You know who isn't getting enough credit? Marty Hurney

[Sam Mills Fan]

10 minutes ago, BrianS said:

I know we've all been (rightly) beating up on Torrey Smith for his failures on the field, and thus we might want to hold that against Hurney . . . however . . . consider the other end of that deal.  Hurney managed to dump Daryl Worley before he imploded completely.  No, Torrey hasn't been wonderful, but he played at least some part in bringing Eric Reid to us.  It's also fair to question whether he would have gotten as many opportunities had Samuel / Byrd been healthy.

I'm actually becoming a believer in Hurney 2.0 . . . I think it's possible he is figuring it out.

 

I totally agree. I'd much rather have Torrey Smith on this team than Worley. Smith did have a fantastic TD in Atlanta and he has a history of taking a long time to turn it on when he's on a new team. Not worried, the trade was completely worth it.

[TheRed]

The whole ordeal that led to his return was rather bizarre, but Hurney has been surprisingly steady overall. I don't know if he's the right guy long term, but if we make a playoff run I'm good with him.

Also, just of note. At the time I was a little annoyed, but looking back, the fact that we got a 3rd rounder for Kelvin Benjamin is practically robbery at this point.

[BrianS]

1 minute ago, TheRed said:

The whole ordeal that led to his return was rather bizarre, but Hurney has been surprisingly steady overall. I don't know if he's the right guy long term, but if we make a playoff run I'm good with him.

Also, just of note. At the time I was a little annoyed, but looking back, the fact that we got a 3rd rounder for Kelvin Benjamin is practically robbery at this point.

Wow.  Didn't even think of that . . . but holy cow.

Perhaps the space aliens theory has legs . . . 

[motocross_cat]

19 minutes ago, ickmule said:

3 games in and we are ready to anoint a guy we all hated as great. No thanks, I'll wait to see how the full season plays out with the talent he has brought in. 

Nope, cant do that if you dont watch.

[Adb6368]

Cutting Butker and giving a load of money to Gano is a fairly big screw-up and prevented us from a few decent FA signings (albeit bottom of the barrel). 

Other than that, he has been fairly solid.

[PantherBrew]

For fun, I am almost postive Marty would not have drafted Vernon Butler in 2016.  

 

Who do yall think Marty would have drafted?  I think either Hunter Henry, Ognah, or Xavian Howard

[Toomers]

2 minutes ago, PantherBrew said:

For fun, I am almost postive Marty would not have drafted Vernon Butler in 2016.  

 

Who do yall think Marty would have drafted?  I think either Hunter Henry, Ognah, or Xavian Howard

Probably Everette Brown or Armanti Edwards. For fun. Or Pickles? 

[PantherBrew]

Just now, Toomers said:

Probably Everette Brown or Armanti Edwards. For fun. Or Pickles? 

None of those were first-round players. But joke noted. 

[FugAllY'all]

The whole Star/Norwell/Poe/Breeland set of transactions could be nitpicked. Maybe the real mistake was signing Trai before the 2017 season, probably would have been cheaper afterwards and we could have negotiated a way to keep both. Anyway, yeah, overall he's done an excellent job. I absolutely love getting proven wrong in this case.

[Toomers]

Just now, PantherBrew said:

None of those were first-round players. But joke noted. 

Brown sort of was...lol

[t96]

57 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

I brought this up in another topic, but yeah, Marty has been doing a great job. Not just this year, but last as well. That trading away of Kelvin Benjamin? In hindsight I think we'd all agree that it was definitely for the best. Getting Peppers to come back? Beautiful! Drafting, so far, so good.

The guy is doing for us what he did back in the days of Fox -- putting together a legitimate team. This time, he has more experience and insight. It shows. And I think Marty is still chasing that ring he didn't get thanks to the Patriots back in '03. 

Glad to see him back and darned impressed by what he has done so far.

Peppers was a DG signing but yeah I agree.

[Toomers]

    I haven’t had many issues with him since his return.  Other than (post deleted because user is not allowed to comment on PKs) and a couple draft picks, he’s done very well. Whatever happened with Breeland worked out for the best so who cares. No matter what happens, he made sensible moves, at the time. Not second-guessing aftwards if the moves were sound in the first place. 

  

[Porn Shop Clerk]

It really does look like he's learned from his past mistakes, but I'm not ready to glad hand him yet. We'll see where we are this time next year.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

Just now, Carolina-Chuck1000th said:

Already fixing Dave Fatty Gettleman’s poo

Where do you think Hurney learned all this from?