CBS Sports: is Panthers gm ruffling feathers

[csx]

In the big picture why is it accepted for players anf agents to actively boast about wanting to be the highest paid and then the agents get their feathers ruffled when a GM says he's not going to be the one to fall for it?  

[SmokinwithWilly]

Excellent article. I'd wipe my ass with it but I'm not going to waste the money on a sheet of paper to print it out.

[Peppers90 NC]

Panthers don't sign big names to begin with so who cares

[rico6]

fug Cox fug Cox fug Cox fug Cox fug Cox fug Cox

 

[uncfan888]

@PhillyB with game, set, match on the first page 

[CPF4LIFE]

3 hours ago, PhillyB said:

who cares? no one's going to not sign with us out of principle. agents are just pissed that dave dropped his dick on their desks and dared them to touch it.

Lmaaooooo....I am dead.

[SCP]

3 hours ago, PhillyB said:

who cares? no one's going to not sign with us out of principle. agents are just pissed that dave dropped his dick on their desks and dared them to touch it.

Sounded like a side of beef slamming down on a butcher table.

[Kevin Greene]

32 minutes ago, SCP said:

Sounded like a side of beef slamming down on a butcher table.

Rocky pounding a half a cow in the walk in.

[Daddy_Uncle]

I know I couldn't be happier. We clearly have the best gm in the NFL that cares about the big picture for his team and don't let personal relationships interfere with that. It's a winning formula. 

[CPantherKing]

7 hours ago, Hotsauce said:

" It certainly has not gone unnoticed, especially as the Panthers spoke often about re-investing their savings by letting Norman walk but to this point have yet to really spend it."

 

Ok so let me get this straight, just because we now have a ton of extra money, we are just supposed to go out and blow it on some FA or give someone a massive deal???

This is what makes DG such a great GM and why assclowns like the author will never understand why the Panthers are successful. 

A team still needs to invest their money to get a return for the future. Just sitting on a mound of money is pointless and unproductive. The Panthers do not even try to get value back for players they believe they will let walk under Gettleman's watch. 

7 hours ago, The NFL Shield At Midfield said:

don't go blowing cpantherking's cover like that la canfora

If you only knew.

7 hours ago, The Lobo said:

Like others have said, that's why peanut wants to play for us only and Jared Allen said it was the best locker room he's ever been in. It's odd, national coverage doesn't get this team. I swear us and rich eisen are the only ones who get this team.

The locker room is 'family'. The front office is 'business'. The front office is not even close to being considered 'family' by the players. There is a great divide and distrust between the two regarding the Panthers organization. The disruptive force on this team is squarely on the front office, and it continues to get worse.

6 hours ago, Peppers90 NC said:

Panthers don't sign big names to begin with so who cares

Panthers have trouble signing big names. It is not that they do not want to sign them in the off season - especially now with money to spend. Gettleman has consistently failed in negotiations with all of them. They have tried to land some, but it always falls through since Gettleman is now a target to be used as leverage by players/agents around the league. Not to mention most players/agents, if not all, distrust Gettleman. It would be very difficult to find player/agent who has any type of strong rapport with Gettleman.

6 hours ago, Hammerin'Cameron34 said:

Charles Johnson would have took more money to play for a shitty team if he wanted to stick it to Gettleman and didnt like him that much, speculation from idiots

Charles Johnson took less money to come back to be part of the 'family' and to give it one more year with a defense that was going to be the same. He was led to believe by the front office (like many of the other players taking a discount this season) that Norman was going to be around for at least one more season. They signed for discounts after Norman was tagged. Players/agents feel they were lied to and misled into playing for less this season. Some even believe the front office never intended to sign Norman if he would not give the team a major discount. They believe it was a ploy to get several players to stay with the Panthers and sign 1 year contracts for much less than what they would receive elsewhere.

It is only going to get worse with the front office. I just hope Cam, Olsen, Luke and Davis can continue to carry the team and win in spite of the front office's ineptitude during the off season.

 

[tiger7_88]

9 hours ago, PantherMan89 said:

Article talking about agents and players not liking Gettleman's recent comments.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/why-panthers-gms-tough-talk-after-letting-josh-norman-walk-isnt-such-a-smart-move/

So the talk by the Panthers GM that he won't panic and get emotional is making agents panic and get emotional?

Interdasting...

[tiger7_88]

9 hours ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Meanwhile Peanut TIllman is begging to play here again... 

Ryan Kalil and Michael Oher secretly despise their extensions with the team, amirite?

[tiger7_88]

'Franchise tag boondoggle'

Oh you mean the one Norman DIDN'T SIGN, Lacanfora?

[KB_fan]

9 hours ago, Hotsauce said:

" It certainly has not gone unnoticed, especially as the Panthers spoke often about re-investing their savings by letting Norman walk but to this point have yet to really spend it."

Seems to me we've just spent 15 mil a year on two critical contracts:  Kalil & Oher.  

Those were two huge extensions that might have been made much more difficult by paying Norman while we're also still hoping to pay KK.   I for one thing a stable above-average Oline who have good chemistry with one another and Cam are quite a bit more important than 1 DB.