Report: Thompson out as GM

[gbgary]

McGinn reports that the Executive Committee asked Murphy to move on from Thompson.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/01/02/report-board-of-directors-instructed-murphy-to-remove-thompson-from-g-m-job/

Does anyone have a subscription to McGinn's site or is it just garbage?

goes with what many have thought the last two years about how ted seemed during pressers.

[pbmax]

goes with what many have thought the last two years about how ted seemed during pressers.

That is kind of the problem with the report though, it might just be stitching rumor to act without any solid info.

[gbgary]

That is kind of the problem with the report though, it might just be stitching rumor to act without any solid info.

agreed. time will tell...maybe. as private as we're told he is it may be a while.

[pbmax]

Gutenkunst on the list for GM job with Texans.

Highsmith getting interview with Dorsey in Cleveland.

These were all on radio, don't have links.

[pbmax]

I think he is a hostage to the Murphy AI program.

[texaspackerbacker]

I wouldn't call it a dumpster fire, but the last 3 years or so the team has become very limited talentwise. I mean if TT is a spectacular GM, what position groups on the Packers are even average or above on the current roster? Where are the playmakers? Why did we need a miracle comeback to beat a team that ended up 0-16 after being told that Aaron's backup was more than capable? What are his great moves and acquisitions of late? I think you guys minimize how good Aaron is at squeezing everything out of this team he can. It seems like after watching things unfold this season, the glaring talent deficiencies would be obvious but I guess not.

For once, I agree with you.

[texaspackerbacker]

Don't think he'll be available at 14 but he's my favorite "somewhat realistic" pick for the Packers this year. He's a complete monster.

The other guy in that game - Okogorokogoro or whatever looked better, and he's more what we need, a speed rusher.

[pbmax]

Gutenkunst on the list for GM job with Texans.

Highsmith getting interview with Dorsey in Cleveland.

These were all on radio, don't have links.

Aaron Nagler @AaronNagler
I'm told Packers senior personnel executive Alonzo Highsmith will be visiting with Johny Dorsey and the Cleveland Browns today. Could jump to Dorsey's staff from Green Bay.

Rob Demovsky @RobDemovsky
The Packers have given high-ranking scout Alonzo Highsmith permission to interview with at least one other team, a source said. He will interview with Browns GM John Dorsey today, as the Green Bay Press-Gazette first reported. https://t.co/TppTrvKHoN

Gutekunst: https://scout.com/nfl/texans/Article...arch-113083773

[red]

McGinn reports that the Executive Committee asked Murphy to move on from Thompson.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/01/02/report-board-of-directors-instructed-murphy-to-remove-thompson-from-g-m-job/

Does anyone have a subscription to McGinn's site or is it just garbage?

I find this very troubling, we need to hear all the info on this

I think it was last years draft during an interview where I first noticed he didn’t sound right, if he went a full year with some serious problem and was only removed after the committee made Murphy do it, then that doesn’t look good for murphy

[pbmax]

I find this very troubling, we need to hear all the info on this

I think it was last years draft during an interview where I first noticed he didn’t sound right, if he went a full year with some serious problem and was only removed after the committee made Murphy do it, then that doesn’t look good for murphy

That is why the report makes no sense beneath the facade. Its based on photos like your avatar. Literally. McGinn wrote "images" of Thompson looking less than attentive helped drive the decision. Unless there is more, the report is bogus.

[Carolina_Packer]

I find this very troubling, we need to hear all the info on this

I think it was last years draft during an interview where I first noticed he didn’t sound right, if he went a full year with some serious problem and was only removed after the committee made Murphy do it, then that doesn’t look good for murphy

Red, we don't know the whole truth about Murphy and the Board, nor are we likely to ever know. For all we know, Murphy may have been a sort of consensus builder who wanted input from the Board, so that he didn't make a move that seemed too unilateral to the Board, and create a problem for himself if they didn't agree with his line of thinking. If he actually approached the Board first, I can see why. Then he would have had someone besides himself to bounce the idea off of. He may have indeed had concerns about whether TT was fit to continue as GM, but stopped to take the temperature of the Board. That's pure conjecture on my part, but could have happened.

[3irty1]

That is why the report makes no sense beneath the facade. Its based on photos like your avatar. Literally. McGinn wrote "images" of Thompson looking less than attentive helped drive the decision. Unless there is more, the report is bogus.

The report looks like it was based on quotes from a lot of anonymous "friends" of Thompson. See GC.

[call_me_ishmael]

The report looks like it was based on quotes from a lot of anonymous "friends" of Thompson. See GC.

What is GC?

[swede]

Chris Mortensen
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@mortreport
Ted Thompson will not return as the GM of the Green Bay Packers but will remain with the team. The front office will go through a reorganization with team president Mark Murphy defining new roles for current members of front office, per league and team sources.

5:44 PM - Jan 1, 2018

Chris Mortensen
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@mortreport
Russ Ball, Packers VP of football administration, player personnel director Brian Gutenkunst and possibly director of football ops Eliot Wolf are expected to have re-defined duties as Thompson moves to another role, per sources.

5:49 PM - Jan 1, 2018

This seems to be bad news if you are rooting to have a new HC.

We can't know if Ted has trusted his scouting staff too much or consistently overruled its advice--either way there has been a pretty serious slip in talent/play on both sides of the ball. If you are going to kick Ted upstairs please follow the move with a legitimate search for a new football direction. Without a new GM from outside the organization it will be hard to dump MM. If you keep MM you keep the culture that goes with him--all the paperclips in alphabetical order and underwhelming play on the field.

[wist43]

What is GC?

Gas Chromatograph.