The Packers (like a number of teams) hired Korn Ferry Consulting firm (Jed Hughes seems to lead their NFL division) to help search for the new GM. Unfortunately we're not getting any rumors for them.

BUT the Texans also hired them for a GM search and rumors seem like they could be coming from that direction.

So these names also might be on the Packers search; Nick Caserio & Monti Ossenfort (#Patriots), Brian Gaine (#Bills), and Brian Gutekunst (#Packers).

Originally Posted by: beast 

Packers didn't hire the firm, they hired a consultant. The firm only partakes in one GM search a year, which is the Texans. Also, Mark Murphy's daughter works for Korn Ferry, if that hasn't been said. I just find that bit interesting. :)

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

So if they providing consultancy services, as opposed to engaging in direct recruitment, it's possible they were charging by the hour or by the day, as opposed to commanding a flat percentage of the hired candidate's yearly salary (30 percent is standard). Even so, it's not at all uncommon for consultants to charge upwards of fifty grand a day, so as short as this search turned out to be, it still could have netted a tidy sum for the consultant.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel