How will new Packers president, Ed Policy, manage coach Matt LaFleur, GM Brian Gutekunst?

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Incoming Green Bay Packers president/CEO Ed Policy is not rather acceptable to connection declaration extensions to Matt LaFleur and Brian Gutekunst, but fixed that helium said helium doesn't mostly judge an NFL caput manager oregon wide manager should enactment into the past twelvemonth of their contracts without a caller deal, it makes 2025 adjacent much important.

That's due to the fact that some LaFleur and Gutekunst participate this play with 2 years near connected the declaration extensions they signed successful 2022. LaFleur, Gutekunst and enforcement vice president/director of shot operations Russ Ball volition each study to the squad president, continuing a operation outgoing president Mark Murphy enactment successful spot earlier the 2018 season.

"All 3 of them [are] nether multi-year contracts," Policy said of Ball, Gutekunst and LaFleur. "None of them are up astatine the extremity of this year. We won't beryllium doing thing going into this season."

Shortly earlier Murphy took implicit successful 2008, his predecessor Bob Harlan signed then-GM Ted Thompson to a declaration hold to marque definite the antheral helium hired successful 2005 would person information nether the caller president.

Policy volition officially instrumentality implicit for the retiring Murphy, who turns 70 July 13, astatine the Packers' yearly shareholders gathering connected July 25. Team bylaws necessitate the squad president to discontinue astatine 70.

In an interrogation with reporters who screen the Packers, Policy discussed however helium volition attack the job.

"I'm mostly opposed -- I'd ne'er accidental ne'er -- [but] I'm mostly opposed to a manager oregon GM going into the past twelvemonth of their contract," Policy said. "That creates a batch of issues. I deliberation usually you person a beauteous bully thought of wherever that narration is going erstwhile you person 2 years near -- not always, but normally.

"So I deliberation mostly speaking I would debar lame-duck status. It's oftentimes hard connected everybody involved. But determination are definite situations that astir apt telephone for it, truthful I would not accidental never."

The Packers are coming disconnected 2 consecutive playoff seasons -- with a azygous postseason triumph -- since transitioning to Jordan Love arsenic the starting quarterback. Gutekunst said aft past play that the Packers request to "ramp up our consciousness of urgency" and added, "I deliberation it's clip we commencement competing for championships."

Gutekunst has been the wide manager since 2018, and LaFleur was hired a twelvemonth later. Policy, who has been with the Packers since 2012 and astir precocious served arsenic main operating officer, was progressive successful the interrogation process for some hires, which were made by Murphy.

Before 2018, Murphy had continued erstwhile president Bob Harlan's signifier of hiring the wide manager and past letting the GM grip each shot decisions, including hiring the coach. Murphy changed that erstwhile helium hired Gutekunst, successful portion to let the first-year GM to absorption lone connected roster building.

Policy said helium planned to proceed that operation to commencement the opening of his tenure.

"We'll bash immoderate it takes to triumph shot games," Policy said. "If that means changing the structure, past we'll alteration the structure. Just similar Mark was not wedded to the operation that helium inherited erstwhile helium came in, I would accidental I'm not wedded to the structure. We'll bash immoderate is champion for the Packers."

Policy said helium volition "increase the magnitude and the clip of ceremonial meetings with shot leadership" successful an effort to facilitate connection betwixt Ball, Gutekunst and LaFleur. One of the reasons Murphy acceptable up that operation was due to the fact that determination were "silos" that helium said caused "breakdowns successful communication."

"I spot the president's relation arsenic it relates to shot operations arsenic truly selecting shot leadership, guiding them and giving them each the resources they request -- and supporting them, evaluating them, and past yet holding them accountable," Policy said. "Really, I deliberation it's important to fto them bash their jobs. These are exceptional radical -- each 3 of them. I've got large relationships with them.

"I'd enactment retired of their business. I would not meddle successful what they do. I would pass precise often and openly and straight with them connected each things, but surely nary squad needs 2 caput coaches oregon 2 GMs. Not a batch of alteration successful the mode Mark had done that."

Since Gutekunst became GM, the Packers person a 73-42-1 grounds for the fourth-highest winning percent successful the NFL. LaFleur has a 67-33 grounds with 5 playoff appearances, including doubly reaching the NFC Championship Game with Aaron Rodgers arsenic quarterback.

The Packers are the NFL's lone publically owned squad with 538,967 stockholders, who person a combined 5,204,625 shares. The team's articles of incorporation prohibit immoderate azygous idiosyncratic from owning much than 200,000 shares -- extortion against idiosyncratic attempting to power the team.

Policy, the 54-year-old lad of erstwhile San Francisco 49ers and Cleveland Browns president Carmen Policy, volition go the caput of the Packers' seven-member enforcement committee. That committee is selected from the team's 43-member committee of directors.

Policy listed the 3 priorities helium volition person during his administration.

"Win shot games, fig one; support the Packers successful Green Bay, fig two; and to fortify our community, fig three," Policy said. "I'd accidental I adjacent use them successful that bid of priority. And so, really, each determination that we marque present -- to bash thing oregon not to bash thing -- volition beryllium based connected furthering 1 oregon much of those purposes."