Ted Thompson's Decline · PACKERSHOME

uffda udfa
Veteran Member Topic Starter

7 years ago

In what is a very taboo subject among the org and Packers media, we have a GM who is clearly suffering from some type of brain deterioration. It is very sad to see. Look, I can't stand his style and think he's been an impediment to winning rings here, but as a human being I genuinely feel bad to see him suffering.

Some of his pressers over the last several months really show him to be borderline if not incoherent at times.

This has been noted by Total Packers on more than one occasion and Zach Kruse has recently tweeted to this effect. I've been on this also and just had a twitter discourse with Bill Huber of Packer Report just a few minutes ago where even he acknowledges he's not okay and no one will talk about it. So, lets...for reference.

How do you have a guy who has clear mental decline running your franchise? It's unacceptable. This is why I think Eliot or Brian are pulling the strings behind the curtain. Someone behind it surely realizes what many of us do that Ted is in sharp decline and really needs to have his car keys taken away, so to speak, for everyone's safety. I'm guessing Ted is just a figurehead for the org at this point and will be out shortly. I'm hoping and guessing it might be a few days after the roster is finalized.

"I'm just humpty do going along" is not an answer to a question you want or expect to hear from an NFL GM. He looks dazed and confused and has given some odd rambling non answers of late. His presser at the owner's meetings was particularly alarming from 7 minutes in on... but I can no longer find this video and it was something. Where did it go? It's lengthy. He gets bizarre at 7 minutes into it. The one at Packers.com isn't up to watch and the audio version is only 3 minutes 33 seconds.

Total Packers, as noted above, has been on this:

https://www.totalpackers.com/2017/04/ted-thompson-mental-decline/

Among this crowd we have a ton of rabid Ted defenders but can I ask you honestly? Do you really think there's nothing wrong with this man? It is time for the org to move on from him as gracefully as possible.

Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."

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isocleas2
Member

7 years ago

Citing TotalPackers as a source for anything is kind of a joke, those guys are full of so much hyperbole and knee jerk reactions I think Alex Jones is jealous.

uffda udfa
Veteran Member Topic Starter

7 years ago

Citing TotalPackers as a source for anything is kind of a joke, those guys are full of so much hyperbole and knee jerk reactions I think Alex Jones is jealous.

Originally Posted by: isocleas2

I understand that, and I feel the same...however, it's another voice who agrees he's losing it mentally. Bill Huber agreed this AM that he was.

Asking what YOU think. Do you think Ted is okay? I don't and there's a lot of evidence to that effect.

Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."

beast
Select Member

7 years ago

Among this crowd we have a ton of rabid Ted defenders but can I ask you honestly? Do you really think there's nothing wrong with this man? It is time for the org to move on from him as gracefully as possible.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa

Citing TotalPackers as a source for anything is kind of a joke, those guys are full of so much hyperbole and knee jerk reactions I think Alex Jones is jealous.

Originally Posted by: isocleas2

And uffda clearly fits right in with that group, having an extremely high standards for any facts that disagree with them, and an extremely low standard for any facts that agree with them.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa

1) Again, saying things that can't be proven as facts. As we can't prove how his mental state is when not meeting with the press which is about 99% of his job. So you're making this claim on what could be less than 1% of the man's job.

2) Your logic seems to be that the Packers made some moves that you like, therefore it can't be Thompson running the show, it must be Eliot or Brian... horrible biased logic by you as usual.

3) His speeches to media have not been sharp, but lets be honest, he's never given two shits about them in the first place as he never has tried to impress them... so that's a piss poor way to judge a person about something they've never cared about.

DarkaneRules
Veteran Member

7 years ago

I am concerned about his health as his speech patterns, in particular, appear to have slowed in recent years, but that's for him and his family to go through. If he can't perform the responsibilities of his job, then those will be delegated to those who can.

Circular Arguments: They are a heck of an annoyance

PackFanWithTwins
Veteran Member

7 years ago

If he is irritating UFFDa, he is doing something right.

The world needs ditch diggers too Danny!!!

Zero2Cool
Elite Member

7 years ago

Its a ruse

nerdmann
Premier Member

7 years ago

Its a ruse

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool

Imagine if we could keep players healthy. Ted would look pretty good. NFCCG two of the last three years, despite it all. If they weren't point shaving at the end of that Seattle game, we would have gone all the way.

“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while…you do them right all the time.”

DoddPower
Veteran Member

7 years ago

You give your opinion and then undermine anyone opinion who disagrees with your from the very first post...

You're setting up the false narrative that you either agree with me, or your a "rabid Ted defender" which is bullshit... as there is many other options.

And uffda clearly fits right in with that group, having an extremely high standards for any facts that disagree with them, and an extremely low standard for any facts that agree with them.

1) Again, saying things that can't be proven as facts. As we can't prove how his mental state is when not meeting with the press which is about 99% of his job. So you're making this claim on what could be less than 1% of the man's job.

2) Your logic seems to be that the Packers made some moves that you like, therefore it can't be Thompson running the show, it must be Eliot or Brian... horrible biased logic by you as usual.

3) His speeches to media have not been sharp, but lets be honest, he's never given two shits about them in the first place as he never has tried to impress them... so that's a piss poor way to judge a person about something they've never cared about.

Originally Posted by: beast

Excellent post.

uffda udfa
Veteran Member Topic Starter

7 years ago

#10

The post turns into a reply about me? All you have to do is answer the question. If the question irritates you, then attack the questioner?

Speaking to meeting with the media being 1% of the job is deflecting and ironically doing what you're accusing me of. It's horrifying if that's how he is in the limited time we actually see him. It doesn't make you wonder how bad he is the other 99 or do you just turn a blind eye and say he's only messed up in front of the media? I feel u would be one not to ever have the conversation that needs to happen with a loved one when it's clear they're declining and intervention is required for everyone's safety.

As to things people don't know...Eliot and Brian very well could be making the moves. To think Ted is suddenly 180 from normal? Lots of circumstantial evidence Ted is a figurehead now and may have been for awhile.

In any case, keep it taboo and ignore if you must. It's a conversation that needs to happen whether you want to participate or not.

Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."

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