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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 490382" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Not a big deal but I specifically asked what you thought of Sherman as a GM and that is how you answered it.</span></span> <span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">He was fired as GM and retained as HC. Harlan insisted that the new GM would retain Sherman as HC. I heard Harlan interviewed on WTMJ years later and he said it was Sherman who wouldn't work with Thompson - no doubt because his pride was hurt by being fired from the GM job. Harlan all but said Sherman was a pr!ck to Thompson. I'm certainly not saying Thompson wouldn't have wanted to bring in his own guy as HC but according to Harlan, who loved Sherman's work ethic and appreciation of the Packers' history, Sherman made the decision to fire him easy. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I thought Sherman was a pretty good HC. I loved his U-71 formation (OT Kevin Barry lined up in the traditional TE spot on the right and the TE flanked him and they ran it down opponents’ throats). IMO he fell down at times with in-game decisions and in my opinion his biggest failing as HC on O was his inability to reign in Favre. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I was against Sherman's promotion to GM because IMO both jobs are too much for almost any man. (Guys like Belichick are the rare exception IMO.) I didn’t want anyone to assume both jobs and thought Harlan’s stroke of genius after becoming president was creating the “one man in charge of football operations” job that he hired Wolf to fill. I thought it was a mistake to go away from that organizational structure that had worked so well. Again according to Harlan, what finally convinced him to replace Sherman as GM was he thought Sherman spent so much time and energy on the Mike McKenzie’s hold out mess, he neglected his HC job. I honestly don't remember a lot of vitriol directed at Sherman. As I remember it the consensus of the majority of Packers fans was Sherman was a good man. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 490382, member: 4300"] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#141414][FONT=Arial]Not a big deal but I specifically asked what you thought of Sherman as a GM and that is how you answered it.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#141414][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#141414][FONT=Arial]He was fired as GM and retained as HC. Harlan insisted that the new GM would retain Sherman as HC. I heard Harlan interviewed on WTMJ years later and he said it was Sherman who wouldn't work with Thompson - no doubt because his pride was hurt by being fired from the GM job. Harlan all but said Sherman was a pr!ck to Thompson. I'm certainly not saying Thompson wouldn't have wanted to bring in his own guy as HC but according to Harlan, who loved Sherman's work ethic and appreciation of the Packers' history, Sherman made the decision to fire him easy. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Arial]I thought Sherman was a pretty good HC. I loved his U-71 formation (OT Kevin Barry lined up in the traditional TE spot on the right and the TE flanked him and they ran it down opponents’ throats). IMO he fell down at times with in-game decisions and in my opinion his biggest failing as HC on O was his inability to reign in Favre. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Georgia] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Arial]I was against Sherman's promotion to GM because IMO both jobs are too much for almost any man. (Guys like Belichick are the rare exception IMO.) I didn’t want anyone to assume both jobs and thought Harlan’s stroke of genius after becoming president was creating the “one man in charge of football operations” job that he hired Wolf to fill. I thought it was a mistake to go away from that organizational structure that had worked so well. Again according to Harlan, what finally convinced him to replace Sherman as GM was he thought Sherman spent so much time and energy on the Mike McKenzie’s hold out mess, he neglected his HC job. I honestly don't remember a lot of vitriol directed at Sherman. As I remember it the consensus of the majority of Packers fans was Sherman was a good man. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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