Oh, How We Miss Him
We miss him BADLY.Some choice cuts:
" It's got to be tough when everyone else is playing with aces, kings, queens and jacks and you're playing with 10s on down. It's tough."
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"They're playing with guys who are NFL Europe-caliber. It just doesn't work."
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"This is the big leagues. It's not Aunt Fannie's Taffy Pull. You have to play big-league players. They don't have a running back. Maybe that kid (Samkon Gado) had an off night, but those other two guys (Tony Fisher and ReShard Lee) are NFL Europe players."
Well, who can disagree with that? Aunt Fannie's Taffy Pull?
Wolf did not blame Thompson, the man he recommended to replace Sherman for the GM position, for the Packers' predicament. He said the number of injuries the Packers have suffered on offense is simply more than one team can protect itself against.
I've no love for Ted Thompson, but I mostly agree here as well. No one really thought we were in serious need of offensive talent. In fact, had Thompson picked up some running backs and receivers, we'd all have screamed because what they really needed was defensive help. That was the main focus of fans this past off-season. Getting defensive help. And it turns out that we're doing OK on defense. We need backfield help, but we're not losing games because of the defense.
Where I disagree is in letting Wahle and Rivera go. They could have used franchise tags and transition tags on at least one of them and kept them around. He didn't. A perfect sign of a rebuilding team.
We've sorely missed Wolf's short temper and clever phrasings. We've missed his calculated misinformation and his occasional candor.
Most of all, we've sorely missed his stewardship of this team.
It was a big drop from Wolf to Sherman. I think we all realize now how steep it really was.
King Kong didn't fall as far.
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