What all Sherman-haters refuse to acknowledge is the team regressed under Ray Rhodes, was rebuilt by Sherman, and has been turned over again by Thompson. The last winning season turned in by the Packers was three years ago under Sherman. They were also in the playoffs.
Since most of you live by fantasy football rules, why not simply look at this way: Sherman's philosophy of paying and playing veterans wasn't the direction the Packers wanted to go. Ted's philosophy of drafting rookies and hoping for quick results so far is 12-20, against some of the league's weaker competition.
The eternal damning of Sherman is as off-base as the endless praise of Thompson and his current 'rebuilding'. "The team had no core players" said Ted. That insults: Brett Favre, Donald Driver, William Henderson, Bubba Franks, Chad Clifton, Mark Tauscher, Mike Flanagan(now gone) Ahman Green, Mike Wahle(now gone) Marco Rivera(now gone). Several of those players are Pro Bowlers on offense. On defense, KGB(Pro Bowler) Nick Barnett, Al Harris, and a couple of others. The defense needed an infusion of talent which was obvious. Throw in Longwell and a couple of others and you have the makings of a ridiculous analysis by Thompson. Most of those players...which represent no core to Thompson...are players either signed, traded for, or drafted by Sherman. The veteran signings of
Sherman are never included in the mix in the damning of Sherman.
I don't condemn Thompson for his wanting a change at coach. Most GM's want that. I condemn Bob Harlan first for not having the stones to fire Sherman if he wasn't doing the job in his eyes, then setting Sherman up with a guy who he knew off the bat wouldn't see things like Sherman.
Sherman's mistakes have been ****-analyzed here and other places ad nauseum. All I would ask(since he's been gone now for more than a season) to at least acknowledge that the Packers were winners in his time here and Ted Thompson doesn't walk on water and everything he says and does isn't word from the scriptures.
Marquand Manuel anyone? Or doesn't that count in the same catagory as Joe Johnson?
Rebuilt by Sherman???? Look up and down the rosters of those 3 divsion champs and playoff teams. Those players were brought in by Ron Wolf. I agree that people don't give enough credit to Sherman the Head Coach but Sherman the GM was as bad as people make him out to be.
That insults: Brett Favre, Donald Driver, William Henderson, Bubba Franks, Chad Clifton, Mark Tauscher, Mike Flanagan(now gone) Ahman Green, Mike Wahle(now gone) Marco Rivera(now gone). Several of those players are Pro Bowlers on offense. On defense, KGB(Pro Bowler) Nick Barnett, Al Harris, and a couple of others. The defense needed an infusion of talent which was obvious. Throw in Longwell and a couple of others and you have the makings of a ridiculous analysis by Thompson. Most of those players...which represent no core to Thompson...are players either signed, traded for, or drafted by Sherman. The veteran signings of
Sherman are never included in the mix in the damning of Sherman.
You are completely wrong. The only players Mike Sherman drafted or brought in himself from that list are Nick Barnett and Al Harris. That's it!! Ron Wolf drafted all of those guys. Sherman gave some contract extensions but he didn't draft or "discover" them. Credit Ron Wolf for building the core of that team.
Brett Favre - Traded for by Ron Wolf
Ahman Green - Traded for by Ron Wolf (His last year as GM actually)
Williams Henderson - Drafted by Ron Wolf
Donald Driver - Drafted by Ron Wolf
Mike Wahle - Drafted by Ron Wolf
Marco Rivera - Drafted by Ron Wolf
Mike Flanagan - Drafted by Ron Wolf
Mark Tauscher - Drafted by Ron Wolf
KGB - Drafted by Ron Wolf
Ryan Longwell - Drafted by Ron Wolf
Al Harris - Traded for by Mike Sherman
Nick Barnett - Drafted by Mike Sherman
Darren Sharper - Drafted by Ron Wolf
Mike McKenzie - Drafted by Ron Wolf
To say Sherman is responsible for bring in those players is not a fact. He was able to keep players that was brought in by Ron Wolf. A lot of those players were Packers before Mike Sherman even got here.
Good Coach. Bad GM. That's how I'd lable Sherman.
