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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 450544" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">And you are inferring Thompson doesn’t make mistakes. Using hindsight of course we can identify those mistakes. The reason Thompson is one of the best GMs in the league is not that he is perfect and makes no mistakes; it’s that he makes fewer mistakes than others and far fewer than most. For example, not pursuing Cullen Jenkins in free agency was a mistake. Who doesn’t agree he would have been worth more to the Packers’ defense than Philly paid him? Thompson, like every other GM in the history of the NFL, has also made mistakes in the draft (Justin Harrell and Brian Brohm are two obvious examples). And only a fool would say if he could go back to the 2006 draft, knowing what he knows today, Thompson would select Hawk at #5. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Regarding Hawk’s extension (actually he was a UFA for a few minutes before signing his new deal) we can compare Hawk’s compensation and performance to other ILBs in the league and even to Packers like Bishop who outperform him at a lower compensation. It may be argued that Hawk’s play was negatively affected by the poor play of the DL, but it can’t reasonably be argued that Bishop didn’t face the same situation. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Beyond that if the prevailing view on this board is ‘Thompson made a decision, therefore it must be correct’, it would no longer fully be a discussion board. Thompson deserves the benefit of the doubt but no human being should be immune from criticism. And this is coming from an adamant Thompson fan: <a href="http://www.packerforum.com/threads/thompsons-way.29622/" target="_blank">http://www.packerforum.com/threads/thompsons-way.29622/</a></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 450544, member: 4300"] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#141414][FONT=Tahoma]And you are inferring Thompson doesn’t make mistakes. Using hindsight of course we can identify those mistakes. The reason Thompson is one of the best GMs in the league is not that he is perfect and makes no mistakes; it’s that he makes fewer mistakes than others and far fewer than most. For example, not pursuing Cullen Jenkins in free agency was a mistake. Who doesn’t agree he would have been worth more to the Packers’ defense than Philly paid him? Thompson, like every other GM in the history of the NFL, has also made mistakes in the draft (Justin Harrell and Brian Brohm are two obvious examples). And only a fool would say if he could go back to the 2006 draft, knowing what he knows today, Thompson would select Hawk at #5. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Tahoma]Regarding Hawk’s extension (actually he was a UFA for a few minutes before signing his new deal) we can compare Hawk’s compensation and performance to other ILBs in the league and even to Packers like Bishop who outperform him at a lower compensation. It may be argued that Hawk’s play was negatively affected by the poor play of the DL, but it can’t reasonably be argued that Bishop didn’t face the same situation. [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Beyond that if the prevailing view on this board is ‘Thompson made a decision, therefore it must be correct’, it would no longer fully be a discussion board. Thompson deserves the benefit of the doubt but no human being should be immune from criticism. And this is coming from an adamant Thompson fan: [url]http://www.packerforum.com/threads/thompsons-way.29622/[/url][/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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