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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 490362" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">This explains a lot. Sherman was not in the same league as Thompson as a GM. I fault Harlan (with an assist by Wolf) for promoting Sherman to GM and I don’t blame Sherman for accepting the promotion but he was completely unprepared for the GM job and it showed. “Not real dynamic when it came to free agency”? No. Sherman was bad at free agency: He paid Joe Johnson $36M for two sacks in two seasons, Mark Roman was bad, and so were Hannibal Navies, and Hardy Nickerson. The Bleacher Report attributes three of the worst five Packers free agent signings to Sherman, and he was only GM for three years. He left the team in salary cap hell which Thompson worked quickly to correct. Thompson, who trained to be a GM for more than a decade scored in free agency with the Woodson and Pickett signings, struck out on some too, and to the c<span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">hagrin of many Packers fans avoids the big name free agency frenzy</span></span>. But the difference was Thompson never crippled the team with a FA signing. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Do these names look familiar? </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">1. Ahmad Carroll, Joey Thomas, Donnell Washington, BJ Sander, Corey Williams, Scott Wells.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">2. Nick Barnett, Kenny Peterson, James Lee, Hunter Hillenmeyer, Brennan Curtin, Chris Johnson, DeAndrew Rubin, Carl Ford, Steve Josue. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">3. Javon Walker, Marques Anderson, Najeh Davenport, Aaron Kampmann, Craig Nall, Mike Houghton.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">Those of course are the players Sherman picked in the three drafts he was in charge of. Comparing these draftees favorably to Thompson’s success in the draft is a joke. And BTW, the trade up for BJ Sander is one of the colossally stupid moves in Packers’ draft history. (Again, not his fault but) Sherman was in way over his head. And keep in mind Thompson kept the scouting and personnel departments in place after Sherman’s departure – the difference was the man in charge. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">I appreciate your honesty about how you evaluate Sherman as GM but IMO your equating his term as GM with Thompson’s is the result of either a bias against Thompson or poor evaluation skills. And it makes your name calling of those of us who, while acknowledging Thompson's mistakes, recognize the obvious difference between the two funny. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 490362, member: 4300"] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#141414][FONT=Arial]This explains a lot. Sherman was not in the same league as Thompson as a GM. I fault Harlan (with an assist by Wolf) for promoting Sherman to GM and I don’t blame Sherman for accepting the promotion but he was completely unprepared for the GM job and it showed. “Not real dynamic when it came to free agency”? No. Sherman was bad at free agency: He paid Joe Johnson $36M for two sacks in two seasons, Mark Roman was bad, and so were Hannibal Navies, and Hardy Nickerson. The Bleacher Report attributes three of the worst five Packers free agent signings to Sherman, and he was only GM for three years. He left the team in salary cap hell which Thompson worked quickly to correct. Thompson, who trained to be a GM for more than a decade scored in free agency with the Woodson and Pickett signings, struck out on some too, and to the c[FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]hagrin of many Packers fans avoids the big name free agency frenzy[/COLOR][/FONT]. But the difference was Thompson never crippled the team with a FA signing. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Arial]Do these names look familiar? [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]1. Ahmad Carroll, Joey Thomas, Donnell Washington, BJ Sander, Corey Williams, Scott Wells.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]2. Nick Barnett, Kenny Peterson, James Lee, Hunter Hillenmeyer, Brennan Curtin, Chris Johnson, DeAndrew Rubin, Carl Ford, Steve Josue. [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]3. Javon Walker, Marques Anderson, Najeh Davenport, Aaron Kampmann, Craig Nall, Mike Houghton.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Those of course are the players Sherman picked in the three drafts he was in charge of. Comparing these draftees favorably to Thompson’s success in the draft is a joke. And BTW, the trade up for BJ Sander is one of the colossally stupid moves in Packers’ draft history. (Again, not his fault but) Sherman was in way over his head. And keep in mind Thompson kept the scouting and personnel departments in place after Sherman’s departure – the difference was the man in charge. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]I appreciate your honesty about how you evaluate Sherman as GM but IMO your equating his term as GM with Thompson’s is the result of either a bias against Thompson or poor evaluation skills. And it makes your name calling of those of us who, while acknowledging Thompson's mistakes, recognize the obvious difference between the two funny. [/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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