Fire Ted Thompson!!

[Kiwon]

http://www.fortwaynecamp.com/images/Thompson1.JPG Fire Ted Thompson!!

He's doing a lousy job with the Vincennes (Indiana) University baseball team.

:mrgreen:

[Joemailman]

Ad for that other Ted Thompson, the nutcases are still out there, but have been reduced to making excuses for why the packers are winning.
http://www.firetedthompsonnow.com/

[Packman_26]

Oh no, the Packers are less than 10 hours away from firing Thompson in the heat of a playoff run!

[Joemailman]

I like the poll they have on that website:

When Should Ted Thompson Be Fired?

Today

End Of Season

That website should be great if the Packers win the Super Bowl.

[Bossman641]

I like the poll they have on that website:

When Should Ted Thompson Be Fired?

Today

End Of Season

That website will be great when the Packers win the Super Bowl.

There you go, I corrected your sentence

[Fritz]

I read that site, Joe - thanks for the link. It reminds me of a line a Thompson-hater on this board wrote back in the early spring last year - that even if the Packers managed to win the Super Bowl, it would be all luck anyway.

While I am a Thompson fan and have been from the beginning, what really gets my goat is less the criticism than the overall attitude, which is emblematic of so much of what is wrong with our country today.

It's this idea that you're going to believe what you want, and any evidence that undermines your viewpoint - even solid, factual evidence - will be dismissed casually. In this case, as "luck."

So, in order to keep hating Ted Thompson, this poster last year and the rest of the Thompson-haters will be willing to believe that the Packers' 11-5 season has been all "luck" and nothing more. That in fact luck alone could get any team to the Super Bowl.

That's why Patler is one of my favorite posters. He actually pays attention to the evidence. I admire posters who are willing to see or try to see both sides of a debate and who offer evidence in support of their opinions.

[Pugger]

I won't matter what happens with the team. We could win the Super Bowl and the TT haters will still be chirping because they will NEVER forgive him for trading away their hero even tho it is plainly clear that moving on with Rodgers was the right decision for the future of the franchise.

[retailguy]

I won't matter what happens with the team. We could win the Super Bowl and the TT haters will still be chirping because they will NEVER forgive him for trading away their hero even tho it is plainly clear that moving on with Rodgers was the right decision for the future of the franchise.

I'm not a "Ted" fan and probably will never be one, but this surely isn't why. I've been very supportive of this decision and very supportive of Rodgers as a whole.

We can leave the whole Ted debate for another day, I just wanted you to understand that there are some folks out there who aren't a fan - but not for the reasons you state. He got that decision right for more reasons than one.

[Kiwon]

Well, there's one thing for sure.....thank God that "we" aren't the Redskins and run by Dan Snyder!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ac/Redskins_Daniel_Snyder.jpg/180px-Redskins_Daniel_Snyder.jpg

[Joemailman]

Has be signed Shanahan to a billion dollar contract yet?

[Badgerinmaine]

Has be signed Shanahan to a billion dollar contract yet?
No, but they just fired Jim Zorn:
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/12743243/redskins-fire-embattled-zorn-after-412-season

[sheepshead]

Well, there's one thing for sure.....thank God that "we" aren't the Redskins and run by Dan Snyder!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ac/Redskins_Daniel_Snyder.jpg/180px-Redskins_Daniel_Snyder.jpg

This guy has been praised more on here and similar boards more than any other human over the years. He will continue to be every free agent period no matter how many times you point out that he has won only 1 playoff game in his NFL carrier.

[Badgerinmaine]

Fire Ted Thompson!!

He's doing a lousy job with the Vincennes (Indiana) University baseball team.

:mrgreen:
They were 27-11 last year:
http://vinu.edu/cms/opencms/athletics/statistics/baseball/2009/teamcume.htm
Dang, some of you are impossible to please. :P :P

[vince]

I say fire him just for impersonating Deuce Bigalow.
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.gadling.com/media/2007/01/deuce-bigalow.jpg

[Tony Oday]

wow that site is just wrong...I am surprised they don't want us to fire Dom Capers :)

[mission]

Well, there's one thing for sure.....thank God that "we" aren't the Redskins and run by Dan Snyder!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ac/Redskins_Daniel_Snyder.jpg/180px-Redskins_Daniel_Snyder.jpg

This guy has been praised more on here and similar boards more than any other human over the years. He will continue to be every free agent period no matter how many times you point out that he has won only 1 playoff game in his NFL carrier.

He sure looks like a football guy.

Or a math teacher.

[TennesseePackerBacker]

Well, there's one thing for sure.....thank God that "we" aren't the Redskins and run by Dan Snyder!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ac/Redskins_Daniel_Snyder.jpg/180px-Redskins_Daniel_Snyder.jpg

This guy has been praised more on here and similar boards more than any other human over the years. He will continue to be every free agent period no matter how many times you point out that he has won only 1 playoff game in his NFL carrier.

He sure looks like a football guy.

Or a math teacher.


:lol: looks like my insurance agent.

[Tony Oday]

Well, there's one thing for sure.....thank God that "we" aren't the Redskins and run by Dan Snyder!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ac/Redskins_Daniel_Snyder.jpg/180px-Redskins_Daniel_Snyder.jpg

This guy has been praised more on here and similar boards more than any other human over the years. He will continue to be every free agent period no matter how many times you point out that he has won only 1 playoff game in his NFL carrier.

He sure looks like a football guy.

he looks like the kid w all beat up in HS!!!!
Or a math teacher.


:lol: looks like my insurance agent.

[SkinBasket]

Has be signed Shanahan to a billion dollar contract yet?

As of 3:20pm:

'Redskins One' takes Shanahan to D.C.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4795477


Don't they still have to interview a black guy?

[The Shadow]

I won't matter what happens with the team. We could win the Super Bowl and the TT haters will still be chirping because they will NEVER forgive him for trading away their hero even tho it is plainly clear that moving on with Rodgers was the right decision for the future of the franchise.


Hits the nail right on the head!

[Kiwon]

Has be signed Shanahan to a billion dollar contract yet?

As of 3:20pm:

'Redskins One' takes Shanahan to D.C.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4795477


Don't they still have to interview a black guy?

The NFL is really a piece of work....

From a AP article:

"Zorn's dismissal had been expected for months. The front office stripped him of his play-calling duties in late October, and Snyder has interviewed assistant coach Jerry Gray for the job weeks ago, according to the Fritz Pollard Alliance, which monitors minority hiring in the NFL."

An earlier version of this same article included a phrase like, "..in order to satisfy the minority hiring requirement..." That phrase has since been deleted.

Hey, what about women, the transgendered, midgets....? What condescension!

[pbmax]

Condescension perhaps. But not as bad as being ignored outright as was the case before. And no one is arguing women or paraplegics are under-represented among the game's coaches and front offices. Just scanning my memory, but I can't turn up a memory of them playing the game.

But as someone who has no rooting interest in the Redskins succeeding (and might see the Pack benefit from their continued slide), I am glad Danny Boy is still hiring in this manner. By simply skipping a serious interview process that would include people he is unfamiliar with but would come highly recommended, he only considers those he is friendly with* and will make a big splash. Given that he clearly does not understand Shanahan's weaknesses with drafting and defense, it should ensure little serious competition for the Packers. So for purely selfish reasons, I hope Snyder continues to evade the spirit of the rule, making bad hires and driving the Redskins into the ground while pocketing millions.

* There is a story that Shanahan becoming the Redskin coach was inevitable after Snyder and the coach became friends over dinners while staying at the same hotel for a league event. The Pro Bowl, I think.

[Kiwon]

Condescension perhaps. But not as bad as being ignored outright as was the case before.

I disagree. Quotas are bad for everyone. It's condescending and stereotypes whole classes of people. We should strive to be a meritocracy, not a collection of special interest groups. This is especially true in professional sports.

It's 2010, not 1961 or 1861. American society has fundamentally changed. It's time to quit living in the past.

[Lurker64]

Well really, with any fanbase with passionate fans there are going to be people that think the coach, manager, GM, owner, etc. all need to be replaced immediately (with no mention of anybody they think would be better), no matter how good these people are at what they do. The problem is only when reasonable people start taking these arguments seriously.

[pbmax]

Condescension perhaps. But not as bad as being ignored outright as was the case before.

I disagree. Quotas are bad for everyone. It's condescending and stereotypes whole classes of people. We should strive to be a meritocracy, not a collection of special interest groups. This is especially true in professional sports.

It's 2010, not 1961 or 1861. American society has fundamentally changed. It's time to quit living in the past.
I would agree with you that society has changed and that outright displays of physical and hostile racism are mostly memory, but the predominance of white coaches and GMs in the professional league prior to the Rooney Rule AND the predominance of white coaches and athletic directors in major D1 college programs indicates something still inhibits certain members of the fraternity from getting promoted.

So not everything has changed. And it still isn't a level playing field. No one has a quota to hire in the NFL. Teams are being asked to open their mind to a candidate they may not have considered at first glance. And I don't think its a coincidence that the owners who go for the most ridiculous measures to avoid the spirit of the rule (only abiding by the most narrow letter of the rule) are the ones whose hiring practices are failing them.

Any reasonable business would reach out to find the most qualified candidate they could afford. These Owners never look past headlines and friendships. As I said in the other post, their loss. There is a strategic advantage to them making poor choices.

[bobblehead]

Ad for that other Ted Thompson, the nutcases are still out there, but have been reduced to making excuses for why the packers are winning.
http://www.firetedthompsonnow.com/

I guess with a first round bye brent had time to update his website.