what we were going to do," McCarthy said. "But that would not be accurate. I've worked with Brett before. He knows where I'm coming from. He understands my beliefs as far as fundamentals, how you want to play the game and so forth and I think that's in line with how he wants to play the game."McCarthy has projected a serious, businesslike attitude in his initial public appearances as the Packers' coach, using corporate terminology such as "group dynamics."Offensive coordinator Jeff Jagodzinski describes the Pittsburgh native as "blue-collar.""There's not going to be a lot of gray area," Jagodzinski said. "There's no, 'I wonder what he meant by that?' He'll tell you."But McCarthy doesn't appear to be a disciplinarian out of the mold of Bill Parcells or Tom Coughlin. That's a good thing, because it might not work with players who remember him as friendly and good-natured from his first stint with the team.Receiver Donald Driver said he and a few other players thought it was a little odd to watch McCarthy deliver a semi-stern lecture in a recent team meeting."By me knowing him, for him to come into those meetings and get the 'deep voice' is kind of funny," Driver said. "We kind of laugh at him a little bit. But he's getting his point across, and he's doing his job."That laughter aside, Driver said McCarthy has the players' respect."He gets that respect regardless," Driver said. "I don't think they would have gave him that position if he had to earn respect. I think he pretty much has that respect already, and I think everyone in that locker room already respects him as a man."And Driver understands that McCarthy will have to get tough at times."That's a head coach on any team," Driver said. "He has to have that attitude. And there's going to be one day where we're going to come out there and we're not going to have a good practice. And he's going to have that attitude where he's going to go off on us."</div>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/football/202...s_Minicamp.html
Yeah, he seemed really enthusiastic and so did many of the players in the videos on the Packers site.Woodson and Harris are expecting HUGE things according to the newspaper.I'm excited, and the o-line will be 10x better than last years with Julius Coston starting
That isn't the most stable division in the league.. I think ANYTHING is possible next season with Favre & the Packers.
Another thing I heard on NFL Total Access was that Favre thinks that he could stay longer than just the '06 season.
If you have to think about whether or not you want to retire, then it isn't time yet. When you want to retire, you just KNOW it. That's been my experience with things.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JHair @ May 6 2006, 12:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>If you have to think about whether or not you want to retire, then it isn't time yet. When you want to retire, you just KNOW it. That's been my experience with things.</div>Yes, because I know you done a ton of retireing in your life.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (thepowerofX @ May 6 2006, 03:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Another thing I heard on NFL Total Access was that Favre thinks that he could stay longer than just the '06 season.</div>He's got a contract thru 2010. What do you expect?
