Marty Hurney defends medical staff over Panthers handling of Cam Newton

[WarPanthers89]

The Panthers waited until March 24 to release Cam Newton. The quarterback remains a free agent.

The team has received some criticism for not releasing Newton earlier. 

Former Panthers fullback Mike Tolbert went further recently, telling Joe Person of TheAthletic.com that the team has mismanaged Newton’s injuries in recent seasons.

“They’ve been doing him wrong timing-wisefor the past two or three years, if you ask me,” Tolbert said. “It goes back to his shoulder surgery. Everyone knew his shoulder was messed up in the middle of the year two years ago. But they wait until offseason gets ready to start to have shoulder surgery. Makes no sense. Timing’s off. As soon as he got hurt (last) preseason against the Patriots, they were saying, ‘Oh, he’s got a high-ankle sprain.’ I looked at it on film carefully. It’s not a high-ankle sprain. You could tell that 10 minutes after the play. You knew it’s a mid-foot sprain, Lisfranc, something like that. But you wait until December for him to beg you to have surgery. He shouldn’t have been out there Week One and Two. He shouldn’t have been out there probably until Week Four or Five, at minimum.”

Panthers General Manager Marty Hurney was asked about Tolbert’s comments in a Wednesday interview with WFNZ.

“I understand,” Hurney said. “Everyone is going to have their opinions, and they’re certainly entitled to them. I have great respect for our medical staff and I have great respect for Cam Newton.” 

Newton missed all but two games in 2019 because of a Lisfranc fracture. He had a shoulder injury that prematurely ended his 2018 season.

Newton, 31, has played all 16 games only once in the past four seasons.

 

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/05/27/marty-hurney-defends-medical-staff-over-panthers-handling-of-cam-newton/

[WarPanthers89]

Not really “defending” much but hey...it’s PFT. I normally wouldn’t post but it’s an interesting discussion between fans during this slow time on who was at fault with surgeries and timing throughout Cams career. 

[TheSpecialJuan]

meh

[ColumbusCounty]

3 minutes ago, WarPanthers89 said:

Newton, 31, has played all 16 games only once in the past four seasons.

Yet they dont mentioned he's probably only missed like 5 games his entire career before the Lisfranc injury..

Narrative....

Ima miss the hell outta QB1 ... but it's time to move on. 

[Smithers]

I mean...Cam himself acknowledged that he has lied to the coaching staff about his injuries.  

[Chief Keek]

Marty knows they screwed the pooch, he can sugarcoat it however he wants to. Luckily the previous staff is out the door and now they have a sports medicine staff.

[WUnderhill]

Can somebody tell me if the link is worth clicking? If there’s not more to the response, I don’t see the point.

[Tbe]

9 minutes ago, WUnderhill said:

Can somebody tell me if the link is worth clicking? If there’s not more to the response, I don’t see the point.

It would have taken you less time to click on the link and see for yourself than to write that reply.

[MMA]

How the hell is Hurney still here? David Tepper is the second dumbest owner in the league

[Mistuh Jones]

how the hell are YOU still here 

[Davidson Deac II]

41 minutes ago, ColumbusCounty said:

Yet they dont mentioned he's probably only missed like 5 games his entire career before the Lisfranc injury..

Narrative....

Ima miss the hell outta QB1 ... but it's time to move on. 

I agree, he hasn't missed many.  He was an ironman thru 2017.  

That being said, he should have missed more games in 2018.  By the 10th game or so, It was obvious he just couldn't throw the ball much.  

[jfra78]

Not really defending or saying anything in his statement.  Just that he respects the medical staff and Cam.

[catnip]

if you want to blame anyone blame Rivera for playing him knowing he was hurt or blame Cam for hiding how bad his shoulder was .  He played when he couldn't throw a 20 yard pass .  That did not fall on Hurney or Tepper .  Tepper made a business decision to let Cam go .  Only time will tell if it was the right one .

[Julio]

The hate boner for Marty Hurney here is unbelievable. But sure, let’s blame him for everything.