Packers prez supports GM, coach in Favre standoff

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MURPHY SUPPORTS COACH AND G.M., FAVRE GOES SILENT
Published 7/19/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
Packers president Mark Murphy, a fairly new hire who surely has wondered at times over the past week just what in the hell he has gotten himself into, said on Friday that he has “full confidence” in the manner in which coach Mike McCarthy and G.M. Ted Thompson are handling the Brett Favre fiasco.“I’ve worked closely with Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy on this, and they have my full support ,” Murphy said. It’s not a surprise.  Surely, Thompson and McCarthy were smart enough to keep Murphy in the loop as decisions were made.  And even if Murphy had misgivings about whether ...

The Offseason In Quotes
Published 8/4/2008 by Vince Verhei at Football Outsiders
... ) JULY 19“I’ve worked closely with Ted Thompson and Mike McCarthy on this, and they have my full support.” – Murphy, backing up his general manager and coach ( ESPN.com ) JULY 25“We have not made a decision yet on whether to cancel it. But we’re coming up to a point where we’re going to have to make a decision pretty quickly.” – Murphy on the ceremonial retiring of Favre’s No. 4 jersey, originally scheduled for the Sept. 8 season opener in Lambeau against Minnesota“We’re going to retire Brett’s number at some point. Regardless of whether it’s this year, it’ll be sometime in the ...