The far-reaching impact of the "Fafer retirement storm" penetrates all aspects into the Green Bay Packers' team. In the final analysis, Fafer's influence in Green Bay is too huge, and it radiates deeply in every corner. Although the new season has not yet begun, the team is inevitably in a hurry.

According to previous years' customs, voluntary training camps can be held at the training base in Green Bay.

Because Green Bay is relatively remote. If there are big cities like New York and Chicago, the training base may be relatively noisy, and players who have just finished their vacation cannot calm down immediately; but the tranquility and stability of Green Bay has never changed.

But after experiencing turmoil, Thompson took the initiative to make a decision, pulling the voluntary training camp to a more remote area, conducting fully closed training in the form of a group dormitory, allowing the players to quickly stabilize and concentrate on the new season.

This also makes the voluntary training camp in Green Bay even more special.

Generally speaking, June training camp is a clear starting point for the new season. Every player will work hard to show his abilities and status, impress the coaching staff, and do his best to stay on the 53-man roster.

During this period, every week or every two weeks, the coaching staff will lay off people, shortening their roster bit by bit; it is no exaggeration to say that every week is a time of life and death, with no breathing space and no room for laziness, and a little negligence may be eliminated directly.

Even players who are starting in the preseason may become targets for layoffs. All is uncertain until the new season opens.

Now, the team conducts fully closed training, which reveals a sense of tension in crisis.

Including Lu Yiqi is no exception.

Yesterday afternoon, Lu Yiqi and Green Bay Packers officially completed the contract and took over as the team's head coach.

This is a three million dollar contract a year.

Objectively speaking, the salary level is very low, ranking last among the head coaches of the 32 teams in the league—

The highest-paid one is the New England Patriots coach Bill Bilicheck's $7.5 million; the lowest level is the Jacksonville Jaguars, Cleveland Brown, Miami Dolphins, Oakland Raiders and Detroit Lions.

Now, Lu Yiqi has refreshed the "minimum salary" number.

In contrast, this number is lower than the four-year, $16 million contract for former head coach Mike McCarthy - that is, an average of $4 million per year; it is also lower than the annual contract for Lu Yiqi's mentor Nick Shaban in the NCAA, and there is nothing comparable.

However, considering Lu Yiqi's qualifications and past achievements, this salary figure should be said to be higher than expected.

When the four giants went to Manhattan to interview Lu Yiqi in person, Lu Yiqi said that the salary would be paid at will, but Green Bay Packers still have alliances and unions to comply with salary agreements. It is impossible to really open a number at will, otherwise it would be equivalent to breaking industry rules.

After careful consideration and multiple rounds of negotiations, the Green Bay Packers provided a four-year contract of $10 million, with a salary of $2.5 million per year; but if the winning rate in the first year is less than 50%, the team has the right to directly sack Lu Yiqi without paying any additional fees.

Lu Yiqi has an objection to this.

Lu Yiqi has no objection to salary numbers, which does not mean that he is willing to work for others in vain - he hopes to get a number that matches his abilities and earns his work. He will not covet parts that do not belong to his own, but he cannot lose a single point in his own ability.

Four years of $10 million is relatively low in terms of salary figures; more importantly, the years are too long.

After thinking and deliberation, Lu Yiqi's party also asked the lawyer's opinions, he took the initiative to propose a one-year contract signing proposal. After a season is over, the two sides will negotiate the renewal. If Thompson is not satisfied, he can terminate the contract without burden.

Thompson admired Lu Yiqi's decision and courage very much. After the team meeting, he nodded and agreed, which led to the current contract.

Three million dollars a year.

For the league, this is a number that refreshes the lowest bottom line, but don’t forget that Lu Yiqi is also a coach who refreshes the history of the league. This salary is already very rare, and it is even slightly higher than Lu Yiqi’s own expectations, especially the one-year period, so I can’t be more satisfied.

In Lu Yiqi's view, the first season must be full of thorns and difficulties. No matter what, you need to do your best. So it's better to cut off the back path simply. Assuming this is the last chance to stand on the edge of the cliff and devote yourself to the season, it will stimulate more potential.

Judging from the historical trajectory, Mike McCarthy was unable to turn the tide, and his record of 6 wins and 10 losses was directly missed the playoffs, and his winning rate was not reaching 50%.

Objectively speaking, the Green Bay Packers after Favre left still have the strength, but on the one hand, Rodgers still failed to grow up. This is also the worst season in all his career statistics. From a three-year bench career to shouldering the heavy responsibility of starting, these are still two different things.

On the other hand, the turmoil within the team continued to the regular season. McCarthy was unable to stop the loss in time to control the situation, and at the tactical level, he was unable to get rid of his own frame. After falling into a quagmire in the routine, he lacked effective means. The most important thing is that the means of training players were not eye-catching, which also made the team's strength, morale, and state fluctuate, and eventually ended in disgrace.

Now this team has come to Lu Yiqi's hands, and Lu Yiqi has obvious disadvantages compared to McCarthy: he is a hand-held and face-held, and he even needs time to adapt to the basic work of the NFL head coach, which also means that Lu Yiqi needs to face more challenges; and the problems McCarthy originally needed to face will increase exponentially in front of Lu Yiqi, and even double three times or five times.

All the situations prove one truth:

Lu Yiqi is indeed standing on the edge of a cliff to launch a counterattack. He must change the trajectory of history and complete the feat that McCarthy has not been able to achieve; he must face difficulties and break the shackles and create miracles that McCarthy has not been able to accomplish.

Yes, it is a miracle. Only by creating miracles can Lu Yiqi turn his disadvantages and strive for a brand new world.

So, since you are already in a desperate situation, you might as well give it a try. The "one-year contract" is a room for maneuver for the Green Bay Packers, and it also adds pressure to Lu Yiqi himself. When the pressure can be transformed into power, the energy bursting out in the desperate situation will be even stronger.

Three million US dollars a year, this is a condition proposed by Lu Yiqi. It is a strict self-requirement and also self-motivation.
Chapter completed!