McGinn Q&A with TT

[Bossman641]

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/52552477.html

A lot of the normal talking points from TT, but then he also seems to get a little more personal then I am used to seeing from him.

[packrat]

Mcginn is a joke. Those weren't questions. They were statements from a guy on the attack. TT handled him like a bull fighter handles the bull, brushing him aside every time. This idiocy that says a GM "owes" it to the fans to tell everyone his strategy comes from someone more interested in selling newspapers than seeing the Pack win games. Would we rather have the blabber mouth from Minnesota running the show?

[Waldo]

McGinn asks the tough questions, which is usually a commendable quality in a reporter.

Problem is he doesn't ask the easy ones.

Making him look like an asshole on a mission that hates everything.

[Bossman641]

I was thinking the same thing regarding McGinn's questioning. One the one hand it is refreshing to see him ask the tough questions and try to put a little pressure on. One the other hand, it's as if he is just trying to trap TT rather than have an actual conversation.

[Scott Campbell]

I don't think this is the first time he's done this.

[Bossman641]

These questions were a little confusing to me

Do you worry about losing your job, or are you so financially set now that those thoughts don't even enter your equation?

You have spoken eloquently about the importance of the team concept in pro sports. Isn't it hypocritical for an organization then to make the unprecedented decision to can seven coaches and persuade another to retire?

[Fritz]

If McGinn was on Packerrats, The Administrator would ban him!

[Zool]

WTF. McGinn lays into him for making wholesale changes on the D staff, then asks "what have you done to ensure the D will bring more pressure?"

This isn't a case of a guy asking tough questions. This is a reporter with an agenda.

[Fritz]

Stupidest question: the one where he asks if it isn't hypocritical to talk about a team concept, and then fire people.

If it is, then every GM in the NFL, and probably every business person on the planet, is hypocritical.

And on a side note, here's where people just start making shit up to suit themselves: after the article, in the place for reader comments, some dipnut lambasted TT for being cheap by saying that when McGinn asked about the punter from Indy and why TT didn't sign him, TT "mumbled something about the guy being a dome punter."

Uh, no, idiot. TT did not mumble anything about him being a dome punter. It was McGinn who mentioned that. In fact, what TT did was disagree with the punter's agent that all the guy wanted was either a multi-yeaqr contract or a bigger signing bonus and that the Packers wouldn't do either. TT disputed that that was what happened. He said nothing about the punter being a dome punter.

[MichiganPackerFan]

(In Mobb-speak) GET CLIFF CHRISTL

[sharpe1027]

Re: McGinn Q&A with TT

LOL, I love terrible attempts to trap TT. My god, you think a professional could do a better job at pushing the issue. I can only imagine Mr. McGinn was more interested in posing questions that read like an accusation than truly getting decent responses from TT.

Do you worry about losing your job, or are you so financially set now that those thoughts don't even enter your equation?

How about a little subltey?

When you first arrived, you were somewhat of an unkown comodity and had only a few short years to prove yourself. Since then, you've received executive of the year honors, strong endorsments from your boss and a nice contract extension. Does having financial and job security allow you more freedom to do things your way?

[Fritz]

Re: McGinn Q&A with TT

LOL, I love terrible attempts to trap TT. My god, you think a professional could do a better job at pushing the issue. I can only imagine Mr. McGinn was more interested in posing questions that read like an accusation than truly getting decent responses from TT.

Do you worry about losing your job, or are you so financially set now that those thoughts don't even enter your equation?

How about a little subltey?

When you first arrived, you were somewhat of an unkown comodity and had only a few short years to prove yourself. Since then, you've received executive of the year honors, strong endorsments from your boss and a nice contract extension. Does having financial and job security allow you more freedom to do things your way?

Really, McGinn understated the question:

"Ted, you've made a lot of money yet have a sub-500 record as GM. Because you make so much money, do you even give a shit if they fire you?"

[PlantPage55]

You have spoken eloquently about the importance of the team concept in pro sports. Isn't it hypocritical for an organization then to make the unprecedented decision to can seven coaches and persuade another to retire?

This is a despicable question.

Only Ted Thompson's name could incite fans and the media enough to FAULT he and MM for an attempt to get BETTER with a part of their team that they felt was severely lacking.

Unbelievable.

[Bossman641]

You have spoken eloquently about the importance of the team concept in pro sports. Isn't it hypocritical for an organization then to make the unprecedented decision to can seven coaches and persuade another to retire?

This is a despicable question.

Only Ted Thompson's name could incite fans and the media enough to FAULT he and MM for an attempt to get BETTER with a part of their team that they felt was severely lacking.

Unbelievable.

How dare they!!!!!!

[Scott Campbell]

You have spoken eloquently about the importance of the team concept in pro sports. Isn't it hypocritical for an organization then to make the unprecedented decision to can seven coaches and persuade another to retire?

This is a despicable question.

Only Ted Thompson's name could incite fans and the media enough to FAULT he and MM for an attempt to get BETTER with a part of their team that they felt was severely lacking.

Unbelievable.

And what would McGinn have asked had they kept Vanilla Bob?