Panthers put interim GM Marty Hurney on paid leave after ex-wife’s allegations

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, thomas96 said:

Media backlash shitshow as a result of one small article with just accusations of a few extremely minor incidents essentially forcing him to sell the team... pretty ridiculous that that's all it takes to change someone's life so drastically. 

Can't really call the existence of four secret non-disclosure agreements to be "minor incidents". You don't pay significant hush money to cover up something that could be seen as a slight misunderstanding.

Not following league policy and alerting the NFL to those agreements put the team in a really really bad spot.

[t96]

3 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Can't really call the existence of four secret non-disclosure agreements to be "minor incidents". You don't pay significant hush money to cover up something that could be seen as a slight misunderstanding.

Not following league policy and alerting the NFL to those agreements put the team in a really really bad spot.

Depends on how one defines "significant." And settling a civil case out of court has absolutely no bearing on or indication of guilt whatsoever. 

[Woodie]

9 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Raye, to me, is absolutely a legitimate candidate.  And his history with Rivera, Norv Turner and Don Gregory would at least seem to offer an inside track if he interviewed well.

I'd be fine with Dawson.  Mayhew's probably my least favorite choice of the three but I'd take him.

If they do decide to interview others, Ryan Cowden and Trent Kirchner are obvious choices with Panther connections.  There could be other options.  Heck, we could conceivably even interview Jeff Ireland (I'd rather we didn't).

Meanwhile, free agency is approaching fast.  Most teams are using this time to try and re-sign their own guys that they want to keep.  We have a few of those two, but we're busy with this.  Oh. and by the way, the team is for sale.

What happens next?  Who knows?

Hey Igo, you picked a heck of a day to be offline.

The scary thing is that while Hurney's on leave, we don't have anybody to really make those GM decisions.  Most likely Gregory or Rivera would be making the decisions on Norwell, Star, Gano, and any potential FA additions, but likely won't have final say, that would go to Tina Becker, who should definitely not be making long-term roster decisions.  

Hopefully, this will get resolved fairly quickly so we can all move forward.

[RoaringRiot]

1 minute ago, Woodie said:

The scary thing is that while Hurney's on leave, we don't have anybody to really make those GM decisions.  Most likely Gregory or Rivera would be making the decisions on Norwell, Star, Gano, and any potential FA additions, but likely won't have final say, that would go to Tina Becker, who should definitely not be making long-term roster decisions.  

Hopefully, this will get resolved fairly quickly so we can all move forward.

Yep this is the worst part for fans. Hurney getting the boot means we are going to be very behind. 

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, Woodie said:

The scary thing is that while Hurney's on leave, we don't have anybody to really make those GM decisions.  Most likely Gregory or Rivera would be making the decisions on Norwell, Star, Gano, and any potential FA additions, but likely won't have final say, that would go to Tina Becker, who should definitely not be making long-term roster decisions.  

Hopefully, this will get resolved fairly quickly so we can all move forward.

That's kinda what makes me think they won't bother to do additional interviews.  The process would certainly go quicker if they just took one of the guys they've already talked to.

I'm still hoping for Raye myself.

[RoaringRiot]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

That's kinda what makes me think they won't bother to do additional interviews.  The process would certainly go quicker if they just took one of the guys they've already talked to.

I'm still hoping for Raye myself.

I honestly didn't pay attention to any of them because I knew the job was Hurney's. 

[Mr. Scot]

13 minutes ago, RoaringRiot said:

I honestly didn't pay attention to any of them because I knew the job was Hurney's. 

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Mayhew was a last minute addition so I never really did a full workup on him.  If you look up his bio, you'll basically find it's Lions this, Lions that, Lions the other up until last year when he was with the 49ers.

(now watch him get the job)

[Woodie]

16 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

That's kinda what makes me think they won't bother to do additional interviews.  The process would certainly go quicker if they just took one of the guys they've already talked to.

I'm still hoping for Raye myself.

I think you're right, and also expect Raye will walk away with the job...assuming the whole thing with Hurney doesn't blow over in the next couple of days.

[Mr. Scot]

9 minutes ago, Woodie said:

I think you're right, and also expect Raye will walk away with the job...assuming the whole thing with Hurney doesn't blow over in the next couple of days.

I've done a lot of speculating, but I'm not even gonna try to predict what happens next.

I haven't even picked my jaw up off the floor since I clicked into the forum and read this headline.

My literal first thoughts: "This can't be serious. It's gotta be a joke or a troll thread. First Richardson, now Hurney?  What the #@$% is going on?"

[ZoneRead]

Man she did it for us.....Keep pounding

[PeteRozelle]

47 minutes ago, ZoneRead said:

Man she did it for us.....Keep pounding

 

"Keep Pounding" I think was taken too literal from the top of the organization. Gives new meaning to the phrase...

 

 

[Mr. Scot]

3 hours ago, pantherfan1971 said:

Some of the stuff I read here is hipocritical by many people.   Many of those,  not all but many,  saying fire Hurney are the same people saying Hardy should have played after he was accused and should still be on this team.   What's the difference?  One was a liked player and one a hated GM. 

I don't know the full details other than news and we all know how truthful news agency's are. 

Greg Hardy is actually kind of relevant here, but not for this reason.

Hardy was ultimately found innocent of his charges (granted under perhaps dubious circumstances but hey whatever) yet the Panthers still chose to part ways with him.

If the Panthers were to stand by Marty Hurney in his situation after having decided to wave goodbye to Hardy, then it probably wouldn't be too long before somebody would be pointing out a certain obvious difference in physical characteristics between Hardy and Hurney.

Fair? Probably not, but does it really matter?

Right now the Panthers are driving a truck full of dynamite over a minefield set in rough terrain. There are a whole lot of things that could go wrong and cause everything to blow up in their faces.

I don't want to see that happen. I seriously doubt anybody here does.

[Ace_Aladdin]

5 hours ago, Woodie said:

The scary thing is that while Hurney's on leave, we don't have anybody to really make those GM decisions.  Most likely Gregory or Rivera would be making the decisions on Norwell, Star, Gano, and any potential FA additions, but likely won't have final say, that would go to Tina Becker, who should definitely not be making long-term roster decisions.  

Hopefully, this will get resolved fairly quickly so we can all move forward.

Rivera is gonna get Belichick like powers 

[Waldo]

Huge question: Was this all fictional or did Hurney settle it out of court but not quick enough to keep it out of the court system?

I don't know but this stinks. Her lawyer responded quick to say that it was dismissed. That stinks too. 

I don't see a way for Hurney to slide back in on the right side of this. The team is stuck scrambling and us fans are left with a giant pile of flamming poo to cheer for going into a time of the year they needed to give everyone hope. Here is to hoping that Tina is more than a puppet...