Week 4 2009

[white is right]

The Cincy Bungles have been among the blackest teams since about 90'. They have also been a team that perpetually has drafted among the first few picks and for the most part most have been busts, because of injuries or overrated ability. Fatty Arbuckle(Andre Smith) is well on his way to being the latest bust.

 

[Deadlift]

I don't like the Titans' because they have 3 black tight ends (Crumpler, Jared Cook and Scaife) and the great Lendale White.

Absolutely inexcusable!

 

[green fire317]

Doesn't Scaife have a white father and a black mother?

 

[Deadlift]

That must be the reason why he has major pigmentation issues (don't mix people!)

 

[backrow]

stats fully updated, also vote Austin Collie for rookie of the week!

 

[bigunreal]

I agree that the Packer-Viking game was refreshing, in that so many white players played significant roles. That being said, I fear that the Packers' dramatic whitening will be a short lived thing. Over the past two seasons, they've established a Norv Turner-like tendency to lose many close games. We all know what happens to coaches (at least white ones) who don't win in this league. I predict that McCarthy will be gone after this season if the Packers don't make the playoffs.

As for Thompson, what was his history before the past few years, when he has added so many (relatively speaking, of course) white players to the team? Is his prior history any different from your typical Castean general manager? Regardless, if either he or McCarthy is replaced after this season, I'd be astonished if the new coach/general manager didn't launch a thorough purge of most of those white players.

 

[foreverfree]

I hope the Pack loses neither McCarthy nor Thompson.

OTOH I wish the Pack (or at least Lambeau's DJ) would lose that funky bass line and the "GO! PACK! GO!" chant it cues. Hopefully it's making Lombardi wince in his grave. Doesn't sound Packerish somehow. Sounds too *black* (at least that bass line).

John

 

[Don Wassall]

As for Thompson, what was his history before the past few years, when he has added so many (relatively speaking, of course) white players to the team? Is his prior history any different from your typical Castean general manager? Regardless, if either he or McCarthy is replaced after this season, I'd be astonished if the new coach/general manager didn't launch a thorough purge of most of those white players.

According to Wikipedia, Thompson's previous executive experience prior to coming to Green Bay was in Seattle: "Thompson worked in Seattle along with former Packers and Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren. During Thompson's five seasons in Seattle, the Seahawks advanced to the playoffs twice. Several players Thompson helped acquire through the draft played key roles on these teams. Some of the notable players Thompson selected in his tenure with the Seahawks were running back Shaun Alexander, kicker Josh Brown, guard Steve Hutchinson, and wide receiver Darrell Jackson, cornerbacks Marcus Trufant and Ken Lucas, safeties Ken Hamlin and Michael Boulware.


Thompson did make some questionable first day draft picks in Seattle, however, including first round pick Chris McIntosh in 2000, second round pick Ike Charlton in 2000, first round pick Koren Robinson in 2001, second round pick Anton Palepoi in 2002, third round pick Kris Richard in 2002, and first round pick Marcus Tubbs in 2004. In 2005, following Thompson's departure to the Packers, the Seahawks had their best success in team history, reaching the Super Bowl, in large part due to Thompson's selections."
We all know what a Caste whore Holmgren always has been.And Holmgren pretty much ran the show in Seattle. Thompson has had more leeway to build the Packers. He relieved Mike Sherman of his GM duties in '05 and then fired Sherman in '06. Sherman had made the Packers coal black except for Brett Favre, some o-linemen, and Aaron Kampman, and Kampman had to of course go through a racial apprenticeship before starting and "overachieving" and becoming one of the best defensive ends in the league.

I would think McCarthy and Thompson would have at least one more season even if this one is deemed disappointing, given that this is only Aaron Rodgers' second year as the starter and Dom Capers' first year redesigning the defense. Gary Kubiak and the regime in Houston would seem to be more on the hot seat this season. I'll be rooting for both teams to make the playoffs.

 

[Quiet Speed]

Believe it or not, Mike McCarthy was offensive coordinator for the first five seasons of Jim Haslett's Saints. He did fairly okay the first couple of seasons considering the circumstances. I'll always wonder if the current makeup of the Packers is a result of him having first hand knowledge of the Haslett model of what a NFL team should look like.

I hope the people are patient in Green Bay with the O line issues. If I recall the Giants made a turnaround in offensive line after Eli's first year and the rest is history as they say.

 

[toddelle]

Monday nights Packer-Viking game has become cable television and ESPNs highest rated show ever with an estimated 22 million viewers. Source: AP,ESPN.

 

[foobar75]

Monday nights Packer-Viking game has become cable television and ESPNs highest rated show ever with an estimated 22 million viewers. Source: AP,ESPN.

This is not a surprise of course, being that it was promoted heavily all week and I think everyone was interested in the game and the outcome with Brett Favre going against his old team.

The whole evening lived up to expectations. I wonder what such a large audience thought of so many over-achieving, high-motor guys making plays all night.

Edited by: foobar75

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Favre becomes the first NFL player to beat every NFL team.