Just over 16 months have passed since Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy restructured the team’s football operations. Under the new arrangement, the general manager, head coach, and executive vice president all operate independently from one another and report directly to Murphy, a more diffuse organizational model than the one under which the Packers had operated for nearly three decades.
Murphy’s decision garnered considerable attention, and not without reason. The new power structure marked the most significant organizational pivot since former president Bob Harlan installed the linear hierarchy of command with future Hall of Fame general manager Ron Wolf at the top in 1991.