Time to Extend TT's contract

[The Shadow]

Remember, whatever you do in this board, don't disagree with the masses. Can anyone tell me what happens when you put a pile of rookies on a roster with many of them starting? Some of them will turn out to be be good players. Thompson is playing the odds by drafting AND keeping a ton of young players. So far there have been some pleasant surprises. You could do the same thing with free agents and have the same results. The Packers are 5-1 for a lot of reasons but attributing it all to Thompson is naive. Yes, we beat some good teams from 2006, but this is 2007. Outside of the Giants, who have we beat? The Eagles? The Chargers? Both of them look to be really inconsistent this year. The Giants even looked inconsistent to start the season, you know when we played them? We barely beat the Vikings, we blew the Bears game and if the our defense didn't finally show up in the second half, we lose to the Redskins. Those were our last three games and we didn't look good at all. The excuses abound as to why, mostly "we're young and will make mistakes" But never a thought about why we are in this position to begin with. For as much credit is you give Thompson, you have to look at the other side of that. With a more experienced offensive line, some depth ANYWHERE, maybe we wouldn't be discussing 5-1 and narrow wins, maybe we would be discussing 6-0 and blow outs. The Patriots obviously have an obnoxious amount of talent. We have?

Yeah, let's extend the gambler who plays the lower odds of quantity over quality.

To quote the immortal Charlie Brown : "GOOD GRIEF!"
It's painfully obvious that you will only be truly happy if the Green Bay Packers fall on their faces - so your comical blind hatred of Ted Thompson can be sated.
Why not go off and root for the Dolphins if the same tired, buffoonish rants are all you have to offer?


Give me a T!
Give me a T!
Give me a T!

What's that spell?

Disaster...

I'll take an entire season of your 'disasters' - looks like Thompson may well be 'disastering' the team into championship-caliber.

[Partial]

Merlin, sometimes I wonder how you make it through the day.

The gambler??!? Seriously?

[Patler]

You can only beat the teams you are scheduled to play when you are scheduled to play them. It is not the Packers fault nor TT's that their opponents have not been the same calibre as the Patriots.

They have won 9 of their last 10 regular season games. You can argue the teams were bad, had no reason to play hard, were crippled by injuries, whatever. It doesn't matter. You can argue the Packers were lucky, deserved to lose, didn't deserve to win, whatever. None of that matters either. The important thing is that 9 times out of 10 the Packers found ways to win the games. Credit for that goes to the coaching staff and to the players for their performances. Credit for bringing in the head coach and the players who accomplished it goes to the GM.

[BallHawk]

Pater beat me to it. Well said.

Good teams beat the teams they're supposed to beat. Green Bay is doing that right now.

[Carolina_Packer]

Merlin+Eeyore=Meeyore

[Merlin]

It's nice to know the usual tools are out to protect everyone. Someday you will pull your head out of your collective asses and actually use your gray matter. I won't be holding my breath for that. As I stated, whatever you do, don't disagree with anyone in here. You remind of those fools in high school all sticking together come hell or high water. Even when they were too stupid to face reality. When faced with logic and reality all you can do is mock and name call. WOW, is that all you have? Any facts to back up your argument? Nope, not a one. not one rational argument, just childlike rhetoric.

It sucks when you throw rocks in a glass house but you nutballs are in an iron one and I think they are coming back and hitting you in the melon. You know, that lil world you live in called fantasy land? Face it, you walking zombies wouldn't know the difference between a football and a soccer ball. "All hail the great Ted Thompson" Team does well he is a god, team doesn't do well it's on someone else. And you idiots are calling me names?

[Zool]

[swede]

Remember, whatever you do in this board, don't disagree with the masses. Can anyone tell me what happens when you put a pile of rookies on a roster with many of them starting? Some of them will turn out to be be good players. Thompson is playing the odds by drafting AND keeping a ton of young players. So far there have been some pleasant surprises. You could do the same thing with free agents and have the same results. The Packers are 5-1 for a lot of reasons but attributing it all to Thompson is naive. Yes, we beat some good teams from 2006, but this is 2007. Outside of the Giants, who have we beat? The Eagles? The Chargers? Both of them look to be really inconsistent this year. The Giants even looked inconsistent to start the season, you know when we played them? We barely beat the Vikings, we blew the Bears game and if the our defense didn't finally show up in the second half, we lose to the Redskins. Those were our last three games and we didn't look good at all. The excuses abound as to why, mostly "we're young and will make mistakes" But never a thought about why we are in this position to begin with. For as much credit is you give Thompson, you have to look at the other side of that. With a more experienced offensive line, some depth ANYWHERE, maybe we wouldn't be discussing 5-1 and narrow wins, maybe we would be discussing 6-0 and blow outs. The Patriots obviously have an obnoxious amount of talent. We have?

Yeah, let's extend the gambler who plays the lower odds of quantity over quality.

Merlin, there once was a set of twins whose parents were concerned that the two were so different; one was too much of an optimist and the other too much of a pessimist.

They took the boys to a therapist who place the pessimist in a room filled with toys and candy. He put the optimist in a room filled only with manure.

After twenty minutes they returned to find the pessismist sitting still in the middle of the room, all the delightful things untouched. The boy sadly explained that had he played with the toys something might have broken and gotten him into trouble. He went on to say that the candy was only likely to cause cavities or make him sick.

When they checked on the optimist they found him wildly digging through the manure with a look of pure joy on his face. The lad looked up at his folks and the therapist and said, "With all this horse shit I'm pretty sure there's a pony in here somewhere!"

Merlin, we don't hate you, we're just puzzled why you won't play with the toys.

And as for me, I keep coming back in here because I'm pretty sure there's a pony in here.

[The Leaper]

You could do the same thing with free agents and have the same results.

Not really...if you need convincing, please look at the Sherman era. In all the years Sherman was here, where were his impact FA signings that turned out to be a big help on the level of Jennings, Jones, Hawk, Jolly, etc.?

The Packers are 5-1 for a lot of reasons but attributing it all to Thompson is naive.

I don't think anyone is attributing it all to Thompson...however, he's the guy in charge of who the head coach is and who is on the roster. To claim that Thompson shouldn't receive the lion's share of credit is equally naive.

Outside of the Giants, who have we beat? The Chargers?

Check your Vegas odds, Einstein. The Chargers are the odds on favorite to win the AFC West and be a factor in the playoffs.

Your arguments are making less sense than ever. I'm not sure how that is possible, but I can't argue with the truth.

[MadtownPacker]

And as for me, I keep coming back in here because I'm pretty sure there's a pony in here.

Really? As deep as the shit is getting in here I would probably be looking for a clydesdale.

[Carolina_Packer]

It's nice to know the usual tools are out to protect everyone. Someday you will pull your head out of your collective asses and actually use your gray matter. I won't be holding my breath for that. As I stated, whatever you do, don't disagree with anyone in here. You remind of those fools in high school all sticking together come hell or high water. Even when they were too stupid to face reality. When faced with logic and reality all you can do is mock and name call. WOW, is that all you have? Any facts to back up your argument? Nope, not a one. not one rational argument, just childlike rhetoric.

It sucks when you throw rocks in a glass house but you nutballs are in an iron one and I think they are coming back and hitting you in the melon. You know, that lil world you live in called fantasy land? Face it, you walking zombies wouldn't know the difference between a football and a soccer ball. "All hail the great Ted Thompson" Team does well he is a god, team doesn't do well it's on someone else. And you idiots are calling me names?

Merlin, this is a classic case of "it's not what you say, it's how you say it." Attitude matters. People are just kidding you so that you will lighten up, and not be so overly sensitive. Your opinion matters too, but so does everyone else's. If you don't take yourself or your opinion, or even your reaction to someone else's opinion too seriously, so much the better.

[Brohm]

5 - 1

[Merlin]

You could do the same thing with free agents and have the same results.

Not really...if you need convincing, please look at the Sherman era. In all the years Sherman was here, where were his impact FA signings that turned out to be a big help on the level of Jennings, Jones, Hawk, Jolly, etc.?

The Packers are 5-1 for a lot of reasons but attributing it all to Thompson is naive.

I don't think anyone is attributing it all to Thompson...however, he's the guy in charge of who the head coach is and who is on the roster. To claim that Thompson shouldn't receive the lion's share of credit is equally naive.

Outside of the Giants, who have we beat? The Chargers?

Check your Vegas odds, Einstein. The Chargers are the odds on favorite to win the AFC West and be a factor in the playoffs.

Your arguments are making less sense than ever. I'm not sure how that is possible, but I can't argue with the truth.

I think using Vegas over Einstein pretty much sums up anything you say. Instead of using your brain, you look to the odds of Vegas to determine your opinions. Try watching the games skippy, you might see that your perception isn't reality.

[Merlin]

It's nice to know the usual tools are out to protect everyone. Someday you will pull your head out of your collective asses and actually use your gray matter. I won't be holding my breath for that. As I stated, whatever you do, don't disagree with anyone in here. You remind of those fools in high school all sticking together come hell or high water. Even when they were too stupid to face reality. When faced with logic and reality all you can do is mock and name call. WOW, is that all you have? Any facts to back up your argument? Nope, not a one. not one rational argument, just childlike rhetoric.

It sucks when you throw rocks in a glass house but you nutballs are in an iron one and I think they are coming back and hitting you in the melon. You know, that lil world you live in called fantasy land? Face it, you walking zombies wouldn't know the difference between a football and a soccer ball. "All hail the great Ted Thompson" Team does well he is a god, team doesn't do well it's on someone else. And you idiots are calling me names?

Merlin, this is a classic case of "it's not what you say, it's how you say it." Attitude matters. People are just kidding you so that you will lighten up, and not be so overly sensitive. Your opinion matters too, but so does everyone else's. If you don't take yourself or your opinion, or even your reaction to someone else's opinion too seriously, so much the better.

That only applies when speaking directly to someone. I could put smiley faces all over anything I say and people will still take it, twist it and be stupid about it. It's all really amusing actually, knowing how people will take things no matter how you type them. People if nothing else are predictable. Don't ever disagree with them or they might have to go get a dick implant. Show me a case in here where that isn't the case? As far as taking things too seriously, meh, not me. I can take this shit or leave it. It's the ones who hand it out but can't take it that should probably go sign up for counseling.

[MJZiggy]

I watch the games. Funny, we keep winning 'em.