Ed Policy will transition to President & CEO

[NCF]

[BF004]

Should have made friends with him sooner.

[BSA]

Continuity at the top offers a stable organization both in the transition phase and going forward for The Mighty Green Bay Packers
That in turn allows the football people to focus on football.

[BF004]

Kind of funny we even draft and develop the team President.

[BSA]

More on Policy here from packers.com


https://www.packers.com/news/ed-policy- ... nt-and-ceo

Earlier in his professional career, Policy practiced law at Thompson Hine LLP in Cleveland (1999-2001), where his work included litigation, sports labor relations, sports facility construction and commercial real estate, and also at Heller Ehrman in San Francisco (1994-99). He is a member of the state bars of California and Ohio, and a member of the Sports Lawyers Association. He is a three-time recipient of the SportsBusiness Journal's Forty Under 40 award in recognition of his achievements in sports business, and a member of the Forty Under 40 Hall of Fame.

A Midwestern native, Policy was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio. He earned a bachelor's degree with honors in accounting with an emphasis in finance from the University of Notre Dame in 1993 and a law degree from Stanford University in 1996. In the Green Bay community, he serves or has served on the boards of directors of the Brown County United Way, the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation, Discover Green Bay and the Green Bay YMCA, as well as on the community leadership council of Achieve Brown County.

Policy and his wife, Christy, have two sons, Carmen, 16, and Luke, 13.

[Yoop]

I thought this had already been decided, ED has been on board a long time, and certainly is qualified for the job.

His Dad took on the NFL, and won once, lost one other time, hope his Son is a junk yard dog when it comes to dealing with the league too.


https://www.ninersnation.com/2017/6/11/ ... ken-norton

[Crazylegs Starks]

Kind of funny we even draft and develop the team President.

Also kind of funny that they hired a national search firm (Korn Ferry), put together a list of 90 candidates, and then picked the guy they've been grooming all along

[BSA]

Kind of funny we even draft and develop the team President.

Also kind of funny that they hired a national search firm (Korn Ferry), put together a list of 90 candidates, and then picked the guy they've been grooming all along

In one of the articles, they talk about all of the rules & bylaws the Packers have to navigate when making a front office hire.
Kinda like the Rooney rules for HCs
So part of what Korn-Ferry provides is a roadmap to interview all the right people and check all of the right boxes. Hiring an outside firm also limits your HR liability for somebody saying it was a rigged outcome. Such is life in the corporate world, but the Packers had to make and document a diligent effort to identify and interview non-Policy candidates. These rules were put in place so the owners couldn't just hire their idiot sons.
Corporate rules for a public company + NFL league rules for diversity + Packers own rules for hiring and succession.

Is is a bit of a dog n pony show ? Probably, but its the smartest and safest path either way

[RingoCStarrQB]

Kind of funny we even draft and develop the team President.

Also kind of funny that they hired a national search firm (Korn Ferry), put together a list of 90 candidates, and then picked the guy they've been grooming all along

In one of the articles, they talk about all of the rules & bylaws the Packers have to navigate when making a front office hire.
Kinda like the Rooney rules for HCs
So part of what Korn-Ferry provides is a roadmap to interview all the right people and check all of the right boxes. Hiring an outside firm also limits your HR liability for somebody saying it was a rigged outcome. Such is life in the corporate world, but the Packers had to make and document a diligent effort to identify and interview non-Policy candidates. These rules were put in place so the owners couldn't just hire their idiot sons.
Corporate rules for a public company + NFL league rules for diversity + Packers own rules for hiring and succession.

Is is a bit of a dog n pony show ? Probably, but its the smartest and safest path either way

And as BSA said .......... IT IS TIME! And if you didn't hear me the first time ............ IT IS TIME!

[go pak go]

Excited to have a new a name at the top to blame when our 4th tight end on the roster makes a mistake on punt coverage unit.

[Yoop]

Also kind of funny that they hired a national search firm (Korn Ferry), put together a list of 90 candidates, and then picked the guy they've been grooming all along

In one of the articles, they talk about all of the rules & bylaws the Packers have to navigate when making a front office hire.
Kinda like the Rooney rules for HCs
So part of what Korn-Ferry provides is a roadmap to interview all the right people and check all of the right boxes. Hiring an outside firm also limits your HR liability for somebody saying it was a rigged outcome. Such is life in the corporate world, but the Packers had to make and document a diligent effort to identify and interview non-Policy candidates. These rules were put in place so the owners couldn't just hire their idiot sons.
Corporate rules for a public company + NFL league rules for diversity + Packers own rules for hiring and succession.

Is is a bit of a dog n pony show ? Probably, but its the smartest and safest path either way

And as BSA said .......... IT IS TIME! And if you didn't hear me the first time ............ IT IS TIME!

and I expect you'll grow to dislike Eddie the same as the simple mention of the name Murphy would send you into convulsions and symptoms extreme heartburn

[NCF]

And as BSA said .......... IT IS TIME! And if you didn't hear me the first time ............ IT IS TIME!

Except, of course, @BSA never said that.

[BSA]

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[APB]

Excited to have a new a name at the top to blame when our 4th tight end on the roster makes a mistake on punt coverage unit.

I am more interested to see if Policy will tweak the leadership hierarchy once he takes over, i.e. continue having the HC report directly to the team president rather than the GM. I can’t say I liked that change when Murphy incorporated it and I still don’t.

[NCF]

I am more interested to see if Policy will tweak the leadership hierarchy once he takes over, i.e. continue having the HC report directly to the team president rather than the GM. I can’t say I liked that change when Murphy incorporated it and I still don’t.

I didn't like it at the time, but I actually really do prefer it now. It's not really a hierarchical structure anymore on the football side. Personnel and coaching really have to work side-by-side and it makes sense that they would share a common superior.

[go pak go]

Excited to have a new a name at the top to blame when our 4th tight end on the roster makes a mistake on punt coverage unit.

I am more interested to see if Policy will tweak the leadership hierarchy once he takes over, i.e. continue having the HC report directly to the team president rather than the GM. I can’t say I liked that change when Murphy incorporated it and I still don’t.

I can see it both ways. I don't know if BG should be the head of the football operations with everyone else reporting to him. I like the idea of the person acquiring the talent, and the person managing the talent to be peers.

The head coach and GM are in my eyes too much of a equal position that it would be unfair for the GM to be able to fire the head coach if the GM is the one who sucks at giving the coach what he needs.

It worked when it was Ron Wolf because he was such a football guy and we needed such a drastic change and way of doing things. But I think the later Thompson era showed some weakness of the coach being hampered and almost muzzled when he clearly didn't the ingredients of personnel to work with.

[Yoop]

Excited to have a new a name at the top to blame when our 4th tight end on the roster makes a mistake on punt coverage unit.

I am more interested to see if Policy will tweak the leadership hierarchy once he takes over, i.e. continue having the HC report directly to the team president rather than the GM. I can’t say I liked that change when Murphy incorporated it and I still don’t.

I can see it both ways. I don't know if BG should be the head of the football operations with everyone else reporting to him. I like the idea of the person acquiring the talent, and the person managing the talent to be peers.

The head coach and GM are in my eyes too much of a equal position that it would be unfair for the GM to be able to fire the head coach if the GM is the one who sucks at giving the coach what he needs.

It worked when it was Ron Wolf because he was such a football guy and we needed such a drastic change and way of doing things. But I think the later Thompson era showed some weakness of the coach being hampered and almost muzzled when he clearly didn't the ingredients of personnel to work with.

why do you think Ringo doesn't like Murphy ( one reason anyway), if there is anything to complain about it was Murphy doing nothing while Ted continued to decline, I think that got to all of us.


I thought when it happened the FO was in chaos, I think thats why Murphy wanted total control of hiring and firing, now the foundation is more solid, It's obvious that Gutekunst is capable of running football operations, and will act without bias if he feels Lafleur is not doing as well as some other coach.

I think most teams use that Ron Wolf style still, GM's run the football stuff, hiring and firing, trading of coaches and players, 2 many chiefs confuse the indians

[lupedafiasco]

I am more interested to see if Policy will tweak the leadership hierarchy once he takes over, i.e. continue having the HC report directly to the team president rather than the GM. I can’t say I liked that change when Murphy incorporated it and I still don’t.

I didn't like it at the time, but I actually really do prefer it now. It's not really a hierarchical structure anymore on the football side. Personnel and coaching really have to work side-by-side and it makes sense that they would share a common superior.

I also wasnt a fan at first. I thought it was Murphy power tripping initially.

It makes the most sense to have both be on an equal playing field and report to someone considering theyre both completely reliant on each other. It also removes the scapegoatism that we saw between TT and MM.

[Pckfn23]

It's a good system. It fosters collaboration.

[wallyuwl]

Uh oh, a White male. What happened to the Packers' DEI initiative? Just talk.