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<blockquote data-quote="digsthepack" data-source="post: 53597" data-attributes="member: 209"><p>Bruce, I am not so much defending TT as I am responding (recoiling might be a better word) to the folks who want to crucify the guy without having any knowledge of what he is planning to do with regard to players, both via the draft and FA. </p><p></p><p>None of us know what the team will look like, but I am happy to wait to judge the guy by what is in the cupboard when things shake out. If in the end the team looks bad, well then, let TT have it with both barrels. Until then, some of us should just chill a bit. Kinda like throwing a fit when your marathon runner is back in the pack at the 4 mile mark...premature!</p><p></p><p>On another note, why is it that Packers fans are, apparently, the only fans in the NFL who do not believe that the cyclic nature of the league will apply to their team. Yes, we had 15 years of success...what, it was supposed to last forever?? We defied the odds going over a decade with a winning team, but one could rightly argue that the last 4 or 5 were nothing but maintaining mediocrity rather than building with the present AND the future in mind. And that left us with a team of little depth, and some contracts that could not be justified. You can certainly make the arguement about Wahle's cap hit for last year, but what is the burden of his entire contract? Our money, like most teams, is tied up with the tackles on the o-line. While it would be nice to have retained Wahle, or chase Hutchinson down, what does that leave you with but little money and a lot of important positions filled with hacks.</p><p></p><p>I respect your assessment of TT's performance last year. I, however, disagree. The first year, in any business, is getting a feel for the personnel within the organization. Some you will determine are keepers, some are chafe to be cast aside. You cannot know this until you see them perform...and that is what TT did last year, IMHO. He watched, listened and evaluated. Did it cost some dough? Sure. But I would rather that than a guy who came in and just went about the task uninformed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="digsthepack, post: 53597, member: 209"] Bruce, I am not so much defending TT as I am responding (recoiling might be a better word) to the folks who want to crucify the guy without having any knowledge of what he is planning to do with regard to players, both via the draft and FA. None of us know what the team will look like, but I am happy to wait to judge the guy by what is in the cupboard when things shake out. If in the end the team looks bad, well then, let TT have it with both barrels. Until then, some of us should just chill a bit. Kinda like throwing a fit when your marathon runner is back in the pack at the 4 mile mark...premature! On another note, why is it that Packers fans are, apparently, the only fans in the NFL who do not believe that the cyclic nature of the league will apply to their team. Yes, we had 15 years of success...what, it was supposed to last forever?? We defied the odds going over a decade with a winning team, but one could rightly argue that the last 4 or 5 were nothing but maintaining mediocrity rather than building with the present AND the future in mind. And that left us with a team of little depth, and some contracts that could not be justified. You can certainly make the arguement about Wahle's cap hit for last year, but what is the burden of his entire contract? Our money, like most teams, is tied up with the tackles on the o-line. While it would be nice to have retained Wahle, or chase Hutchinson down, what does that leave you with but little money and a lot of important positions filled with hacks. I respect your assessment of TT's performance last year. I, however, disagree. The first year, in any business, is getting a feel for the personnel within the organization. Some you will determine are keepers, some are chafe to be cast aside. You cannot know this until you see them perform...and that is what TT did last year, IMHO. He watched, listened and evaluated. Did it cost some dough? Sure. But I would rather that than a guy who came in and just went about the task uninformed. [/QUOTE]
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