Ted "the Snake" Thompson

[Pacopete4]

so far I've been "ok" with him as a GM but I also have thought he's missed the boat a few times on making this team better.. sooner or later only drafting players will hurt us... I also think I will lose the utmost respect for TT if Favre is dealt to the Vikings, or any other team for that matter. Whether Favre has handled this retirement soap opera well or not does not matter to me at this moment.. he's here to play football and thats what he should be allowed to do... whether its competition or giving him his job back. The man is too damn good at what he does and he's been so good to us to just throw away because of a bad decision on his part. The next week will tell me a lot about TT as GM....

[cpk1994]

People certainly have forgotten the team Thompson inherited from the bungling Sherman. We now have a team we can be proud of - and for that, we can thank Ted.
Players come & go - but a great GM is priceless.

People certainly have forgotten the team Favre inherited from the bungling era from 1970-1991.

We now have a team we can be proud of - and for that, we can thank Brett Favre.

Coaches and GMs come and go (and have during Favre's tenure) but a legendary QB is priceless.

Not this bullshit again. Get off Brett's jock for once in your life. Its getting old.

[swede]

I appreciated NewsBruin's balanced assessment of TT.

I have been quite critical of Favre as the instigator and creator of this complete farce of an offseason, and I stand by that.

And I have understood the team's position and supported management throughout this mess...up until the shuttle diplomacy crap and 20 million dollar bribe sh!t started.

In retrospect, I am starting to see how the team should have anticipated Favre's shenanigans and handled them better.

Again, in hindsight, along about the time the team made a tampering complaint against Minnesota they should have gotten Brett, Bus Cook, MM, TT and MRF into a small room with a big table and given Favre his starting job back along with a committment to play out his goddam contract.

They were all closer to the situation and should have realized that no one was gonna give them a 2nd round pick for a 38 year-old qb and the 38 year baby wasn't gonna leave without his bottle.

That said, I hope like hell Brett can finally show some locker room leadership that doesn't involve snapping towels and get this team what he wants.

Welcome back, Brett, ya goof.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Again, in hindsight, along about the time the team made a tampering complaint against Minnesota they should have gotten Brett, Bus Cook, MM, TT and MRF into a small room with a big table and given Favre his starting job back along with a committment to play out his goddam contract.

It's very likely that Brett wouldn't give them a commitment to play for two more years. He doesn't really have to. Once he made his commitment to retire (or whether he came back this year), I wish he would have stood by it.

[The Leaper]

Sometimes ys just gotta scratch your head.......

So you aren't proud of the Packers?

[The Shadow]

Sometimes ys just gotta scratch your head.......

So you aren't proud of the Packers?

Packers - always.
Just embarrassed for Favre.

[ND72]

Re: Ted "the Snake" Thompson

Well.

It's almost like Ted's caved into the overwhelming power of the demands made by internet posters here. Grant's signed a contract. Brett's in town, signs indicate he'll be our QB this year.

A couple of days ago, the Green bay Packers were an embarrassment, a joke, a franchise on the brink of utter destruction. Ted Thompson was a snake. A liar. A fool. A fucking moron. Disgusting.

Just wondering where all the Chicken Littles have gone.

What signs? What info do you have, Skin?

all of those bringbrettback.com signs they pass out at camp(and I use to put my lawn-mower on).

[The Leaper]

Forget it...not worth it.

[The Shadow]

Forget it...not worth it.

My apologies.
I thought you were actually saying Packer recent success was due more to Brett Favre than Ted Thompson.
In retrospect, that would be too farfetched to be believed.
I will try to read future posts more closely.

[Fritz]

Re: Ted "the Snake" Thompson

Well.

It's almost like Ted's caved into the overwhelming power of the demands made by internet posters here. Grant's signed a contract. Brett's in town, signs indicate he'll be our QB this year.

A couple of days ago, the Green bay Packers were an embarrassment, a joke, a franchise on the brink of utter destruction. Ted Thompson was a snake. A liar. A fool. A fucking moron. Disgusting.

Just wondering where all the Chicken Littles have gone.

What signs? What info do you have, Skin?

I think the statements by the team that they are now reconsidering their long term plans, making changes, and reorienting the team point strongly to Brett spending the season in GB, and not as a back-up.

Just my take. I know it could all just be empty talk, but that's how I'm taking it right now.

For the record, I was happier when the team was on the brink of doom and a disgusting laughingstock of the league. Bringing Favre in and having an "open competition" for the QB position is very dangerous to the long term outlook of this team and maybe even the short term as well. The only way Favre playing this year ends well is a SB win. Anything else will be considered wasted time for everyone else on the team.

I was hoping that all the naysayers would have learned a lesson in patience by now, but I know that's actually too much to hope for.

Thanks, Skin. I agree with the above italicized statement. If Brett Favre is the starting QB for Green Bay at the beginning of the season with a healthy Rodgers behind him, that'll be the beginning of the end of the MM era, and possibly TT's as well.

As I've said before, why should any veteran player worth his salt come to an offseason program any more? If they let Favre waltz back in after thumbing his nose at the entire organziation - more than once, I might add - Mm will have lost every single shred of credibility he has.

Favre may have been largely responsible for the success this team has had over the years, but now it appears he may be responsible (along with MM and TT) for the dismantling of this regime.

[cpk1994]

Re: Ted "the Snake" Thompson

Well.

It's almost like Ted's caved into the overwhelming power of the demands made by internet posters here. Grant's signed a contract. Brett's in town, signs indicate he'll be our QB this year.

A couple of days ago, the Green bay Packers were an embarrassment, a joke, a franchise on the brink of utter destruction. Ted Thompson was a snake. A liar. A fool. A fucking moron. Disgusting.

Just wondering where all the Chicken Littles have gone.

What signs? What info do you have, Skin?

I think the statements by the team that they are now reconsidering their long term plans, making changes, and reorienting the team point strongly to Brett spending the season in GB, and not as a back-up.

Just my take. I know it could all just be empty talk, but that's how I'm taking it right now.

For the record, I was happier when the team was on the brink of doom and a disgusting laughingstock of the league. Bringing Favre in and having an "open competition" for the QB position is very dangerous to the long term outlook of this team and maybe even the short term as well. The only way Favre playing this year ends well is a SB win. Anything else will be considered wasted time for everyone else on the team.

I was hoping that all the naysayers would have learned a lesson in patience by now, but I know that's actually too much to hope for.

Thanks, Skin. I agree with the above italicized statement. If Brett Favre is the starting QB for Green Bay at the beginning of the season with a healthy Rodgers behind him, that'll be the beginning of the end of the MM era, and possibly TT's as well.

As I've said before, why should any veteran player worth his salt come to an offseason program any more? If they let Favre waltz back in after thumbing his nose at the entire organziation - more than once, I might add - Mm will have lost every single shred of credibility he has.

Favre may have been largely responsible for the success this team has had over the years, but now it appears he may be responsible (along with MM and TT) for the dismantling of this regime.

M3 and TT are nothing but used car salesman.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Re: Ted "the Snake" Thompson

M3 and TT are nothing but used car salesman.

ya, but your solution of adding FAvre to the team and announcing that he is stuck in the backup job is even more destructive. ITs easy to say, hard to do.

The Packers are stuck between rock and hard place. Favre has behaved in a very sleazy way, I've lost respect for him, but he has some bargaining position.

Just have to see how it plays out.

[The Leaper]

My apologies.

I thought you were actually saying Packer recent success was due more to Brett Favre than Ted Thompson.

I was more or less just being sarcastic and pointing out you can say the exact same thing in favor of Favre in terms of the turnaround the team has made in terms of success on the field since his arrival...compared to the 2+ decades of failure before that.

The recent success isn't due entirely to Thompson or Favre. Without Favre, I seriously doubt this extremely young team would've been 13-3 and a title contender last year. Without Thompson, who knows where we'd be in terms of team depth and talent.

I tend to appreciate the accomplishments of both, unlike some.

[cpk1994]

Re: Ted "the Snake" Thompson

M3 and TT are nothing but used car salesman.

ya, but your solution of adding FAvre to the team and announcing that he is stuck in the backup job is even more destructive. ITs easy to say, hard to do.

The Packers are stuck between rock and hard place. Favre has behaved in a very sleazy way, I've lost respect for him, but he has some bargaining position.

Just have to see how it plays out.

It isn't destructive. Its more destructive to let Favre be the starter cause when Favre does leave the PAckers will have NO QB. Mike McCarthy preached team committment, a standard I have defended and admired. Sadly that was all bullshit and McCarthy is nothing more than a gutless yellow spineless weasel.