The Facts:
No National Football League team can match the Packers for consecutive years of service in the jobs of general manager and coach. Nine years is an eternity in the fickle business of pro football, but Mark Murphy apparently wants to sustain GM Ted Thompson-HC Mike McCarthy for as long as he can. Murphy, the team's president, has been working on a contract extension for McCarthy during the off-season, according to sources.
Reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
McCarthy and Thompson each signed new five-year deals in spring 2011. McCarthy's deal runs through the end of the 2015 season; Thompson's would expire after the 2016 draft. According to Journal-Sentinel staffer Bob McGinn, it isn't known if Murphy has approached Thompson about a new contract, or if he planned to wait until after the draft before feeling him out. Neither man was hired by Murphy, who replaced Bob Harlan 6½ years ago. But from all outward appearances he is pleased with their individual performance and harmonious working relationship. The assumption is that Murphy wouldn't have entered negotiations with McCarthy without having some assurances Thompson plans to work beyond the final two years of his contract. From a fantasy football perspective, keeping the duo together would offer the kind of consistency we've seen from the Packers in recent years, with personnel matching the scheme nicely. And that's a good thing.
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