Bob McGinn is one of the most respected sportswriter to ever write about the Green Bay Packers. He’s in the Hall of Fame, and a true professional. That said, I feel like he went way too far with discussing Ted Thompson on Monday. McGinn put Thompson’s health into the conversation of why the Packers moved on from him, and that’s a bridge too far. It’s a former top sportswriter looking for attention and to grab a headline once again in the national media. It’s sad to see him stoop to this level.

There’s no dancing around that the relationship between these two men was rocky at best. McGinn never received the type of information from the Packers general manager that he might get from others around the league. This made the writer have an an axe to grind with the person. Then add to the fact, Green Bay did not credential McGinn and his new website, things got ugly between these two sides. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised the former lead writer at the Journal Sentinel went to disappointing levels with this story.

If there are legitimate health issues for the Packers general manager, it’s something that should have never been brought to light. It’s none of our business to know if a prominent figure is going through something that is very hard on anyone. The fact someone would use this as part of their major story on the Packers general manager shows where we’re at with human decency in the world. The whole thing is ugly, and it truly bums me out.

Hopefully, this is the last of this part of the Packers front office story.

Charlie.