Gettleman on Sirius NFL Radio 3/24/2015

[TheRed]

I can't believe there are some actual fans that despise this man for previous regime issues and calculated (yet cold) business tactics. Gettleman is a TRUE General Manager. We are damn lucky to have him. The Panthers organization is trending upward because of him.

 

It's maybe two or three idiots at the most, one of them is from Shelby. The majority of people here do not feel that way.

[MHS831]

I think one thing is a lock-we are drafting a DE very early in this draft. 

 

Did not address it in free agency; has expressed the need for speed (around edge); and i am guessing he is hating the CJ contract, one that he can get out of in 2016.

 

My crystal ball is glowing.....UCLA and LSU--one of those schools has our next DE and possibly our next draft pick.....Vision of future is fading......gone. 

 

What was I saying?

[imminent rogaine]

Oher will play left in the Super Bowl. 

 

Fixed.

[PandaPancake]

Oher will push a DE and DT right into a linebacker in the Super Bowl while taking a selfie.

FTBFY

[Bartin]

 

 

Understands depth is an issue but says it will be addressed in the draft (so we know we are targeting a RB at some point).

 

That sounds an awful lot like drafting for need to me

[CPantherKing]

considering we had to replace both starting tackles, without money to do so, plus the turn over on the receiving core, we did well. We still won the division.

The front office EXPECTED a drop due to the lack of money to fill the needs of the team as well as they wanted to.

But not the fans, the fans expected more dispite the fact of the high turnover and no money.

Then still p8ss and moan when the decline in production came as the team predicted it would.

But don't let that reality mess up your little world.

 

Reality is we had cap space and spent it in free agency and a tag on Hardy, Harper, DeCoud, Cotchery, Avant, Underwood, Dickson, McNeill, and Cason. A total of $21.5m in cap space.

 

$21.5m in cap space could have been spent on the likes of Jared Veldeer, Michael Oher, Justin Tuck, Patrick Chung, Emmanuel Sanders, Ted Ginn, and Antonio Cromartie. Together they totaled a little less than $21.5m for the 2014 year against the cap. I have my doubts Gettleman could have landed all of them. He does not appear to be very good at negotiating contracts and selling his team. This gives you a picture of what was possible with the same amount of cap space that had been used on a bunch of wasted players.

 

It is all about the decisions you make as a GM. There was this brilliant idea of Bell and Chandler at OT, putting a bulk of cap space on Hardy who they were not even planning on signing after one season from reports, choosing a bunch of #3 receivers, opting for age and lack of speed at SS, and then going cheap on a 1 year rental at CB.

 

When you step back and look at the decisions, it is obvious how poor of an offseason the front office had last year. Money was never the issue last season. It was the choice on how that cap space was used by the front office.

[pantherclaw]

You sound like such an amazing GM.

To bad ya spin chit to make it sound like ya actually know something.

I'd be happy to show you otherwise, but I know it would be a waste of time, and I've got to get up to damn early.

I get it, you disagree with Gettleman's moves.

Your choice.

I also can tell by your posts that you think Gettleman's job is much easier than it really is.

so why don't ya come back to me once your the GM of the Browns, they need your magic.

[Jump Zone]

With hindsight, we all can be great GMs.

[Mr. Scot]

I am the life of the party!

The 'life of the party' is usually drunk (which I'll grant would make your post make more sense).

[R0CKnR0LLA]

Gettleman sucks, ending up with a top 5 draft class and winning the division every year is getting REALLY old.