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September 28, 2010
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McCarthy’s poor coaching dooms the Packers

I forget if I’ve written about it here to any length, but two of my top signs you have a bad head coach are 1. Lots of penalties. 2. Bad special teams play. It seems with coaches who are destined to be good coordinators, they can’t handle the extra detail involved in fixing those issues. So they try to make up for it in other areas and publicly pretend it isn’t that big of an issue. Continue reading

April 23, 2010
by Jay
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Thompson alters approach, drafts on need

Cynical Packers fans likely went into Thursday night expecting to not see anyone added to the team. Many probably thought GM Ted Thompson would simply trade out of the first round and draft the best player available a few picks later. Maybe we’d end up with another try-hard wide receiver or linebacker. Instead, Thompson showed signs that he feels the team might be done simply turning over the roster and ready to build for something. Continue reading

December 8, 2008
by Jay
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Somewhat negative view of Ted Thompson’s draft history

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