One of the most humble people to be a General Manager that I'm aware of. The position often brings people with large egos and he had no qualms with minimizing his ego. Great guy from what I've read and Packers were lucky to have him.


Very sad news. Just heard from two sources that former #Packers GM Ted Thompson died last night. He had just turned 68 on Jan. 17.



Another good snippet from someone who isn't trying to bash him for how he appeared in press conferences. I admire people who show and display respect.




lol "greg fucking lewis"

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It's sad, but also sounds like he was having major troubles before that. I believe report a good while ago suggested Thompson couldn't be left on his own, as he'd wander off.

Which didn't say it, but seemed to imply mentally he would get lost and not be able to find his way back.

He sounded like a great but maybe a bit boring human being.

And to try to set the record straight, he wasn't tight with money, he spent the money, it's just instead of over paying outsiders FAs, he'd over pay insider FAs. Which yes was boring, but he spent the money, and he even brought in Woodson, Pickett and others and sounded like he was #2 or #3 on a lot of deals. But he didn't sit on the money, he spent it and tried to win and put together some pretty good teams that had chances to win.

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It’s sad. He was a huge part of the Packers winning SB45.
I got to meet him at Fan Fest, and he was a very nice man.

We knew he was having medical problems towards the end of his time as GM.
Many people picked on him, which I thought was terrible.
He gave his all for the team. Who can ask for more?

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Very sorry to hear this. I liked Ted. He was a good GM. He cared about his people and backed them up.

I was just thinking about him earlier this week. I was going to look on the web to see if his health had declined. After thinking about it I realized there would not be anything to read. It's the Ted Thompson way. It made me smile.

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May he rest in peace.

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I like this one.

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A tweet from someone who is not tied to the Packer organization.

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You can hear the raw emotion from Tauscher here.

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While Rodgers was the crown jewel of Thompsons drafts and the biggest one he lived and died by, it's easy to forget that he had a hand in Wolf acquiring Favre.



I'm glad they waived the waiting period to put him in the Packers Hall of Fame because he very clearly deserved it and deserved to enjoy the day. When it's said and done, a lot of the players acquired by him will be joining him in that building (and with a couple more making their way to Canton hopefully).

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Steely eyed assassin.

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