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<blockquote data-quote="RainX" data-source="post: 162116" data-attributes="member: 803"><p>To anyone who thinks this team wouldn't have been 4-12 in 2005 had Mike Sherman remained GM is deluding themselves.</p><p></p><p>You could clearly see the writing on the wall for Sherman's team as we got into 2004. Anyone remember that 1-4 start? Yeah, we finished 10-6, but we overpowered some cupcake opponents the second half of the season to win the division. Then come playoff time, we get embarrassed at home AGAIN in the playoffs (something that started becoming common place under Sherm), by Minnesota no less, in the Wild Card round. And even had we won that game, did anyone think that '04 team had any chance against Philly? Especially considering how they had stomped a mudhole in our *** courtesy of a 35-0 halftime lead during the regular season.</p><p></p><p>Mike Sherman built us a fantastic, playoff calibur offense during his tenure. That offensive line was one of the best in the league. Ahman Green was in his prime and a pretty solid receiving corp once Javon hit his stride along side Donald Driver.</p><p></p><p>The defense was another story entirely. It literally fell apart under his tenure. He inherited a relatively average defense in 2001 and by the time he was relieved of his GM duties by Harlan in early '05, it was one of the worst in the league. You aren't going to win many playoff games with a defense as bad as the Packers had. This was the major problem with Sherman's Packers. Great offense, little or no defense and special teams. His teams were good enough to win a mediocre division 3 years in a row, but come playoff time, were beaten by superior opponents. There's a reason he never made it past the divisional round.</p><p></p><p>Thompson was handed a completely different team then Sherman acquired. He literally had to overhaul the roster because he knew, as it stood, wasn't going to win come playoff time. Do any of you honestly think, had he went nutz in FA in '05 or '06, mortgaging the future like Sherman had, bringing in one or two high priced free agents, that this team was going to win a SB? You're off your damn rocker if you do. It might've given us another win or two, but the team literally had no depth on it. I don't think it's to hard to remember that NFL Europe calibur offense we were fielding by the end of the '05 season due to injury. One or two high priced FAs probably wouldn't have made much of a difference that season.</p><p></p><p>I give TT credit. In two years, he's done a pretty good job of overhauling the roster. For the first time, I see the "potential" of a playoff calibur team forming. Sure, he's made a few questionable choices here and there, but all GMs make mistakes on occasion. Anyone who prefered Mike Sherman as GM to TT either couldn't see the big picture of what REALLY was going on in the earlier part of this decade, or just can't see past Wins and Loses.</p><p></p><p>Sure let's go ahead and blow all our cap space during free agency. That's really doing Washington a lot of good.</p><p></p><p>Other than the Javon Walker fiasco, Thompson has kept the few valuable players Sherman brought in on the Packers. It's nice to see us being able to retain our good players. Something sound salary cap management can do for a team.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RainX, post: 162116, member: 803"] To anyone who thinks this team wouldn't have been 4-12 in 2005 had Mike Sherman remained GM is deluding themselves. You could clearly see the writing on the wall for Sherman's team as we got into 2004. Anyone remember that 1-4 start? Yeah, we finished 10-6, but we overpowered some cupcake opponents the second half of the season to win the division. Then come playoff time, we get embarrassed at home AGAIN in the playoffs (something that started becoming common place under Sherm), by Minnesota no less, in the Wild Card round. And even had we won that game, did anyone think that '04 team had any chance against Philly? Especially considering how they had stomped a mudhole in our *** courtesy of a 35-0 halftime lead during the regular season. Mike Sherman built us a fantastic, playoff calibur offense during his tenure. That offensive line was one of the best in the league. Ahman Green was in his prime and a pretty solid receiving corp once Javon hit his stride along side Donald Driver. The defense was another story entirely. It literally fell apart under his tenure. He inherited a relatively average defense in 2001 and by the time he was relieved of his GM duties by Harlan in early '05, it was one of the worst in the league. You aren't going to win many playoff games with a defense as bad as the Packers had. This was the major problem with Sherman's Packers. Great offense, little or no defense and special teams. His teams were good enough to win a mediocre division 3 years in a row, but come playoff time, were beaten by superior opponents. There's a reason he never made it past the divisional round. Thompson was handed a completely different team then Sherman acquired. He literally had to overhaul the roster because he knew, as it stood, wasn't going to win come playoff time. Do any of you honestly think, had he went nutz in FA in '05 or '06, mortgaging the future like Sherman had, bringing in one or two high priced free agents, that this team was going to win a SB? You're off your damn rocker if you do. It might've given us another win or two, but the team literally had no depth on it. I don't think it's to hard to remember that NFL Europe calibur offense we were fielding by the end of the '05 season due to injury. One or two high priced FAs probably wouldn't have made much of a difference that season. I give TT credit. In two years, he's done a pretty good job of overhauling the roster. For the first time, I see the "potential" of a playoff calibur team forming. Sure, he's made a few questionable choices here and there, but all GMs make mistakes on occasion. Anyone who prefered Mike Sherman as GM to TT either couldn't see the big picture of what REALLY was going on in the earlier part of this decade, or just can't see past Wins and Loses. Sure let's go ahead and blow all our cap space during free agency. That's really doing Washington a lot of good. Other than the Javon Walker fiasco, Thompson has kept the few valuable players Sherman brought in on the Packers. It's nice to see us being able to retain our good players. Something sound salary cap management can do for a team. [/QUOTE]
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