We first heard that Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy was unhappy with Ted Thompson’s approach to roster building just before the playoffs began.
What we heard then was that McCarthy and the people who worked under Thompson in the personnel department were fed up with the fact that Thompson only acquired players through the draft and undrafted free agency.
No free agency, no trades and no in-season moves, give or take a few guys here and there, in 11 years.
Now we’ve heard it again.
McCarthy, however, got almost no help from Thompson in 2015 other than the first five selections in the draft. According to several sources, McCarthy is fed up with his boss’ unwillingness to take a chance and reinforce the roster with veteran players that might be unknown to the Packers but have the talent to contribute.
That’s from Bob McGinn’s season wrap-up, which points out a litany of failures by the Packers as an organization in 2015.
I mean… we’re beating a dead horse around here. We’d actually prefer that dead horse was Ted Thompson.
We’ll just say, again, that Thompson is the man most responsible for wasting Aaron Rodgers’ best years up until this point by not surrounding him with enough talent.
We’re sick of saying that, though.
We’d be happy if Ted Thompson were shown the door, but that’s not going to happen.
We can only hope that what is now becoming public criticism actually has some effect. A lot of messages have been sent through the media over the years. A lot of those have been received and changes have been made by the person being criticized.
You listening, Ted?