One reason Wolf is "legendary" and Ted Thompson isn't, is the internet.
It was not as big back in Wolf's day so the picture was painted by the media, not interacting at fan-based website like this one and many others.
Fans tend to gloss over mistakes unless they are beat about the head with them.
Therefore Wolf's mistakes are largely forgotten, even though he had a few of them.
Thompson's mistakes are cussed and discussed ad nauseum.
Originally Posted by: Gilligan
If Dakota, Wade and myself weren't here that last part would be wholly invalid on this forum.
Wolf had the much harder job...turning around a losing culture. Ted Thompson has maintained thanks to Aaron Rodgers. TT's job isn't an easy one though. Keeping a team above board for the long term is not easy. It rose with Rodgers, and will fall when he goes.
Ron was sucky in Round 1. He realized he couldn't do it all through the crapshoot and added what he needed to add. To heist a HOF QB from the Falcons is a much shrewder and difficult move than having the guy who was 1a and 1b as far as being the 1st overall pick fall down to your spot at 24 when your HOF QB is prone to walk at any given moment, or just give out due to consecutive games played.
Ron had Reggie... the biggest signing in NFL history at the time. Ted Thompson got Woodson...a guy NOBODY wanted at CB and a guy who sat on the market for weeks. That is his signature signing. Charles Woodson. Look what happened when he actually signed someone... we had a D good enough to win a SB and that we did. Perhaps, Ted Thompson realized that and that's why he signed Julius? A 34 year old DE who never played LB in the NFL. If Ted Thompson and RW are so similar Ted Thompson should have made a lot more splashes than he has over the decade... no Packers team has won the SB in the last 30 years by developing their own...it took outside help. IE: White...Woodson I just wish we weren't relying on a 35 year old to be that spark to catapult us this season.
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."