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Great moments in bad timing

Mr. Scot

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The Panthers have been guilty of poor timing a lot this year, and not just in that we keep having to call timeouts because the offense doesn't have a play ready. 

Dave Gettleman was fired at the start of training camp. 

Kelvin Benjamin was traded at a time when the team had a winning record and he was helping that effort.  

And then we got the news yesterday that Marty Hurney is "interim" all the way through June of next year. 

This potentially could be the worst news yet. 

Assuming Hurney really is "interim" (not that anybody buys that, but hey), the ideal time to interview GM candidates for most teams is right after the season ends. That's when other teams who have an opening will be doing their work. 

And perhaps Hurney will do his due diligence at that point too, but it's worth noting that there's nothing stopping Hurney from working on that front now. Reports have confirmed that he's doing nothing of the sort.

If Hurney uses that stretch of time to concentrate solely on the draft and free agency instead, then good candidates we might have had an opportunity to get may already have other jobs by the time we get around to GM finding in June.

That'd leave us picking over what's left.

I've been hoping to see at least some initial action on the GM search front, but nothing's happened. A lot of people believe nothing is going to happen, but even if it does we may be seeing yet another example of terrible timing on the part of the Panthers.

Sadly, par for the course... 

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6 minutes ago, Snake said:

I'm 99% sure Hurney is here till JR sells. Only reason he got fired was because he couldn't dig out of the hole he caused. If not for that he would have never left. 

I've stated before that I believe Richardson only reluctantly fired him in the first place.

That's bolstered by the fact that he brought him back first chance he got, after the utter mess he had left us with  had been cleaned up for him, of course. 

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Just now, Mr. Scot said:

I've stated before that I believe Richardson only reluctantly fired him in the first place.

That's bolstered by the fact that he brought him back first chance you get, after the utter mess he had left us with  had been cleaned up for him, of course. 

It's why people understand there is not much to be happy about right now. I think it's the first time in history fans have been in this situation. Most of the time you have hope for the future but somehow JR has found a way to suck that away too. Terrible timing too as people are moving away from Football at a rapid pace. PSLs will become a terrible purchase when no one wants them. 

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