REPORT! Panthers GM Marty Hurney "refused to answer several" questions about Cam Newton’s future with the team.

[mrcompletely11]

8 minutes ago, JawnyBlaze said:

Is there supposed to be something gleaned from this non-information?

You serious clark?

[Call Me James]

He's in the last year of his contract after coming off two seasons worth of injuries. 

He hasn't taken the field for full workouts. 

 

What else is he supposed to say? 

[GoPanthers123]

Hey Hurney, if you don’t evaluate Cam before calling him the starter I will jump on fire Hurney bandwagon.

[MMA]

Greg Olsen just left. Cam Newton isn’t coming back to Carolina this upcoming season. Even Stevie Wonder can see that. 

[Real1zOnly]

Interesting...March is right around the corner. I doubt Cam is healthy by then.

 

I think it's 50/50 at this point if he returns.

[Mr. Scot]

1 hour ago, t96 said:

This isn’t news.

It is and it isn't.

It's news that it happened, but nobody should really be surprised by it.

[Mr. Scot]

14 minutes ago, MMA said:

Greg Olsen just left. Cam Newton isn’t coming back to Carolina this upcoming season. Even Stevie Wonder can see that. 

To be fair, despite the bullsh-t "mutual agreement" story, that was the team's decision, not Greg's.

[panthers55]

I think he will be ready before the draft which is when we would be considering trading him. He would have to be healthy before you could get any value. I doubt we would release him unless the Panthers felt he wouldn't be healthy.  I suspect they are gauging him as we speak and well aware about where he is at this point.

[MHS831]

This is a non statement, but I think the point is that Hurney understands the speculation surrounding Cam and did not make an effort to clear it up---what he does not say could be telling.  "He is rehabbing (a fact that cannot be disputed.)  That is all I can say." 

No it is not.  He is under contract through 2020.  You could say that he is the starting QB and he is getting ready for next year.  He is our starter...etc.  If "he is rehabbing" is all you can say, then what you can't say speaks volumes.

Now compare what Marty just said about Cam to what he said about Peppers in 2009, when Peppers was begging for a trade:

"We've known Julius for seven years, and it has been a good seven years," Hurney said. "I think he knows how we feel, and we feel like he's been happy here. And again, nothing has changed. We franchised him, and when we did, we knew there was a period for the process to take place. When that process goes through, then he's going to be back."

  http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d80fd030f/article/no-progress-in-panthers-bid-to-resign-peppers-but-gm-still-confident

Can we detect a different tone? 

[stirs]

If Marty Hurney or any GM gives a straight answer 2 months before the draft, he should be ran out of town

[MMA]

19 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

To be fair, despite the bullsh-t "mutual agreement" story, that was the team's decision, not Greg's.

Exactly. It was the team’s decision. The team got rid of Olsen. They will do the same with Cam  Newton.

[Mage]

11 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

This is a non statement, but I think the point is that Hurney understands the speculation surrounding Cam and did not make an effort to clear it up---what he does not say could be telling.  "He is rehabbing (a fact that cannot be disputed.)  That is all I can say." 

No it is not.  He is under contract through 2020.  You could say that he is the starting QB and he is getting ready for next year.  

It’s entirely possible Hurney doesn’t have the power to decide if Cam is returning and if so, then that really is all he can say.  

I’m certain Rhule has more say than Hurney over it

[Moo Daeng]

Because Hurney has no say in it

[NanuqoftheNorth]

Hmm, .

Must officially be the off season.

poo stirring threads are back in vogue.