The Green Bay Packers went through something of a shift during the offseason, when they brought on new head coach Matt LaFleur and a slew of brand new assistants to the team. According to Packers President Mark Murphy, every assistant that LaFleur brought in was done so by the coach himself, despite some reports.

Speaking to the fans as part of his weekly column on the Packers website, Murphy was asked a question about a report that stated that LaFleur wasn’t allowed to hire his own assistants.

According to Murphy, that report was inaccurate, and LaFleur had “complete control” over the hiring of his staff.

“The report was the result of an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel based on interviews with 20 anonymous sources. I told the author that Coach LaFleur had complete control to hire his assistants, but he included comments to the contrary from an anonymous source … The article was obviously very disappointing, and I find the increasing use of anonymous sources very problematic,” he said. “I served as an athletic director for over 16 years and directly supervised hundreds of coaches, and never once told a coach who he or she should or should not hire. Hiring assistant coaches is one of the most important factors in the success of a head coach, and I’ve always felt it is foolish to restrict them in any way.”

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Of course, it sounds like Murphy wasn’t very happy about what reports were saying at the time, and felt it necessary to comment on the issue himself.

While both parties will likely continue to claim they are right, the coaching staff that LaFleur has surrounded himself with does lend credit to the idea that he brought them on himself.

Many of the assistants that LaFleur brought into Green Bay, including offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett, have long ties to LaFleur, so it makes sense that he would want them working with him once again. Whether or not LaFleur made the right choices, however, will remain to be seen.

The Packers do think LaFleur has done a good job so far, however, as most of the players during the teams OTAs last month praised the new offensive system LaFleur was installing, and seem genuinely excited to get onto the field and implement it.