Incredible... Wait, I meant "very good"

[Mr. Scot]

So here's the video where Panthers owner David Tepper talks to Bill Voth and praises Marty Hurney's draft evaluation skills (a little after 4:30 in).

And here's a link to a PFT discussion of yesterday's Panther News (sorry, can't embed) that includes a snippet from Tepper's presser given between 2 and 3pm yesterday. The clip appears around 8 minutes in.

Panthers expected to undergo big changes after firing Ron Rivera

For those too lazy to click a link, in this clip Tepper says the following:

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Marty Hurney is one of the, uh, is a incredible, um... Well, let's not give him that kind of compliment. He's an, eh, he's a very good, um, uuummm, uh, evaluator of college talent. He is, you know, put in that position, he is very successful. You can look at the track record, it's a pretty successful track record. Uuummm, you know, in a modern organization, I think you need somebody else in that organization to complement that.

Wait, what?! 

Trust me, it's worth watching the clip just to see Mike Florio and Peter King's faces when they return from that clip

They follow up with speculation that the reorganization could leave Marty Hurney as "a glorified director of college scouting".

Interestingly enough, the Panthers took the video of that particular presser down and replaced it with the Voth interview later in the day. I'm guessing they didn't like how Tepper came off. If there is still video or a transcript of that full presser anywhere online, I can't find it. And trust me, I looked.

Albert Breer said something similar in his latest mailbag (link).

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It’ll be interesting to see how Tepper beefs up the front office. The owner said in his statement that he planned to add a VP of football operations and an assistant GM. Then, in his video interview with the team web site, he indicated that some of the shuffling could lead to changing roles for those remaining in the building, including sitting GM Marty Hurney.

“There’s also new processes I want to bring in,” Tepper said. “I think the modern football organization needs a couple of people there. If I was looking in the future, if I’m looking at the manager in the future and looking up at who’s going to be there in the future and Marty is more senior, if I brought somebody else in, it could be a potential GM.”

Tepper also praised Hurney’s acumen on the college scouting side, and emphasized he saw a lot of merit in keeping him aboard—but it sure seems like he could be kept in a different capacity.

For the record, other analysts (Jonathan Jones, for example) are saying the same thing. King had a further theory, that being that perhaps Tepper doesn't quite know yet what he wants right now. If so, everything could still be up in the air.

Either way, as has been theorized previously, it sounds very much like the new front office structure is not going to include one guy who has final say on everything.

Unless, of course, you count David Tepper.

[Khyber53]

It means he's going to bring his own guys in, but they have limited NFL front office experience. Hurney will see us through this draft and basically hand off his job to the successors. 

Welcome to corporate life conquering football.

[panthers55]

Funny how the Hurney critics are almost desperate to keep spinning this away from Hurney having any substantial role moving forward.

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, panthers55 said:

Funny how the Hurney critics are almost desperate to keep spinning this away from Hurney having any substantial role moving forward.

Would you like to tell me how any of what we're hearing says "Marty Hurney keeps full power"?

[PanthersBigD]

Good find, but is there a more insufferable trio of talking heads out there than Florio, King and Baby Simms?

[JawnyBlaze]

Hurney will get demoted to director of college scouting, and hopefully have a good staff under him to handle rounds 2-7. It’s either that or become unemployed if he’s not down for the demotion cuz he won’t get a gm job anywhere else. And we know this because we saw it happen already. 

[JawnyBlaze]

Just now, PanthersBigD said:

Good find, but is there a more insufferable trio of talking heads out there than Florio, King and Baby Simms?

Only if you throw in Charles Davis

[panthers55]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

Would you like to tell me how any of what we're hearing says "Marty Hurney keeps full power"?

Didn't say that at all. I fully expect Tepper to share responsibility so that everyone gets to do what they are best at which is smart. But since yesterday you have posted several topics about it. You seemed somewhat triggered Hurney is still here and might still be the senior GM.  

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, JawnyBlaze said:

Hurney will get demoted to director of college scouting, and hopefully have a good staff under him to handle rounds 2-7. It’s either that or become unemployed if he’s not down for the demotion cuz he won’t get a gm job anywhere else. And we know this because we saw it happen already. 

Thing is, the current staff likely only survives through the coming draft. Someone will be rebuilding that department in the months that follow.

At this point, how certain are we that task is gonna fall to Hurney?

[Mr. Scot]

3 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

Didn't say that at all. I fully expect Tepper to share responsibility so that everyone gets to do what they are best at which is smart. But since yesterday you have posted several topics about it. You seemed somewhat triggered Hurney is still here and might still be the senior GM.  

I posted one thread for people to discuss speculation at the time of the announcements and another some hours later with my own analysis. That's exactly two on this topic. Other threads I've posted were on other topics.

Posted this one because I found the clip in question while reading something else and got a huge chuckle out of Tepper's gaffe

[panthers55]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

I posted one thread for people to discuss speculation at the time of the announcements and another some hours later with my own analysis. That's exactly two on this topic. Other threads I've posted were on other topics.

Posted this one because I found the clip in question while reading something else and got a huge chuckle out of Tepper's gaffe

So this is the third topic and in those topics you posted numerous posts. So maybe 24 posts in 24 hours on this topic alone.  Yeah not an issue........

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, panthers55 said:

So this is the third topic and in those topics you posted numerous posts. So maybe 24 posts in 24 hours on this topic alone.  Yeah not an issue........

If you say so

[rodeo]

is there such a position as Director of the First Round, give that to Hurney and bring in a real GM to do everything else

[Argus Plexus]

Everyone says Hurn Dawg is great at college scouting but this is the same guy that traded up to pick Armanti Edwards, among several other full retard moves throughout the years. Let's not even start in on the cap hell he left us in that we spent years climbing out of.