The biggest problem right now is that the Packers have a GM that is trying to squeeze the buffalo shit out of a nickel and couldn't sell blood to a mosquito.
"Stevetarded" wrote:
I agree that Thompson is no salesman, but I hate salesmen, personally, so I can't really hold that against him. As far as the cheap part, was he cheap with Woodson? Rodgers? Grant? Pickett? Jennings? Jenkins? Chillar? Poopy? Re-upping Harris and Driver? I don't think he's been cheap at all. Cautious in free agency, yes, but not really cheap.
"get_louder_at_lambeau" wrote:
The same people who say he is cheap are the ones who were saying Rodgers got his big contract too soon and Jennings didn't need to get signed this year or for that much.
"yooperfan" wrote:
Is he cheap? I don't think so, but he has negotiated some pretty market friendly contract for the Packers. Frugal comes to mind.
Looking at the contracts he has inked for the Packers two things come to mind, frugal being one and plodding being the other.
Most of the deals that we have done with our own players, most of the time there isn't a pressing deadline to get them done on. So he can take the time to negotiate the deal to a win win for the most part.
Woodson? - The biggest catch to date in the open market was one in which Woodson had limited options.. without looking it up I believe the only other options out there within the money range the Packers were willing to pay was the Bucs and they wanted him to move to Safety.
There was ample time to get a deal done.
Rodgers? - They had another year to go yet, but they signed him to a large deal a little ahead of the curve, basically buying out his restricted years at a discount and being proactive. Rodgers probably got the same amount in total contract value.. it just was spread out better. again.. no rush to get it done, unless you want to count the NFL cap date.
Grant? - Incentive laden deal that took the better part of training camp to get done. Granted it was a little pressure packed offseason that year.. but still was a long ordeal.
Pickett? - This is the only deal where we inked it early and probably won out over competition for his services.. I think Pickett's personality had a good share to do with that.
Jennings? Another case of being able to take the time to negotiate a contract the worked out for both parties involved.
Jenkins? - This was and still is a no brainer.. beyond Kampman our best lineman overall. Again got a market friendly deal if memory serves correct.
I think when the FA market hits, we are a bit to slow to react to the market and lose out a little because of that.
IMO, Ted is a thinker and a plodder that is a little slow to the flux of the free agent game.. is that a bad thing? Probably not, because it saves us from impulse buying in the frenzy, but it also probably feeds some of this reluctance to come to Green Bay at the moment. When the market is hot and the bidding is in full swing, I think our plodding costs us a little.
Other cases of this.. I think were Moss and Gonzo.. albeit I am kind of glad we lost the Moss deal.
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