Ted came into a team that had many of its starters old and little to no youth movement to replace them. His coach formerly had his position as well as coach, that had to be awkward. He was handed a future HoF QB who couldn't decide if he wanted to play or not every off season. A defense that changed coordinators yearly.
A salary that looked like my daughters mother was controlling the books. Is the GM of the Packers under their first losing season since '91 with a team that was built a half decade earlier by Wolf and not replenished by the man he was hired to replace. Now, that 4 - 12 record lays on his shoulders.
Loses his future HoF QB to retirement, only to have him unretire and force a trade as the only viable option that was in the best interest of the team that writes him his paychecks. By doing what was in the best interest of the Packers, ultimately he was made the bad guy.
Ted has the unfortunate timing to enter the GM realm when free agency is at its weakest and middle class talent is being paid as high class talent causing many teams to jeopardize their future salary cap structure.
Yes people, Ted is the victim here. Not you, not me, not the WR's fingers, Ted Thompson. It's amazing with all of this misfortunes Ted is still able to put together a solid team that contends in every game they play.