Panther news could be heating up next week

[Mr. Scot]

The NFL really hates it when the Super Bowl has to share the spotlight with any other football news (they likely weren't too pleased with the Smith trade stuff coming to light). That's why teams often tend to put some action items off until after Super Bowl week.

The Panthers have two rather big news flashes coming up. They'll be naming a GM shortly, and then of course there's the sale of the team. With the Super Bowl - and the NFL season - ended, those things can start moving forward.

Side Note: Remember when the Pro Bowl was the Sunday after the Super Bowl? Yeah, it's much better now that the season ends with the league's biggest game.

I'll be looking forward to seeing what information comes out regarding potential buyers. Also waiting to see whether Ryan Cowden is eventually included in our GM interviews (still prefer Jimmy Raye, but hey...)

So buckle your seatbelts, Panther fans. Things could get really interesting starting Monday or so. Here's hoping they also get better.

[t96]

2 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

The Panthers have two rather big news flashes coming up. They'll be naming a GM shortly, and then of course there's the sale of the team. With the Super Bowl - and the NFL season - ended, those things can start moving forward.

Regarding the GM search, anything that happens before a new owner comes in is largely irrelevant. The only important thing is who buys the team. If Hurney is kept or someone else who isn't good is hired, a good new owner would get rid of them swiftly. A bad owner on the other hand and it wouldn't matter who we hire now because we'd have bad people in place anyways. The main thing I'm focusing on is the sale of the team.

[Mr. Scot]

50 minutes ago, thomas96 said:

Regarding the GM search, anything that happens before a new owner comes in is largely irrelevant. The only important thing is who buys the team. If Hurney is kept or someone else who isn't good is hired, a good new owner would get rid of them swiftly. A bad owner on the other hand and it wouldn't matter who we hire now because we'd have bad people in place anyways. The main thing I'm focusing on is the sale of the team.

The ownership search is definitely the more important item, but the GM search is the one more likely to be resolved first.

[Carolina8909]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

The ownership search is definitely the more important item, but the GM search is the one more likely to be resolved first.

Why? Wouldn't whoever buys the team like to manage that process?

[KSpan]

4 minutes ago, Carolina8909 said:

Why? Wouldn't whoever buys the team like to manage that process?

Probably, but a deal like this can take a long time to complete. With FA and the draft on the horizon no time to waste.

[Carolina8909]

Just now, KSpan said:

Probably, but a deal like this can take a long time to complete. With FA and the draft on the horizon no time to waste.

Fair call, we're evidently not in a great position.

[Mr. Scot]

5 minutes ago, Carolina8909 said:

Why? Wouldn't whoever buys the team like to manage that process?

The team will have their GM interviews done by next week.  The ownership bidding process is gonna take longer than that.

Now, once somebody buys the team, if they so wish they can undo everything the current officials are doing now, but not until then.

Why is it moving ahead? One theory is pressure from the Fritz Pollard Alliance, their being upset because they believe the team was using the interim tag to duck interviewing a minority candidate.  The other that Richardson is trying to get Hurney entrenched so that the new owners will decide it's easier to just keep him or, at the very least, guaranteeing him one final big payday.

[Carolina8909]

3 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

The team will have their GM interviews done by next week.  The ownership bidding process is gonna take longer than that.

Now, once somebody buys the team, if they so wish they can undo everything the current officials are doing now, but not until then.

Why is it moving ahead? One theory is pressure from the Fritz Pollard Alliance, their being upset because they believe the team was using the interim tag to duck interviewing a minority candidate.  The other that Richardson is trying to get Hurney entrenched so that the new owners will decide it's easier to just keep him or, at the very least, guaranteeing him one final big payday.

Understood. It's practically Richardson's final move as Owner. Because of that, I'm siding with the latter.

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, Carolina8909 said:

Understood. It's practically Richardson's final move as Owner. Because of that, I'm siding with the latter.

It could actually be both.

General belief was they were willing to sit on Hurney being interim at least through June.  That would have given Hurney a chance to put his stamp on the team and thus next season would have basically been his audition for the new owners to keep him full time.

But then the Pollard Alliance might have spurred them to move.  Or perhaps just realizing that if the new owner takes over soon enough, Hurney's audition season might never happen was enough.

Either way, here we are.

[TheSpecialJuan]

3 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

The NFL really hates it when the Super Bowl has to share the spotlight with any other football news (they likely weren't too pleased with the Smith trade stuff coming to light). That's why teams often tend to put some action items off until after Super Bowl week.

The Panthers have two rather big news flashes coming up. They'll be naming a GM shortly, and then of course there's the sale of the team. With the Super Bowl - and the NFL season - ended, those things can start moving forward.

Side Note: Remember when the Pro Bowl was the Sunday after the Super Bowl? Yeah, it's much better now that the season ends with the league's biggest game.

I'll be looking forward to seeing what information comes out regarding potential buyers. Also waiting to see whether Ryan Cowden is eventually included in our GM interviews (still prefer Jimmy Raye, but hey...)

So buckle your seatbelts, Panther fans. Things could get really interesting starting Monday or so. Here's hoping they also get better.

Oh boy oh boy, can't wait until Marty Hurney is named full time GM.

[t96]

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

The ownership search is definitely the more important item, but the GM search is the one more likely to be resolved first.

Exactly why it makes sense for Hurney to stay on interim basis until new ownership is settled and then they can hire who they want. Which is likely what will happen.

[rainwater]

Are people really expecting the sale of the team to go through during this off-season? I've never had that impression. Even if the new owners are selected by Richardson on Monday, the process for a group buying the team takes quite a while. Richardson isn't technically being forced to sale the team immediately, so he is going to listen to offers during the off season. They aren't going to all come in the next week.

[CarolinaSamurai]

28 minutes ago, rainwater said:

Are people really expecting the sale of the team to go through during this off-season? I've never had that impression. Even if the new owners are selected by Richardson on Monday, the process for a group buying the team takes quite a while. Richardson isn't technically being forced to sale the team immediately, so he is going to listen to offers during the off season. They aren't going to all come in the next week.

First they've been talking to bidders since we lost. People have been preparing bids since Jerry announced the sale. It's a very small pool of people who could do this and are interested. It's not outlandish they've decided on who will get the bid. This isn't a auction with hundreds of people. The main time is from approvals including from the league and owners. After that(probably voted on in the league meeting) it'll be a done deal.

Secondly the league will want this sale to occur before games start being played. No player coach or gm wants to start a season under such uncertainty. Which to me is why these purely fake extensions and hirings are happening. They are giving a false sense of security from Ron extension and a GM hiring. 

[panthers55]

1 hour ago, thomas96 said:

Exactly why it makes sense for Hurney to stay on interim basis until new ownership is settled and then they can hire who they want. Which is likely what will happen.

I agree. Hurney will still be the interim if he is chosen as full time GM. No matter who buys the team, the new owners are going to hire their people. And GM is at the head of the line. No matter who is chosen now, the owners can replace him in a New York minute. It actually makes sense to strive for someone who can help us the most  in the short term. So do we go with the interim who by most accounts is doing a much better job the second time around, or take a chance on someone who has never been a GM and would be learning on the fly. If this were the decision for the next five years you have time and motivation to develop someone. But if you want a guy who is a veteran GM and can hit the ground running, who else but Hurney would take this job with all the uncertainty. It would have to be an up and coming guy who was  willing to take the job to move up to the GM level. I think you have to make the best choice based on the present and not the past.