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You can look at things two ways. . . . where it's been and where it's going. After 6-10, Mark Murphy was starting to get on the hot seat about MM and TT. The cynics said, 4-12, 8-8, 13-3 and 6-10 wasn't very good.
31-33 was a average to below average team. Evidence such as context of the team Ted took over, context of the salary cap and context of the long term implications of drafting really well and frontloading contracts was thrown out the window. He was not building a team from ground up. He was pinching pennies. He was not young because the team he took over fell apart and he started sifting through the young talent until pieces stuck. He was young because he would always be young. He was young because he didn't want to sign and resign guys. All perspective was tossed out the window.
Mark Murphy looked at it a little different way. He said 4-12, 8-8, 13-3 looked like a trend. He said 6-10 looked like an outlier. He said he wanted to give it time because he felt like it was going in the right direction.
Two years later, the Packers get in the playoffs twice and win the SB once. Mark Murphy was right. He looked at where it was going, both in basic parts and in trend of improvement. Could he have been wrong? Sure. But people who can spot trends and put information together are right a whole lot more often than they're wrong.
With that in mind, I think Ted's going to be remembered as the better GM 10 years from not. Not because of what has been played out as of today, but because I'm looking at the blocks and the trends and I believe the Packers are just entering an era of greatness. I'm making a prediction of what's to come and for those who follow, you know I'm pretty good at it
31-33 was a average to below average team. Evidence such as context of the team Ted took over, context of the salary cap and context of the long term implications of drafting really well and frontloading contracts was thrown out the window. He was not building a team from ground up. He was pinching pennies. He was not young because the team he took over fell apart and he started sifting through the young talent until pieces stuck. He was young because he would always be young. He was young because he didn't want to sign and resign guys. All perspective was tossed out the window.
Mark Murphy looked at it a little different way. He said 4-12, 8-8, 13-3 looked like a trend. He said 6-10 looked like an outlier. He said he wanted to give it time because he felt like it was going in the right direction.
Two years later, the Packers get in the playoffs twice and win the SB once. Mark Murphy was right. He looked at where it was going, both in basic parts and in trend of improvement. Could he have been wrong? Sure. But people who can spot trends and put information together are right a whole lot more often than they're wrong.
With that in mind, I think Ted's going to be remembered as the better GM 10 years from not. Not because of what has been played out as of today, but because I'm looking at the blocks and the trends and I believe the Packers are just entering an era of greatness. I'm making a prediction of what's to come and for those who follow, you know I'm pretty good at it
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