"TED THOMPSONS FORMULA FOR SUCCESS SIZZLES ""

[run pMc]

I think McGinn's game analyses and his draft coverage are often very good; I think his opinion pieces are garbage. This one is the latter.
Eagles fans were howling at the time of the trade; how could they give Rowe away? The answer was they had him at about #5 on their DB depth chart coming out of camp. My guess is TT was interested but the asking price was too much and the Pats got lucky rolling the dice.
I also don't think the way the Packers played in the NFCC would have changed much by 1 or 2 players like Rowe; the whole team played flat and made a lot of mistakes. They would have needed an in-prime Charles Woodson and the ghost of Reggie White to win.

[pbmax]

The exception to #3 is Quarterback. Scarcity is a heck of a thing.

[vince]

Great point. Significant exception to that commandment. An amendment should be etched.

I'd say that #3, when combined with adherence to #4, may be the most readily forgiven commandment. Teams have a far stronger sense of the likely physical durability and can more accurately gauge the productive life of their own players than those from outside the organization.

[Pugger]

I found his railing on Ted about the cornerback position equivocal too. Nobody at the end of TC was concerned about that position at all. If anybody talked about it they talked about how deep it was! After things went south the ONLY way we were gonna improve that spot was via a trade and in-season trades in the NFL are about as rare as hen's teeth.

[woodbuck27]

There's no reason to start a season with 15 rookies/first year players as the Pack did this year. This is an admission that drafting and developing didn't go so well in recent past. So you have one of the youngest teams in the league again. Then when injuries strike, which they inevitably will in such a violent game, you get these greenhorns out there on the field and it looks like a Chinese fire drill* out there. Especially on defense.

Would like to see them augment the roster with some vets so when the time comes that they're needed, they have an idea where to be and what to do.

*apologies to any Chinese I may have offended in the making of this post.

Fire ! Fire !! Fire !!!

Fire em all !!!

[vince]

Bob McGinn has no use for today's wisdom and practical experience about the realities of the modern mature free agent marketplace.

I almost puked as I read this in disbelief, but I have seen the light.

Some readers never have and never will approve of my approach, which is fine. It took me years to discover what it took to win, and I have thanked Wolf, Holmgren and Harlan personally for showing me the way.

Wolf, Holmgren and Harlan taught him all there is to know for all time. And he will make Thompson continue to pay the price for not heeding or even adequately respecting his timeless mastery of what it really takes to win.

Perhaps some day Bob - we can only hope - Ted will finally come to understand and appreciate the depth of your ignorance and arrogance - I mean your masterful knowledge of the timeless intricacies of winning. Make ridiculous stuff up, be a hypocritical hack, misrepresent his motives, your knowledge, whatever it takes - but thank you Bob for carrying the torch of goodness for us regular folks in spite of our ignorance. Thank you for holding our beloved Packers to the highest standards of your definitive wisdom of THE WAY to achieve true excellence.

What a self-righteous, self-important, elitist twit. It seemingly never even occurred to him that what he learned a couple generations ago might be out of touch with new and different realities. Typical of so many journalists I guess.

[RashanGary]

Perhaps some day Bob - we can only hope - Ted will finally come to understand and appreciate the depth of your ignorance and arrogance - I mean your masterful knowledge about the timeless intricacies of winning.

What a self-righteous, self-important, elitist twit. Typical of so many journalists I guess.

That is what it is. He's cocky and thinks he knows better. It seeps out of him. I'd love to punch him in the face.

But on another note, it will feel great to see GB shove it up his ass and win another SB with Ted!

Bob is very hard working and detailed with his data collection and tedious, mindless labor. Take him away from mindless work and ask him to think and the dip shit shines through.

[esoxx]

That is what it is. He's cocky and thinks he knows better. It seeps out of him. I'd love to punch him in the face.

But on another note, it will feel great to see GB shove it up his ass and win another SB with Ted!

Bob is very hard working and detailed with his data collection and tedious, mindless labor. Take him away from mindless work and ask him to think and the dip shit shines through.

Haha look at this guy. He'd love to punch a 60 some year old man in the face. What a dumb fuck. Aren't you the guy always lecturing how you need to grow from your mistakes and learn? After all, you've admitted you've had multiple DUI's, banged prostitutes, and contracted various lifelong venereal diseases. Now you're right back to talking out of your ass wanting to punch an old man in the face. What a douche

[texaspackerbacker]

I have no dispute at all with any of the bad mouthing of McGinn, and homer that I am, I think the Packers certainly ought to win another Super Bowl or more than one. If/when it happens, though, it will be in spite of Ted Thompson, not because of him - except for the great decision of taking Aaron Rodgers of course.

[pbmax]

Is this what it was like to read the papers in the state, after Lombardi, during the 70s and 80s?

Did columnists wrap themselves in Lombardi while defending Judge Parins? Insist that Lombardi had shown them the way to win and deviation was heresy? The coach and GM must be one?

Someone should ask Bob if he is headed to San Fran to teach John Lynch what he has learned.

[bobblehead]

I know the article will get shredded; it's a good read with some good points

http://www.jsonline.com/story/sports...zles/97136720/

Completely ignores the fact that the Peppers signing was akin to the woodson signing.

[Rutnstrut]

Time will tell. McGinn was talking shit like this before the Packers won the SB. Then before the season starts he says they look like SB contenders. Then when the season ends he cherry picks tidbits to write a piece like this. He doesn't know what he's talking about. He just writes whichever way the wind is blowing.

The hoody didn't win a sb for 10-12 years whatever it was between 2003 or 2004, whenever it was till 2014. Just like the pAts, the Packers are in it every year. We're gonna win another.

Your argument about Hoodie is invalid. This will be Tom Brady's 7th SB. Rodgers will be extremely lucky to play in another ONE if there aren't some big changes in GB. Mainly TT has to go. He as gotten lucky with one pick, that's it. Without Rodgers TT, and stubby wouldn't even be mediocre. It's time to reward AR for continually saving their ass.

[Rutnstrut]

Completely ignores the fact that the Peppers signing was akin to the woodson signing.

Not even close, Peppers did not contribute a fraction of what Woodson did to this team.

[RashanGary]

Your argument about Hoodie is invalid.

It's completely valid. Bb and tb went 10 years without winning a sb. Best coach/qb maybe of all time.

[Zool]

So other than the Patriots, who would you say has met or exceeded the Packers' success over the last 13 years?

Also, Dan fucking Marino went to one Super Bowl and actually had 4-5 straight seasons of sub .500 records (not fact checked). Stop saying that a QB automatically means you get to win the Super Bowl. It's stupid and makes you look stupid.