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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce" data-source="post: 46622" data-attributes="member: 196"><p><strong>Three things...</strong></p><p></p><p>tromadz:</p><p></p><p>three things:</p><p></p><p>1.) <strong>This is from an article by Pufall, I give proper credit at the top of post</strong>;</p><p></p><p>2.) <strong>It is Bull $hit to try and claim this is T.T. 1st season as a GM for multiple reasons</strong>:</p><p></p><p> ~~~ he should get some credit for what looks like may turn out to be a decent 1st draft;</p><p></p><p> ~~~ you want to give him credit for picking up Thomas -- which is cool -- but than he has to take responsibility for his misses too;</p><p></p><p> ~~~ he decided to hold on to Hunt and pay the big roster bonus, he decided to hold on to Hunt until the last cut and ended up paying his full salary when he filed the grievance, <strong>those were Thompson decisions</strong>;</p><p></p><p> ~~~ he decided to let both Guards go and not find adequate replacements -- and it has been demonstrated time and time again that signing Wahle (not both was not only possible but quite doable when you use the Cap dollar hit that he cost Carolina);</p><p></p><p> ~~~ he is the man making the decisions and those decisions have weighed heavy on #4, and they will impact the decision he makes whether or not he plays for the Packers (it is up to each persons perception whether this is a good thing or a bad thing)</p><p></p><p> ~~~ Ted Thompson made all of the roster decisions coming into and during the season -- including failing to get adequate replacements when players went down in the play making positions (see ~~~ above);</p><p></p><p> ~~~ he squandered $6.4 million dollars on a Sherman extention. The Packers are nowhere near the richest franchise in NFL and don't have a Sugar Daddy to absorb this foolishness...</p><p></p><p> ~~~ So in summary of #2 Ted Thompson has been on the job for 13 full months and deserves his share of credit and responsibility.</p><p></p><p>#3) <strong>You wrote <em>"forget about green."</em> Why the Hell would I or Ted Thompson forget about a 28 year old back who averaged more than 1400 yards over the previous 4 seasons -- before last season being thrown out with an inadequate offensive line minus two guards, a Center that could barely stand up and the starting TE not available and then going down to a season ending injury. Pufall is right, if reports that he is recovering well and he can be signed to reasonable incentive-laden contract he MAY be an incredible offseason signing . It is easy for a fan to forget that Green is a great check down back who always put up great receiving numbers to go with being a Pro Bowl runner each season, but a GM who forgets it is a fool.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce, post: 46622, member: 196"] [b]Three things...[/b] tromadz: three things: 1.) [b]This is from an article by Pufall, I give proper credit at the top of post[/b]; 2.) [b]It is Bull $hit to try and claim this is T.T. 1st season as a GM for multiple reasons[/b]: ~~~ he should get some credit for what looks like may turn out to be a decent 1st draft; ~~~ you want to give him credit for picking up Thomas -- which is cool -- but than he has to take responsibility for his misses too; ~~~ he decided to hold on to Hunt and pay the big roster bonus, he decided to hold on to Hunt until the last cut and ended up paying his full salary when he filed the grievance, [b]those were Thompson decisions[/b]; ~~~ he decided to let both Guards go and not find adequate replacements -- and it has been demonstrated time and time again that signing Wahle (not both was not only possible but quite doable when you use the Cap dollar hit that he cost Carolina); ~~~ he is the man making the decisions and those decisions have weighed heavy on #4, and they will impact the decision he makes whether or not he plays for the Packers (it is up to each persons perception whether this is a good thing or a bad thing) ~~~ Ted Thompson made all of the roster decisions coming into and during the season -- including failing to get adequate replacements when players went down in the play making positions (see ~~~ above); ~~~ he squandered $6.4 million dollars on a Sherman extention. The Packers are nowhere near the richest franchise in NFL and don't have a Sugar Daddy to absorb this foolishness... ~~~ So in summary of #2 Ted Thompson has been on the job for 13 full months and deserves his share of credit and responsibility. #3) [b]You wrote [i]"forget about green."[/i] Why the Hell would I or Ted Thompson forget about a 28 year old back who averaged more than 1400 yards over the previous 4 seasons -- before last season being thrown out with an inadequate offensive line minus two guards, a Center that could barely stand up and the starting TE not available and then going down to a season ending injury. Pufall is right, if reports that he is recovering well and he can be signed to reasonable incentive-laden contract he MAY be an incredible offseason signing . It is easy for a fan to forget that Green is a great check down back who always put up great receiving numbers to go with being a Pro Bowl runner each season, but a GM who forgets it is a fool.[/b] [/QUOTE]
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