""A SURE BET " TTT confident in roster AS IS

[Bretsky]

TTT strikes; let's all meditate together

I think we're fine there
I think we're fine there
....etc

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/41797307.html

[australianpackerbacker]

TT re-affirming what i was thinking about this year. We have all the talent we need already on our roster. Detractors will point to the change of scheme in defense as a reason we will fail, but football is still football no matter what scheme you play, and a slight defensive improvement over last years rank# is all that is required for this team to make it to the playoffs(barring last years injury catastrophe). Considering the amount of injuries we had last year on defence, its hard to believe we wont be better.

The only concern i have is whether McCarthy can take us all the way, in my opinion he has shown himself to be a bit overwhelmed in big game situations(i.e. NFC Championship game, Week 3 v Dallas). My main fear is that he has a bit too much Marty Schottenheimer in him. He seems to stop going with what works in an attempt to outsmart the other team(for eg. Bears at Packers '07), which has shown to backfire.

[Packnut]

Thompson

At first, I had that usual wanting to hurl feeling in my gut after reading anything Teddy says. However, I'm becoming used to the stupid things he says.

If you never draft for a need and you don't sign FA's, how the hell does a certain position ever get filled? Point is, at some point you have to draft for need and to say you don't is just ignorant.

To say we have no "glaring" holes is the dumbest statement a GM has EVER made. After 1.5 seasons of ZERO pass rush, a BLIND man can see we are weak at DE. After Pickett, we have NOTHING at NT. I would challenge ANYONE to look at the other 3-4 teams and show me a D-line weaker than ours right now, and please don't put Jenkins or Harrell in the mix. Neither has stayed healthy and I don't play the "may-be" game that others here seem to live for.

I'm not even going to get into the LB's. Not being able to cover or tackle was not a by-product of that idiot Sanders, but rather a lack of talent. But hell, I'll drink the kool-aid, forget what my eyes saw last season and believe Capers will walk on water and fix these guys.

However, if this clown of a GM does'nt pick at least 3 SOLID HEATHY SEMI-TALENTED defensive linemen in this draft, then he has no business leading the team we all love!

[packrat]

It amazes me that anyone thinks TT is dumb enough to say what he really thinks! How would posters here react if he came out and said, "We suck at DE so my first three choices will be DE's in the draft, and I am going to trade Jennings because I won't have the money to sign him after I trade for Peters." While other GM's would love to know his plans, it would be like a used car dealer telling the truth about what his bottom line price for a junker is--he'd never sucker anybody. And, I'd rather have TT sucker the other GM's, rather than be suckered.

[SkinBasket]

I think TT has definitely proven that he believes he owes the media nothing and nothing is what they're going to get and if they still want to interview him then nothing is what they're going to like.

His job is to build a team he has confidence in and he believes can win games on Sundays. If he says he doesn't have confidence in the team, he might as well do the press conference or interview with a "Fire Me" sign around his neck.

[cpk1994]

I think TT has definitely proven that he believes he owes the media nothing and nothing is what they're going to get and if they still want to interview him then nothing is what they're going to like.

His job is to build a team he has confidence in and he believes can win games on Sundays. If he says he doesn't have confidence in the team, he might as well do the press conference or interview with a "Fire Me" sign around his neck.

Exactly. It just shows how gullible people are that they automatically take what he says as truth. TT would have to be the biggest idiot on the planet to say his team sucks.

[Dylan McKay]

Thompson has very little in terms of savy or personal persona in front of the media. I think this is hurting him now, and it could also be a significant reason for him getting let go. He is not snotty with the media like the guy in New England, but he sure doesn't warm any hearts with goofy stare into the camera.

He is a decent evaluator of talent, but I still don't think he has built a team, just evaluated talent.

[cpk1994]

Thompson has very little in terms of savy or personal persona in front of the media. I think this is hurting him now, and it could also be a significant reason for him getting let go. He is not snotty with the media like the guy in New England, but he sure doesn't warm any hearts with goofy stare into the camera.

He is a decent evaluator of talent, but I still don't think he has built a team, just evaluated talent.

If/When he is let go, It won't be becuase fo what he does in front of the camera. Its the results on the field. Who the hell cares how he does on camera or how he treats the media? If the media don't like it, that is their problem.

[Dylan McKay]

Thompson has very little in terms of savy or personal persona in front of the media. I think this is hurting him now, and it could also be a significant reason for him getting let go. He is not snotty with the media like the guy in New England, but he sure doesn't warm any hearts with goofy stare into the camera.

He is a decent evaluator of talent, but I still don't think he has built a team, just evaluated talent.

If/When he is let go, It won't be becuase fo what he does in front of the camera. Its the results on the field. Who the hell cares how he does on camera or how he treats the media? If the media don't like it, that is their problem.

Case "A", Matt Millen was a horrible GM, but how did he keep his job for so long? Of course he was good friends with the owners, but also people were still actually believing in this guy. He made people believe that he was building a winner, doing everything he can for the franchise. He covered his ass for all of his screw ups the best way he could.

Thompson hasn't and will never make that many mistakes as Millen, but you wouldn't know it talking to a good number of people in Wisconsin. His mistakes get electrified because he can't or won't use the media to his benefit.

[cpk1994]

Thompson has very little in terms of savy or personal persona in front of the media. I think this is hurting him now, and it could also be a significant reason for him getting let go. He is not snotty with the media like the guy in New England, but he sure doesn't warm any hearts with goofy stare into the camera.

He is a decent evaluator of talent, but I still don't think he has built a team, just evaluated talent.

If/When he is let go, It won't be becuase fo what he does in front of the camera. Its the results on the field. Who the hell cares how he does on camera or how he treats the media? If the media don't like it, that is their problem.

Case "A", Matt Millen was a horrible GM, but how did he keep his job for so long?

BEcuase the owners are retards. It had nothing to do with the media and wheter they believed in Millen. The owners were too stupid to see what was right in front of them. Even the media figured that out. TT will get fired if results aren't made. He won't get fired becuase of what he does in front of a camera.

[wist43]

I think TT has definitely proven that he believes he owes the media nothing and nothing is what they're going to get and if they still want to interview him then nothing is what they're going to like.

His job is to build a team he has confidence in and he believes can win games on Sundays. If he says he doesn't have confidence in the team, he might as well do the press conference or interview with a "Fire Me" sign around his neck.

Exactly. It just shows how gullible people are that they automatically take what he says as truth. TT would have to be the biggest idiot on the planet to say his team sucks.

So you're saying the team does, in fact, suck... and that TT is smart enough to know that, but also smart enough to deny it publicly???

Myself, I actually believe Ted when he says he likes his team the way it is...

[cheesner]

I think TT has definitely proven that he believes he owes the media nothing and nothing is what they're going to get and if they still want to interview him then nothing is what they're going to like.

His job is to build a team he has confidence in and he believes can win games on Sundays. If he says he doesn't have confidence in the team, he might as well do the press conference or interview with a "Fire Me" sign around his neck.

Exactly. It just shows how gullible people are that they automatically take what he says as truth. TT would have to be the biggest idiot on the planet to say his team sucks.

So you're saying the team does, in fact, suck... and that TT is smart enough to know that, but also smart enough to deny it publicly???

Myself, I actually believe Ted when he says he likes his team the way it is...

I don't read that in his post.

Really now - what do you expect TT to say? I don't think I have heard even Millen say anything like 'we stink at DE and CB so that is where we will concentrate our draft around'. Even Millen was smarter than that.

[3irty1]

I kind of agree. Defensive line backups and depth isn't what I'd call glaring need.

[SkinBasket]

Thompson has very little in terms of savy or personal persona in front of the media. I think this is hurting him now, and it could also be a significant reason for him getting let go. He is not snotty with the media like the guy in New England, but he sure doesn't warm any hearts with goofy stare into the camera.

He is a decent evaluator of talent, but I still don't think he has built a team, just evaluated talent.

I agree with the evaluator assessment. The Holmgrens of the world have seen to it that guys who perhaps only exceed in one facet of their job have been able to gain higher positions than perhaps they should. At this point, I think in a perfect world, Ted would run the draft and contribute to FA decisions (talent wise). Someone else with a more well rounded skills across the board would helm the GM role. But right now, I'm still not convinced that another GM out there would make the team better right now.

[Patler]

At this point, I think in a perfect world, Ted would run the draft and contribute to FA decisions (talent wise). Someone else with a more well rounded skills across the board would helm the GM role.

In what aspects of the GM role do you believe TT is lacking? Anything other than his presence in front of the media? What skills would this well rounded individual have that TT does not (other than PR skills)?