What Will Ted Thompson do With $5.713 M in Cap Room?

[Anti-Polar Bear]

jsonline: As of Thursday, the Packers were $12.36 million beneath the 2006 salary cap. The $6.647 million they are allowed to spend on rookies will come out of that $12.36 million figure.

[LEWCWA]

He will use it to shore up the roster after june 1, then keep the rest for extensions and such to some players....name me a star to go after.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

He will use it to shore up the roster after june 1, then keep the rest for extensions and such to some players....name me a star to go after.

I can name you 3 stars thompson could've and should've signed but failed to sign them because he either lacks the charisma to lure the (straight) players to Green Bay, or he inefficiently managed the cap.

Chad Hutchinson

Terrell Owens

LeCharles Bentley

[LEWCWA]

I'm talking about players available now!!!

[Anti-Polar Bear]

I'm talking about players available now!!!

Who hide in his cave while the pretty girls got fucked by nerds?

Who stood idle while the opportunity to enhance world peace passed him by?

Ted Thompson.

[Tarlam!]

Good Poll. Shame you had to rape the thread by spewing idiocy.

There are very very few people left that will criticize TT's total performance from Day 1 till this point in his career.

Sure, there are actions we wish he'd have taken, or not taken maybe. But the collective doings of TT are being applauded league wide. Indeed, I would think the rest of the NFC is eyeing our team far more warily than as little as 12 days ago.

It is such a shame that you feel your place in life is to throw a handful of shit and hope some of it sticks to the wall. If this is all still part of your theseis, Tank, as you once claimed, then you are taking a heck of a lot of time on researching for it. I hope it works out for ya, big fella.

[Patler]

APB, the depth (or more accurately the lack of depth) of your knowledge and understanding is summed up in this poll option:

"Do nothing and throw the money away (again)"

"Again"? When did he throw cap space away before? Not last year. GB's available cap this year is nearly $2 million ($1.737 million) higher than the league-wide base salary cap number simply because TT did not spend money foolishly, did not let it go to waste and pushed it forward to 2006.

One of the basic concepts of fiscal repsonsibility for individuals and business is to invest money wisely. Too many businesses and individuals spend money just because they have it. Successful ones wait, and spend money when good opportunities are available. That is what TT is trying to do, make wise choices in how he spends money so that if a truly great opportunity comes up he has the money (cap space) to act.

He could go out, spend money foolishly and end up like some pro athletes who make tens of millions of dollars, party it up a few years with the glitz and glamour, but file bankruptcy or scrape to make a living a few years later. Or he can do as he has so far, spend wisely always looking to the future, build a solid base and be a successful organization over the long term.

[MJZiggy]

This poll is as worthless as your word, Tank. Which is trash 'til you pay up.

(I find it particularly interesting with Tank's penchant for misspelling things that he has all of the "Fab Five's" names spelled correctly...)

[Anti-Polar Bear]

APB, the depth (or more accurately the lack of depth) of your knowledge and understanding is summed up in this poll option:


One of the basic concepts of fiscal repsonsibility for individuals and business is to invest money wisely. Too many businesses and individuals spend money just because they have it. Successful ones wait, and spend money when good opportunities are available. That is what TT is trying to do, make wise choices in how he spends money so that if a truly great opportunity comes up he has the money (cap space) to act.



I don't think leaving money lying around instead of using it on Mike Wahle is "wise" investment. The $2 M you are talking about, actually Thompson couldve had $4.5 M but he fucked up with the Hunt situation, shouldve been used on Wahle.Signing Freeman, Thompson, ODwyer, Klemm and Little arent wise investment.

I don't think leaving money lying around instead of using it on Chad Hutchinson or/and LeCharles Bently is good investment. Thompson had the money, $35 M might I remind you, and the only real upgrade he can give the Pack is at CB with Woodson. That is not wise investment.

Bypassing players of Wahle and Hutchinson's caliber is "missed opportunity." Signing players like Freeman and ODwyer is called fuck up. 4-12 is your result.

The salary cap isnt about saving money, otherwise teams should just forget about free agency and depends wholly on the draft since rookies contracts are always below that of the FA rate. It is about finding the best players available with whatever money you have to upgrade your roster. If you let money lie around when you couldve gotten Wahle or Hutchinson, then you are, I will repeat, inefficiently managing your cap or you lack the charisma to lure such players to your team. You stink, your team stink.

What Ive written above is what I meant when I wrote: "Do nothing and throw the money away (again)."

Am I clear? :D

[Travbrew]

Wow, what a crappy way to start my morning, more moronic rantings from Tank to read. YIPPEE!!
Tank,
I challenge you to come up with some new shtick. Your TT routine is about as washed up and entertaining as Ray "Jay" Johson or Yackoff Smirnoff. How about some new material?
Just because TT doesn't try to pull off the "blockbuster" trade scenarios that you so often talk about, you think he's the second coming of the plague. Remember, TT is a REAL GM his job is light years harder than you'll ever comprehend and is not like you playing GM and signing all the "big name" FAs like you do in Madden 06. And the gay stuff?????? WTFO? I don't care if he fucks chickens (not on company time though), so far I think he's doing a good job. Patience grasshopper, Rome was not built in a day.
So again, show us why Mommy and Daddy are spending all of their money on your education (if that's what you call it), and dazzle us with some new, cutting edge routines.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

(I find it particularly interesting with Tank's penchant for misspelling things that he has all of the "Fab Five's" names spelled correctly...)

Fag 5. Have you ever heard of the show "Queer Eyes for the Straight Guy?" I basically copied and pasted their name from a source of that show.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Wow, what a crappy way to start my morning, more moronic rantings from Tank to read. YIPPEE!!


Dont like what i writes, dont read. Who's forcing you? Be like me, if you can. I only got to the above part when reading your post, and then stopped. If I can do it, you can too. Its all psychology man.

:mrgreen:

[MJZiggy]

Firstly real liberals don't use that word (they also keep their promises), secondly, I find it particularly interesting that you went to the trouble to go to their website to do a little research. Did you learn any good grooming tips or was that not what you were looking for? You can admit that Kyan's a hottie. :oops:

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Firstly real liberals don't use that word (they also keep their promises), secondly, I find it particularly interesting that you went to the trouble to go to their website to do a little research. Did you learn any good grooming tips or was that not what you were looking for? You can admit that Kyan's a hottie. :oops:

Honestly, I ve never watched that show in my life. I heard about it from friends. I am only using that show as a reference because I think Thompson is gay.

From what I heard those folks teach straight guy how to dress. I might just watch the show one day, cos I am probably the worst dresser in the world. I hate to shop. I am a econ major so to me shopping is a waste of money, and since i support fair trade/human rights, i refuse to buy anything from any brand that exploits developing countries' human labor or market.

The reason I say i might want to watch the show is because I need to learn how to look sharp for job/internship interviews and the such.

[MJZiggy]

I told you, you can't call him gay without the necessary proof so now that I know you love the Fab Five, I will consider that proof enough.

Finding clothing is not a waste of money. It supports the lives of those who make garments for a living. And as I've been to DC a number of times, I can pretty much assure you that if you look for it, you will not have too much trouble finding clothing acquired through fair trade in that city.

[mraynrand]

I think he should use the money to sign Sterling Sharpe as a nose tackle.

[swede]

Speaking of real liberals. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, son of "Chappaquiddick Teddy" and grandson of criminal millionaire Joseph Kennedy, nearly hit a police cruiser in D.C. yesterday. He subsequently smashed into a barricade and staggered out of his vehicle claiming to be late for a vote. (The House had closed for business three hours earlier.)

Capital police showed up and sent the investigating officers away without allowing a field sobriety test.

Tank, in your next life you've just got to apply to be a Kennedy. How fun would THAT be?

I didn't vote in your sham poll. TT is doing fine.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

I told you, you can't call him gay without the necessary proof so now that I know you love the Fab Five, I will consider that proof enough.

Finding clothing is not a waste of money. It supports the lives of those who make garments for a living. And as I've been to DC a number of times, I can pretty much assure you that if you look for it, you will not have too much trouble finding clothing acquired through fair trade in that city.

How could I "love" the "Fab 5" when I called them "fag 5?" I am just who I am: a liberal. I am indifferent toward gay folks.

Maybe it is just me because, despite all the economics class ive taken, I am still missing that unnecessary "HOME ECON" class. You buy some cloths and then you wash them and then they shrink and become useless. TOTALLY WASTE OF MONEY!

You rarely find products from companies that are engaging in fair trade practices anymore. Most of the finished products that you see at the mall likely come from outsourcing and off shoring. Cheaper products for customers in the US, sure; but outsourcing and offshoring unethically exploit the labor markets of developing nations and depress the labor economy in the US.

Gosh, I really do hate shopping.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Speaking of real liberals. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, son of "Chappaquiddick Teddy" and grandson of criminal millionaire Joseph Kennedy, nearly hit a police cruiser in D.C. yesterday. He subsequently smashed into a barricade and staggered out of his vehicle claiming to be late for a vote. (The House had closed for business three hours earlier.)

Capital police showed up and sent the investigating officers away without allowing a field sobriety test.


Didnt know that. The reason is because I usually don't read anything other than the sports page anymore. Reading the sports page is something you can do without having to go through depressing issues such as warfare, welfare, injustice, discrimination, and other things that is wrong with the world.

In my next life I hope I am born in an Utopia.

[BlueBrewer]

TT will roll the unused space into next year by giving players unatainable incentive bonuses. Or he will reward performance in the 2006 season with contract extensions for DD , Barnett or Gado. The TT bashing is really getting old Tank. Weed is supposed to mello you out , not fire you up.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

TT will roll the unused space into next year by giving players unatainable incentive bonuses. Or he will reward performance in the 2006 season with contract extensions for DD , Barnett or Gado. The TT bashing is really getting old Tank. Weed is supposed to mello you out , not fire you up.

Old or not, my rhetorics will continue until the day thompson is fired as GM. Hopefully, it will happen sooner than later.

[SkinBasket]

He's going to buy a new snakeskin watch so he doesn't have to bruise his own when he smacks you up along side the head.

[Scott Campbell]

I can name you 3 stars thompson could've and should've signed but failed to sign them because he either lacks the charisma to lure the (straight) players to Green Bay, or he inefficiently managed the cap.

Chad Hutchinson

Terrell Owens

LeCharles Bentley



Why are you still talking about Chad Hutchinson? The guy you wanted is Steve Hutchinson.

[Sparkey]

APB, the depth (or more accurately the lack of depth) of your knowledge and understanding is summed up in this poll option:


One of the basic concepts of fiscal repsonsibility for individuals and business is to invest money wisely. Too many businesses and individuals spend money just because they have it. Successful ones wait, and spend money when good opportunities are available. That is what TT is trying to do, make wise choices in how he spends money so that if a truly great opportunity comes up he has the money (cap space) to act.



I don't think leaving money lying around instead of using it on Mike Wahle is "wise" investment. The $2 M you are talking about, actually Thompson couldve had $4.5 M but he fucked up with the Hunt situation, shouldve been used on Wahle.Signing Freeman, Thompson, ODwyer, Klemm and Little arent wise investment.

I don't think leaving money lying around instead of using it on Chad Hutchinson or/and LeCharles Bently is good investment. Thompson had the money, $35 M might I remind you, and the only real upgrade he can give the Pack is at CB with Woodson. That is not wise investment.

Bypassing players of Wahle and Hutchinson's caliber is "missed opportunity." Signing players like Freeman and ODwyer is called fuck up. 4-12 is your result.

The salary cap isnt about saving money, otherwise teams should just forget about free agency and depends wholly on the draft since rookies contracts are always below that of the FA rate. It is about finding the best players available with whatever money you have to upgrade your roster. If you let money lie around when you couldve gotten Wahle or Hutchinson, then you are, I will repeat, inefficiently managing your cap or you lack the charisma to lure such players to your team. You stink, your team stink.

What Ive written above is what I meant when I wrote: "Do nothing and throw the money away (again)."

Am I clear? :D

TANK,

First off, he needs to save some money for the possibility of injuries.

Second, for guys that should get a contract bump, if he keeps some money, he can use it this year, too minimize the cap hit on future years. i.e. Donald Driver ...

Thirdly, Gotta tell ya Tank, living in the past is not good for your emotional well being. the could have's would haves' what if's will drive you crazy......

[jack's smirking revenge]

Your poll should include...

Go on an all-expenses paid trip to Iceland to see the Miss Iceland competition.

Start up his own line of cookware.

Invest in R&D to create a new kind of cheese.

Sit on his pot of gold until Leprechauns start to squirm out of his arse.

Start a year-long campaign to sign Donovan Darius, but only succeeding in signing Darius Rucker from Hootie & the Blowfish.

Blow it all on Courvossier and Chamonique at the Bamboo Room.
Alas, he'll probably do absolutely nothing and let all of that cap money drift away into the ether, cementing the fact that he has no clue what he's doing and that he should be a Steve Martin body-double, not an NFL GM.

tyler

[Packgator]

""my rhetorics will continue until the day thompson is fired as GM.""

Hopefully a very long time from now. Which would mean the Packers are enjoying success. And success is what "most" of us want.

[Scott Campbell]

""my rhetorics will continue until the day thompson is fired as GM.""

Hopefully a very long time from now. Which would mean the Packers are enjoying success. And success is what "most" of us want.


I don't think Tank even dislikes Thompson. He's just playing this for kicks.

[Fritz]

One thing I like very much is that TT IS using the cap space this year in a way that will not weigh this team down in a year or two or three. He's frontloading contracts, which the players like, and since he has the space to do so it does not hurt the team. Years from now, when Darren Sharper is wearing Depends and still costing the Minnesota Vikings a cap hit because of the way they structure contracts, TT will be signing good players and keeping the Packers rolling.

[Deputy Nutz]

How about another thread about homosexuality? Make sure you create a new account before you do it though.

[Scott Campbell]

Old or not, my rhetorics will continue until the day thompson is fired as GM. Hopefully, it will happen sooner than later.


rhetoric

3: loud and confused and empty talk; "mere rhetoric"

So I believe Tank's "rhetorics" will continue long after Ted is gone.

[Deputy Nutz]

He will find something else to babble on about.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

People, just shut up and vote! :razz:

[theeaterofshades]

I vote for: steel toed boots to kick Tank in the nads so hard that they will have to decend for a second time (unless the theory is true and his balls never decended in the first place)

[Tarlam!]

I vote for: steel toed boots to kick Tank in the nads so hard that they will have to decend for a second time (unless the theory is true and his balls never decended in the first place)

Ooh, oh, can I change my vote??? :D

[dr.tedGM]

Lets see TT is a former NFL linebacker and Tank is a former nothing. TT has made a career in the NFL after his playing days and Tank is a loser that acts tough sittting behind his computer. Yet he still thinks TT is gay.
My vote is that a former NFL linebacker would be a hell of a lot more of a man than a poorly dressed econ major who probably never played football.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Lets see TT is a former NFL linebacker and Tank is a former nothing. TT has made a career in the NFL after his playing days and Tank is a loser that acts tough sittting behind his computer. Yet he still thinks TT is gay.
My vote is that a former NFL linebacker would be a hell of a lot more of a man than a poorly dressed econ major who probably never played football.

Whatever you say, Ted.

Another reader of mine, you've just become. I starve for audiences. That's why i registered at Packerschatters.com after my Ted is Trapped in the Closet epic starts losing audiences.

:cool:

[TennesseePackerBacker]

Seems to me that Tank most closely resembles a 3 year old throwing a fit. If everyone would just look the other way for a little while he'd get tired of posting this shit and we'd never have to read another thread about things we could have or should have done. I mean, it must get old bitching about everything all the time doesn't it Tank?

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Seems to me that Tank most closely resembles a 3 year old throwing a fit. If everyone would just look the other way for a little while he'd get tired of posting this shit and we'd never have to read another thread about things we could have or should have done. I mean, it must get old bitching about everything all the time doesn't it Tank?

who the hell are you and how the hell do you know me by that name? I swear I've never encountered a "tennessePackerBacker" in all my years as a Packer poster?

[TennesseePackerBacker]

Just someone who picks up on the obvious