gbguy20
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5 years ago

Some new blood is on the way for Brian Gutekunst’s front office. The Green Bay Packers  went through a substantial brain drain in the front office this offseason. The transition from Ted Thompson to Brian Gutskunst as the team’s general manager was hardly seamless, as two critical members of the personnel department departed for jobs with the Cleveland Browns .

Eliot Wolf and Alonzo Highsmith  took their substantial scouting abilities to Lake Erie, leaving Gutekunst with little time to rebuild a department that was suddenly his responsibility. The Packers did not add any outsiders to the front office in significant roles prior to the 2018 NFL Draft , instead promoting from within to maintain some level of continuity.
However, we know that Gutekunst did try to bring in at least one outsider shortly after the draft. Milt Hendrickson, a Wisconsin native, a colleague of Gutekunst’s at Wisconsin-La Crosse, and a dyed-in-the-wool Packers fan, was one of his friend’s targets last May.

However, Ravens  general manager Ozzie Newsome reportedly blocked him from interviewing for a job in Green Bay, according to Bob McGinn . At that time, he speculated that Hendrickson would be likely to join the Packers in the 2019 offseason, as Newsome would be unable to block him this coming year.

Now, McGinn is reporting that the deal is all but done . The former Packers beat writer reports that Gutekunst will hire Hendrickson for a “prominent front-office position” when the two teams’ 2018 seasons conclude. The speculated title is assistant general manager, which would be a significant step up from his current role as a national scout for the Ravens.

Hendrickson has worked in the Ravens organization since 2005, when he joined the team as a personnel assistant. However, he returned to his home state of Wisconsin in 2008, when he was assigned as an area scout in the Midwest region. He was promoted to national scout a few years later.

Milt’s younger brother Marcus is also a personnel executive. He spent time with the Browns and Dolphins  personnel departments before the University of Minnesota hired him as their director of player personnel in 2017 .

The personal connection between the elder Hendrickson and Gutekunst goes beyond simply friendship and their work together at UW-La Crosse. According to an article in the Dodgeville Chronicle from 2013 , Gutekunst helped Hendrickson get an internship with the Packers’ personnel department in the summer of 2004, which apparently established his desire to work in personnel for NFL teams. After that internship finished, he was quoted as saying “I would be interested in getting a job someday for the Packers or for some other NFL organization — if the opportunity was ever there.”

The opportunity is finally here. And if there is any question about why he wants to come back to work for the Packers, consider this: his son’s name is Hutson.


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Evan "Tex" Western wrote:



Progress. Finally starting to restaff the front office. Now let's get Reggie back here.
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beast
5 years ago
I find it interesting everyone wants to bring in new names when honestly we don't have a clue if the names are any good... not even Reggie, who we know better than most... but we want new names still, even though we have no idea if they're any better or worse than what we currently good... grass is always greener on the other side, I guess.
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nerdmann
5 years ago

I find it interesting everyone wants to bring in new names when honestly we don't have a clue if the names are any good... not even Reggie, who we know better than most... but we want new names still, even though we have no idea if they're any better or worse than what we currently good... grass is always greener on the other side, I guess.

Originally Posted by: beast 



Dude came up under Ozzie Newsome, the only GM I'd take over Ted Thompson. And Ozzie didn't want him to go. Sounds pretty good to me.
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beast
5 years ago

Dude came up under Ozzie Newsome, the only GM I'd take over Ted Thompson. And Ozzie didn't want him to go. Sounds pretty good to me.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann 



I agree he sounds good, but my point is larger than one person... fans want to add people, just to add people, we don't know much (if anything) about these guys or if they're better or worse than what we currently got... just happy about some grass that we can't currently get too...
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dyeah_gb
5 years ago

I agree he sounds good, but my point is larger than one person... fans want to add people, just to add people, we don't know much (if anything) about these guys or if they're better or worse than what we currently got... just happy about some grass that we can't currently get too...

Originally Posted by: beast 



As fans, we always going to be stuck making assumptions in our judgement of the Packers. I assume this hire is based on the requirement that they need scouting support. This is believable given some (not all) of the early draft picks that have fallen through over past few years. I am happy about it, given the pedigree of the Ravens GM office. I concede that the Ravens have also had some early round busts in the past couple years so I could be wrong. The glass is half full, maybe?
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5 years ago
Perhaps the glass is simply at 50% capacity????
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Zero2Cool
5 years ago

I find it interesting everyone wants to bring in new names when honestly we don't have a clue if the names are any good... not even Reggie, who we know better than most... but we want new names still, even though we have no idea if they're any better or worse than what we currently good... grass is always greener on the other side, I guess.

Originally Posted by: beast 



Are you saying you want to just promote from within or grab former Packers folks who were fired elsewhere after leaving Packers? Should we hire Ray Rhodes for HC?
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gbguy20
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5 years ago
We lost 2, we needed the help. We got some help, I am happy. That help also sounds like a good one to bring in. I find it interesting that you find it interesting.
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beast
5 years ago

As fans, we always going to be stuck making assumptions in our judgement of the Packers. I assume this hire is based on the requirement that they need scouting support.

Originally Posted by: dyeah_gb 

I'm glad someone seems to understand what I was getting at 😎

Are you saying you want to just promote from within or grab former Packers folks who were fired elsewhere after leaving Packers? Should we hire Ray Rhodes for HC?

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

Nope I'm not saying any of that...

More commenting on fans making assumptions on what's the best, when I think generally we don't have a clue...

And again this comment is in general, not specifically the new guy who dyeah_gb makes a great point about seemingly like a good and interesting choice to bring in (and the fact we're trusting Gute).

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nerdmann
5 years ago

I agree he sounds good, but my point is larger than one person... fans want to add people, just to add people, we don't know much (if anything) about these guys or if they're better or worse than what we currently got... just happy about some grass that we can't currently get too...

Originally Posted by: beast 



I like Reggie McKenzie too. He was building a winner, but he got overruled.
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