@Bossman, eh, I agree a little bit on the name. I think people would be less firmly "wolf", rather more divided between "smith" and "gutekunst".

I think people want a personnel man because the Packers have long talked about how important it was to have a football personnel guy run the football org. Ball would be a departure from that, which as mentioned they have spoken often about how important it was.

Gutekunst and Wolf/Smith both have ties to Harlan regime, which has successfully done this transition before, where as Murphy and his ability to choose someone are unproven.