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Message: <blockquote data-quote="El Guapo" data-source="post: 1036363" data-attributes="member: 5830">Regarding Russ Ball, apparently a lot of you are forgetting why we have this unusual management structure in Green Bay. A significant part of it was because of Russ Ball's ambitions to become GM, McCarthy's opposition to it, and Mark Murphy's subsequent pacification plan to promote Ball to Executive VP & Director of Football Operations - somewhat equal footing with the GM.While I certainly can't speak to Russ Ball's intent and motivations today, there were clearly decisions made in the past to retain yet manage him in his quest to replace Ted Thompson as the new GM. He's apparently played well with Gutekunst and LaFleur so far but how this plays out under a new Packers president remains ahead. Those of you talking about Russ Ball being content with doing what he does best, are not recognizing the reality of his relationship with the Packers and his previously stated ambitions.Old article but it does validate many of the things that I remembered about Ball in the restructuring process. Somewhere out there was another article that went into greater detail about Ball:[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.packersnews.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2019/05/09/silverstein-critics-see-cracks-green-bay-packers-new-management-structure/1142267001/[/URL]</blockquote>

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