For those who cannot understand how/why Hurndog is still the GM --- this is the answer.

[SBiii]

  9 hours ago, panthers55 said:

Tepper knows what he is doing and has a plan. It seems the people who are the most negative here have an agenda that colors every statement with little objectivity or logic.

Exactly.

Here's the logic they are missing --- none of us really know Hurndog's true capabilities as a GM.

How is it we don't know Hurndog's true capabilities? 

Because The Big Cat never let Marty do the job without interfering.

Marty:  "Jerry, this is how I think we should proceed/draft/trade/offer  contract, etc..."

Jerry:  "That's nice Marty, here's what we're going to do [pick your blunder], now go do it."

Here's the objectivity they are missing --- Marty must be a LOT more capable of executing the GM responsibilities than any of us (myself included) ever thought.

How do we know this to be true?

Because 17 months after taking control of the team Mr. David Tepper still employs the Hurndog.

It really is that simple.

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Tepper officially took over the Panthers on July 9, 2018.  The team was 2-weeks away from opening camp and the timing dictated the Panthers roll into camp and the 2018 season pretty much as constructed on both the player & executive fronts.

At that point in time I believed Hurney would babysit the GM position through the 2018 season and then be gone as soon as the clock ticked 0:00 in game-16. 

Rowboat had just signed a ridiculous contract extension The Big Cat gifted him on the way out the door and I figured that combined with his track record as 2-time NFLCOY, etc...would spur Tepper to let the Rower continue into 2019 no matter how 2018 went.

To my surprise (and I must admit, chagrin) both were retained going into 2019.

I started to think about....why?  There must be a logical explanation?  Mr. David Tepper specializes in logical decisions, good ones.

There are 2 primary reasons Mr. David Tepper is now worth $11B++...

1.  Superior information.

2.  Superior intellect and decision making ability.

A deadly combination that is...

In evaluating this Hurndog scenario there are 2 certainties:

1.  Tepper's information is far superior to ours.

2.  Tepper is way smarter than us and a much more capable decision maker.

So, how is it that Hurndog remains in Big Tepp's employ?

There's only one-single explanation...

...Big Tepp sat Hurndog down and said "walk me through your decision making process" on hundreds if not thousands of football related decisions going all the way back to his first NFL related job as the Redskins PR guy 30 years ago...

...AND...

...Big Tepp liked what he heard.

People, DON'T FORGET....Hurndog was never given the leeway to make the calls as he saw fit --- The Big Cat was micromanaging to the Nth degree.  I'm sure this was exposed in the hours and hours and hours of conversation Tepper had with Hurndog.

It was the same with Gettleman --- look no further than Brenton Bersin for a graphic example of The Big Cat telling the GM how he was going to proceed.

There-in lay the logical & objective explanation for how and why Hurndog still has the job.

Will be interested to see how the "I'm smarter than Tepper" crowd reacts....LOL.

[therealmjl]

No.

[uncfan888]

I can't understand how you're still allowed to post here

[onmyown]

I have no doubt JR had a lot of control over Hurney but there’s the fact no one else hired him when he was unemployed for years. 
 

I always thought Tepper saw value in another role which I’d be ok with. Or was waiting until post draft to find someone else.

The question is will the new staff work better with a different GM? Or is there someone better willing to come in out there? I think those might be true and that’s why I’m good with moving on.

[ncfan]

We know what "Hurndog is capable of"

 

The excuse of, It was "Jerry last time" went out the window a few months in.  Considering he is Literally making the Same Mistakes as before when Hurney defenders claimed it was Jerry

[Jmac]

The Panthers are the only team that would rehire their previous failed GM (under the lie that he is temporary), and then retain him after new ownership. Unbelievable 

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

So, did Jerry tell Hurney to draft Armanti Edwards, Everette Brown, Jimmy Clausen and other countless later round misses?

You're saying Hurney really did tell Tepper that Jerry held him back through all rounds of every draft? 

[332nd]

10 minutes ago, SBiii said:

 

 

1.  Tepper's information is far superior to ours.

2.  Tepper is way smarter than us and a much more capable decision maker.

 

Billionaire does not mean you are smarter than everyone else.

 

[332nd]

1 minute ago, Move the Panthers to Raleigh said:

So, did Jerry tell Hurney to draft Armanti Edwards, Everette Brown, Jimmy Clausen and other countless later round misses?

You're saying Hurney really did tell Tepper that Jerry held him back through all rounds of every draft? 

& legend has it he wanted to trade up for Clausen.

[Toolbox]

I just want every JR holdover gone.. apparently that's too much to fuging ask.

[Jmac]

1 minute ago, 332nd said:

Billionaire does not mean you are smarter than everyone else.

 

Or have proper football acumen to make proper decisions. New owner with no pro sports experience.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

There's always some fuging excuse for Hurney's ineptitude.  Catch you guys when we're all five years older and still haven't won jack poo and Hurney has been fired again.

[1of10Charnatives]

3 minutes ago, 332nd said:

Billionaire does not mean you are smarter than everyone else.

 

Self made billionaire is a pretty damn strong argument that you might not be smarter than everyone else, but in certain ways you are smarter than almost everyone.

[Forty-Eight]

Dude is still terrible at drafting