did hurney torpedo himself with teddy bridgewater?

[Snake]

3 minutes ago, TLGPanthersFan said:

Some of the comments by (Rapoport Tweeted) Tepper make it seem Hurney and Rhule weren’t on the same page and Hurney may have had more control then we thought. 
 

#Panthers owner David Tepper: "You look at successful organizations, and there's a certain alignment between the head coach and the GM. To think that you can do that without some sort of alignment is nuts. So to not have a head coach with some input into that is stupid."

Team is being built around Rhule so that's would be no bueno. 

[TLGPanthersFan]

I know people think Bridgewater was a 100 percent Brady and Rhule move and Hurney was just the middleman. 
But Bridgewater, despite the familiarity with Brady, always struck me as a Hurney move. 

[Butterflyj30]

They could have kept Cam if it was going to go like this I wonder if it was Marty's decision to get rid of him 

[OneBadCat]

Signing Bridgewater and not trading up for Herbert must be infuriating for Tepper

[onmyown]

Yea, no.it’s not always paranoia and conspiracies. he got fired again because he sucks

 

[stirs]

25 minutes ago, Cary Kollins said:

The more I think about it, I bet this is happening mostly because Tep sees 4-5 other GM openings and he doesn’t want to miss out on his guy, especially with him having the deepest pockets in the league. 
 

that and Hurney is awful and Teddy is an amazing backup 

After last weekend, many names are gonna start floating around.  Timing is as you say, we want to have the firing out of the way, and get the right guys lined up.  Everyone knows that Tepper pays well

[PhillyB]

4 minutes ago, onmyown said:

Yea, no.it’s not always paranoia and conspiracies. he got fired again because he sucks

 

sounds like you really put some thought into this opinion 

[Waldo]

21 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Little reeks of one of Hurney's wild hairs where scouts are screaming one thing but Marty thinks he's outsmarting everyone.

Indeed. We have had a lot of speculation on the Huddle about what was what with the power dynamic when Rhule showed up. I'm guessing they liked the moves after Rhules people came on last offseason and not what Hurney did pre-Rhule and before he got up to speed. Just a guess but I'm itching to find out.

 

[LinvilleGorge]

2 minutes ago, bull123 said:

I think the waste of a 3rd on will Grier was worse

Nah. With that trade up we wasted a 2nd AND a 3rd on Little.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

i doubt it, hurney has such a long list of horrific failures I can't help but think it's a culmination of numerous factors. sounds like tepper realizes he should have fired him sooner so

[Moo Daeng]

No, since this was Brady and Rhule's guy.  

[panthers55]

This has nothing to do with Bridgewater but was based on the fact that Hurney's contract was up this summer and if Tepper waited he may not get who he wants. Marty wasn't the long term answer and everyone knew it.  This gives Tepper the ability to.pursue anyone and Hurney to apply for other jobs if he still wants to be a GM.

 

[Harbingers]

No. You are smarter than that. Hurney was horrible and the fact he was kept around till this point just says Tepper has his new GM already in the bag.

[BudFox]

I'm guessing it's not so linear.  No matter who wanted Bridgewater the most, Hurney signed off on the deal, or did very little to offer up alternative options.  Bridgewater's lackluster performance also puts a spotlight on our backup situation, showcasing the Grier pick.  Then top it off with the amount of dead cap space, holding back further options.  So whether Hurney was the main driver behind Bridgewater, he set up a ride or die situation that shouldn't happen.