Ted's Biggest Screw Up

[cheesner]

Just the fact TTT drafted no-names like Greg Jennings in 2006 in the 2nd round (gasp!) and James Jones in the 3rd (?) shows a lack of draftday savvy.

Those were TT's famous 'I am smarter than you' picks. Why this is bad is because he is drafting really good players that most fans have not heard of. When TT uses his greater football intellect this makes the Packers a better team. Therefore, ah. um. I forgot why this was such a bad thing.

Congratulations. If this isn't sarcasm you just proved you are as smart as Merlin.

I have seen TT ridiculed for doing 'I am smarter than you' draft picks. I have yet to understand the reasoning. Collins, Jennings, and Jones are listed in this category. 3 of the better steals of the draft in the year that they came out. Yet TT still takes flack for them.

[cpk1994]

Just the fact TTT drafted no-names like Greg Jennings in 2006 in the 2nd round (gasp!) and James Jones in the 3rd (?) shows a lack of draftday savvy.

Those were TT's famous 'I am smarter than you' picks. Why this is bad is because he is drafting really good players that most fans have not heard of. When TT uses his greater football intellect this makes the Packers a better team. Therefore, ah. um. I forgot why this was such a bad thing.

Congratulations. If this isn't sarcasm you just proved you are as smart as Merlin.

Wasn't Merlin a wizard and therefore smart??? Am I missing the metaphor or is Merlin getting payback for his lack of faith. Speaking of which, why didn't I see his name on the crow list that Partial started?

For the same reason you will never see Woody's there either.

[wist43]

Hey!!

Where's Wist?

Been on IR with some broken bones, but I'm back for the most part... still on crutches, but hobbling around ok.

I had been on the fence with TT - liking some moves, hating some others... but, I'm a general supporter now. Will never be a shill, but I have more faith in TT than I did.

I'm more in McCarthy's camp than TT's... but, TT did take a huge risk in hiring McCarthy, and it's worked out; so, TT gets credit for that too.

[Carolina_Packer]

I wonder if 3 years into Ron Wolf's hiring as GM, if Packer fans were debating his effectiveness/contribution to the teams success vs. the impact of hiring Homgren?

Of course Ron Wolf never had to deal with the upheaval of a previous administration that was good record-wise, but mediocre to below average general management-wise. In some ways it's good to walk into a situation that is clearly a mess, instead of one that is debateably a mess, as Thompson did.

[Fritz]

Kurt Schottenheimer is dragging the secondary down. Fire him, I say.

[cpk1994]

Just the fact TTT drafted no-names like Greg Jennings in 2006 in the 2nd round (gasp!) and James Jones in the 3rd (?) shows a lack of draftday savvy.

Those were TT's famous 'I am smarter than you' picks. Why this is bad is because he is drafting really good players that most fans have not heard of. When TT uses his greater football intellect this makes the Packers a better team. Therefore, ah. um. I forgot why this was such a bad thing.

Congratulations. If this isn't sarcasm you just proved you are as smart as Merlin.

I have seen TT ridiculed for doing 'I am smarter than you' draft picks. I have yet to understand the reasoning. Collins, Jennings, and Jones are listed in this category. 3 of the better steals of the draft in the year that they came out. Yet TT still takes flack for them.

Cheesner, Fritz's post was sarcasm. I think you need to learn exactly what that is. I guess its true then. You are a smart as Merlin, and that is not a compliment.

[Scott Campbell]

Hey!!

Where's Wist?

Been on IR with some broken bones, but I'm back for the most part... still on crutches, but hobbling around ok.

I had been on the fence with TT - liking some moves, hating some others... but, I'm a general supporter now. Will never be a shill, but I have more faith in TT than I did.

I'm more in McCarthy's camp than TT's... but, TT did take a huge risk in hiring McCarthy, and it's worked out; so, TT gets credit for that too.

Glad to see you and hear that you're mostly ok.

[Scott Campbell]

I have seen TT ridiculed for doing 'I am smarter than you' draft picks. I have yet to understand the reasoning. Collins, Jennings, and Jones are listed in this category. 3 of the better steals of the draft in the year that they came out. Yet TT still takes flack for them.

NOT SO FAST!


Ted screwed up there too. He should have picked Collins in the 4th round instead of the 2nd. He should have waited until the 5th round on Jennings. And nobody in their right mind would have drafted Jones. We could have signed him as an undrafted free agent.


Damn you to hell TED THOMPSON!

[Merlin]

Keep digging Merlin, keep digging. You're going to get to the bottom of the hole you are digging for yourself eventually.

Funny but I am not in a hole, why? Because unlike the "WE ARE EIGHT AND ONE" crowd who use that as their only valid reason to show blind support for Thompson, some of us actually notice the missteps and there have been plenty. That's why this thread is so laughable. Nothing like a bunch of good ol' boys with a collective IQ of 4 touting the same old "WE ARE EIGHT AND ONE" crap. At least my arguments have merit and substance and I haven't changed those arguments because they are all valid. Nothing like getting "but but but we got Jennings!" or "but but but we got Woodson!", or the latest "but but but we are eight and one" excuses to wash away the mistakes made by Thompson. Sherman made mistakes and these same good ol' boys were all over him like white on rice. Were Sherman's mistakes worse then Thompson's? I mean all the guy did was win right? And if that is the whole argument as to why Thompson is a god of a GM, then how's come the hypocrisy over Sherman? Heck, let's go back to Wolf's missteps, he was a god right? But Sherman wasn't?

I guess it takes an IQ over 4 to see the irony in using a particular player(s) signing and some winning as the yardstick for 2 of our last 3 GM's, but the one that did have some good signings and won, he doesn't get measured that way. So which is it? What it the measurement of a good GM? Tell me, I really want to hear the hypocrisy in this answer.

[Scott Campbell]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And if we by some lucky cirucumstance happen to win the next 5 or 6 Superbowls, don't let that silly statistic fool the rest of you chumps. Because Ted will STILL SUCK.

[Scott Campbell]

.....I had been on the fence with TT - liking some moves, hating some others... but, I'm a general supporter now. Will never be a shill, but I have more faith in TT than I did.........

Here's my take. Once Ted won over Wist, all you're left with are the lunatics.

[Partial]

.....I had been on the fence with TT - liking some moves, hating some others... but, I'm a general supporter now. Will never be a shill, but I have more faith in TT than I did.........

Here's my take. Once Ted won over Wist, all you're left with are the lunatics.

[Green Bud Packer]

What it the measurement of a good GM? Tell me, I really want to hear the hypocrisy in this answer.

Wins and losses.

8-1 and playoff bound.

[Scott Campbell]

Nothing like a bunch of good ol' boys with a collective IQ of 4 touting the same old "WE ARE EIGHT AND ONE" crap.

IQ of 4, huh? Well I guess there must be a lot of drool on PackerRat keyboards.


You seem to be backed into a serious corner. The only way you'll be vindicated is if this team completely goes into the tank. Then you'll be one of just the couple left that will be right, with the vast majority of us morons being proven completely wrong. Maybe you and Woody will have a fan club if that happens.

Until then, I'll just assume the best. I'll swirl that Koolaide around my glass, inhale the succulent aroma of the 8-1 record, and enjoy gulp after delectable gulp. Because this is a blast.

Thanks Ted.

[The Shadow]

Keep digging Merlin, keep digging. You're going to get to the bottom of the hole you are digging for yourself eventually.

Funny but I am not in a hole, why? Because unlike the "WE ARE EIGHT AND ONE" crowd who use that as their only valid reason to show blind support for Thompson, some of us actually notice the missteps and there have been plenty. That's why this thread is so laughable. Nothing like a bunch of good ol' boys with a collective IQ of 4 touting the same old "WE ARE EIGHT AND ONE" crap. At least my arguments have merit and substance and I haven't changed those arguments because they are all valid. Nothing like getting "but but but we got Jennings!" or "but but but we got Woodson!", or the latest "but but but we are eight and one" excuses to wash away the mistakes made by Thompson. Sherman made mistakes and these same good ol' boys were all over him like white on rice. Were Sherman's mistakes worse then Thompson's? I mean all the guy did was win right? And if that is the whole argument as to why Thompson is a god of a GM, then how's come the hypocrisy over Sherman? Heck, let's go back to Wolf's missteps, he was a god right? But Sherman wasn't?

I guess it takes an IQ over 4 to see the irony in using a particular player(s) signing and some winning as the yardstick for 2 of our last 3 GM's, but the one that did have some good signings and won, he doesn't get measured that way. So which is it? What it the measurement of a good GM? Tell me, I really want to hear the hypocrisy in this answer.

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You're great reasoning skills win again!
An 8-1 record should be cause for outrage at the GM who is responsible for assembling such a sorry excuse for a team.