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Ted Thompson:
Team building:
There are 3 avenues to build a team, Ted Thompson chooses to use only one of them. This means there is VERY small if not 0 margain for error in your drafting. That is because if a draft pick busts, you have no way to cover up for him short term. That is why picks like Perry, Jones, Worthy etc hurt so bad. No you can’t have an all pro at every position, but you can’t have any draft picks who bust either, if you choose to only build one route.
We don’t need to splurge in FA. Just look how New England does it. Short term, small contracts for vets who can start or spot start. More Julius Peppers types, less Matt O’Dwyer types.
I think when players around the league see things like Lynch, Gonzalez and Moss slip thru Ted’s hands, they laugh. Players used to want to play for Wolf/Favre/Holmgren. Not so much anymore.
This has been rehashed over and over, so I won’t go more into it. I think you guys get the point here.
He has also completely ignored certain positions. It took 3 years after Nick Collins got hurt to put any resources into finding a safety. In that time we drafted 1, in the 4th round.
Do you really think Bill B would have MD Jennings starting meaningful games? Don Barclay at tackle? How hard is it to sign a veteran there?
He also ignored the ILB position and continues to do so, to the point where our best pass rusher is playing out of position.
A quick note on the draft - please stop with the “lunchpail” guys like R Rodgers and Ripkowski (we already have a FB!!). More athletes please. Speedsters. Just take flyers on these guys. Instead TT will take some hard working undersized stiff like Barrington. As a result, our team looks like its running in cement, and it shows especially against teams like Arizona.
Finally, people say Capers defense is hard to learn, and to a lesser extent Mike’s offense. In that case, where are the vet signings who will learn the defense and offense faster than a rookie? There seems to be a disconnect between the GM’s philosphy and the systems the coaches run, in that regard.
Coaches:
How has he not fired Capers yet? He should have been gone after Kaepernick ran all over the defense. Now, assistants is probably MM’s call, but can’t TT say, “you fire Capers, or you’re gone too.” I don’t know much about the dynamic here as far as who is in charge, so that’s all I’ll say. That Capers and Slocum should have been fired long ago. (Hell,look how much better our special teams were this year with Zook).
Mike McCarthy:
Now, on to MM who I think is the bigger problem. I’m just going to make bullet points here in the interest of time:
-Routes - unimaginative, predictable, boring etc. I don’t think Cobb is a true #1, but do you have any doubt he’d catch 90 balls in New England’s or New Orleans’s offense?
-Refusal to play guys like Abby when Rodgers says he trusts him.
-His idea of a mismatches are our slowest players (Kuhn and Dickrod) in the slot/flat.
-0 halftime adjustsments
-kicking fgs in the NFCCG
-Consider that this is the first season w/o all pro talent all over the field at MM’s disposal and its the worst Packers offense in years
I will say I think he is a good motivator and decent playcaller. Bill Walsh said that after 10 years a team needs a head coaching change, simply because things get stayle. I don’t think MM is a “bad” coach, maybe an average to above average one who’s message and plays have gotten stale.
Conclusion:
We won 10 games vs bad teams and because our QB is out of this world good. All this said, I doubt anything will happen unless TT or MM or both step down. Mike Murphy is a yes man. Murphy and TT seem very high ceilcing, risk-averse guys who don’t like to shake things up. Even if we did get a new head coach, it would probably be someone else with Wisconsin ties who runs the West Coast Offense.
Would love to hear your thoughts.
Team building:
There are 3 avenues to build a team, Ted Thompson chooses to use only one of them. This means there is VERY small if not 0 margain for error in your drafting. That is because if a draft pick busts, you have no way to cover up for him short term. That is why picks like Perry, Jones, Worthy etc hurt so bad. No you can’t have an all pro at every position, but you can’t have any draft picks who bust either, if you choose to only build one route.
We don’t need to splurge in FA. Just look how New England does it. Short term, small contracts for vets who can start or spot start. More Julius Peppers types, less Matt O’Dwyer types.
I think when players around the league see things like Lynch, Gonzalez and Moss slip thru Ted’s hands, they laugh. Players used to want to play for Wolf/Favre/Holmgren. Not so much anymore.
This has been rehashed over and over, so I won’t go more into it. I think you guys get the point here.
He has also completely ignored certain positions. It took 3 years after Nick Collins got hurt to put any resources into finding a safety. In that time we drafted 1, in the 4th round.
Do you really think Bill B would have MD Jennings starting meaningful games? Don Barclay at tackle? How hard is it to sign a veteran there?
He also ignored the ILB position and continues to do so, to the point where our best pass rusher is playing out of position.
A quick note on the draft - please stop with the “lunchpail” guys like R Rodgers and Ripkowski (we already have a FB!!). More athletes please. Speedsters. Just take flyers on these guys. Instead TT will take some hard working undersized stiff like Barrington. As a result, our team looks like its running in cement, and it shows especially against teams like Arizona.
Finally, people say Capers defense is hard to learn, and to a lesser extent Mike’s offense. In that case, where are the vet signings who will learn the defense and offense faster than a rookie? There seems to be a disconnect between the GM’s philosphy and the systems the coaches run, in that regard.
Coaches:
How has he not fired Capers yet? He should have been gone after Kaepernick ran all over the defense. Now, assistants is probably MM’s call, but can’t TT say, “you fire Capers, or you’re gone too.” I don’t know much about the dynamic here as far as who is in charge, so that’s all I’ll say. That Capers and Slocum should have been fired long ago. (Hell,look how much better our special teams were this year with Zook).
Mike McCarthy:
Now, on to MM who I think is the bigger problem. I’m just going to make bullet points here in the interest of time:
-Routes - unimaginative, predictable, boring etc. I don’t think Cobb is a true #1, but do you have any doubt he’d catch 90 balls in New England’s or New Orleans’s offense?
-Refusal to play guys like Abby when Rodgers says he trusts him.
-His idea of a mismatches are our slowest players (Kuhn and Dickrod) in the slot/flat.
-0 halftime adjustsments
-kicking fgs in the NFCCG
-Consider that this is the first season w/o all pro talent all over the field at MM’s disposal and its the worst Packers offense in years
I will say I think he is a good motivator and decent playcaller. Bill Walsh said that after 10 years a team needs a head coaching change, simply because things get stayle. I don’t think MM is a “bad” coach, maybe an average to above average one who’s message and plays have gotten stale.
Conclusion:
We won 10 games vs bad teams and because our QB is out of this world good. All this said, I doubt anything will happen unless TT or MM or both step down. Mike Murphy is a yes man. Murphy and TT seem very high ceilcing, risk-averse guys who don’t like to shake things up. Even if we did get a new head coach, it would probably be someone else with Wisconsin ties who runs the West Coast Offense.
Would love to hear your thoughts.
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