Ted Thompson's best move as Packers GM

[swede]

THANKSLAVARARRINGTON

[pbmax]

Best player available...this means when Ted picks a tight end in the first round, I'm going to have to stifle my cries of anguish as my favorite right outside linebacker/cornerback sits and waits....

Exactly. Remember all the mini-hullabaloos over his early picks? Rodgers, Collins, Jennings and Murphy? Everyone has either another position in mind or another player.

[Joemailman]

When TT took Brohm in the 2nd round, was that a matter of Brohm being seen as the best player available, or did TT have doubts about Rodgers? Or both?

[pbmax]

When TT took Brohm in the 2nd round, was that a matter of Brohm being seen as the best player available, or did TT have doubts about Rodgers? Or both?

I think it was value. Brohm had a backend of the first round grade in many places and the Packers needed a backup.

[Scott Campbell]

Maybe Ted's best move was not caving in to all the "win now" rhetoric from the ADD impaired portion of the fan base.

[Fritz]

Finally coming to grips with the fact that Aaron Rouse sucked was a good move, albeit a little late.

[Tarlam!]

Maybe Ted's best move was not caving in to all the "win now" rhetoric from the ADD impaired portion of the fan base.

I maybe didn't spell it out; TT's best move was bringing in a plan and sticking to it. BPA in the draft, no over the top FA deals, signing your own if they're Packer People ET AL! I phrased it as being himself.

[swede]

I maybe didn't spell it out; TT's best move was bringing in a plan and sticking to it. BPA in the draft, no over the top FA deals, signing your own if they're Packer People ET AL! I phrased it as being himself.

Yep. That's why I laughed at Vince's 12-way tie for TT's best moves. All of the moves are linked somehow to the characteristics you mention. You might to your list, "Treating ALL players consistently and fairly within the parameters of the football business." Brent felt he had earned the right to deal with the team using a separate set of rules. He got pissed because the Packers treated him FAIRLY. (If you are sure you want to unretire you will have to compete for the job that became Aaron's in your four month absence from the team.)

[Brandon494]

When TT took Brohm in the 2nd round, was that a matter of Brohm being seen as the best player available, or did TT have doubts about Rodgers? Or both?

I think it had something to do with Rodgers being the only QB on the roster. TT knew what he had in Rodgers but you still need a backup. Atleast he made up for the pick with Fylnn in the 7th.

[Pugger]

I think it had something to do with Rodgers being the only QB on the roster. TT knew what he had in Rodgers but you still need a backup. Atleast he made up for the pick with Fylnn in the 7th.

Here is a perfect example of it not mattering where you draft the player as long as you find him!

[MJZiggy]

Now that I think about it, his best move was leaving Seattle...After that, it's things like the phrase, "If you'll stop booing...," not caving to reporters' stupid leading questions, and then we get into things like not overvaluing players and staying true to his BPA draft board.

[easy cheesy]

Now that I think about it, his best move was leaving Seattle...After that, it's things like the phrase, "If you'll stop booing...," not caving to reporters' stupid leading questions, and then we get into things like not overvaluing players and staying true to his BPA draft board.

Not that they HAVE amounted to anything.... but the Seachickens would never have risen above ameba level without TT and Homegrown.... Pete Carroll is an abomination btw...

[RashanGary]

Ted Thompson's best move as a Packer was to stay true to himself. His first stint in GB, he was a great scout. So great that Ron Wolf named him as the one guy who could do what Wolf did in the early 90's. In Seattle, he was the head of player personnel and he was so good at it that Mike Holmgren called his front office the best in the NFL and it wasn't because of himself, it was Ted and Reinfeldt. When Ted came to Greenbay he didn't start sending other people around to do the scouting. He didn't sit in a cushy office at 1265 80% of the year. He didn't micromanage areas of the team he wasn't an expert in. He didn't get up in front of the media and listen to himself talk. He does, primarily, the thing he's great at. He finds talent. And digging McCarthy up was a fuckin gem.

THANKSTED

[Fritz]

I love that he still does so much scouting. Go TT!

He's working the senior bowl this week, I think? Some bowl.

Looking for his next left guard outta South Dakota State Technical College.

[Tony Oday]

WAIT his best move was taking the job