GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The photo still hangs in Ron Wolf’s den, amid football memorabilia and family photos -- which, when you think about it, is the perfect place for it.
Years ago, before Wolf retired in 2001 after a decade of transforming the Green Bay Packers as the team’s general manager, Brett Favre signed an 8-by-10-inch photo of the two of them. For the Packers legendary quarterback, it was his version of a thank-you note for the February 1992 trade that brought him to Green Bay. On it, Favre wrote:
Ron,
Thanks for giving this old redneck a chance in the Frozen Tundra.