Pckfn23 wrote: ↑20 Jan 2025 12:40
LombardiTime wrote: ↑20 Jan 2025 12:29
Pckfn23 wrote: ↑20 Jan 2025 08:41
This was APB's exact quote:
I think you misinterpret what APB is saying. APB clearly believes Gutekunst wants to get better with more than just the players we currently have.
You seem to believe signing 1 or 2 bigger free agents wouldn't be a major change for Gutekunst because he already did that. I see that as about the only way a GM can bring about major/quick change without firing coaches or front office personnel. I do not believe any of the latter is warranted at this time. Not by a long short.
So that is why I ask, what major changes can Brian Gutekunst implement in the way he operates?
I think I see the disconnect now.
APB meant, or at least your interpretation of what APB meant, by saying “major change” as it applies to Gutekunst is that he will add 1 or 2 bigger free agents.
I don’t doubt that he will add a significant free agent or two just like he did last offseason and previously did when he had money to spend.
In my view, that is not ramping up any urgency but rather the status quo as far as how the Packer’s GM operates.
And it sort of confirms my belief that Gutekunst’s ramp up the urgency was directed at others, specifically the players and possibly the coaches, and he was not including himself.
However, if you think Gutekunst was including himself I’d love to know what it is you think he will be doing to ramp up his urgency other than dipping into free agency again this offseason.
I'd actually love to know what major changes CAN Brian Gutekunst implement in the way he operates? Do you believe firing LaFleur is that major Change?
Been traveling and just saw this.
This thread concerns Gutekunst's end of the year press conference statement about needing to ramp up a sense of urgency. I was and remain very curious as to whom Gutekunst believes needs to show more urgency.
Thus, my inquiries concerned to whom folks believed Gutekunst was directing his need to ramp up the urgency statement to -- MLF, the other coaches, the players, the rest of the front office, himself, the entire organization?
I stated my belief is that Guteknust directed that comment towards others, not exactly sure who, but was not including himself as far as needing to ramp up his urgency.
You have repeatedly responded by asking what changes I believe Gutekunst should make to the way he operates, which is not what this thread was intended to be about and distracts from the discussion I was attempting to foster.
I also notice you seem not to want to respond to the questions of who Guteknust was directing his need for ramped up urgency statement to and more to the point whether he was including himself in that statement.
It is certainly your prerogative not to respond to the central inquiries
of this thread, but I'd rather not get sidetracked into a discussion about hypothetical changes to the way Gutekunst might operate. I imagine there are other threads that tackle that topic and frankly I don't see Gutekunst deviating from his usual mode of operation so I'm not particularly interested in that topic. Hope that helps.
Finally, after hearing some of the beat writers and podcasters discuss Gutekunst's need to ramp up the urgency comment I am even more convinced that he was directing the comments to the players and the coaches rather than himself. For example, Jason Wilde of ESPN said that he thinks Gute is convinced he has built a roster that can compete for Super Bowls and expects more out of the roster.
Could the firing of a Jason Rebrovich have been related to this ramped up sense of urgency?
Anyway, I am looking forward to seeing if and how the urgency gets ramped up in 2025.
