Panthers need to re-sign Hurney

[carolinarolls]

I'm actually with ya on this one.

The way I see it though is we either get compensation for him or he plays for us in another contract year, and we all know what happens to players in contract years.

Seems like a win-win for the Panthers

seems being the operative word. There is no way to define the negatives that come along with having a player "forced" to play for you. When you figure in the status of said player being a stud or supposed stud within the organization and a veteran of the league that command srespect off of what he "has done" it gets even worse.

Potentially.

Its either half full or half empty for both sides in this discussion but regardless of point of view the same amount of kool-aid is in the panther beer stein.

[charlottenian]

Resign Hurney ??

Yeah he has done a great job so far with Peppers and Delhomme.

There is so much Panthers news this off season I can hardly keep up.

He kept guys like Peppers, Gross and Gamble from hitting FA, I think that is a marvelous job

[Seamonk]

I think we tagged Peppers to keep Peppers, not to trade him.

I believe we are doing what the Titans did with Haynesworth last season, they tagged him, he came around to signing the contract and stayed one more year, then they let him walk the year after and now the Redskins have him.

Reasons to keep Peppers:

-We have no other definite starter at DE, drafting a DE that can start right away is a big -if-, the ones we have right now are better off in rotation.

-Although If Pep gets 2 first round picks for us, or 1 first round pick and something else, whatever, there's a higher chance we may not use that/those pick(s) on DE, especially since the paycut in BOTH kemo and lewis' contracts along with no other DT capable of starting being on the team. DT outweighs DE.

-If Peppers is franchised, that doesn't mean he has to be a leader. Everyone already knows how he feels, he won't have that C on his uni next season. Players are the ones who vote for it.

-Last season, Peppers is the only one who game-in-and-game-out demanded protection on his side, even if he wasn't consistently getting pressure. No one else on our line gets that type of "respect" from opponents. Without him, Rookies/Backups and aging Vets would have to work harder for it.

- Hilee Taylor is not the answer.

- We need him to segue, one more season to develop players. New Dline coach, new Dcoordinator. New Linebackers Coach, new Secondary Coach, you think it would be wise to not have a seasoned all-pro vet on the team?

Reasons to Ditch Peppers:

- He's being a Twat.

- 2 First round picks or trade after he signs for something else.

- He's done, he doesn't wanna be here, he doesn't wanna play here, and he doesn't give his 100%.

Reasons to let Peppers go without compensation:

- Cap. Space. Ability to bring in other Vets. One person can't be so valuable on a team, can they? Franchise tag means we'll have to make a lot of hard decisions on keeping people and picking the ones to let go.

I think he walks next year though. We need him here to develop his replacement. It wouldn't be smart to let him go before we have someone we can replace him with.

[Skew]

I'm confused. I'm still not sure how carolinarolls feels about the tagging of Peppers.

Anyone else?

[Mesmer]

Do I think Hurney is the best GM on the planet? No, not really. However, he's done a pretty damn good job since he's been here, and he's learning from his mistakes. (ex. big FA signings are a no no)

You guys that want him gone... you do realize that it's actually not easy to find a GM that will make you competitive every year right? Hurney has done a pretty good job of that.