AR wants out?!

[texaspackerbacker]

Oh for Christ's sake. We're now equating being able to do a mock draft to an NFL GMs job? I'm sorry I brought this topic up.

Leave it to you to see a significant difference hahahahaha. If you don't the self-confidence to think you could do the job, fine, then that's on you.

[texaspackerbacker]

Bretsky,

It’s a fan based business. Rodgers said they have a culture problem being bad with people. They’re going to come out and let the public know Rodgers is difficult to deal with. If 12 can cast stones, so can the organization. Both parties have every right to protect themselves and the fan base becomes the battle field in these things. Rodgers shouldn’t have made this an issue if he didn’t want the Packers to defend themselves to the fan base. Of course that’s going to happen. And if it goes long, if Rodgers escalated it, they’ll do even more, and should. Rodgers cast bigger stones so he’s gonna have to suck it up. And if he can’t, there’s nothing anyone can do for him anyway. He’s just perpetually miserable and there’s no fixing that.

RG, I tend to respect you and your posting a helluva lot more than several of these whiny fools in here, but you're kinda wrong about this. You heard the comments; I heard the comments,; Probably we all heard the comments. He said what he said, but it sounded to me like nothing more than a couple of harmless off-hand remarks replying to stupidity asking questions. Ditto that about this Thompson/Murphy "complicated fella" thing that media shitheads and other fools are making a big deal about - all much ado about nothing or at least very little.

[bobblehead]

Thinking about this more, Marcia is a f'ckin idiot and GB should muzzle him. Quoting a diseased Packer GM and saying something that dam stupid is just mind boggling.

What disease? Google dictionary Bretsky, it's your friend.

deceased
[dəˈsēst]
NOUN
(the deceased)
a person who has died.
"in memory of the deceased"
ADJECTIVE
dead; no longer living.
"the cremation of a deceased person"

[sharpe1027]

Leave it to you to see a significant difference hahahahaha. If you don't the self-confidence to think you could do the job, fine, then that's on you.

Self confidence? It's called self awareness. No, I don't believe doing a few mock drafts prepares you to be a GM for professional football. Honestly, this discussion can end here and now. It's not possible to reason with crazy.

[texaspackerbacker]

Maybe we need another poll hahahaha - who thinks they could do as good or better a job as GM than Thompson or Gutekunst? I suppose it would show that you're not the only one with a low "self awareness" of your own abilities, Sharpe.

[sharpe1027]

Maybe we need another poll hahahaha - who thinks they could do as good or better a job as GM than Thompson or Gutekunst? I suppose it would show that you're not the only one with a low "self awareness" of your own abilities, Sharpe.

It's my experience I'd be concerned about. There's a lot more to the job than meets the eye. Can't know what that is without on the job experience.

[George Cumby]

Or maybe he's just a complicated fella.

Ogres are like onions, they have layers.

[Spaulding]

Mock drafts are a joke. Any fan that thinks they know more about drafting than even a fired GM is delusional. Picking players based on Kiper/McShay/Mayock/etc rankings is far different than watching likely 100's of hours of film, meetings with scouts/coaches/etc. and making an educated decision. Add in the fact that fans don't know the in's and outs of the offensive/defensive schemes employed by the team also then don't know what players best fits the needs.

Sharpe, you're the voice of reason.

[Anti-Polar Bear]

Mock drafts are a joke. Any fan that thinks they know more about drafting than even a fired GM is delusional. Picking players based on Kiper/McShay/Mayock/etc rankings is far different than watching likely 100's of hours of film, meetings with scouts/coaches/etc. and making an educated decision. Add in the fact that fans don't know the in's and outs of the offensive/defensive schemes employed by the team also then don't know what players best fits the needs.
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“There’s a lot of interest in the draft. It’s great. But quite frankly, most of the people that are commenting on it don’t know anything about what they are talking about.”--Ted Thompson

[Anti-Polar Bear]

I tend to agree, but there's still a difference between being professional and being really driven.

What difference?

As a burger-flipper with two worthless degrees and having passed the Wisconsin CPA exams, I’ve been passed over - time and time again - for promotions in favor of high school dropouts and Jews. I silently protest management by exploiting the company’s 15 minutes grace period by showing up late every day. Wish I could afford to boycott the company, ala 12 boycotting the Packers. Alas, I ain’t no hotshot QB; just an expendable peon.

Point being, thanks to goddamn Belichick, I continue to, somewhat professionally, “do my fucking job,” despite have lost all motivation to be “driven.” At the end of the year, the CEO gets his sumptuous bonus, Partial and Bobble get their sumptuous dividends, and I remain wretched with a bad hip.

Point being, 12 ain’t gotta be driven to make the 3 headed monster of Murphy/Ball/Gutenkunst look good. If 12 shows up disgruntled but still does his fucking job - he respects his fellow bros in arms too much to half-ass it - Packers could be champions of the world at year end.

[texaspackerbacker]

So ya'all don't have the confidence that you could do as good a job as Ted Thompson - who was almost as senile as a well known 77 year old? As for all that stuff that "doesn't meet the eye", if you're the GM, you can delegate it. Find some unemployed CPA who used to play football to do the math and bookkeeping.

How can anybody have the gall to complain about the job the people running the team are doing when they whine that they themselves wouldn't be competent to do that job?

APB, why isn't this in your FYI pity thread? Why don't you just put a little sign in your relative's basement window or invest in a small ad, "CPA Available For Taxes and Other Bookkeeping"? I bet you'd make 5 times the money in 1/3 the time as flipping burgers.

[sharpe1027]

What difference?

As a burger-flipper with two worthless degrees and having passed the Wisconsin CPA exams, I’ve been passed over - time and time again - for promotions in favor of high school dropouts and Jews. I silently protest management by exploiting the company’s 15 minutes grace period by showing up late every day. Wish I could afford to boycott the company, ala 12 boycotting the Packers. Alas, I ain’t no hotshot QB; just an expendable peon.

Point being, thanks to goddamn Belichick, I continue to, somewhat professionally, “do my fucking job,” despite have lost all motivation to be “driven.” At the end of the year, the CEO gets his sumptuous bonus, Partial and Bobble get their sumptuous dividends, and I remain wretched with a bad hip.

Point being, 12 ain’t gotta be driven to make the 3 headed monster of Murphy/Ball/Gutenkunst look good. If 12 shows up disgruntled but still does his fucking job - he respects his fellow bros in arms too much to half-ass it - Packers could be champions of the world at year end.

Just that employee that's showing up for a paycheck and is doing enough to keep the job isn't the same as one that really wants to be the best at their job.

[ThunderDan]

What difference?

As a burger-flipper with two worthless degrees and having passed the Wisconsin CPA exams, I’ve been passed over - time and time again - for promotions in favor of high school dropouts and Jews. I silently protest management by exploiting the company’s 15 minutes grace period by showing up late every day. Wish I could afford to boycott the company, ala 12 boycotting the Packers. Alas, I ain’t no hotshot QB; just an expendable peon.

Point being, thanks to goddamn Belichick, I continue to, somewhat professionally, “do my fucking job,” despite have lost all motivation to be “driven.” At the end of the year, the CEO gets his sumptuous bonus, Partial and Bobble get their sumptuous dividends, and I remain wretched with a bad hip.

Point being, 12 ain’t gotta be driven to make the 3 headed monster of Murphy/Ball/Gutenkunst look good. If 12 shows up disgruntled but still does his fucking job - he respects his fellow bros in arms too much to half-ass it - Packers could be champions of the world at year end.

Sorry to break APB's pitty party parade.

CPAs are in extreme demand, our CPA firm has problems hiring CPAs. We are offering $65k plus benefits and loose applicants all the time. And that is for people that have just passed the CPA exam. Manager level in our firm is $100k.

He obviously had some issue and can't be licensed or doesn't care to be anymore.

[sharpe1027]

So ya'all don't have the confidence that you could do as good a job as Ted Thompson - who was almost as senile as a well known 77 year old? As for all that stuff that "doesn't meet the eye", if you're the GM, you can delegate it. Find some unemployed CPA who used to play football to do the math and bookkeeping.

How can anybody have the gall to complain about the job the people running the team are doing when they whine that they themselves wouldn't be competent to do that job?

APB, why isn't this in your FYI pity thread? Why don't you just put a little sign in your relative's basement window or invest in a small ad, "CPA Available For Taxes and Other Bookkeeping"? I bet you'd make 5 times the money in 1/3 the time as flipping burgers.

There's a difference between assessing the net outcomes and being able to do the job yourself. I complain when I order food that tastes terrible. That doesn't make me qualified to be a chef or run a restaurant.

That being said, I try to give some deference to the decision makers in situations like this. I don't know all the factors going into their decisions.

[sharpe1027]

What difference?

As a burger-flipper with two worthless degrees and having passed the Wisconsin CPA exams, I’ve been passed over - time and time again - for promotions in favor of high school dropouts and Jews. I silently protest management by exploiting the company’s 15 minutes grace period by showing up late every day. Wish I could afford to boycott the company, ala 12 boycotting the Packers. Alas, I ain’t no hotshot QB; just an expendable peon.

Point being, thanks to goddamn Belichick, I continue to, somewhat professionally, “do my fucking job,” despite have lost all motivation to be “driven.” At the end of the year, the CEO gets his sumptuous bonus, Partial and Bobble get their sumptuous dividends, and I remain wretched with a bad hip.

Point being, 12 ain’t gotta be driven to make the 3 headed monster of Murphy/Ball/Gutenkunst look good. If 12 shows up disgruntled but still does his fucking job - he respects his fellow bros in arms too much to half-ass it - Packers could be champions of the world at year end.

Take the Jew comment to FYI. Or better yet, just keep it to yourself.