Ted Thompson interview

[mraynrand]

Re: Ted Thompson interview

Selected Excerpts from APB:


"who I am, I don't know if that's easy to do."

" I don't know how to put this. . . . "

"I would have liked to have been a husband"

"committing to a relationship and things like that, it would be difficult if you weren't already set and ready to go "

" it's a little bit more intense"

"we try to just plug along"

" You can't kid yourself saying... "Let's rectify this "

" I don't know if it's the hardest part"

"You just say, "OK, that's the way it goes." ... we have to tell a number of young men "

" It was a little awkward, but I always felt like Mike was ... a little more comfortable. all of a sudden I'm doing ... Mike Sherman ... I think he helped out there.

Q: What jumped out to you about Mike McCarthy?

A: It was the whole package.

"I'm comfortable enough in my own skin that I'm able to do that ... but there are certain things that we don't talk about that we think it's private business."

" I think it's important to find guys that really like ... the growth and ... a little skip in your step. You should enjoy coming and interacting and things like that."

" You have a few, but mostly you have new guys coming in and young guys coming in and you see that team coming together and the dynamics of that form I think is fulfilling to watch."

Q: What is your favorite part?

A: My favorite part of my job is probably watching ... the teams behind ... and how you can maneuver and all that sort of thing.

" there will be a certain amount of shame because ... "I didn't make it,"

Q: What do you do besides football?

I like to ... swing over and over and over the exact same way. I obviously can't do that, but to watch the good ones do that is interesting to see.... but it's still fun to play.... when Ron was hired here, he was looking for another guy to grind ... and I came up on sort of a trial.

"I do think you have to try to as much as possible to touch the core of that person"

"I've seen people try to do that. I don't know that that makes a lot of sense"

[Terry]

I think some of you are just predisposed to dislike the guy. I actually thought it was a pretty good interview. He was reflective and honest and I don't know what else you think you're going to get in what must essentially be a soundbite interview. He interviews differently than McCarthy, but it's not because he's more bland or less or more honest. He may come across as less of a rah rah guy or less energetically positive sounding, but it's all PR anyway and one is not more honest or informative than the other.

He's not going to get into the specifics that some people might want about other human beings or the team's plans and strategies. And I think he's right.

Like Noodle, I thought he was very gracious about Sherman. I remember Sherman's final press conference and everyone talked about what a class act he was. (Honestly, I think Sherman could have recited the phone book and everyone's mindset was such that they'd talk about what a class act he was.) I remember what Sherman said when he was asked why he was released and it definitely was NOT classy. Don't get me wrong, I didn't blame Sherman, he's a human being and was probably stressed and upset. It was an unreasonable question to begin with. Whatever, without criticizing Sherman for what he said, to say it was a 'class act' was just plain ridiculous. It wasn't. And what Thompson said here was ten times as 'classy', but because of peoples' mindsets, it's not recognized, but rather he is accused of being bland and saying nothing.

It was a good interview, for what it was. Some of you need to start looking at the world through something other than your prejudices.

[Terry]

Tell me, mraynrand, what is wrong exactly with "I would have liked to have been a husband"?

I thought it was fine, actually. He was asked after all. I thought it was refreshingly honest.

Now you just posted a bunch of quotes of someone else's words. I'm not sure what your point was, but I'm a bit dubious of your motives. Maybe I'm wrong, so maybe you can post a few of your own words and tell me. I'd sure like to know what it was about that answer that you figured it was worth posting again in the same thread that contained the interview.

[the_idle_threat]

Terry, I think you missed out on the wonder and enjoyment that was Anti-Polar-Bear (APB). Also known as "Tank," APB was a colorful poster here who was rabid and irrational in his criticism of Ted Thompson. Part of his mantra was that TT is gay (this being a disparaging thought to APB), and he wrote many posts to such effect.

Our friend mraynrand was simply listing some selected TT quotes which might imply---when read out of context---that TT is gay, if seen through the jaundiced eyes of APB. Just a joke ... I thought it was pretty funny.

[MJZiggy]

He did nail it dead on, didn't he?

[Terry]

You're right, Idle. That passed right over my head. Thank you for giving me context. Point well taken.