Mike Florio believes Panthers replace Marty Hurney after the draft

[TheSpecialJuan]

During the final episode of last year’s All or Nothing, Panthers owner David Tepper said something that made me think that both coach Ron Rivera and Hurney were on very thin ice.

“This league is set to be an 8-8 league,” Tepper said. “Everything is fair in this league. So if you have better coaches, better GM’s, some advantages with facilities, advantages with the training, management process, whatever those, whatever it is, you know, analytics, whatever that is to give you an edge, that’s what you need. And you need a good quarterback.”

Tepper already has replaced Rivera, a two-time coach of the year, with Matt Rhule. Hurney has to date remained in place, but it’s entirely possible that Tepper intends to wait until after the draft (as plenty of teams now do) to make a change. It’s the kind of thing that gets loudly denied until it happens — and then it happens and instead of obsessing over the fact that the team sent false messages and/or flat-out lied, the media focuses more on what’s next.

But the Panthers surely wouldn’t do something like this. Not the team that spent so much time at the Scouting Combine selling the notion that they plan to keep Cam Newton for multiple oh wait.

[TheSpecialJuan]

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/04/19/another-pft-sunday-mailbag/

[45catfan]

If Marty is replace, I really wished they would have done it prior to the draft.  Also, speculation is he will be reassigned from the GM duties, not terminated.

[WarPanthers89]

This was the plan all along and to keep him in a much lesser role within the organization. People have just used this as a reason to trash Tepper every chance that they could get, saying that he’s so incompetent that he “refuses to fire Hurney.”

[WarPanthers89]

9 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

If Marty is replace, I really wished they would have done it prior to the draft.  Also, speculation is he will be reassigned from the GM duties, not terminated.

You would have started with an entire new scouting department at the end of the season, which would be very hard to do, along with a new coaching staff etc. Most of the work had already been completed throughout the season scouting college players with the staff on hand, so it makes sense to let them play out the remainder of the contract until the draft, then replace Hurney and let the new GM pick his scouting staff. 

[mrcompletely11]

4 minutes ago, WarPanthers89 said:

This was the plan all along and to keep him in a much lesser role within the organization. People have just used this as a reason to trash Tepper every chance that they could get, saying that he’s so incompetent that he “refuses to fire Hurney.”

Tepper is the richest owner in the league but we still have folks on here calling him a dumbass.  I think he knows what he is doing.  You cannot just jettison a gm and entire scouting dept without a succession plan in place.

[Jared Patterson]

But who could this GM be? All our options seemed to sign deals

[t96]

Rhule is running this draft and is the decision maker here. Hurney staying on really doesn't change much, I'm not sure why people have been losing their mind that he wasn't fired. 

[Mr. Scot]

Rodrigue confirmed that his contract ends after this season, so minus an extension he wouldn't be GM a year from now anyway. And even though he's kept him this long, I'd like to believe Tepper isn't dumb enough to actually extend him.

What I'd probably expect would be for the Assistant GM to be hired after the Draft and the rest of the year be spent gradually transitioning him to the main job.

[Riverboat Ron]

With the #7 pick in the 2020 NFL draft the Carolina Panthers select...D'Andre Swift RB Georgia!

 

Bah Gawd that's Marty Hurney music! He just crushed two Natty Light, ripped off his polo and slapped Tepper's ass!

[Basbear]

With Matt Rhule....

 

 

[MHS831]

35 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

If Marty is replace, I really wished they would have done it prior to the draft.  Also, speculation is he will be reassigned from the GM duties, not terminated.

I think they are keeping him here BECAUSE of the draft.  The trades,  etc. need a veteran? 

Recently, Rhule said the ultimate decision is Marty Hurney's.  I have trouble believing that.

Remember the "Behind the Mask," when they were eating at the combine?  They wanted Marty to make a toast--he passed.  In the booth, Rhule was not communicating with Marty---hard to get a lot from that, but it seemed odd.

 

[Shotgun]

I hope he is fired again and then rehired again. Hurney 3.0 is gonna be badass!

[bababoey]

Bill O'Brian our new GM.