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Dave Gettleman, Norman, & The Divison

The_Rainmaker

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10 minutes ago, Saca312 said:

Yes, it's gettleman's fault for Luke being injured

It's his fault that 4 out of 5 of our Olinemen were either out of position or 2nd/3rd stringers

It's his fault our best pass rushing DE got injured and is out

It's his fault we lost most of our games by a field goal or less

It's his fault we collapse in the 4th quarter and blow or nearly blow leads

It's his fault that most of our secondary was injured pre bye week and we were barely making due

It's his fault that Stewart was injured for a lot of pre bye week games when desperately needed

It's his fault that Cam got concussed and was out for Tampa Bay

It's his fault that we have a huge amount of free agents in 2017 that could be lost if we didn't have all this cap

It's his fault that he's considering the future, and doesn't want us to only have one more season left.

 

 

Go away.  This team could have been great if the fat man tied up the loose ends with the additional cap space.

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why is so unrealistic to believe that Norman was truly going to hold out and Gettleman wasn't going to budge on the contract? 

Norman is many things but he definitely doesn't lack self confidence - he wasn't going to sign until the last possible minute. 

If Norman holds out through camp and we have this season people would have blamed that for being a distraction.

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1 minute ago, tiger7_88 said:

Know how I know he was never going to sign it?

Because he never signed it nor did he ever show any indication of signing it.

You, however, may keep dreaming in your Lollipop Dreams and CandyLand Wishes that Norman was going to sign the franchise tag.

 

2 minutes ago, Promethean Forerunner said:

Igo stated he was ready to hold out. Move on.

He talked all off-season about being paid like a QB. Norman didn't deserve it.

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Josh Norman offered to sign Panthers tender, but was too late

Posted by Darin Gantt on April 25, 2016, 5:42 AM EST
SAN JOSE, CA - FEBRUARY 01: Josh Norman #24 of the Carolina Panthers addresses the media at Super Bowl Opening Night Fueled by Gatorade at SAP Center on February 1, 2016 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)Getty Images

Josh Norman fired an agent after he was unable to get a deal with the Panthers for more than a year.

And if he’d have trusted his own counsel, he’d have taken a much smaller deal.

According to a blow-by-blow account of Norman’s signing in Washington by Mike Jones and Master Tesfatsion of the Washington Post, Norman went back to the Panthers after firing agent Michael George and tried to sign the one-year, $13.95 million tender himself, only to find out he was too late.

Thus, with new representation Ryan Williams, he had to settle for a five-year, $75 million deal with $36.5 million (not $50 million) in guarantees.

The fact Norman was willing to crawl back to the Panthers after what had been a contentious process behind the scenes was telling.

Panthers General Manager Dave Gettleman had a air of exasperation when he announced the move, saying it was obvious they were never going to agree on a long-term deal (especially not after Norman had declared himself one of the top five corners of all time and they responded with an $11 million a year offer).

But Norman apparently wasn’t lying all last season when he insisted he wanted to stay with the Panthers, not if he was willing to forego a chance at an open and lucrative market for one more ride with what amounted to his hometown team.

The story also suggests Panthers coaches were unaware of what was going on, and suspected there was more to Gettleman’s move than financial reasons. Coach Ron Rivera offered a tepid “I trust Dave,” last Thursday, but the news that he could have gone into this season without a gaping hole in his secondary has to be galling to a guy who helped develop Norman into one of the league’s top corners.

 

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/04/25/josh-norman-offered-to-sign-panthers-tender-but-was-too-late/

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3 minutes ago, tiger7_88 said:

Know how I know he was never going to sign it?

Because he never signed it nor did he ever show any indication of signing it.

You, however, may keep dreaming in your Lollipop Dreams and CandyLand Wishes that Norman was going to sign the franchise tag.

I extremely doubt he would have sat the year out, but in the end it still wouldn't have made a difference when it came to leaving the offer on the table.  Shoot, let him sit the year out, but I would have never done the idiotic thing G-man did, and take the offer off the table.

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Just now, SOJA said:

why is so unrealistic to believe that Norman was truly going to hold out and Gettleman wasn't going to budge on the contract? 

Norman is many things but he definitely doesn't lack self confidence - he wasn't going to sign until the last possible minute. 

If Norman holds out through camp and we have this season people would have blamed that for being a distraction.

Falcons wouldn't put half a grand on us...worth it...

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3 minutes ago, SportsCrazie4172 said:

There is no way you can defend Gettleman and we have over 20 million in cap space and constantly moving up practice squad players..

that whole dollar bin analogy cost us a repeat to the the Superbowl..

Hogmollies my azz..

So, 1 chance at a superbowl, or multiple chances after we sign back our core guys next season and more?

Your choice. 

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