Better GM...Thompson or Wolf

[Lurker64]

(I'm assuming King Kong had a big penis. Didn't he?)

Well an adult male gorilla is about 5'5"-5'9" tall and has a penis that is about 1.5"-2" long when erect. The most recent film version of King Kong was given as 25 feet tall. Extrapolating that would say that King Kong's penis would be about 6.5"-9.5" when erect.

So I would say "as big as King Kong's penis" is not the best metaphor in the world.

(I know this is a few pages late, but I actually knew this one!)

[MJZiggy]

Well an adult male gorilla is about 5'5"-5'9" tall and has a penis that is about 1.5"-2" long when erect. The most recent film version of King Kong was given as 25 feet tall. Extrapolating that would say that King Kong's penis would be about 6.5"-9.5" when erect.

So I would say "as big as King Kong's penis" is not the best metaphor in the world.

(I know this is a few pages late, but I actually knew this one!)

I'm afraid to ask how...

[Brandon494]

You be ignorant. This is a good way to kill a thread. This has been one of the more productive threads on this forum in a long time and you have to go bring up this shit.

That post had nothing to do with you. You do realize you were not the only one bashing Ted for making that move right? You can call me ignorant all you want but I'm not the one who picked a player over the team then ran back as soon as they started winning games.

[Fritz]

I stand corrected and educated on gorilla penis size.

It was...big of you to correct my assumption, Lurk.

[Gunakor]

Expecting or feeling entitled to another Championship in the near future is foolish.

I don't look at it as an entitlement. I look at it as the reward for having one of the hardest working, most knowledgeable, most talented GM's in the game. 31 other teams are wishing they had a Ted Thompson running their show right now. Most wish they had a Ted Thompson in charge at ANY point in the history of their franchise. That includes the Jets and the Colts.

[Gunakor]

These are the 2 best General Managers in the history of our franchise. 10 to 15 years from now there will be a third statue there. It will not be a statue of Ron Wolf.

That's what I think regarding the topic of this thread.

[Joemailman]

I doubt there will be a 3rd statue. Curly and Vince have statues for more than just the jobs they did as GM. One founded the team, and the other was maybe the best coach ever. TT may well end up in the ring of honor, which ain't bad.

[KYPack]

I doubt there will be a 3rd statue. Curly and Vince have statues for more than just the jobs they did as GM. One founded the team, and the other was maybe the best coach ever. TT may well end up in the ring of honor, which ain't bad.

Yep.

To get a statue, you have to be the coach and GM for 5 NFL titles.

TT won't do that, but if he leads this club to 2 more, I'll join the chorus.

[Lurker64]

Yep.

To get a statue, you have to be the coach and GM for 5 NFL titles.

TT won't do that, but if he leads this club to 2 more, I'll join the chorus.

I'm not sure if TT would want a statue, no matter how many titles he wins. Ted's not a glory-seeking kind of guy, if they asked him about putting up a statue of him he'd probably suggest they put up statues of some of the players who actually played in those games, or the coaches or something. I think TT wants to stay as far out of the spotlight as he can manage and still do his job.

[KYPack]

I'm not sure if TT would want a statue, no matter how many titles he wins. Ted's not a glory-seeking kind of guy, if they asked him about putting up a statue of him he'd probably suggest they put up statues of some of the players who actually played in those games, or the coaches or something. I think TT wants to stay as far out of the spotlight as he can manage and still do his job.

Another qualification for getting a statue is that you be dead for 30 years or so. That's probably a pretty good idea. Ask the St Louis Cardinals what they are going to do with the Mark McGwire statue they have in a garage someplace. They sure aren't going to put it up in front of their stadium.

[RashanGary]

Those guys were strong figures. Ted's a bit of a pussy in the traditional sense. Obviously he stands by his guns, but he's a very awkward guy. A statue of Ted would just look retarded. No thanks.

I look at Vince and Curly as inspiring figures, more than just what they accomplished. Ted is not inspiring at all. McCarthy is. I'd rather see a statue of McCarthy with his strong demeanor than Ted with his shit grin. Not because I relate more to MM, but because it's not practical to put a trophy of a guy like Ted up. Wolf either. He's a dorky looking, arrogant, d-bag. No thanks.

MM and Holmgren were leaders of men. MM even more-so than Holmrgren IMO. Holgmren was more arrogant. Vince and Curly don't radiate arrogance. They radiate strength. That's what MM radiates too. Those three are inspiring figures to me.

Ted is evidence of the strength of the quite guy. That means a lot to me, but I'm perfectly happy to have those who were wise enough to see it know and those who weren't go on their merry way, never gaining wisdom from the world around them.

[Gunakor]

I absolutely DO think it's possible for Green Bay to win 4 more titles by the end of the decade. I think it's far more likely we'll win 5 here while TT is in charge than it is for any other team to win even 3 while TT is in charge here. For most teams, hell, maybe all teams, 5 in a decade in today's NFL is more than unlikely. It's impossible. The same can't be said of this Packers team. And we're the only ones who that can't be said about.

Before Vince Lombardi came along, it was unthinkable that anybody could be mentioned in the same breath as Curly Lambeau. Now, it's unthinkable that anybody could be mentioned in the same breath as Lambeau and Lombardi. What will TT make us think about 15 years from now?

This isn't some knee-jerk reaction to winning a title. Anybody who remembers me from when I came to PR back in 2008 knows I've been beating this drum loudly this whole time. Even in a dismal 6-10 season I would tell anybody who would listen that Thompson was building the next NFL dynasty, not simply the next NFL Champion, and that we weren't far away. "Fire TT" they said. "It's a win now league" they said. Well now we've won. And the patience shown during our journey to get where we are today will be rewarded with many more Lombardi Trophies. When that happens, and I fully expect it will, I think we'll have to consider putting Thompson in the same company as Lambeau and Lombardi. I think that deserves a statue.

[Brandon494]

It's no doubt we are the next dynasty in the NFL. We are not only young but we have the most complete roster in the NFL. Seriously I can't think of one weakness we have on this team. Maybe another pass rushing OLB to pair with Clay but that's about it.

[hoosier]

Your memory is better than mine grasshopper....Beebe wasn't supposed to be much, but he was huge in a few playoff games.

Memory problems again. Beebe did nothing in the 96-97 postseason. His hugeness in '96 came all at once, in that OT win over San Fran when Brooks got hurt. Other than that he was just a guy.

[hoosier]

Or, instead of blaming the other GMs, you could give credit to Thompson for seeing in Woodson what no other GM did, including the one he was playing for. But, even if they had, no guarantee Woodson wouldn't have ended up in GB anyway.

Woodson was a gamble that TT could afford to make given the cap flexibility he had created for himself. I don't think he "saw" anything in CW that anyone else couldn't see. In Woodson's first years with GB he wasn't playing quite at the level that he rose to in '08, '09 and '10. It seems to me that the credit for Charles Woodson gets divided into three: one, for TT and his salary guru for creating the salary cap space to give him a front loaded contract; two, to Woodson for bringing his level of play back up after several years of injury and reported indifference in Oakland; and three to McCarthy and his staff for creating a positive work environment.