John Dorsey reportedly candidate for Packers GM

[Chromatic]

Yeah, that would suck pretty ****ing hard.

When the Packers face the Giants in Sunday's wild-card game, the focus will be on the field. But the future of the man who built the Packers is one that is being fiercely debated in Green Bay. How long 63-year-old general manager Ted Thompson, with two years left on his contract, continues in his current job is an open question.

Now, an intriguing name has emerged as a potential successor: Chiefs GM John Dorsey.


Dorsey, a former Packers player who cut his teeth in Green Bay under Hall of Fame architect Ron Wolf, has not yet signed a contract extension, sources said. He's in the final year of his deal, potentially opening the door to him leaving what he helped build in Kansas City to work at Lambeau Field.

Sources said Dorsey is incredibly well-regarded by the Packers executive committee, including President and CEO Mark Murphy, from his time as a scout, Director of College Scouting and Director of Football Operations. Timing would have to be perfect, but if Thompson steps away to take a senior scouting role as some involved believe, Dorsey would be in a position to step in this year.

Dorsey and coach Andy Reid have worked hand-in-hand over the past four years to build the Chiefs into a consistent winner, and they are seeded second in the AFC playoffs. The Chiefs intend to give a contract extension to Reid this offseason, a source said. After this year, Reid will be in the final year of his deal.

The list of successors to Thompson is an intriguing one. It includes Director of Football Operations Eliot Wolf, who interviewed this week for the 49ers' open GM job. While he was blocked from interviewing for the Lions' GM job last year, his interview this year means he could be leaving. There is also Russ Ball, the vice president of football administration, who is universally respected in the NFL and by the executive committee. Director of Player Personnel Brian Gutekunst and Senior Personnel Executive Alonzo Highsmith are among the talented members of the Packers' front office.

With Dorsey entering the picture, it adds some intrigue to the future of the Packers' front office.

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[Chiefshrink]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

I've decided that the best course of action is to jam fingers in my ears and scream "LALALALA I CANT HEAR YOU" until this disastrous scenario blows over

Yeah, never ends well when I do that.

[Chiefshrink]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

Dorsey is waiting for KC to win the SB this year so he can get even more $$.

That's the spirit !!

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by Chiefshrink

Yeah, never ends well when I do that.

Its the only coping mechanism I've got

[Chiefshrink]

Dorsey wants to have a real QB in Rogers. He is gone !!!!

[Chiefshrink]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Its the only coping mechanism I've got

You are fortunate then !!

[Chiefshrink]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Rodgers is 33 and if Dorsey comes in, he'll be getting the last few good years of him (while getting none of the credit for bringing him in).

Shortly enough, Packers fans will realize that having a top 10-15 All-Time quarterback is a luxury and not just something that you get to have as a matter of course. And when that happens, things will get much more difficult for them.

And they're going to blame the guy that's in charge of that team for not just making a new HoF quarterback appear.

Personally, I don't think he'll leave. I don't think Thompson will actually step down and if he does it will be so they can keep Wolf in-house. But professionally I don't think it's a terribly good idea for him to leave either. He'll be taking over a winner that somebody else built without having generated the good will of creating said winner.

So when if it stumbles as their key component ages (and it will; Rodgers is that team), he's going to be the one that takes the arrows.

Maybe Dorsey wanted his extension done yesterday and this is just some fire under Clark's ass to get it done.

[jjchieffan]

Originally Posted by Chiefshrink

Dorsey wants to have a real QB in Rogers. He is gone !!!!

In Rogers? Arkansas? The Green Bay quarterback spells his name Rodgers.

[Mr. Laz]

Aaron Rodgers is only 33?

shit

He has another 6 or 7 years unless he tears something.

[jjchieffan]

I have a feeling that this could very well be true. Simply because I can't imagine any other scenario whereby Dorsey would not have been extended a year ago. Dorsey has always been a Green Bay man, back to his playing days. It appears to me that his intention all along has been to return to Green Bay when the GM position opened up and that he has been grooming Ballard to take his spot here when that day came. He has been an absolutely fabulous GM for us, and I really hope that I am completely wrong about this. But it sure looks that way to me.

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by jjchieffan

I have a feeling that this could very well be true. Simply because I can't imagine any other scenario whereby Dorsey would not have been extended a year ago. Dorsey has always been a Green Bay man, back to his playing days. It appears to me that his intention all along has been to return to Green Bay when the GM position opened up and that he has been grooming Ballard to take his spot here when that day came. He has been an absolutely fabulous GM for us, and I really hope that I am completely wrong about this. But it sure looks that way to me.

You cant think of ANY other reason?

You do know Dorsey's wife is from KC right?

[jjchieffan]

Originally Posted by Marcellus

You cant think of ANY other reason?

You do know Dorsey's wife is from KC right?

Yes. I know that. But when you have a GM that has taken a 2-14 team to 4 straight winning seasons and the number 2 seed, you don't let his contract run out. Look at Carl Peterson's time here. He was here 20 years and was ALWAYS extended a year or 2 before his contract was up.

[Hog's Gone Fishin]

Originally Posted by jjchieffan

Yes. I know that. But when you have a GM that has taken a 2-14 team to 4 straight winning seasons and the number 2 seed, you don't let his contract run out. Look at Carl Peterson's time here. He was here 20 years and was ALWAYS extended a year or 2 before his contract was up.

Common sense says you are correct.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Mr. Laz

Aaron Rodgers is only 33?

shit

He has another 6 or 7 years unless he tears something.

A lot of his game is dependent on his athleticism. I just don't know that he'll age quite as well as a Brady has.

Then again, Steve Young would've been kicking ass at 38 but/for concussions and he's the best comp I can come up with for Rodgers.

I'm not saying that Rodgers won't continue to be very very good, but this season showed that Rodgers can't be merely good for the Packers to win. When he's merely good, they were losing. It wasn't until he became essentially supernatural that they started winning games again.

As he gets to 35, 36 years old, will he still have those legs? And with his history of nagging low body injuries, doesn't it seem like those could get more and more annoying for him as he ages? Because the Packers need superhuman Rodgers and even 90% of what he's doing right now isn't enough for them to be a championship team.

[mnchiefsguy]

Not going to worry about this until the Packers job actually opens up.

Hopefully Clark gets an extension done soon.

[Anyong Bluth]

I'm gonna laugh when this turns out to be a complete waste of time speculating.