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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 363874" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I agree with ivo610 - it's too early to tell. I too witnessed the "dark ages" between Lombardi and Harlan/Wolf/Holmgren and there's no doubt Wolf had a much higher mountain to clime than Thompson. In hindsight of course we can say Thompson has a much better chance of avoiding the “fart in the wind” label Wolf himself used because we know Wolf’s results. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">GreenBayGal,</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Wolf give up a first rounder for Favre – no way he was going to sit on the bench. He has said he thought Favre was not just the best QB but the best player in the 1991 draft. He reportedly told Harlan and the executive committee Favre was their QB of the future – no doubt in part to justify giving up a first rounder for a second round pick the previous season who was the Falcon’s #4 QB and Glanville’s “circus act” at the time. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">“The Lynn ****ey… era” and “Absolutely no passing game”? No, there was a lot to criticize about the Packers while ****ey was the Packers’ QB (no running game, bad defense) but “no passing game” isn’t one of them. In ’83 he threw for 4,458 yards, still the Packers’ record for a season. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 363874, member: 4300"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I agree with ivo610 - it's too early to tell. I too witnessed the "dark ages" between Lombardi and Harlan/Wolf/Holmgren and there's no doubt Wolf had a much higher mountain to clime than Thompson. In hindsight of course we can say Thompson has a much better chance of avoiding the “fart in the wind” label Wolf himself used because we know Wolf’s results. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]GreenBayGal,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Wolf give up a first rounder for Favre – no way he was going to sit on the bench. He has said he thought Favre was not just the best QB but the best player in the 1991 draft. He reportedly told Harlan and the executive committee Favre was their QB of the future – no doubt in part to justify giving up a first rounder for a second round pick the previous season who was the Falcon’s #4 QB and Glanville’s “circus act” at the time. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]“The Lynn ****ey… era” and “Absolutely no passing game”? No, there was a lot to criticize about the Packers while ****ey was the Packers’ QB (no running game, bad defense) but “no passing game” isn’t one of them. In ’83 he threw for 4,458 yards, still the Packers’ record for a season. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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