Ron Wolf: Legend. Ted Thompson: Failure.

uffda udfa
Veteran Member Topic Starter

9 years ago

Not sure what all this has to do with Goodson striving to be a starter?

He will compete with those already on the roster and those Ted decides to bring in.

Hopefully he will make that year 1 to year 2 jump that coaches expect and gets a chance to contribute on the field.

Originally Posted by: buckeyepackfan

Well, Ted Thompson really can't lose, can he? Either it's Hyde Hayward or Goodson. All Ted Thompson draft picks. He will be a genius because he drafted his starting CB no matter what happens.

Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."

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Bigbyfan
Member

9 years ago

Well, Ted Thompson really can't lose, can he? Either it's Hyde Hayward or Goodson. All Ted Thompson draft picks. He will be a genius because he drafted his starting CB no matter what happens.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa

God forbid one of them is actually good...

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Zero2Cool
Elite Member

9 years ago

Well, Ted Thompson really can't lose, can he? Either it's Hyde Hayward or Goodson. All Ted Thompson draft picks. He will be a genius because he drafted his starting CB no matter what happens.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa

Let me introduce you to the General Manager of the Green Bay Packers. Ted Thompson. He's responsible for all 22 starters as he's held this position for oh something like a decade!!

nerdmann
Premier Member

9 years ago

Let me introduce you to the General Manager of the Green Bay Packers. Ted Thompson. He's responsible for all 22 starters as he's held this position for oh something like a decade!!

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool

He's been Executive of the Year at least once. Maybe 2-3 times, not sure.

“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while…you do them right all the time.”

uffda udfa
Veteran Member Topic Starter

9 years ago

He's been Executive of the Year at least once. Maybe 2-3 times, not sure.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann

'07, '08. '11

Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."

sschind
Senior Member

9 years ago

'07, '08. '11

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa

not bad for a GM who is no better than average.

uffda udfa
Veteran Member Topic Starter

9 years ago

not bad for a GM who is no better than average.

Originally Posted by: sschind

It's a vote/popularity contest. The first year he won it was the year we lost the NFC Championship. Oh, how the praise rolled in...look at TT's team! It was 4-12 just two years prior. Why was it 4-12? Umm...he was trying to blow out Sherman and offered him no help that season greasing the skids to fire him. Sherman's teams had made the playoffs the 4 previous seasons and were over .500 the previous 5. Samkon Gado, Tony Fisher, Antonio Chatman sure did Sherman a ton of favors. When Antonio Chatman is your 2nd highest targeted WR far and away over the 3rd most targeted you're kinda going to be in trouble. Samkon Gado had almost double the carries of Ahman Green. A year of injuries to star players like Ahman and Javon. Pack started 0-4 losing 3 of those games by a combined 6 points. So, he wins an award for "rebuilding" a 4-12 team that he helped to a 4-12 record.

The following year was the year of the Favre trade. What stones it took to deal Favre and go with HIS draft choice. Aaron Rodgers. Hey, this award was solely for the Favre trade. The balls it took to deal the most popular Packer, ever, to go with his draft pick. It's my favorite Ted Thompson move and I don't discount this award at all even though the team wasn't very good the following year at 6-10. Just a move hailed by the league of his peers when it saw that Rodgers could play.

No award for the year we won the SB? He did get an award the following year for the 15-1 team that had one of the worst defenses in NFL history. TT's kryptonite ... the inability to build a D. Even with the worst D in NFL history he wins an award due to our gaudy 15-1 record. Yes, praise that man ... Aaron Rodgers tore up the league that season.

I'm not sure I'm that impressed by his 3 award winning seasons but I'm sure most of you are.

Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."

uffda udfa
Veteran Member Topic Starter

9 years ago

uffda udfa said:
He wouldn't have his 30th overall...would've dealt it to New Orleans for Jimmy Graham. Smile

Wolf was too much of a genius to lose his mind. All the Graham trade would mean is that Wolf had a deal in place to become Saints' GM the next day.

Originally Posted by: Barfarn

Yeah, like trading for Brett Favre, a guy who was a total joke in Atlanta...it was riskier than a team offering a 1 for Manziel this off season. Or...maybe, offering Reggie White the richest contract in the history of the league. Favre's career ends with zero rings if not for the huge FA splash Ron made with guys like White, Jones, Dotson, Rison, etc.

Oh, how I miss having a GM with the swagger and brashness of Ron Wolf. Org had a totally different feel back then that I prefer so much more to what we have now.

Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."

Zero2Cool
Elite Member

9 years ago

It's a vote/popularity contest.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa

You think the General Manager from the smallest professional sports team city is popular? You have never watched one of Ted Thompson's press conferences, that is clear as heck lol Most reporters do nothing more than complain about the lack of information and how much it bugs them they can't get a quote. Nowadays they just say "typical Ted".

Popular ... lol ... that's freaking hilarious.

uffda udfa
Veteran Member Topic Starter

9 years ago

#10

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool

The media isn't the one who votes...it is his fellow GM's.

Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."

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