Couple of things i thought were interesting. I typed "Ted Thompson" in the search bar on yahoo.com. First thing that comes up in the search help area is "Fire Ted Thompson"
"mi_keys" wrote:
My point is that nobody likes him except a few select people who he probably pays to spread good word about him.
Anyway, you're wrong about him "taking a 4-12 team to 8-8 and then 14-4, before this year's mediocre 5-7".
No actually, that happened.
No, like i said. We were 10-6 before the grey haird freak came to town. He got rid of our lineman and replaced injured starting running backs and receivers with guys named Taco and Samkon who cant cut it in Div 2 football
Rodgers has 3-5 good receivers and an O-line which is intact from last year and should be improving.
Or maybe signe a free agent we could use at o-line
So the o-line is great when we're talking about how much it's helped Rodgers... but it's horrible when it comes to the job Ted Thompson has done.
I said the O-line is intact. I didnt say it was a great line. But Favre had a career low in sacks with the line and with his passing threat, the opposing defenses played off the ball more allowing us to run the ball.
Thompson took over right after the 2004 season which we were 10-6. In fact we were no worse than 10-6 for 4 years before Ted Thompson came to town. After Ted Thompson took over, and took all Favres support away, he had his worst season ever and the packers won 4 games. Once he gave Favre some of the support take away from him, they went 8-8, 13-3. Dumped Favre adn you see what we now have.
You clearly have no idea how awful Sherman was as a GM and how completely and utterly he corroded our team so once a couple of those few remaining Wolfe players were let go (of whom most have done dick since leaving) the team collapsed (though a whole lot more happened that season to just compound every problem). Also, as someone else said he didn't "dump," Favre, he retired. But I'm (and everyone else for that matter) sick of discussing that whole mess.
Like i said, 4 years before Ted Thompson came here. 12-4, 12-4, 10-6, 10-6. Once he got here, 4-12, 8-8, 13-3, 5-7. But go right ahead. Get on your knees guys and praise the mad genious for saving our franchise. I'm not sure what dimension some of you guys are in.
This IDIOT gives Aaron Rodgers a HUGE contract after proving nothing.
Really!? Really!? Rodgers has his flaws. Rodgers has made his mistakes. But to say he's proven nothing is so absolutely ludicrous I can't believe I'm actually giving you the time of day. Rodgers is arguably under more pressure than any other qb in the league this year and through 12 games he has more total touchdowns than Favre had through 12 games last year (24 to 22) and the same number of total turnovers (13). Anyone who tells you they thought he'd play this well this year is lying to your face. I mean, when was the last time a quarterback came in and played this well after a legend left, Steve Young? It's proven to be one of the most difficult things for a player to do in the NFL, fill a legend's shoes, and Rodgers has done an admirable job to say the least. Also, when was the last time a quarterback played this well in their first year for the Packers? Rodgers has things to learn and improve upon, such as his two minute drives to come back and win (as discussed ad nauseam in another thread), but he has proven more than any of us could've hoped for this year.