Ahman Deserved Better

[Kiwon]

It's a business. Green got the payday he wanted - just with another team. I don't blame him, the Texans or the Packers.

Green was an outstanding player for the Packers and will be remembered for his contributions. I wish that he would have remained a Packer as long as Farve is around but it didn't happen.

The Packers don't have a recent history of good backs and I hope that finding the perfect back for the ZBS will become TT's highest priority. Farve needs a running game to set up the pass for the O to click. It was hard last year with a spotty running game. I hate to think what it might be like with little or no running game at all.

Congrats, Ahmad. You're getting some well deserved cash.

[Patler]

They lowballed Ahman with $2.75 million in 2006 and he gained over 1000 yards.

LOWBALLED him in 2006??? Are you kidding me?

The Packers gave him a contract that GUARANTEED him $2 million if he made it through training camp, and based on performance took it up somewhere near or over $4 million. This to a runningback coming back from an injury that has ended the careers of linemen. I think GB gave him an extremely fair, perhaps even generous contract in the situation.

[FritzDontBlitz]

They lowballed Ahman with $2.75 million in 2006 and he gained over 1000 yards.

LOWBALLED him in 2006??? Are you kidding me?

The Packers gave him a contract that GUARANTEED him $2 million if he made it through training camp, and based on performance took it up somewhere near or over $4 million. This to a runningback coming back from an injury that has ended the careers of linemen. I think GB gave him an extremely fair, perhaps even generous contract in the situation.

yes, they lowballed him.

[woodbuck27]

Actually, it sounds like he walked away because of an extra $6-8M bucks. That's a big difference. Green Bay was said to offer $3.5-4M/year. He got $5.5-5.75M/year. I don't think the buck can be passed to Ahman. He really did sound like he wanted to stay in Green Bay, but who the heck is going to turn down several million dollars?

Green Bay was said to offer $3.5-4M/year

Maybe so but for how many seasons? That is what we need to know.

If TT authorized that kind of offer for say two or three seasons? No wonder he's signed with Houston.

Bottom line is that Ahman got a super offer that in all reality didn't exist in Green Bay.

Now we need a real NFL quality running back for 2007, and the options are there but when will Ted Thompson act in the best interests for the Packers 2007 season?

[Pack_Attack88]

wow, so he got 1000 yds again.. averaging 62.5yds a game is nothing to call home about anymore!!

TT was right in letting him go for almost 6 million a year!!

[Patler]

They lowballed Ahman with $2.75 million in 2006 and he gained over 1000 yards.

LOWBALLED him in 2006??? Are you kidding me?

The Packers gave him a contract that GUARANTEED him $2 million if he made it through training camp, and based on performance took it up somewhere near or over $4 million. This to a runningback coming back from an injury that has ended the careers of linemen. I think GB gave him an extremely fair, perhaps even generous contract in the situation.

yes, they lowballed him.

Please explain how much he should have been offered in 2006 so as not to have been "lowballed" coming from a career threatening injury?

[Packnut]

Plan

Sadly, some don't get it and never will. This is'nt about whether or not Thompson should have matched Houston's offer. It's about how time and time again, Thompson has NO BACK-UP PLAN.

Not one of us can predict how Green will do in his next 2 seasons, so to say with certain clarity that his deal is good or bad for Houston is point-less.

Once again though, the common theme here by a few is once a player leaves Green Bay for money, it's time to rip him and say he is'nt talented anymore. Now it's time to find fault with him. Funny thing is it's always the same members doing it. They did it with Walker and now are doing it with Green. I guess once a player takes off the green and gold, he automatically loses all his talent. This is pure BULLSHIT and shows a definite lack of class by those doing it.

I happen to agree with Thompson's choice not to Pay Green. However, once again as it happened before, Teddy does not have any plan B when plan A blows up. THAT is why he's not the "god" of GM's like some here claim. He loses Wahle and Rivera and his back-up plan? Sign 2 clowns to replace them who had NO TALENT. Lose Walker and his back-up plan? Draft a rookie who is gonna take time to develope. Lose your #1 RB and then wait until AFTER the fact to scramble looking for a replacement.

Very poor planning. No successful CEO of ANY business would run a company like this. Things seldom go as you plan and that is why you always have contingency plans in place...........

[Scott Campbell]

I must have missed the thread where somebody proclaimed Ted the "God of GM's".

[Zool]

Are you trying to say that sensationalism is being portrayed here Scott. If so you're in for the worst time of your life. You'll read these lines and your eyes will fall out of your head because the GM of a football team doesn't agree with posters here.

We're all gonna die!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[Scott Campbell]

Are you trying to say that sensationalism is being portrayed here Scott.

I think it's bed wetting syndrome. You'd think the Packers were playing this Sunday by all the panic over not having the roster finalized.

Last week Ted was brilliant for his work with Cullen Jenkins. This week his IQ dropped 70 points for how he handled Green. Geez - people sure blow with the wind.

[Zool]

Yeah I head ya. I'm a big fan, but I cant let it get me so riled up. I just like to read the actual facts and such.

[Patler]

Re: Plan

However, once again as it happened before, Teddy does not have any plan B when plan A blows up.

What makes you think he has no plan to replace Green? Because he didn't act on it BEFORE he lost Green? It hasn't even been 24 hours that Green has been gone, and you have decided TT has no plan to replace him. That, in a word, is absurd.

As for the guards, he had a plan, it just didn't work out. Plus, he had very little time to prepare for that. TT started in GB in mid January, which gave him all of six weeks in his new job before the Wahle, Rivera and Sharper issues came to a head and were over with. Heck, he didn't even know his own roster all that well at the time, likely not having even met many of them personally and having seen some only on tape.

Some said he had no plan for a kicker to replace Longwell. Actually, he seemed to have several plans including a run at Vinateri, then Cundiff, then Rayner.

TT seems way too methodical to have "no plan" in mind. Maybe the plan won't work, maybe it will. We haven't even seen it yet.