I disagree with him, as he's making a lot of assumptions that I believe he can't know if they're true or not.
He likes Gute being in charge of LaFleur, because Gute can tell LaFleur to fire Barry. But he doesn't like Murphy in charge of LaFleur, because... he, as the sports writer, is not comfortable?
He doesn't need to be comfortable, as he has absolutely nothing to do with he process, he's not in it.
Also, he assumes Gute would make that move, which that assumption might be correct, or it might be totally wrong.
For all we know, Murphy might be more likely to pull that trigger than Gute.
And putting them as equals might force them to work together more, since they'll probably get fired together.
I think I prefer the old set up better, because it's.more of how the entire NFL is set up... and Murphy has talked about how HE can do this properly, because he's actually a football guy.
But Murphy is retiring soon... what if the guy that follows him, is NOT a football guy? Then shouldn't it be back in the old setup, if a being a football guy at President is why it could work.
As for FAs, from what I've picked it, FAs pick the best spots for them based on
1) Money/Contracts
2a) State/Local Taxes
2b) Weather/Cool Big City things that you can do
2c) How they feel they'll fit with scheme/players already on the team
Let's be honest, if Packers don't win #1, they're not getting that FA, as there is no way they're winning #2, even if they have the best scheme/coach.
So in my opinion, this article is all about the writer making wild assumptions about how HE feels most comfortable based on his assumptions of how executive will react... which might be totally false.
It's like me saying.before the season, I feel very comfortable that Watson will be the first WR with an 100 yard game this season, and if not him, Doubs or Reed.
But in actually, it's Melton. I didn't feel comfortable with that option, but that option was the best for getting the answer correct.