When the curtain opens, Tavaris Jackson, playing the part of Estragon, is trying unsuccessfully to take off his cleats. He is joined shortly on stage by Sage Rosenfels, playing the role of Vladimir. And together they wait.
The original Vladimir and Estragon did not have Godot’s address, but now we know that he lives just outside of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. And Minnesota’s remake of Samuel Beckett’s classic includes a Brad Childress character, who reportedly made a recent trip to Mississippi to talk to Godot Favre.
Yahoo! Sports billed the trip as a recruiting trip (Childress recruits Favre). If I were a Vikings fan – which I decidedly am not – I would be really annoyed by that characterization. You’re only supposed to have to recruit players who aren’t already on your team.
Of course, as a Packer fan, I recognize the show. We spent several summers watching this same plot play out. Ted Thompson was on the phone to Mississippi. Mike McCarthy was on a plane to Mississippi. And Brett Favre was on a tractor in Mississippi, holding the team and its fans hostage to his indecisiveness.
And now he’s doing it to the Vikings. At the moment, methinks they deserve each other.
Still, with this annual Favre-watch following that parade of teams that courted and wooed LeBron James (see earlier post), I find that this whole public pandering to individual athletes is becoming quite nauseating. Honestly, do you think some of these guys made their wives propose to them?
When Vladimir and Estragon were led to suspect that Godot was about to arrive, they exclaimed, “We’re saved!” A similarly hopeful cry is likely to emerge from Minnesota when, after several weeks of avoiding workouts and training camps, Favre announces that he’s coming back for one more year.
At least that’s how this tragicomedy has always played out before.
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