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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 1036373" data-attributes="member: 7261">Really informative article, thanks for posting. It explains more to me about McCarthy's exit from Green Bay.  Seems it wasn't just about the football being played on the field, but possibly more about the rift that had been created between Murphy/Packer organization, Russ Ball and McCarthy, due to how Ball was retained.Seems that Murphy thought that Russ Ball was far too valuable for the organization to lose, so the creation of another position and a splitting up of Ted Thompsons duties was his answer.  I guess Murphy felt retaining Ball in some shape or form was worth losing McCarthy over.  In the process he seems to have watered down the decision making of all the positions, including HC.I guess the jury is still kind of out on if it was a smart move or not.  I do think Ball is a valuable asset to the Packers, with what he does on the number crunching, contracts and overall financial side.  However, if he isn't a team player and causing a rift between him, the organization, the HC (MLF) and GM (Gute), maybe Ed Policy will decide to go another route.</blockquote>

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