For me to continue my support of Thompson........

[Fritz]

What I find interesting is that no one seems to have considered that Whitticker and/or Wells and maybe even Coston might pan out. Rivera didn't even start his first year; Wahle sucked his first year as he was rather immature. It may not be likely but it's possible that two of those three guys could become very solid starters. Decent this year, then good after that.

I think Coston's going to be a player in this league.

That Fritz, now he's got an eye for offensive line talent.

[RashanGary]

Hindsight, I was putting way too much stock into one draft. Damn.


Some of that didn't happen and I think we're well on our way to a SB right now. Thompson has been consistently good.

[Bretsky]

yes, I think he's been solid when looking at things overall. And one big thing I was wrong on.....is he's willing to admit it when he screws up and that is a trait of a winner.

[pbmax]

Re: For me to continue my support of Thompson........

1. Rodgers pans out
2. Rodgers pans out
3. #5 is a star
4. #5 is a star
5. #5 is a star
6. Murphy pans out
7. Collins develops into a borderline probowler like McKeinzie
8. The remainder of his 1st draft become a solid base and depth on the team
9. The second pick this year is a borderline probowler like Mac
10. The latter portion of this years draft is solid
11. McCarthy is a good coach
12. McCarthy is a good coach
13. He doesn't have any bad contracts signed that hurt the team
14. He either uses or carries over most of the cap space in creative ways
15. He finds more good players like Gado and Lee out of no where

1. +1
2. +1
3. 0
4. 0
5 0
6. 0
7. +1 (Pro Bowl 2008)
8. +1 (3 starters and one key backup)
9. +1 (Best lineman on the team)
10. +1 (5 players are starting from this draft, T2 just turned another into a safety who has started for a top 5 defense)
11. +1
12. +1
13. +1 (can I give him two for this?)
14. +1 (can I give him three for this?)
15. +1 (Evan Dietrich Smith-FA, John Kuhn-waivers, Atari Bigby-FA, Tramon Williams-FA, Sperncer Havner-FA,)

That's 11. Ted passes Go. Gets 2 year extension.

[rbaloha1]

TT rescued the franchise from Sherman's ineptness.

[gbgary]

TT rescued the franchise from Sherman's ineptness.

yup. he's proven to be a football genius. he's survived the brett issue in flying colors and we're all pumped up for the upcoming season (knocking on wood). if he can get us a SB soon he'll be a football god...like ron wolf.

[Partial]

Ted has done a pretty good job so far. Wish he was more loyal to Packer veterans, but thats really my only complaint. Now we need to see the results show up on the field.

[Deputy Nutz]

1 trip to the playoffs in 4 years.

They missed the playoffs three times under Wolf, and I don't believe they ever missed the playoffs under Sherman.

1992 miss, 1999 miss, 2000 miss.

Thompson
2005 miss, 2006 miss, 2008 miss.

[Waldo]

TT rescued the franchise from Sherman's ineptness.

TT is ept.

It is a positive sign when teams are chasing after our cuts, and steal players from our PS.

Most players TT has drafted are still in this league in some capacity, even if they aren't Packers.

I give TT a mulligan for last year, and consider him batting .500 with the playoffs.

The Favre situation, injury situation, and poor defensive coaching is hard to pin on TT. If he let McCarthy continue with the defensive coaching there definitely should be some questions, but Mac clearly saw the problem too and rectified it.

[pbmax]

Wolf hired Holmgren, who was one year (maybe two) past being the hottest coordinator on the market (he turned someone down to return to SanFran). He had enough of a name and contacts to lure very bright O coaches and get a good DC in Rhodes.

McCarthy was nowhere near as hot, in fact his best year in buzz was probably the year after he took Aaron Brooks to the playoffs in 2000 as his OC. He had a couple of interesting interviews (that made the papers anyway) for DC before deciding on Bob Sanders. He didn't exactly have his pick from among Hall of Fame candidates.

I think he gets the job done on the offensive side. But did Thompson miscalculate in hiring a relative unknown who still needed to find a DC when he got hired? You can argue it cost us several opportunities.

[swede]

Wolf hired Holmgren, who was one year (maybe two) past being the hottest coordinator on the market (he turned someone down to return to SanFran). He had enough of a name and contacts to lure very bright O coaches and get a good DC in Rhodes.

McCarthy was nowhere near as hot, in fact his best year in buzz was probably the year after he took Aaron Brooks to the playoffs in 2000 as his OC. He had a couple of interesting interviews (that made the papers anyway) for DC before deciding on Bob Sanders. He didn't exactly have his pick from among Hall of Fame candidates.

I think he gets the job done on the offensive side. But did Thompson miscalculate in hiring a relative unknown who still needed to find a DC when he got hired? You can argue it cost us several opportunities.

I think TT hired MM because he was the first guy who did not fall asleep as Ted made his presentation during the interview process, thus becoming "somebody I could work with."

[Partial]

Wolf hired Holmgren, who was one year (maybe two) past being the hottest coordinator on the market (he turned someone down to return to SanFran). He had enough of a name and contacts to lure very bright O coaches and get a good DC in Rhodes.

McCarthy was nowhere near as hot, in fact his best year in buzz was probably the year after he took Aaron Brooks to the playoffs in 2000 as his OC. He had a couple of interesting interviews (that made the papers anyway) for DC before deciding on Bob Sanders. He didn't exactly have his pick from among Hall of Fame candidates.

I think he gets the job done on the offensive side. But did Thompson miscalculate in hiring a relative unknown who still needed to find a DC when he got hired? You can argue it cost us several opportunities.

Good post, what sort of opportunites are you getting at here?

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Ted has done a pretty good job so far. Wish he was more loyal to Packer veterans, but thats really my only complaint. Now we need to see the results show up on the field.

For example?

[Brohm]

TT's actually taken care of a number of the vets: DD, Al Harris, Tausch (restrucred for a raise w/o extension), offered Green a reasonable contract, etc. Thing is those guys were starters. It's the 3rd/4th RB, 5th/6th receiver, rtc that he doesn't have a problem jettisoning if you are not improving and someone is ready to move up the rungs.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

TT's actually taken care of a number of the vets: DD, Al Harris, Tausch (restrucred for a raise w/o extension), offered Green a reasonable contract, etc. Thing is those guys were starters. It's the 3rd/4th RB, 5th/6th receiver, rtc that he doesn't have a problem jettisoning if you are not improving and someone is ready to move up the rungs.

Loyalty is just another subjective bullshit argument that allows one to posture.