The Silver Haired Teddy Bear Deserves A Snuggle

[FritzDontBlitz]

Fire Ted Thompson now, he been trying to run Brett Favre out of town ever since he got here. We have no offensive weapons, our defense is in shambles, and he hired a terrible coach and fired an offensive genius.


lol

[Carolina_Packer]

Well, I'm still having trouble getting past that Earl Little whiff by TT, and don't even get me started on Adrian Klemm...unforgiveable!

Just kidding...he's done a good job hiring someone who is turning into a very good coach, and winning certainly helps his credibility. TT might be vanilla in his pressers, as if he is protecting classified information, but his ability has begun to translate to good results for the team. You don't always understand or appreciate how he goes about his business, but you can't argue with results.

[The Shadow]

Fire Ted Thompson now, he been trying to run Brett Favre out of town ever since he got here. We have no offensive weapons, our defense is in shambles, and he hired a terrible coach and fired an offensive genius.


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LOL!!!!!!
I have also noticed 2 of the hysterical TT bashers seem to have disappeared. Curious.........
I can't help but believe they are secretly hoping for the Packers to hit a bump in the road, and then - PRESTO! - they will be back in all their glory, spewing their same old nonsense.

[Merlin]

Too bad so sad for you that I am not eating crow. In fact, I am laughing at everyone bashing the very players Thompson gave us for poor performances. Yes, we are 7-1, and yes Thompson had a little to do with it. You can argue to whatever degree you want to but the FACT remains, Thompson has very little to do with the success. He doesn't coach, he doesn't play, he doesn't design plays. Sure, he hired McCarthy, but then again, he isn't coaching and has little control over what McCarthy does with plays. He gets people and the Packers have had some lucky breaks that have been missing the past two seasons go their way. If it were not for old #4, the Packers wouldn't be close to 7-1. Remember, when you bash a player that Thompson brought in but you refuse to bash Thompson for bringing him in, then you are nothing more the a hypocrite. you can't give all the credit to the GM for everything good and then forget that he exists when a player doesn't perform. Which is it? Either Thompson gets the good with the bad or else nothing at all. If you can't bring yourself to do that then I am afraid you are a bandwagon fan with no sense of reality.

The next time you go to bash a player since it's obvious without Thompson the Packers could never dream of being 7-1 (or 8-8 or 4-12) without him, remember to bring in the fact that Thompson brought the player in so therefore he deserves equal blame. Can't be so? Why not? If Thompson is the reason for all of the success then he is also the reason for every weakness, including our #32 ranked running game. The running game he hasn't addressed successfully IN THREE YEARS. Jackson = Bust, Wynn = Bust, Harrell = Bust, Colledge = Bust, Moll = Bust, Bush = Bust. Those are just some of the names you "Thompson" appeasers have thrown under the bus. But that isn't Thompson's fault, he only wins games.

Get a grip, get a life, and take a step down off of that horse before you fall. Reality sucks when it interferes with your logic doesn't it?

[ND72]

My picture explains my feelings about Ted Thompson and his draft picks.


:P

[Merlin]

Fire Ted Thompson now, he been trying to run Brett Favre out of town ever since he got here. We have no offensive weapons, our defense is in shambles, and he hired a terrible coach and fired an offensive genius.


lol

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LOL!!!!!!
I have also noticed 2 of the hysterical TT bashers seem to have disappeared. Curious.........
I can't help but believe they are secretly hoping for the Packers to hit a bump in the road, and then - PRESTO! - they will be back in all their glory, spewing their same old nonsense.

This has to be the single most asinine post I have seen for quite sometime. Just because I don't go defending myself every time one of you two dollar Thompson whores says something ridiculous doesn't mean my stance has changed one bit.

This isn't about glory, it's about the Packers. So far you sluts have thrown many players under the bus for poor performances but are sucking Thompson's cigar like there is no tomorrow. Talk about blind faith...

[Rastak]

Too bad so sad for you that I am not eating crow. In fact, I am laughing at everyone bashing the very players Thompson gave us for poor performances. Yes, we are 7-1, and yes Thompson had a little to do with it. You can argue to whatever degree you want to but the FACT remains, Thompson has very little to do with the success. He doesn't coach, he doesn't play, he doesn't design plays. Sure, he hired McCarthy, but then again, he isn't coaching and has little control over what McCarthy does with plays. He gets people and the Packers have had some lucky breaks that have been missing the past two seasons go their way. If it were not for old #4, the Packers wouldn't be close to 7-1. Remember, when you bash a player that Thompson brought in but you refuse to bash Thompson for bringing him in, then you are nothing more the a hypocrite. you can't give all the credit to the GM for everything good and then forget that he exists when a player doesn't perform. Which is it? Either Thompson gets the good with the bad or else nothing at all. If you can't bring yourself to do that then I am afraid you are a bandwagon fan with no sense of reality.

The next time you go to bash a player since it's obvious without Thompson the Packers could never dream of being 7-1 (or 8-8 or 4-12) without him, remember to bring in the fact that Thompson brought the player in so therefore he deserves equal blame. Can't be so? Why not? If Thompson is the reason for all of the success then he is also the reason for every weakness, including our #32 ranked running game. The running game he hasn't addressed successfully IN THREE YEARS. Jackson = Bust, Wynn = Bust, Harrell = Bust, Colledge = Bust, Moll = Bust, Bush = Bust. Those are just some of the names you "Thompson" appeasers have thrown under the bus. But that isn't Thompson's fault, he only wins games.

Get a grip, get a life, and take a step down off of that horse before you fall. Reality sucks when it interferes with your logic doesn't it?

I don't think this is the case. GM HAS to get credit when a team is kicking ass. Coaching is huge, and is a big part of the picture but talent is the bottom line. TT is the guy getting that talent.


Look, as an outsider I have to say he's done a pretty good job overall. I like James Jones but other than that, this draft was so-so. Jennings is a very good reciever. Woodson was a very good pickup. I wouldn't proclaim he is the greatest GM in the league but it's kind of hard to be too critical.

[Merlin]

The big difference here for me is that fan (over)reaction to the teams success and linking it solely to Thompson. No offense Ras because I know you are a true Vikings fan but these people sound like Vikings fans. All on a band wagon singing praises. Where were these praises when we were 4-12? 3-8? It's only okay to grumble when the team is doing bad. So given their logic, why isn't Sherman still the head coach? I mean shit, all he did was win. GM for that matter? Why is it that people only talk about the bad that he did and none of the positive? It's all about being complete and total idiots with this subject.

I have no patience or time for cake-eating bandwagon fans. If they can't take the good with the bad, equally attribute that all the way up the chain, then they don't deserve the right to be called a fan. It's perfectly fine with me if someone supports Thompson, but to spooge all over the guy and make ridiculous posts like this is the problem. I don't hate Thompson but I have not like a majority of his decisions to this point. I am allowed to have that opinion whether we are 7-1 or 1-7. For whatever reason though, this cake-eating crowd only views things through some kind of imaginary vision glasses.

[Rastak]

The big difference here for me is that fan (over)reaction to the teams success and linking it solely to Thompson. No offense Ras because I know you are a true Vikings fan but these people sound like Vikings fans. All on a band wagon singing praises. Where were these praises when we were 4-12? 3-8? It's only okay to grumble when the team is doing bad. So given their logic, why isn't Sherman still the head coach? I mean shit, all he did was win. GM for that matter? Why is it that people only talk about the bad that he did and none of the positive? It's all about being complete and total idiots with this subject.

I have no patience or time for cake-eating bandwagon fans. If they can't take the good with the bad, equally attribute that all the way up the chain, then they don't deserve the right to be called a fan. It's perfectly fine with me if someone supports Thompson, but to spooge all over the guy and make ridiculous posts like this is the problem. I don't hate Thompson but I have not like a majority of his decisions to this point. I am allowed to have that opinion whether we are 7-1 or 1-7. For whatever reason though, this cake-eating crowd only views things through some kind of imaginary vision glasses.

Well, if you admit there are true Viking fans why use the sterotype? Maybe you should stop.

As for the 4-12 thing, he fired the coach and the guy he hired is doing a pretty good job. I thought it was a stupid hire. I thought he screwed it up.

I no longer think that's the case. I was dead wrong. 8-8 was pretty good last year and 7-1 is outstanding.


That's just my take.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Look, as an outsider I have to say he's done a pretty good job overall.

What makes you an outsider, Rastak? Big deal, you're a Vikings fan, that doesn't make you James Dean on a motorcycle. You only get a hundred posts as an outsider, then you become just another shmuck.

[Rastak]

Look, as an outsider I have to say he's done a pretty good job overall.

What makes you an outsider, Rastak? Big deal, you're a Vikings fan, that doesn't make you James Dean on a motorcycle. You only get a hundred posts as an outsider, then you become just another shmuck.

Only in the sense that I don't see many Packer games anymore after dropping directtv and getting Viking season tickets.

[PackerTimer]

The big difference here for me is that fan (over)reaction to the teams success and linking it solely to Thompson. No offense Ras because I know you are a true Vikings fan but these people sound like Vikings fans. All on a band wagon singing praises. Where were these praises when we were 4-12? 3-8? It's only okay to grumble when the team is doing bad. So given their logic, why isn't Sherman still the head coach? I mean shit, all he did was win. GM for that matter? Why is it that people only talk about the bad that he did and none of the positive? It's all about being complete and total idiots with this subject.

I have no patience or time for cake-eating bandwagon fans. If they can't take the good with the bad, equally attribute that all the way up the chain, then they don't deserve the right to be called a fan. It's perfectly fine with me if someone supports Thompson, but to spooge all over the guy and make ridiculous posts like this is the problem. I don't hate Thompson but I have not like a majority of his decisions to this point. I am allowed to have that opinion whether we are 7-1 or 1-7. For whatever reason though, this cake-eating crowd only views things through some kind of imaginary vision glasses.

Well there were alot of people who were saying that TT would need some time to build up a winner. During the 4-12 and 3-8 start there were alot of people that said time would tell. In the face of many reactionary fans claiming that a guy should be fired following one rough year after inherting a horrible team, there were alot of people who defended TT's approach. Even when every armchair GM, was lamenting the team not signing every overpriced free agent, there were alot of people supporting TT's approach of building a team through solid drafts and making sure that he locked up the talent that was already on the roster. So, while there wasn't alot of people claiming that the last two teams were great, there were alot of people who were liked the approach he was taking and were willing to give him time before throwing him out the door. So, there was some praise, or at least alot of support when we were 4-12 and 3-8.

[Rastak]

Opps, I should have also mentioned Crosby as a damn fine pickup for a late round pick.

[PackerTimer]

Too bad so sad for you that I am not eating crow. In fact, I am laughing at everyone bashing the very players Thompson gave us for poor performances. Yes, we are 7-1, and yes Thompson had a little to do with it. You can argue to whatever degree you want to but the FACT remains, Thompson has very little to do with the success. He doesn't coach, he doesn't play, he doesn't design plays. Sure, he hired McCarthy, but then again, he isn't coaching and has little control over what McCarthy does with plays. He gets people and the Packers have had some lucky breaks that have been missing the past two seasons go their way. If it were not for old #4, the Packers wouldn't be close to 7-1. Remember, when you bash a player that Thompson brought in but you refuse to bash Thompson for bringing him in, then you are nothing more the a hypocrite. you can't give all the credit to the GM for everything good and then forget that he exists when a player doesn't perform. Which is it? Either Thompson gets the good with the bad or else nothing at all. If you can't bring yourself to do that then I am afraid you are a bandwagon fan with no sense of reality.

The next time you go to bash a player since it's obvious without Thompson the Packers could never dream of being 7-1 (or 8-8 or 4-12) without him, remember to bring in the fact that Thompson brought the player in so therefore he deserves equal blame. Can't be so? Why not? If Thompson is the reason for all of the success then he is also the reason for every weakness, including our #32 ranked running game. The running game he hasn't addressed successfully IN THREE YEARS. Jackson = Bust, Wynn = Bust, Harrell = Bust, Colledge = Bust, Moll = Bust, Bush = Bust. Those are just some of the names you "Thompson" appeasers have thrown under the bus. But that isn't Thompson's fault, he only wins games.

Get a grip, get a life, and take a step down off of that horse before you fall. Reality sucks when it interferes with your logic doesn't it?

WOW! TT doesn't have anything to do with the success of the team. Forget the fact that he has brought in playmakers on both sides of the ball. Greg Jennings, James Jones, and Charles Woodson. Let's forget the fact that he resigned playmakers like Aaron Kampman and Cullen Jenkins. Yeah he has had nothing to do with putting this team in the position they are in right now.

Calling guys that have been in the league for a one or two years a bust is silly. Colledge is a great example. He is not playing well this year. But then again, Mike Wahle was a terrible lineman during his first few years in the NFL. It's probably really easy to say Colledge could never be as good as Wahle was, but nobody would have ever said Wahle could be as good as Wahle was after a year or two. Will he be as good as Wahle was, I have no idea, but he is not a bust yet?

[Fred's Slacks]

OK Merlin. I'll admit it, and this might come as a shock to some of you but Thompson is not perfect. In fact, almost all of the veterans he signs for the league minimum don't even make the team. On top of that, he only hits on a little over half his draft picks. You're right. This team is winning despite Thompson's best efforts to sabotage them.

Saying that we need to bash Thompson for every bad move is like bashing a pitcher for not throwing all strikes. It's not each move, its the overall product. So far he's done a pretty good job. Is it perfect? Of course not. Is it great. Not quite. But any way you look at it 7-1 is pretty darn good. When you add to that the fact that we are the youngest team in the league with a healthy cap situation and a happy locker room as well as a coach who is getting a lot of recognition for coach of the year, you have to say the team is being run very well.