Hurney will be on 730AM ESPN Radio this afternoon at 5:20

[Mr. Scot]

Well, if you were expecting anything controversial out of that, you're probably disappointed right now.

[O-Ther]

Hard to hate a man that falls on his sword like that. Really swallowed his pride and accepted his role in the inconsistency.

[chknwing]

Hurney "I gave it my best"  that statement right there will ensure he never lands on another team in the NFL.  if that was his best, imagine what mediocre and bad are.

[CatMan72]

My sources are telling me he is coming back to the team as an assistant Team President.

He will work over Gettleman and under Morrison, with input on both roles.

 

 

JR magic.

 

Not even funny... 

[The Huddler]

His voice sounds like the Bar tending Ghoul from Fallout 3.

[wine-o and cheese-doodle]

I've been a football fan and minor player for along time and I am just now realizing that the GM is really the starting point of any team's success. Not the place for on the job training. DG is the first for this franchise.

[Proudiddy]

The craziest part of it all... Hurney was known as a cap expert, and yet, his legacy was potentially destroying our cap by giving out horrible contracts like they were candy on halloween.

Now, I don't put all of that on him, there were some obvious external pressures, but still...

[O-Ther]

Being intelligent and being wise are two different things.

 

Need to be intelligent to be a cap expert and deal with numbers.

 

Need to be wise when dealing with people. Marty is a smart guy, but he wasn't wise managing the team.

[Anybodyhome]

.... and tomorrow's guest at 5:20 will be the Don Knotts look-alike guy who shows up at all the minor league baseball games in the Triad to talk about the only bullet he carries...

[Password is Taco]

His voice sounds like the Bar tending Ghoul from Fallout 3.

"Hey, smoothskin."

[Razeyfingers]

And the loyalty contracts. And keeping on Rivera another year.

It's not just that these were bad decisions (they were). It's that they were made by the owner at all.

And as far as Richardson's total body of work? 18 years - 4 winning seasons.

 

Do you think he has tried to put a good team on the field? or do you think he has tried to swindle money from the fans? Lets get to brass tax here and quit hiding what you really want to say.

 

Just speak your emotions loud and clear. Tell me how Richardson is a Megavillain due to be in the next Bond film. Im betting they over play the accent but they'll have to give him some scars or something to look meaner. The whole glove on the hand and kitty thing has already been used.

[pantherclaw]

If you think Richardson doesn't meddle in team affairs on a regular basis...well...

He owns the team. Of course he's going to have final say on everything. Is that a good thing? I don't think it is. You should let the people you hire do the job you hired them to do, otherwise why did you hire them? So you can have a scapegoat when things go bad?

Hmm...

Not to say it's all JR's fault or even that it's mostly his fault. As GM Hurney was making almost all the decisions mostly on his own, but when it came to team direction, philosophy, and individual players JR liked personally, he could at any moment step in and decide for himself what was going to happen. As owner that's his right. However I don't believe it's a smart idea for him to do that. Gettleman knows what to do and how to steer this team into the right direction. Let him do his job.

Then again, since when is it smart to hire a sports writer to lead your team?

I like how you presented zero facts to support your opinion.

[KendrickPanther]

I just had the most frightening thought ever. If it could happen to Marty Hurney, it could happen to Joe Person.

[Jackofalltrades]

I just had the most frightening thought ever. If it could happen to Marty Hurney, it could happen to Joe Person.

Hurney was a well respected writer, Joe is just a tool.