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quote:Originally posted by packerboi:
a rare FA miss (Frank Walker).
quote:Originally posted by Hungry5:
What position do you play?
quote:Originally posted by Rusty:
Actually I'm Slocum's intern. I take notes on all of the film for him.
quote:Al Harris=Sam Shields. Prime example.
quote:Originally posted by Wisconsin Johnson:
Marquand Manuel on the other hand...
KLEMM!!!!11!1! 
Please, Ted, find a hidden gem of a middle linebacker while you're out there!
Ted with a (for him) longish Q&A with Tom Pelissero, now at USA Today. TT being TT, no state secrets but a nice read. Too bad his ego is so out of control.
It's not a democracy. At some point, I will make the call.
In TT I trust.
I still didn't think there was any way he was going to even get to us, or we'd work it out where we could take him. But lo and behold, he came right to us he fell right into my lap. 
"Rookies who don't know whether it's pumped or stuffed..."
Ted really should talk more.
I'll never understand how people can hate him. We're very lucky to have him running the show.
I think some people don't like TT because of two things: he's pretty much invisible compared to many other GMs, and he doesn't glad-hand. In today's social media/media-driven world, many fans today want their GMs to be more open, appear on TV, and tell them everything that's happening with the team and sugar-coat it, please. That's not TT. He sits in his box at games, doesn't show much emotion, and keeps his cards close to his vest.
And, there's his willingness to jettison players. He isn't afraid to let a fan-favorite Jennings walk, trade a Favre, etc., before they start their downward slide. But all fans see leaving is a favorite and a guy who's still productive. (They are now talking how Jennings is mostly MIA and will almost certainly have to take a pay cut to stay in Minny.)
TT is who he is, and where he should be. Anyone who doesn't see that just doesn't get it.
Is it his lack of availability or more the fact that he shares next to nothing with the fans (owners)?
IMO, those that don't like Ted are Favre fans first.
"And, there's his willingness to jettison players. He isn't afraid to let a fan-favorite Jennings walk, trade a Favre, etc., before they start their downward slide. But all fans see leaving is a favorite and a guy who's still productive."\
I don't think TT runs on the "better a year early than a year late" system. I think his decisions are on the over all benefit to the team. Which includes financials, impact on the field and other, less quantifiable effects.
He kept a clearly incapable Donald Driver on for an extra year. And not because he couldn't find another 5th receiver.
There is only one guy on a team worth mortgaging a franchise for...the QB...and only if that QB fits a certain mold...Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Andrew Luck...guys who make everyone around them better.
I find it interesting that some GM's will mortgage their future for QB like VaJayJay, Romo, Stafford, Rivers, ad nauseum.
In pretty much any other franchise in the NFCN, you can bet teams would have $hit the bed, panicked and overpaid Gerg. Not TT.
Yes, he's swung and missed on some personnel moves, but he's also been really shrewd, and passed on some guys that went on to be complete busts.
I find it interesting that some GM's will mortgage their future for QB like VaJayJay, Romo, Stafford, Rivers, ad nauseum.
I don't. It's really hard to find "the man" for any franchise and the GM's above are going with the devil they know instead of the devil they don't know. Because as up and down as those QB's are, the likelihood of replacing them with someone that will be worse is even higher. Multiply that by the fact you need a good coaching staff to groom and refine "the man" if you find him. Great QB's are hard to find and GB is not only lucky but like 1 in a million lucky.
I really hope this thread continues to be so positive starting around 4:30 ET Sunday.
But "luck" starts from the top. If you get a president/owner who knows what to look for in a GM, both in terms of organizational structure and scouting, then you have an individual that increases the odds of finding talent in a head coach and players. That combination means you are more likely to find good players who can be developed by good teachers, etc. Yes, it's about playing the odds but those good decisions at the top increase the chances that each lower order decision will work out. So TT selected a head coach who was able to develop the potential of AR.
TT has been on quite a roll.
Ironically, his 2 worst contracts by far in my view were extending Hawk for huge money right after the Super Bowl and giving Brad Jones a significant second contract.
Both of these guys have been paid like top-flight players when, in reality, they were never better than average -- and worse than that most of the time.
The irony is that TT is a former 3-4 inside linebacker I believe.
