Anybody that was around "that other board" 5 years ago knows that I was anti Ted Thompson from the time he attempted to utter his 1st complete sentence in his 1st press conference as Green Bay GM.
I stood pretty much alone on that issue.
Seeing that I was one of the few people in the world feeling this way, I publicly declared a cease fire until 4 years was up.
During this time I never really denigrated McCarthy. I felt that he was being handcuffed by Thompsons poor personnel decisions, so I left the guy alone.
Now we have seen 5 years of Thompsons drafts and free agency periods.
What do we have?
No NFL caliber offensive line.
Our safety position is pretty sad.
Our running backs are pedestrian even when healthy.
The linebacker core is, what, I don't even know what to say.
There is no depth at virtually any position except perhaps wide receiver.
Aside for hitting on a few over the last 5 years Thompsons drafting has been pathetic.
Now the gloves are off on McCarthy.
Never mind his conservative or at times outrageous playcalling, or his inability to adjust during a game.
His constant overworked line; we have to fix this, or we've got to clean up that, has worn me out.
It's time for a change in leadership in Green Bay.
I lived through the 70's and 80's.
I honestly never thought it could happen again but things are starting to look eerily familiar.
"yooperfan" wrote:
Being negative all of the time has its plus sidbe cause every year there's 31 loser GM's so that whole I've disliked Ted from the start, no one cares. Now to something funny, I didn't like Jennings when we drafted him. I wanted Chad "who" Jackson, lol. Show's what I know?
What do we have?
No NFL caliber offensive line.
Our safety position is pretty sad.
Our running backs are pedestrian even when healthy.
The linebacker core is, what, I don't even know what to say.
There is no depth at virtually any position except perhaps wide receiver.
No OL? I think Clifton, Colledge and Spitz hold up nicely and we need a true RT and I think Sitton is doing okay. Haven't heard his name much.
Safety, agreed. Behind starters = hell. CUT BUSH.
RB's agreed, they are average at best.
LB core is pretty solid with Kampman, Chillar, Bishop and Mathews, in my opinon. After those, it's hazy.
I don't disagree much with the depth either.
Again, we still do not have any real true blue chippers on the team. No 10's and a lot of 6's and 7's with some 8's and 9's sprinkled in. But what do you expect when most of your roster is built from day two picks and tier three free agents?
As I and others have said. Ted, good job building the core of the team. Thank you. NOW it is TIME to take some risks (like you did with Matthews in the draft) and land us some freaking super star talent. Over pay if you have to within REASON!
I already stated that I think the 13-3 season was an aberration.
I agree and just as I agree with that, I think the 6 - 10 was the same. I think in '07 we were about 10 win team and last year I'd say about 8 win team. BUT, you need luck, in '07 we got it good, '08 we got it bad, nothing fell our way for us.
All in all, good post yoop!