Manager. Some of the future G MS across the
league are involved in the NFL S latest front office
accelerator program that includes Packers, director of pro personnel
, Richmond Williams, who joined me a short time
ago here in Dallas Richmond. This is your fourth
time now here at the NFL Front Office Accelerator.
What have you learned? What's new for you this
time around this time around? I would say just
being more intentional about how to apply just some of
the knowledge about, you know, effective leadership,
uh how to really deal with staff, connecting with
people um being empathetic in your process. Um I
would say probably that was one of the biggest things
is at least disco around that have been pretty,
you know, impactful in terms of just, you
know, the couple of days that we've been here
so far also has to be interesting. Now,
you're meeting these owners for the third and the fourth
time and talking to some of the same people,
is there, is there a rapport that starts to
develop there? I will say yes, like uh
kind of to, to that point uh when we
played Arizona at home in Green Bay actually ran into
the, the Bidwell family and they recognized me.
So that was pretty cool. So you, you
never know. But again, like this is just
another space and opportunity for, you know, kind
of put yourself out there, introduce yourself to people
and then there's also opportunities as you play those potential
teams to one when they're on the field, pregame
to go out and, you know, shake a
hand, Hey, you know, I met you
at the accelerator program just checking in seeing how you're
doing. So, yeah, I mean, it's
been pretty cool. So when you get your opportunity
somewhere down the line to be a general manager here
, you come from such a stable organization in Green
Bay, it's very unique from the quarterback to the
front office to not having an owner. How do
you apply the lessons from the Packers organization to wherever
you end up? Well, I would say first
and foremost, I won, we've been to a
Super Bowl so I know what it's supposed to look
like. Secondly, you know, I've been through
, you know, two Hall of Fame quarterbacks in
those transitions, which are also important, you know
, um I think it's just being in the space
of understanding how it's supposed to look and then understanding
that when you go to an organization, where are
they in that process and trying to find ways to
kind of weave, you know, just my own
personal ideas and thoughts with them into, you know
, the current culture to get them on the path
to where, you know, the vision of where
I would like to take the team. So you
guys are in playoff position once again right now.
What has you excited about what the rest of the
season can bring for the 2024 Packers? I mean
, I think like any year, you know,
for us, it's always about the Super Bowl.
I mean, that's always the end goal. We
don't, you know, that's how we judge ourselves
, but to be able to be in the position
to go to the playoffs and get in the dance
because we, we've been there, I've been on
a team that was 15 and one first round of
the playoffs, we got bounced out. So I've
been on highly successful teams and then also the Super
Bowl team where we weren't very good, we were
battling a ton of injuries, um, and still
made it, you know, to the finish line
and we're able to, to host that trophy.
Um I just think, you know, you have
to get in the dance and then once you're in
there records, you know, teams rosters, all
those things are out of the window becomes who's the
best team that day. I think that's probably the
most important thing that, you know, as an
organization that you have to express to your, to
not only your coaches but the staff but the,
the locker room, you know, I think it's
uh instrumental. Thanks for the time Richmond. I
appreciate it. Thank you.