Brian Gutekunst will remain with the Packers, not pursue 49ers GM job
Jan 20, 2017 at 9:10 AM
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Brian Gutekunst has decided to remain with the Green Bay Packers and will not pursue the general manager job with the San Francisco 49ers, per Adam Schefter of
ESPN. Gutekunst received a new deal to remain in Green Bay.
Gutekunst was considered to be the frontrunner to replace former 49ers general manager Trent Baalke in San Francisco. He was among the names of candidates that were expected to meet with the 49ers and Atlanta Falcons offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan, who is expected to be the team's next head coach, for a second round of interviews next week.
Gutekunst has been within the Packers' player personnel department for 18 years, serving as a scout and eventually the director of college scouting. He was promoted to director of player personnel in 2016.
On Thursday, Packers director of football operations
Eliot Wolf pulled his name out of the running. Like Gutekunst, he received a new deal to remain with the Packers. That leaves just George Paton of the Minnesota Vikings and perhaps Terry McDonough of the Arizona Cardinals as the known remaining candidates.
Albert Breer of
TheMMQB believes that control over the team's roster has been the likely deciding factor in candidates' decisions to drop out.
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