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Wolf calls it a day as GM in Green Bay.(Chicago Tribune)
CHICAGO _ General Manager Ron Wolf shocked the Green Bay Packers Thursday by announcing his retirement effective following the April draft.
The 62-year-old Wolf came to the Packers in 1991 and turned around the faltering franchise, hiring coach Mike Holmgren, trading for quarterback Brett Favre, signing free agent Reggie White and going to Super Bowls in the 1996 and 1997 seasons, winning it all after the `96 season.
"We've had a great ride here," Wolf said. "We've accomplished a lot."
Wolf leaves after one year with coach Mike Sherman. Packers President Bob Harlan named Sherman to succeed Wolf as general manager.
Sherman replaced Ray Rhodes after a just one-year run. Green Bay failed to make the playoffs in either season following six straight postseason appearances and seven consecutive winning seasons.
Holmgren left the Packers after the 1998 season and took a dual position as coach-general manager of the Seattle Seahawks.
Green Bay's nine-year record under Wolf was 101-57. Harlan, who hired Wolf, called him "the best general manager in the National Football League." Harlan made sure Wolf was the strongest boss the Packers had hired since Vince Lombardi and gave him the credit for restoring the franchise to its glory days of the 1960s.
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