Former Packers in coaching & scouting

[King Friday]

He started all year for GB, which means he was a necessary addition for that season.

Well, at this point, it looks like Gunter could be starting for half of this season. Is he a good addition for the team that we should laud Thompson for?

Just because you are starting doesn't mean the GM picked the right guy to fill the hole. The fact Manuel was gone the next year pretty much tells you all you need to know.

[Joemailman]

Well, at this point, it looks like Gunter could be starting for half of this season. Is he a good addition for the team that we should laud Thompson for?

Just because you are starting doesn't mean the GM picked the right guy to fill the hole. The fact Manuel was gone the next year pretty much tells you all you need to know.

Yes, Manuel wasn't very good. He drove Al Harris nuts at times in 2006 by not being where Harris expected him to be. Harris was touting Bigby in the 2007 preseason and won the argument.

[Patler]

Well, at this point, it looks like Gunter could be starting for half of this season. Is he a good addition for the team that we should laud Thompson for?

Just because you are starting doesn't mean the GM picked the right guy to fill the hole. The fact Manuel was gone the next year pretty much tells you all you need to know.

If by "right guy" you mean a guy that will come in and start for the next 4, 5 or 6 seasons; of course not. But that guy might not have been available. Sometimes you have to use someone to get by for a year or two until you can get someone better. It is impossible to find all of the pieces in a single year or two, and that was my point. With the constraints of a limited draft, salary cap and roster limits you can't always get as good as you want, so you get what you can.

There is a difference between a guy who starts from the first game and a guy who starts because three guys ahead of him are out with injuries. Manuel was a good signing because, of the safeties they had that year, apparently he was the second best. For that season, he was a good signing because he made them better for that season. Gunter also might be a good signing, but he is being asked to do more than he was kept for. No team has starting caliber CBs 4 or 5 players deep, Gunter might be the best #4 or #5 CB in the league. He might be the worst, I don't know. But it isn't fair to judge him against normal starters.

[pbmax]

Well, at this point, it looks like Gunter could be starting for half of this season. Is he a good addition for the team that we should laud Thompson for?

Just because you are starting doesn't mean the GM picked the right guy to fill the hole. The fact Manuel was gone the next year pretty much tells you all you need to know.

Who should he pick up?

[Anti-Polar Bear]

You definitely got skills - bingo skills, numchuck skills, google skills. Unfortunately the gift certificate is redeemable only at Howard Johnson restaurants.

You're trying to ask me out on a date? I'm definitely single and I definitely need to get laid, but I ain't gay, yo.

[Harlan Huckleby]

sorry, the Cold Play stuff confused me.


You are the big winner, and you can redeem your prize at Lake George, NY. Act quickly.

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[Anti-Polar Bear]

sorry, the Cold Play stuff confused me.


You are the big winner, and you can redeem your prize at Lake George, NY. Act quickly.

http://www.newyorkupstate.com/lake-g..._how_long.html

Just admit it, you like Coldplay, too. One needs not be gay to like Coldplay. Brad Pitt loves Coldplay. Pitt ain't gay.