Ted Thompson
Ted Thompson
Ted Thompsonis the current general manager of the National Football League's Green Bay Packers. Thompson was named to the post on January 14, 2005, by former Packers president and CEO Bob Harlan. Thompson took over the general manager duties from Mike Sherman, who had been serving as both head coach and general manager. Prior to becoming the Packers' general manager, Thompson served with the Seattle Seahawks as their vice president of operations from 2000 to 2004. Thompson had previously worked...
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth17 January 1953
ability chaos coaches guys handle heat involved nfl offensive pick react seems smart
He's smart, and offensive coaches like to have smart guys that know what they're doing, can pick up things, can react in the heat of battle. And Will seems to have an ability to handle the chaos that's involved in an NFL game.
certainly nice picked
He's certainly done well enough where he should have been picked somewhere. He has done a nice job.
chick levels normally topics
It wasn't like chick movie stuff. But it was on some levels and topics that are not normally discussed.
adjust apply assumption bargaining collective couple gray next ready rules sets teams time
It's making me have gray hair. I think you just have to be prepared. And all 31 other teams are having to do the same thing. There's a couple different sets of rules that are going to apply come next week, but one set is going to apply and the other set is not, so you have to be ready to go. You have to go under the assumption for the time being, I'm going under the assumption that there's not going to be a collective bargaining agreement. If there is, then we'll adjust accordingly.
across adjust cut deeper good playing run
Ahmad was playing him deeper and he cut across the field. He made a good adjust and pretty good run after the catch, which he can do.
almost behind front playing tough whatever
He was playing behind a 6-8 guy, or whatever he is. That's tough to play. I think you almost have to front that pass.
available instead seen teams
I think we'll do some of that. But back then there were only 30 teams instead of 32 and there was more available talent. It's not because we're not looking. It just has to make sense. We've seen some interesting prospects.
decisions felt needed require
Decisions like this are never easy. They require a lot of thought and consternation, but at the end of the day I felt like we needed to go in a different direction.
believed coaching decisions head past structure sure time
After I rejoined the Packers this past January, I believed it was important to take some time to make sure that things were going well with the new organizational structure before any long-term decisions were made to the head coaching position.
bay brief circumstance difficult fine green job last maintained six tradition winning
It was a brief conversation. Naturally, he was disappointed. I thanked him for all he has done for the Green Bay Packers over the last six years. I think he's done a fine job under some difficult circumstances and maintained a winning tradition of the Green Bay Packers.
coaches excited last tough year
He had a tough year last year. I wasn't there, but as he went through a workout, the coaches were excited about him.
bus draw looks
He looks like what you would draw up. You want him to get off the bus first.
certainly developing feels head help job needs people talk terms whenever
Certainly that's part of his job description, that's part of his responsibility. I will help out whenever he feels like he needs a little help. We'll probably talk about a lot of different people in terms of developing his staff, but that's the head coach's responsibility.
ball good played throw
It was a bang-bang play. He probably should have played the ball quicker. That's a pretty good throw and catch.