The biggest issue (worse the rivera)

[juliosantos]

All this talk about Rivera and Cam but I think the Panthers biggest problem is personnel and it starts with the front office. The roster is aging and cannot compete anymore. Which is the reason, why the first order of business is finding the next GM.

The Panthers have a challenging offseason ahead. Currently, the team has only 36 players under contract (including practice squad and IR) for the 2019 season and an estimated $28M in cap space. Some key free agent starters/rotational players include:

Mike Adams 
Eric Reid 
Thomas Davis 
Julius Peppers 
Ryan Kalil 
Wes Horton 
Devin Funchess 
Kyle Love 
Chris Clark 

Some depth pieces that fill out the roster include:
Colin Jones 
Cameron Artis-Payne 
Taylor Heinke 
Damiere Byrd 
Chris Manhertz 
David Mayo 

So pretty much, the team has to go from 36 to 90 with $28M of cap space. Some of that can be filled through the draft while we also have some exclusive rights free agents (ie Bryan Cox)  but that's still a lot of holes to fill with limited cap space.

This is the biggest reason why I think the first item on the to do list is bring in a new GM to rebuild this roster. We do have a lot of promising young players but we still need to put capable talent around them.

[juliosantos]

...We can ALL agree Ron is probably gone along with Turner and Washington....Cap, M. Adams, Reid, Funchess, Gano, T. Smith, M Kaili, Byrd and many others....gone....Sadly the many faces of the Panthers for sooooo many years TD, Olsen, Ryan Kaili, Peppers....they will also be gone.....and honestly at this point in time I wouldn’t be surprised if trades were made for Luke or Cam going into the new season......because both players have contracts with big money due and us with very little CAP space with Cam’s expiring 2021 and Luke’s 2022 and Us not having very much to offer a BIG talent and at the moment they are all We have to offer....so I do hope we draft well.....but with all that said it’s just sad to see this being the last image of our Greats and how it ended......
KEEPING POUNDING.....but this is Season is done......till Next Year.....

[RumHam]

and do you reaaaaaally want Hurney filling the future? 

[panthers55]

Hurney 2.0 has done a good job making the team faster and more versatile. He was able to see that Benjamin wasn't the future and likely will not retain Funchess as well. For those who think this time around he has done a bad job, what exactly has he done so wrong? After all the scouts and coaching staff tell him who they want, he just makes it all work under the cap. 

[juliosantos]

15 minutes ago, RumHam said:

and do you reaaaaaally want Hurney filling the future? 

No hurney sucks

[juliosantos]

1 minute ago, panthers55 said:

Hurney 2.0 has done a good job making the team faster and more versatile. He was able to see that Benjamin wasn't the future and likely will not retain Funchess as well. For those who think this time around he has done a bad job, what exactly has he done so wrong? After all the scouts and coaching staff tell him who they want, he just makes it all work under the cap. 

He botched free agency just like gettleman did 

[panthers55]

19 minutes ago, juliosantos said:

He botched free agency just like gettleman did 

How so other than signing Poe who has been a big disappointment despite promising athletics and analytics. Reminds me of some of the knocks about him coming out of college.

[PurityControl]

IMO the only gaff Hurney has done was leaving the secondary thin, having to plug in small nickle backs on the outside against Sea was a huge factor in that loss.