Why did Ron Wolf let Mike Holmgren get away?

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Ed from Ledgewood, NJ

When Mike Holmgren left Green Bay, he was basically handed “the keys to the car” in Seattle. Why wouldn’t Ron Wolf have had conversations with Mike about additional opportunities in the next few years in Green Bay? Mike could have had the same dual roles eventually given to Mike Sherman. This total sequence of events never made sense to me.

I’ve had this question in my inbox for two years and I’m still not sure where to start, so I’m simply going to offer some random thoughts. First, retirement is a personal decision and like other life-changing decisions, one I think most people weigh privately and often for a long time before acting upon.…