Zero2Cool
8 years ago





What an awful despicable thing to do!


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dyeah_gb
8 years ago
When I saw the subject, I thought it was referring to the Queens/Saints NFC Championship 🙂
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nerdmann
8 years ago
Ted's a class act. Always takes the high ground.

Then again, a congratulation after THIS play could be viewed in an ironical sense:







CONGRATS on that. LOL
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nerdmann
8 years ago

When I saw the subject, I thought it was referring to the Queens/Saints NFC Championship :)

Originally Posted by: dyeah_gb 



Yeah you're right, it was after he beat us. 

Ted Thompson, showing how it's done, even in defeat.
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sschind
8 years ago

Ted's a class act. Always takes the high ground.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann 




more class than a lot of fans I bet.
Zero2Cool
8 years ago

GREEN BAY — For all the hard feelings there were after Brett Favre's ugly divorce from the Green Bay Packers and subsequent two-year stretch with the archrival Minnesota Vikings, the future Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback got a couple of interesting text messages after he beat his former team twice during the 2009 season.

In a lengthy feature by Greg Bishop in this week's edition of Sports Illustrated , Favre says he received congratulatory text messages from Packers general manager Ted Thompson — the same man who traded him to the New York Jets during the summer of 2008, and whom Favre railed against in an interview with FOX News' Greta Van Susteren  in the wake of Favre's unretirement.

The story is not yet available online, but can be read in the print edition of the iconic magazine, which hit subscribers' mailboxes Wednesday.

After both of the Vikings' victories over the Packers in 2009 — a 30-23 victory at the Metrodome on Oct. 5 and a 38-26 triumph at Lambeau Field on Nov. 1 — Favre said he received text messages from Thompson, congratulating him.

"Great job," one read. "You played outstanding," read another.

Favre told Bishop that the texts were "positive, whereas when I left, I felt like [the Packers] did this media bash to make their decision look right and mine look wrong."

Bishop also writes in the story that Favre and Thompson used to go out for beers together during the early part of Favre's career in Green Bay at the Fifty Yard Line, a bar across Ridge Rd. from Lambeau Field that has since been razed. Thompson was general manager Ron Wolf's right-hand man during much of Favre's career in Green Bay.

In fact, in a 2005 interview with the Wisconsin State Journal, Thompson revealed that he played a small role — sort of — in Wolf's decision to acquire Favre in a trade with the Atlanta Falcons: Wolf had Thompson, who had been working in finance after his playing career had ended, watch film of Favre shortly after hiring him as a scout.

"I had been here about 10 days when (Wolf) came in with three game tapes from the preseason of the Atlanta Falcons, and he said, 'I want you to look at this quarterback — his jersey number is 4, he'll probably play just in the second half — and tell me what you think,'" Thompson recalled. "I had not been involved in football for several years, so (all) I knew was his name was Brett Favre.

"So I'm flipping through ... and I go back and (Wolf) goes, 'What do you think?' And I said, 'He looks like a guy who's a little bit raw but has a tremendous arm.' And he goes, 'I'm going to give up a first-round pick for him. Do you think that's a good idea?' And I said, 'Well, do you think it's a pretty good idea?' And he goes, 'Yeah. I do.' And I said, 'Well, then I do, too.'

"As long as I was here, you could always look over to Ron and say, 'What do you think?' He was a nice guy to have as a security blanket. Now, (I) become kind of that security blanket. I think time has helped me a lot. I think I'm more prepared now than I've ever been."

Favre is set to have his No. 4 retired on July 18, during his induction into the Packers Hall of Fame. His name and number will be unveiled on the Lambeau Field façade at halftime of the team's Thanksgiving game against the Chicago Bears.

Jason Wilde  wrote:


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nerdmann
8 years ago
The "hard feelings" were on Bert's part. Not Ted's.
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DoddPower
8 years ago
Time for all to make up and move on. You don't have to like Favre. Certainly not personally. But it's very difficult not to appreciate his time as a Packer. I loved watching him play for most of his career. Although it did get a little rough near the end.
TheKanataThrilla
8 years ago
Fact is Ted made the right call. Rodgers was ready and we are now going to have back-to-back HoF QBs when it is all said and done because of his decision to trade Brett. Favre made me a Packer fan and I will always appreciate that. I hated the shitty drama that ended things, but it was Rodgers' time and we needed to play him or lose him.
steveishere
8 years ago
That's one thing I've noticed about TT. He doesn't ever try to make excuses or defend himself from criticism or mistakes and doesn't really brag about success or good moves or anything. He just leaves it be and goes on with whatever he's doing. It's easy to make various assumptions about people but the truth is none of us fans really know very much about Ted Thompson as a person..
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