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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 452219" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">What I posted was old news was Harlan’s concern about Sherman’s obsession with Mike McKenzie finally leading him to bring in Thompson. Whether or not Sherman himself is old news is a different issue. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">As to Harlan’s decision to offer Sherman the GM job, I don’t make any excuse for that. IMO Harlan made two huge contributions to the Packers which cement his legacy in Green Bay. One was his door-to-door tenacity in getting the stadium renovated and the other was recognizing the organization had to be headed by one football man in the VP/GM spot and have that man hire and fire HCs. But like every human, he made mistakes too. One was picking John Jones to replace him in 2007. That one he truly nipped in the bud. But reversing a decision that turned the franchise around and sticking with it for three seasons was a mistake I would not characterize as one he quickly corrected. But the positives on Bob Harlan’s resume far outweigh his mistakes. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 452219, member: 4300"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]What I posted was old news was Harlan’s concern about Sherman’s obsession with Mike McKenzie finally leading him to bring in Thompson. Whether or not Sherman himself is old news is a different issue. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]As to Harlan’s decision to offer Sherman the GM job, I don’t make any excuse for that. IMO Harlan made two huge contributions to the Packers which cement his legacy in Green Bay. One was his door-to-door tenacity in getting the stadium renovated and the other was recognizing the organization had to be headed by one football man in the VP/GM spot and have that man hire and fire HCs. But like every human, he made mistakes too. One was picking John Jones to replace him in 2007. That one he truly nipped in the bud. But reversing a decision that turned the franchise around and sticking with it for three seasons was a mistake I would not characterize as one he quickly corrected. But the positives on Bob Harlan’s resume far outweigh his mistakes. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma] [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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