Hurney isn't going to be demoted or limited to college scouting

[panthers55]

https://www.panthers.com/news/david-tepper-interview-transcript-ron-rivera-head-coach

Here is a transcript of the interview on panthers.com. Nowhere does it give only qualified praise for Hurney or suggest big changes to the GM position. In fact the new VP is discussed as linking the football to business side and giving Hurney help so he can focus on the football side. You can post all the articles you want trying to whip up theories about limiting Hurney but the official site which is controlled by Tepper and the Panthers debunks the notion that Hurney isn't doing a good job and that his role will be limited. Now at 63 Hurney might not be the long term solution and Tepper could be holding back bigger changes for down the road, but all this talk about Hurney being demoted or limited seems to be a few folks reading into things what they want to happen. At least not at the present time.

[Moo Daeng]

2 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

https://www.panthers.com/news/david-tepper-interview-transcript-ron-rivera-head-coach

Here is a transcript of the interview on panthers.com. Nowhere does it give only qualified praise for Hurney or suggest big changes to the GM position. In fact the new VP is discussed as linking the football to business side and giving Hurney help so he can focus on the football side. You can post all the articles you want trying to whip up theories about limiting Hurney but the official site which is controlled by Tepper and the Panthers debunks the notion that Hurney isn't doing a good job and that his role will be limited. Now at 63 Hurney might not be the long term solution and Tepper could be holding back bigger changes for down the road, but all this talk about Hurney being demoted or limited seems to be a few folks reading into things what they want to happen. At least not at the present time.

I've seen the video. It's in plain view and obvious.

[PhillyB]

well he also said there'd be no mid-season changes at head coach soooooo

[1of10Charnatives]

I think it’s entirely possible that while Tepper isn’t demoting Hurney he is bringing in more people on equal footing so that Hurney isn’t the only guy with the final word on personnel beyond himself. This would decfacto be a dilution of his power but would not be a demotion.

I also think that now that a businessman like Tepper has evaluated our FO and found it undermanned, it’s possible one of the reasons Hurney’s track record in the draft has been solid 1st rounders but underwhelming beyond that is that his staff lacked enough qualified bodies to do the thousands of man hours needed to evaluate prospects beyond the top 30 or so. If that’s the case, retaining Hurney but having others focus on other aspects of gm work like contracts and adding his skills to a larger overall team could be successful.

[Jeremy Igo]

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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.”

This isn't difficult. 

[Mr. Scot]

You found a source that barely discusses the position at all and want to run with that? Okay.

And how does Tepper's "Marty Hurney is an incredible... Well, let's not give him that kind of compliment. He's a very good" comment from the original press conference fit into this narrative?

[therealmjl]

lol shocking P55 takes panthers.com to scripture

[therealmjl]

unleash the poo

[panthers55]

4 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

This isn't difficult. 

Isn't the position Assistant GM. Isn't that a GM? Taking 4 words and creating a dialogue around it is the same think religious folks do when they quote one verse of the Bible and make an hour long discussion  instead of using the larger context of the whole book. And you are right. It isn't difficult to pick a few words and make it mean whatever you want.

[Jeremy Igo]

15 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

Isn't the position Assistant GM. Isn't that a GM? 

What about Assistant to the GM?

[panthers55]

3 minutes ago, mjligon said:

lol shocking P55 takes panthers.com to scripture

I would think that Tepper would want his own site to control the dialogue since he owns it and has total say 

[Harbingers]

Just now, Jeremy Igo said:

What about Assistant to the GM?

What about the assistant to the the assistant to the GM?

[TheRumGone]

I think they’re gonna hire someone in that assistant GM/VP role to groom as Hurneys replacement. I’m thinking for next year.

Hurney has to do this draft because they’ve been scouting all this year. Although if he found someone who was scouting all this year he may pull the trigger on Hurney or reassign to something else. 
 

im wondering if we’re looking at Colbert at all because we wouldn’t be putting someone of his stature in an assistant position. Maybe Tepper has a role for him in mind or nothing at all. Maybe Colbert is backing out of the NFL all together.

 

all signs point to this being a collaborative effort tho

[Untouchable]

 

Good article, far more in depth about the front office restructuring and how Tepper has gone about reshaping the franchise.  He suggests the Patriot model seems to be the target.