You are the new GM what now

[melvin dangerr]

Sorry staff #1,
I am bringing in a new coach, if he keeps any of you it will be up to him
#2 Contracts will be renewed according to your year to year performance
#3 Everyone plays for their job every week
#4 I f a player is unhappy here when he thinks he deserves money he has not (earned) then he will be moved to a happy space somewhere else.
#5Bonus payments can be paid on a per game basis for extra outstanding play

Just my GM position (what's yours)?

 

[Half Empty]

Sorry staff #1,
I am bringing in a new coach, if he keeps any of you it will be up to him
#2 Contracts will be renewed according to your year to year performance
#3 Everyone plays for their job every week
#4 I f a player is unhappy here when he thinks he deserves money he has not (earned) then he will be moved to a happy space somewhere else.
#5Bonus payments can be paid on a per game basis for extra outstanding play

Just my GM position (what's yours)?

Unfortunately, all but #1 one either can't be done (2, 5) or wouldn't make any difference to the players (3, 4).

 

[mkonyn]

Unfortunately, all but #1 one either can't be done (2, 5) or wouldn't make any difference to the players (3, 4).

I thought incentive driven contracts were given pretty frequently? Or do you mean weekly pay?

 

[Sanguine camper]

I would do nothing. The season is over. I would let the train wreck play itself out and then clean house after the season. Firing everybody right now won't salvage the season. it's obvious the Packers have huge holes at outside linbacker, secondary running back, tight end. Time to think obout a new coach and the draft.

 

[gonzozab]

Hard to say. There's no quick fix, which is necessary if you still believe Rodgers can get his mojo back. If not, it's time to clean house. It's clear to me Ted and Mike need to go. Teddy's been living off of Rodgers success after falling into his lap into the draft. The Packers record when Rodgers doesn't play or doesn't finish the game due to injury is horrendus, indicating there's not as much talent as most people think there is on this team. And now that Rodgers isn't elite anymore they struggle to win with him. The new GM needs to find a head coach that can work with Rodgers and salvage whatever game he has left inside him, Maybe a Josh McDaniels or Scott Linehan. But if you believe Rodgers best years are behind him, it may be time to rebuild.

 

[gonzozab]

Also, Clay isn't worth the money he's making if he's standing on the sideline four games a season.

 

[Forget Favre]

Sorry staff #1,
I am bringing in a new coach, if he keeps any of you it will be up to him
#2 Contracts will be renewed according to your year to year performance
#3 Everyone plays for their job every week
#4 I f a player is unhappy here when he thinks he deserves money he has not (earned) then he will be moved to a happy space somewhere else.
#5Bonus payments can be paid on a per game basis for extra outstanding play

Just my GM position (what's yours)?

Don't just draft.
Get players through FA.
Hell, at this point even hold open tryouts for anyone that lives near GB.

 

[Robert Mason]

Trade for Dak Prescott and Eziekel Elliot........Give them whatever they want !

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

I call my Dad Ron and get some good tips from him as to how he was able to successfully pull the Packers out of the crapper when he took over.

 

[Zartan]

It will be time to drain the swamp that is the coaching staff.

1. Fire MM, Dom Capers, The Strength and Conditioning Coach.

2. Restructure EVERYONES contract. With Clay Mathews being out 1/4 of a season every year its time to pay him accordingly.

3. Bring in a fresh Offensive minded Coach that can bring out the best in Rodgers again.

 

[Zartan]

Trade for Dak Prescott and Eziekel Elliot........Give them whatever they want !

Its only Daks first year. We dont know if its just a flash in the pan. Maybe trade for Elliot.

 

[PackAttack12]

Wasn't sure where to leave this, but it literally makes me sick seeing what Brady has at his disposal with Belichick, Gronk, Bennett, etc. If only we had 1 tight end the caliber of either of those guys, and an actual SYSTEM that worked to the benefit of Rodgers instead of relying on him being surgical 16+ games a year.

 

[Carl]

It will be time to drain the swamp that is the coaching staff.

1. Fire MM, Dom Capers, The Strength and Conditioning Coach.

2. Restructure EVERYONES contract. With Clay Mathews being out 1/4 of a season every year its time to pay him accordingly.

3. Bring in a fresh Offensive minded Coach that can bring out the best in Rodgers again.

Good luck getting 53+ players to agree to new deals.

 

[Packer Brother]

Good luck getting 53+ players to agree to new deals.

It's simple: Either Clay Matthew's restructre or you trade him. The guy is always injured anyways. Bring in a pass rusher via FA. Sign a good RB. Say bye bye to Capers, MM, TT, Peppers will likely retire.

 

[Carl]

It's simple: Either Clay Matthew's restructre or you trade him. The guy is always injured anyways. Bring in a pass rusher via FA. Sign Matt Forte.

Forte isn't even a free agent.

 

[OldSchool101]

Structure performance based contracts that heavily deduct for games not played past the league average for the position. Use FA or trade deals to resolve 2 of our 4 most pressing needs by evaluation value vs. prioritized position needs. Draft the best available player left at the 2 remaining positions by the end of day 2 and trade up for the next top priority to complete a trifecta of top 3 needed positional based picks.
Hire a new WR coach who has a solid history of top results
Reward/penalize positional coaches with salary tiers based on statistical performance of the resulting comparisons rankings of their peers of the 31 other teams.

 

[sschind]

Everyone acts like it so easy to sign new deals every year, sign everyone to heavily incentive laden contracts, and dock salaries from players who under perform. If it were that easy don't you think everyone would do it. You all act like Ted is the only one with these problems when its every GM for every team in the league. The players have a union, the CBA says certain things have to be done. Sure, theoretically a GM could come in and just tell everyone "this is what we are going to pay you based on your performance last year and if you don't like it don't let the door hit you in the *** on the way out" but I can assure you that GM wouldn't last long because no one would play for him. Especially since it sounds like none of you would pay any of the current players close to what they are getting now and most of them would say "see ya" Are you going to replace half the team through free agency and the draft?

Yes there are some Packer players not playing up to their contracts but if you cut them you have to replace them. ideally you would replace them with a better player who was cheaper but that does not happen very often.

Maybe you can do all that on Madden but this is the NFL and there are rules.

 

[Sanguine camper]

TT has messed up the salary cap so badly that a turnaround is out of the question. The Packers have no choice but to trade Rodgers and go into nuclear winter. TT pissed away nearly a quarter if the salary cap on Shields, Bahktiari and CM3, guys who never stay healthy. in fact next week that quarter of the cap may be completely awol. TT has locked up a huge chunk of the cap in nearly no production.That's a recipe for being the next Cleveland Clowns. The losing that we are seeing this season is a harbinger of things to come for the next 3-5 years at a minimum. TT has run the organization into the ground so no matter who comes next to try and fix the train wreck, their hands will be tied behind their back.

 

[Deleted member 6794]

TT has messed up the salary cap so badly that a turnaround is out of the question. The Packers have no choice but to trade Rodgers and go into nuclear winter. TT pissed away nearly a quarter if the salary cap on Shields, Bahktiari and CM3, guys who never stay healthy. in fact next week that quarter of the cap may be completely awol. TT has locked up a huge chunk of the cap in nearly no production.That's a recipe for being the next Cleveland Clowns. The losing that we are seeing this season is a harbinger of things to come for the next 3-5 years at a minimum. TT has run the organization into the ground so no matter who comes next to try and fix the train wreck, their hands will be tied behind their back.

The Packers are in a decent position regarding the salary cap. Most likely the team will release Shields after this season saving another $9 million in cap space and hopefully restructure Matthews contract to free up even more.

Unfortunately the Packers currently lack talent and depth at several positions and suffer from McCarthy and his staff being outcoached consistently.

 

[Sanguine camper]

The Packers are in a decent position regarding the salary cap. Most likely the team will release Shields after this season saving another $9 million in cap space and hopefully restructure Matthews contract to free up even more.

Unfortunately the Packers currently lack talent and depth at several positions and suffer from McCarthy and his staff being outcoached consistently.

You are right about the coaching but I don't remember Shields having his guaranteed money being front loaded only in the first two years. As fast as CM3 is concerned, nobody will offer much in exchange for a paer-time aging linebacker. The Packers are basically stuck with him unless his contract is totally front-loaded.

 

[Deleted member 6794]

You are right about the coaching but I don't remember Shields having his guaranteed money being front loaded only in the first two years. As fast as CM3 is concerned, nobody will offer much in exchange for a paer-time aging linebacker. The Packers are basically stuck with him unless his contract is totally front-loaded.

Shields would count $12.125 million against the cap in 2017. Releasing him would result in $3.125 million of dead money hence $9 million in cap savings. I'm not talking about trading Matthews but renegotiating his contract to lower his cap hit.

 

[Firethorn1001]

TT has messed up the salary cap so badly that a turnaround is out of the question.

I believe going into the next year, they are $25M under. You could in theory release Matthews, Shields and Starks and gain another 32M for $57M. Not sure that is badly messed up.

Packers have 99 problems, but a cap issue ain't one.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

I'm as unhappy as many right now with what we are getting out of Matthews compared to what we are paying him, but that is the nature of the NFL. When Clay signed his $66 M contract in 2013 he was one of the premier defensive players in the NFL and I don't recall a lot of people ******' and moaning back then about having him on the team. This is yet another example of people wanting to backpedal and use hindsight to blame TT for what they now want to label a poor decision. If the Packers could use hindsight to make all of their decisions, their roster would be filled with just about every top NFL player that was available to be drafted by the Packers at the time, none of them would be injured and they would all be elite team players with no off field issues.

 

[Deleted member 6794]

I believe going into the next year, they are $25M under. You could in theory release Matthews, Shields and Starks and gain another 32M for $57M. Not sure that is badly messed up.

Packers have 99 problems, but a cap issue ain't one.

The Packers most likely will be able to roll over an additional $10 million in cap space from this season to 2017. While you're a bit off with the cap savings on Matthews, Shields and Starks the team will have sufficient cap space next offseason but have to address the offensive line as well as outside linebacker.

 

[Deleted member 6794]

I'm as unhappy as many right now with what we are getting out of Matthews compared to what we are paying him, but that is the nature of the NFL. When Clay signed his $66 M contract in 2013 he was one of the premier defensive players in the NFL and I don't recall a lot of people ******' and moaning back then about having him on the team. This is yet another example of people wanting to backpedal and use hindsight to blame TT for what they now want to label a poor decision. If the Packers could use hindsight to make all of their decisions, their roster would be filled with just about every top NFL player that was available to be drafted by the Packers at the time, none of them would be injured and they would all be elite team players with no off field issues.

While I agree with not using hindsight to evaluate Matthews deal there's no way the Packers should be fine with him counting $15.2 million towards the cap next season the way he has played recently.