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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greg C." data-source="post: 133647" data-attributes="member: 195">Getting back to the original post, I think it's fine that Thompson is a low-key type of guy.  It's not bad for a GM to be like that, if that's his personality.  I don't trust net's inside knowledge of the Packer organization because it may be biased.  I would expect employees to become divided after such a bitter split within the organization, and this is one of the reasons I think Harlan made a mistake by demoting Sherman, rather than firing him outright, when he brought in Thompson.  Vandermause and most other journalists who cover the Packers seem to have a positive view of Thompson, or at least a "wait-and-see" attitude.  It seems to me that if Thompson was as awful as some people think he is, he would be getting a lot more flak in the press.  I remain cautiously optimistic about Thompson.  As for Favre, from what I heard about last year, Thompson and McCarthy actively tried to influence him to come back.  This year it was different.  They seemed confident that the performance of the team spoke for itself.  And judging by Favre's decision, apparently they were right.</blockquote>

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