Oh Crap, It's O'Shea
I reached out to all of you, and no one stepped to the plate. Now we are stuck with him.
I reached out to all of you, and no one stepped to the plate. Now we are stuck with him.
When I heard that Bobby was hanging them up over at Green Bay Booze and Broads, I was saddened. I had often considered Bobby to be one of the more entertaining unique visible average Packer bloggers out there.
Our fine tuned machine really didn’t need another writer, so I sent out an email to the rest of the Packers blogosphere in hopes that someone would harness his talent.
Boy, were we surprised when the emails started coming back.
[email protected] to [email protected]
12:30 p.m.
Hey Alex,
Got your email about Bobby quitting. That really makes me sad and hurts inside. Since we try and portray a wholesome and honorable atmosphere at CHTV we really wouldn’t be interested in taking him on. I hope he finds a good place where he can work hard on his morals and values.
Have a wonderful day,
Aaron
Moderator: Pet Shop Boys Fan Club
[email protected] to [email protected]
1:03 p.m.
Alex
That’s a joke right. The sponsors I have wouldn’t give that kid a look. He can have my old blog, if he leaves up the link to here.
B-Rye
P.S. Have you heard about this twitter thing yet? It’s pretty cool
[email protected] to [email protected]
1:24 p.m.
Dear Packer fan,
Thank you for your inquiry. We are not currently looking for writers at this time. We may be adding yet another half an hour to our podcast in the future. Please check back during the season.
Thanks,
Old Guys
Packer Chatters “Chat Nicely”
[email protected] to [email protected]
1:39 p.m.
I would love to have him for my front page. He would have to clear everything with me first, and of course I’m not thrilled about bringing in someone that was affiliated with the old packerforum.com. You know I want to keep this a unique place created by me for all Packer fans to enjoy. As long as he keeps that in mind and never mentions his old blog, we could test him out.
Later,
Zero
B.S. University of Phoenix-Online
[email protected] to [email protected]
No way dood.
[email protected] to [email protected]
Yeah right. No one wants that guy. You guys suck and so does Ted.
TED THOMPSON IS RUINING THE WORLD
It was then we decided that we needed to do the right thing and give the poor kid a home.
So, without further adieu… kindly welcome our newest partner Bobby O’Shea.
Green Bay, Booze, and Broads: Mock GM Mock Draft
Bobby O'Shea
As an admitted draft geek, I find myself obsessively checking mock draft after mock draft, to see what the “experts” think the Pack will do at the end of this month. By this time, most people are predicting the same things, so I decided to shake things up a bit. Instead of a Packers Mock Draft, I envisioned what our last two general managers would have done if they were still at the helm in Green Bay. So here it is.. the first ever Mock GM Mock Packers Draft!
Mike Sherman
Round 1 (9) – Andre Smith, OT, Alabama.
Round 2 (36) – Michael Johnson, DE, Georgia Tech
Round 2 (41) – Traded for 36th overall pick
Round 3 (73) – Travis Beckum, TE, Wisconsin
Round 3 (80) – Thomas Morstead, P, SMU
Round 3 (83) – Traded for 80th overall pick
Round 4 (109) – Traded for 36th overall pick
Round 5 (145) - Frantz Joseph, LB, Florida Atlantic
Round 5 (152) – Cornelius Lewis, OT/G, Tennessee State
Round 6 (182) – Johnny Knox, WR, Abilene Christian
Round 6 (187) – Traded for 80th overall pick
Round 7 (218) – Traded for 152nd pick
Mike Sherman took a giant risk, by selecting Andre Smith in the first round. “We loved Andre’s production on the field, and think he received a bad rap for his combine performance. As long as he surrounds himself with hardworking, class-acts like Cletidus Hunt and Mike McKenzie, he should develop into an outstanding player for us.” Sherman also made several trades during the draft. First, he moved up to the top of the second round to take high-talent, but low on production Michael Johnson. Later, he traded up in the third round to snatch up punter Thomas Morstead, who most draft gurus thought would garner a late round pick at best. Travis Beckum, another athletic player (albeit with a significant injury history), was the other third round selection. Small school players Frantz Joseph, Cornelius Lewis, and Johnny Knox… all relative unknowns … rounded out the draft. “To be honest, I slept through most of the combine, so decided on my picks completely based on 40 times.” Sherman responded to criticisms to his underwhelming draft. “I’m confident that my offensive coordinator/defensive coordinator/life coach Brett Favre will mold these guys into outstanding players. Of course, I’ve allowed him to stay in Mississippi until September, but the four days he has to get everyone on the same page should be more than enough.”
Ron Wolf
Round 1 (9) – traded to Carolina for Julius Peppers
Round 2 (41) – Phil Loadholt, OT, Oklahoma
Round 3 (73) – traded to Kansas City for Tony Gonzalez
Round 3 (83) – traded to Carolina for Julius Peppers
Round 4 (109) – Cody Brown, DE/LB, Connecticut
Round 5 (145) – Brandon Underwood, CB/S, Cincinnati
Round 5 (152) – Sammie Lee Hill, DE/DT, Stillman
Round 6 (182) – Andy Kemp, G, Wisconsin
Round 6 (187) – traded for 152nd overall pick
Round 7 (218) – traded for 152nd overall pick
Ron Wolf made a blockbuster trade for All-Pro defensive end Julius Peppers, to play as a hybrid DE/OLB in Dom Capers’ 3-4 scheme the evening before the draft. Asked about what the all-pro would bring to the Green and Gold, Wolf remarked “Julius adds tremendous flexibility at the outside linebacker position, forming what we think will be a formidable tandem with Aaron Kampman. With the money you have to invest in a top-10 pick, we thought the team would be better served bringing in a proven commodity. I mean seriously, do you think I’d pay a guy like Andre Smith top dollar at that spot?” The morning of the second day brought news that Wolf added another all-pro in veteran tight end Tony Gonzalez. The two trades overshadowed the players that Green Bay actually drafted, who are expected to either step in right away (Phil Loadholt) or provide quality depth (Andy Kemp, Cody Brown). Sammie Hill is expected to back up Ryan Pickett as a run-stuffing nose tackle. “I believe our team was greatly improved over the weekend. As the general manager of the Green Bay Packers, I feel an enormous responsibility to put out the best product possible.”
(Make sure and give Bobby a proper lounge welcome by telling him how wrong he is)
Comments (14)
April 11, 2009 at 09:44 am
There goes the neighborhood
Alex Tallitsch
April 11, 2009 at 10:09 am
It's already gone.
April 11, 2009 at 10:28 am
Haha, great article - and great to see Bobby aboard :)
April 11, 2009 at 10:30 am
"With the addition of Peppers, we now have two OLB that have never played in a 3-4. He is as unproven as Aaron Kampman at the position and has cost us a lot more. We're not really sure why Ron Wolf traded our first and 3rd round picks for this guy. With his salary, we can no longer sign a number of our pending free agents. We can only cross our fingers and hope that he doesn't have a season like he did in 2007, that was brutal to watch."
-Every Packer fan
April 11, 2009 at 10:57 am
How do you figure we won't be able to re-sign pending free agents? And are you seriously telling me that Peppers isn't an impact player because of ONE down year, which was two years ago?!?
April 11, 2009 at 01:14 pm
i thought this was actually an interesting way to do a mock draft. But how do you seriously think 1) he's proven, when he would be moving to a new position 2) that we would be able to sign all of our free agents if we had to pay Peppers the money he's going to demand 3) that that year should be discounted, he was obviously playing for a contract this past year.
April 11, 2009 at 12:33 pm
i like this concept. very cool. i hope to GOD that we can snag andre smith at # 9. anthing can happen after that. i would not give up a first and third for peppers. no way. other than that i was just 'meh' on these drafts.
April 11, 2009 at 02:16 pm
if i had to pick which one i liked more it would be the wolf draft. and not just because we come out with peppers and gonzo. but because we come out with those two guys AND still adresed the OT and DT position. i still think that a 1 an a 3 is a little much for peppers.
the concerns about being able to sign peppers AND resign our UFAs next year is legit o'shea. we hae quite a bit of money, but not unlimited dough. both peppers and kamp are gunna want fat contracts, we still need to take care of tramon williams and nick collins and gregg jennings. those guys will prolly total more than the 29 mill or so we got left this year.
April 11, 2009 at 02:39 pm
I see what you're saying, but Al Harris and Woodson won't play much longer, so that will help out with the cap. Also, Nick Collins needs to have more then one solid year for me to be comfortable with him getting a big contract. Players like Peppers don't come around very often... 2007 aside.
April 12, 2009 at 11:24 am
i don't see how al harris will be back after this year, regardless of if he can play in the new scheme or not. i also dn't think that woodson will play safety for us, i may be wrong but the few times he did lastyear he looked like crap. with charles woodson it's all about whether or not he can stay healthy. he physically can still perform and hasn't shown any signs of slowing down, but he has nagging injuries that could eventually shut him down.
i agree with you on collins but i am pretty sure he will continue to be good.
April 11, 2009 at 04:47 pm
That post is very good, and I agree with both takes on our ex-GMs (although exagerated). That said, Wolf did A LOT of bad draft picks, but he knew how to make a team, so those trades do make sense. IMO, Peppers would be a great asset. He is so good that serves as parameter. "Orakpo plays like Peppers", for example. And we would have the cap space needed. Harris and Driver consume a lot of cap space, and not only they are in the verge of retirement, but we are entering a no cap year. But it won't happen. Not because he's not a team guy, which HE IS, but he would automatically become the star of the D, and for some players that may not bode well, and TT doesn't even take the risk of this happening (and I disagree with that approach, but I can see how it makes sense). But then again, the leaders of this defense THEMSELVES asked for a veteran, so I probably don't know what I'm talking about...
April 13, 2009 at 02:02 pm
Wow nice post. I enjoyed the idea. Not so sure about the trade for Peppers (what happened in 07??) and the guy is not getting younger. That said, would I be mad if TT or RW traded for Peppers? probably not. But it would mean we could not keep one of our two big free agents Jennings or Collins. I vote Collins off that island.
Also we need more young players, Linemen to be exact D or O does not matter to me. Trading draft pics eats up our depth.
My TT draft has dear ol' ted trading that 9 pick for a 2,3,4,5, round pics (not all of them but some combination of them) and taking LSU DE Jackson at pick 14-20, and using the rest of those pics for some amazing new starters. Think about how much more valueble TT became with us going after those "tweener" palyers? I mean he is going to have alot of fun finding 300 pound DT's that can play DE, and 280 DE that can play OLB. This is going to be the draft where TT looks like the best judge of talent in the NFL. I hope he gets like 15 draft pics and hits on 10 of them and people just sit there and go WOW remember the packer 09 draft where TT drafted 8 starters for his new 3-4 scheme? That woule be awesome.
Much the way we all did with Ron Wolf's 2000 draft that yielded 5 long time starters for the packers:
1. Bubba Franks
2. Chad Clifton
3. Steve Warren
4. Na'il Diggs
4. Anthony Lucas
4. KGB
5. Joe Jamison
7. Mark Tauscher
7. Ron Moore
7. Charles Lee
7. Eugene McCaslin
7. Rondell Mealey
coreyb
April 13, 2009 at 02:56 pm
wait I'm confused.
Booze and Broads is now part of the Lounge?
awesome.
Alex Tallitsch
April 13, 2009 at 05:04 pm
It was just brought to my attention that there wasn't a certain quarterback mentioned in any of these scenarios.