If Gettleman's firing has anything to do with not extending geriatric franchise icons we're doomed

[The Huddler]

Thank you philly

 

 

takes the guy with the biggest internet alpha balls to get the masses to consider this point of view

[Mr. Burgundy]

I think D Will and smitty publicly saying they want nothing to do with this organization is def part of it

 

 

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[d-dave]

I think it's much more nuanced than that.

NE can get away with stuff because they win.  You know when you go to NE, it's Bill and Tom, and you're a guy in a jersey who stands a good shot at winning a super bowl.  

In Carolina, it's different.  While it would be foolish to give TD $24 million over three seasons, or extending Olsen for 6 years, there's a way to treat people well.  We have a great locker room because of Rivera and staff.  By his job, DG is supposed to be the enemy to a degree.

But you can poison the well as a GM.  Disrespect to vets like Olsen, TD, what happened with JNorman, Steve Smith, and that RB who keeps tweeting about us can build up some bad mojo in the team.  It's fine to sit them down and talk about their future.  TD has little to no leverage left.  Olsen is our only productive tight end.

There are ways to deal with it, and ways to mess it up.  I have a feeling that DG was doing the right things the wrong way.  

[iBBB]

For me:

winning record and playoff appearances > Having iconic veteran players on the field going 6-10 or 7-9

[Mojo]

13 minutes ago, CamMoon said:

In real professional life things like rubbing people the wrong way matter. But you don't win football games by playing nice with everyone. DG may have been a terrible human being, who knows but he built a team that could win a Super Bowl. This franchise is sad.

I'm aware and I don't agree with the move as I said.  I'm not justifying anything.

[CamMoon]

Can't wait until we "finish strong" and win 3 out of the last 4 games just to finish 7-9 every year for the next decade. Thats where this is headed folks.

[pantherphan96]

Belicheck said he would rather cut a player one year early rather than one year late. Patriots the most well-run franchise for the past ~20 years. Looks like JR would rather have a yes-man like Hurney in charge to give out ridiculous contracts that will preclude us from extending our young star players.

Good luck extending Trai/Norwell/Star when you are paying TD and Olsen top 3 LB/TE position money for the next 3+ years.

[Daddy_Uncle]

1 hour ago, Hoenheim said:

I'm really wondering how this is going to affect the players in TC and pre season. Not great timing

It shouldn't effect players at all but could improve or or hurt their performance depending on how they felt about Gettleman. Either way it shouldnt change how the team is ran or players play. Its a front office situation

[pantherphan96]

1 hour ago, bigdog10 said:

You can tell the age of posters on this board by their reactions to this news. The ones who are celebrating are post cam fans and have not seen what blind loyalty to Veterans does to a franchise. 

Those of us who have been around a while know this is a joke and just going down the same paths this pathetic franchise has always taken. 

Seriously. No way anyone happy with this move was around to witness the horrorshow that was 2010.

[CamMoon]

Just now, pantherphan96 said:

Seriously. No way anyone happy with this move was around to witness the horrorshow that was 2010.

We're going back there. James Anderson and Charles Godfrey level contracts will be given out by next offseason. If we don't win this year they might as well move the team to London.

[PhillyB]

if gettleman was abrasive and rubbed people the wrong way, fine, he might've been a douche. however we've been complaining for years about this team's propensity for taking on mediocre nice guys over assholes that get the job done.

by all accounts gettleman was an asshole who got the job done.

unfortunately jerry views big name opinion as a commodity the same way he views winning football games, and he's known for placing his business's bottom line over the quality of the product he's peddling on the field.

i am an eternal optimist but i reeeeally hope we win the super bowl this year because if a yes-man starts handing out emotional contracts we may not sniff one for a while.

[rico6]

Yeah, the timing and corporate takeover feel definitely doesn't sit right with me as a fan.

If you were too fire or reprimand Gettles it definitely would've been the Norman debacle and essentially forfeiting the 2016 offseason. 

Always thought Richardson as an owner should've relegated such duties to someone else long ago.

[pantherphan96]

4 minutes ago, PhillyB said:

if gettleman was abrasive and rubbed people the wrong way, fine, he might've been a douche. however we've been complaining for years about this team's propensity for taking on mediocre nice guys over assholes that get the job done.

by all accounts gettleman was an asshole who got the job done.

unfortunately jerry views big name opinion as a commodity the same way he views winning football games, and he's known for placing his business's bottom line over the quality of the product he's peddling on the field.

i am an eternal optimist but i reeeeally hope we win the super bowl this year because if a yes-man starts handing out emotional contracts we may not sniff one for a while.

JR is potentially wasting our franchise QB's prime by surrounding him with overpaid veterans instead of young talent.

 

[iBBB]

@Jeremy Igo said it best.