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Chris Canty had hoped to join the Panthers

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“They needed a lot of players. I think the direction they wanted to go was to get as many quality players as they could at a bargain price,” Canty said. “Quite frankly, I wasn’t going to be able to come in and play for what they would have liked, what they could have afforded.”

 

The Panthers entered the offseason nearly $16 million over the salary cap when the Giants released Canty from his original six-year, $42 million contract in early February. He played nine games in 2012 after missing most of the season on the physically unable to perform list recovering from off-season knee surgery.

 

Canty said he talked with new Panthers general manager Dave Gettleman, who played an integral part in signing Canty to New York in 2009 as the team’s pro personnel director.

But strapped for cash, Gettleman couldn’t make a respectable offer to Canty, who eventually signed a three-year, $8 million deal with Baltimore.

 

“He understood that and I understood and we had to move forward. I wish him nothing but the best. He’s going to build a winner down here, no question about it,” Canty said.

 

“(I like) his blue collar mentality. He’s just going to put on his hard hat and go to work. It’s nothing flashy but it works. The team is going to be hard-working. Coach (Ron) Rivera is a great coach. He’s an even better man once you get to know him. I have no doubt this team will turn it around and get it going down the right track.”

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/06/20/4119343/ex-latin-star-canty-had-hoped.html

 

Oh and by the way, before it gets edited, Jonathan Jones typed the headline as "Ex-Latin star Chris Canty had hoped to join Charlotte Panthers" God we have some terrible beat writers.

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Would've liked to have had him, but I think he and Gettleman came to the right understanding.  We just couldn't afford to pay him what he was worth and he just couldn't rationalize leaving more money elsewhere to sign with us - especially considering that he signed with the defending champs.  I completely understand it from both sides.

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