Great story about Ted Thompson and Aaron Rodgers

[Senser81]

Had they finished 9-7 and missed the playoffs you would be delusional not to think Packers fans would be calling for someones head with 3 years of no playoff wins.

This thread is about Ted Thompson and Aaron Rodgers. When you say Packers fans would be calling for "someones" head, does that mean Thompson's and Rodgers'? If not, then what are you talking about? If so, then what are you talking about?

It's not that ridiculous at all. As recently as Christmas, the Packers were 8-6 and outside the playoffs looking in. They had to win their final 2 games and get some help to make it in. Had they not made it, Packers fans would not have given a damn about anything other than a 26-22 record over the past 3 years with no playoff wins.

Its like a mantra with you..."past 3 years with no playoff wins". Unfortunately, the Packers are in the Super Bowl this year. So that huge timespan of 3 years is really 2 years, and the Packers made the playoffs last year, so you are really just harping on something that happened 3 years ago. Which, again, is retarded.

It's a short walk from the penthouse to the outhouse and had the outcome of either of the last two games of the season been different, Thompson would have likely had to fire McCarthy at the very least to save his own skin.

You keep saying this, and its still ridiculous because you aren't going in-depth on anything. Instead of recognizing what happened this year and how the Packers overcame injuries, you focus on your mantra and are blind to everything else. The Packers made the playoffs last year. If they were to have gone 9-7 or 10-6 and missed the playoffs this year, THE FANS WOULD WANT TO FIRE TED THOMPSON?? Why? How? This "detail" seems to be glossed over by you.

A hypothetical involving the outcome of one game is plausible. For an entire season is ridonkulous.

And a hypothetical involving a span of 3 years but in which the most recent year is ignored and instead replaced with ANOTHER hypothetical is the pinnacle of lunacy.

[bucky]

Weren't all you Packers fans hating Ted Thompson a couple months ago?

No

[Liquidrob]

lol @ anyone still talking about how 'badly' they handled the Favre situation after Brett being Brett the last couple of years

They made the right move dumping him and moving forward with Rogers

[bucky]

As a LONG TIME Packer fan and living in Wisco, I have to COMPLETELY DISAGREE with Mr. Bill. If GB would have lost one of the last two regular season games and not made it into the playoffs at 9-7, we would have been looking forward to a team FULL OF DEPTH next year.

Now we are looking forward to a POSSIBLE SB win (Steelers are a darn good team and org, so absolutely no disrespect intended) and a really deep and talented team next year.

Sorry, Mr. Bill is wrong.

[dope]

that article sucked, much like green bay does

/end bitter vikings fan rant

[bucky]

that article sucked, much like green bay does

/end bitter vikings fan rant

I forgive you dope, and completely understand.

Just like you understand that I hope Minny doesn't win a single game next year. :insert smiley:

[MvP]

I've always been a huge fan of Thompson. I agreed with the decision to let go of Favre. Moss is not "packers people" so things could have gotten ugly had we obtained him, and I also never liked Lynch and wanted to give James Starks a chance...and I'd say that worked out pretty well. You could also argue that no other GM is better than Thompson at finding talent in the later rounds of a draft. In terms of acquiring players, he practically brings the Moneyball theory to football.

McCarthy, on the other hand. I've always been skeptical about (and still am), specifically regarding his play-calling. The Packers success this season was possibly simply because of the roster depth established by Thompson.

[Liquidrob]

It's just crazy that the Favre fan boys are still holding onto this idea of the Pack treating Favre bad or handling the situation wrong, Favre is as bad as TO, one of the biggest diva's around and let the Pack hang in the wind every off season, smartest thing they did was dump him, if they kept him the most they could have hoped for was another game losing int in the playoffs

Rodgers got them actually back in the super bowl and probably will get them in more

'Fans' like Mr. Bill shouldnt even comment on the Packers, they are emotionally unstable when talking about anything relating to Thompson, Rodgers and Favre

[MrBill]

'Fans' like Mr. Bill shouldnt even comment on the Packers, they are emotionally unstable when talking about anything relating to Thompson, Rodgers and Favre

That's your opinion and it plus $1.00 will get you a cup of coffee. I was a Packers fan when you were still in diapers and you don't have any authority to judge who should or shouldn't comment on a situation on which you have nothing more than a layman's understanding.

Why don't you go back to your "Atlas is a Fag" or MMA forums and leave NFL talk to the grown ups.

I've always been a huge fan of Thompson. I agreed with the decision to let go of Favre. Moss is not "packers people" so things could have gotten ugly had we obtained him, and I also never liked Lynch and wanted to give James Starks a chance...and I'd say that worked out pretty well. You could also argue that no other GM is better than Thompson at finding talent in the later rounds of a draft. In terms of acquiring players, he practically brings the Moneyball theory to football.

McCarthy, on the other hand. I've always been skeptical about (and still am), specifically regarding his play-calling. The Packers success this season was possibly simply because of the roster depth established by Thompson.

As I've said earlier, Thompson is not my favorite person but will have earned my respect if the Packers can bring home the trophy. That's the only thing that really matters. As for McCarthy, I think the team wins in spite of his play calling at times but that he is a good coach overall. He really should bow out of any input to the offensive play selection.

[NAHSTE]

I doubt many people can tell you a single GM that has won that award in the past few years. On the other hand, just about anybody can tell you the winners of the past 5 Super Bowls.

Without looking it up, I can say that Randy Mueller (Saints) won in 1999. Thomas Dimitroff won a few years back. Scott Pioli won the award recently too. Are you done saying stupid shit?

*looks at username

*answers own question

[MrBill]

Without looking it up, I can say that Randy Mueller (Saints) won in 1999. Thomas Dimitroff won a few years back. Scott Pioli won the award recently too. Are you done saying stupid shit?

*looks at username

*answers own question

Note that I say not many people, not everybody smartass. Either way, it's certainly not as stupid as your repeatedly saying that Michael Vick did not personally kill any dogs...

[NAHSTE]

Note that I say not many people, not everybody smartass. Either way, it's certainly not as stupid as your repeatedly saying that Michael Vick did not personally kill any dogs...

:obama:

Nice deflection attempt.

[bucky]

you have nothing more than a layman's understanding.

Now I know you were not directing this at me, BUT..... I take exception to this. I followed it all pretty closely, and I have to agree with Liquid. Brett let himself think he was too important and had expectations of over stepping his own responsibilities and into others, such as the Coach and GM. Threw some hissies when he didn't get his way. Probably felt the pressure of winning again before retiring and thought he knew better than the ones in charge. Looks to me like the ones in charge know what they are doing.

I kept an open mind and would have been fine if GB had taken Favre back, until I saw the Greta Infomercial he put on. At that point, I knew he was overstepping his bounds, he wanted out, and that caving to him and losing Rodgers would be a mistake. Especially after watching Brett late in the season in Cold Weather games. I was an EARLY Rodgers and TT supporter.

From that point on I was all in support of Rodgers. Some others just can't seem to let go and keep blaming the GB front office, particularly blaming TT. You don't see them much anymore on any of the Packer Boards or here. I expect them to come back out of the woodwork if GB loses the SB, which is very possible. Pitts a very good team. Not me though. I think GB is in pretty good shape for at least a couple more years.

[MrBill]

:obama:

Nice deflection attempt.

Any time you want to call me stupid, know that you swore Michael Vick never killed a single dog.....

[bucky]

Any time you want to call me stupid, know that you swore Michael Vick never killed a single dog.....

It's gonna be a long time before Mr. North lives that one down. Blind faith and homer-ism. It happens. Poor guy. It must have sucked being an Atlanta fan when that was all going down.