Silverstein Tuesday chat

[Rastak]

Too tough to judge right now .

Well, ya, but Thompson has to judge right now. So let the critics judge now without the benefit of hindsight.

And... hindsight doesn't even necessarily prove that a decision was bad. There is a ton of luck and uncertainty.

The only way to get rid of the luck and uncertainty is to look at the results of many TT's decsions over many years.

Damn, I'm boring. One tedious mother fucker. Mr. Obvious.

Say something funny like you used to at JSO.

I ecspecially like the time someone critisized you for being too serious and you said you'd go back to being the happy bafoon.

[RashanGary]

One thing is certain though, after Favre leaves anything that happens good or bad is going to fall squarely on TT. The last of Wolfs gifts will be gone. It will be all TT's team without the luxury of a QB or any long term playmakers given to him.

[the_idle_threat]

If Moss and Brown are still effective halfway through the season and beyond, it might be time to question TT's evaluation of thier risks.

There is no definitive answer now or in the future. There's much luck and many unknowable factors that will lead to the outcome. Now is a fine time to criticize or suppot TT.

You're talking criticism or support in a general sense, which means you're arguing a different point than I'm making. I agree with the point you're arguing---that TT shouldn't be immune to general criticism now (like for example, that he should have been more active in free agency generally), and I also agree that we will never know for sure how things would have turned out if TT had acted differently.

But back to the point I'm arguing and you're missing:
You can't point to one game or even a handful of games by a missed free agent as proof that said free agent should have been signed to our team. Surely you're familiar with the concept of representative sample, no?

One game is not a representative sample. I'm not sure that half a season is a fair test. If we wanna second guess on specific players, we really need to see what impact those players bring to their team for most or all of a season, because our complaint is that TT failed to sign them for a full season (at least)---not one game or a handful of games. That's the point I'm arguing.

[Fritz]

I would agree, and make the same point about Ahman Green. He was very good for the Texans Sunday, but unless you're willing to concede that that one performance was worth the entire contract he signed for (however many millions of dollars it is), it's too soon to say the Pack shoulda/coulda signed him.