I'm not gonna rip on you because there have been several people that have already done that. And while you are entitled to your opinion, there is a saying if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all. C'mon man.
Ah yes, I loved his draft time press conferences. It was so obvious he was uncomfortable being placed in those situations and he always had his water bottle there with him as his security blanket. Indeed, dry witty snippets would be traded between him and the press. I was enthralled with the scene. The guys in the press would tiptoe around him re-wording questions in a vain attempt to get him to answer questions on subjects that he wasn’t going to reveal his secrets. To me, it was great theater. Ted, possibly in a moment of weakness, would quietly reveal a tidbit that we really had no business knowing. Like the time he dropped the news that their board consisted of 125 players that year. That right there is very revealing in how targeted their approach was. I was stunned by that revelation. I learned a lot by watching and listening to Thompson and I would bet good money that Gutekunst is repeating many of the same processes. I was certain that Ted wouldn’t write his book. It was already written on the field and still is. He’s the kind of guy that just silently drifts off into the sunset when no one is looking. I found him to be a very fascinating individual.
Are you implying this has something to do with Thompson? And honestly even if that is the case I don't think this is the thread to do it in. This thread is to honor Ted, rather than point out the things he did or did not do as a GM.
If that is the case, there are way worse instances. Like having players on the roster that ***** and/or sexually assaulted women in elevators or their homes.
I don't think anyone here is kissing Thompson's *** here. While we didn't necessarily agreed with his approach later during his tenure he did help win us a championship and we had plenty of good memories with the guy as our GM. There is a time and a place for everything. He had his faults as well as his pros. But imo there is no need to speak ill of the dead, not here. Not right now. There are plenty bad GMs. Thompson all in all wasn't what I'd consider a bad GM.
Decency is also knowing when to keep your thoughts to yourself and having the self control to do it. Some exhibit they have neither quality.
Yeah but again while you are entitled to your opinion and everything, let me ask you, was that really necessary for you to say those things? What purpose was saying the things you did were going to accomplish? Again there have been plenty worse GMS in NFL history, while I do agree that we did underachieve, I don't think you know the guy well enough to call him a sleeze, and we did win a championship under his tenure. That counts for something.
My fault dude.
Classless comment. Along with a lot of others, time to put you on ignore.
