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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 445522" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'">For those tired about rehashing Favre and the Favre-made-mess skip this post. Here’s a brief review of the foolishness advanced by this poster. In his first post on this thread he called Hargrove’s signing Thompson’s third major mistake. According to him, the others where drafting Justin Harrell and trading his hero, Favre.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Hargrove was signed for the veteran’s minimum with <em>no signing bonus</em>. The Packers could waive him at any time, suspended or not. They are out of pocket not one red cent. If the Packers retain his rights, Hargrove will not count against the roster until he is activated. Thompson took absolutely no risk in signing Hargrove and Hargrove accepted that deal because he was subject to being suspended. Again, if the suspension is upheld, Hargrove can be waived at any time during the next 6 months and the Packers will owe him nothing. When he comes back to play, they will owe him his per-game salary. And that salary is based upon the <em>veteran’s</em> <em>minimum</em>. Only a Packers fan ignorant of these facts or blinded by his hatred or bias against Thompson could call this a major mistake. It’s no mistake at all. It’s all potential and <em>no</em> risk. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Drafting Justin Harrell with the 16th pick of the 2007 draft was a mistake. However every NFL GM who has conducted several drafts has made similar mistakes with first round picks. I certainly consider this a mistake but because the draft is a crap shoot I think it’s foolish to judge a GM based upon one pick. Thompson is widely viewed as one of the best drafters in the NFL, not only among Packers fans but among national observers as well. That’s obviously because of his overall success drafting.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">The Favre-made-mess has been hashed and rehashed and rehashed again. But it was this poster who initially brought Favre up in this thread and then complained that others were unwilling to move on. I will offer just two items about it. First, which QB has the highest career regular season QB rating and which QB has the highest career playoff rating? QB rating isn’t the final word but look at how careful Rodgers is with the ball compared to Favre. More important is this: Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy were completely vindicated when they led the Packers to a title with Aaron Rodgers behind center. Had they allowed the “retired” gunslinger to return it’s likely Rodgers would have gone elsewhere once his rookie deal was done. Thompson and McCarthy were right and those who continue to blindly worship Favre were and are wrong. That’s the bottom line: This poster is just plain wrong. Thank goodness those, like this poster, who foolishly advocate for trading Rodgers are in a tiny minority among Packers fans. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">To summarize, this poster is 0-3 regarding “major” mistakes made by Thompson and in fact only offered one mistake of any kind. Pity the poor Packers fans who continue to worship Favre and hate Thompson. Don’t condone the BS they post but pity them: The 13th World Championship earned by the Packers had to be bittersweet for them. And if they continue to hero-worship Favre, the next one will be too. Better to admit your mistake and put it behind you. It turns out the hero you worshiped betrayed the Packers and provided visual evidence of his lack of class and character for the entire world to see. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 445522, member: 4300"] [FONT=tahoma]For those tired about rehashing Favre and the Favre-made-mess skip this post. Here’s a brief review of the foolishness advanced by this poster. In his first post on this thread he called Hargrove’s signing Thompson’s third major mistake. According to him, the others where drafting Justin Harrell and trading his hero, Favre.[/FONT] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]Hargrove was signed for the veteran’s minimum with [I]no signing bonus[/I]. The Packers could waive him at any time, suspended or not. They are out of pocket not one red cent. If the Packers retain his rights, Hargrove will not count against the roster until he is activated. Thompson took absolutely no risk in signing Hargrove and Hargrove accepted that deal because he was subject to being suspended. Again, if the suspension is upheld, Hargrove can be waived at any time during the next 6 months and the Packers will owe him nothing. When he comes back to play, they will owe him his per-game salary. And that salary is based upon the [I]veteran’s[/I] [I]minimum[/I]. Only a Packers fan ignorant of these facts or blinded by his hatred or bias against Thompson could call this a major mistake. It’s no mistake at all. It’s all potential and [I]no[/I] risk. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]Drafting Justin Harrell with the 16th pick of the 2007 draft was a mistake. However every NFL GM who has conducted several drafts has made similar mistakes with first round picks. I certainly consider this a mistake but because the draft is a crap shoot I think it’s foolish to judge a GM based upon one pick. Thompson is widely viewed as one of the best drafters in the NFL, not only among Packers fans but among national observers as well. That’s obviously because of his overall success drafting.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]The Favre-made-mess has been hashed and rehashed and rehashed again. But it was this poster who initially brought Favre up in this thread and then complained that others were unwilling to move on. I will offer just two items about it. First, which QB has the highest career regular season QB rating and which QB has the highest career playoff rating? QB rating isn’t the final word but look at how careful Rodgers is with the ball compared to Favre. More important is this: Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy were completely vindicated when they led the Packers to a title with Aaron Rodgers behind center. Had they allowed the “retired” gunslinger to return it’s likely Rodgers would have gone elsewhere once his rookie deal was done. Thompson and McCarthy were right and those who continue to blindly worship Favre were and are wrong. That’s the bottom line: This poster is just plain wrong. Thank goodness those, like this poster, who foolishly advocate for trading Rodgers are in a tiny minority among Packers fans. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]To summarize, this poster is 0-3 regarding “major” mistakes made by Thompson and in fact only offered one mistake of any kind. Pity the poor Packers fans who continue to worship Favre and hate Thompson. Don’t condone the BS they post but pity them: The 13th World Championship earned by the Packers had to be bittersweet for them. And if they continue to hero-worship Favre, the next one will be too. Better to admit your mistake and put it behind you. It turns out the hero you worshiped betrayed the Packers and provided visual evidence of his lack of class and character for the entire world to see. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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