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Gettleman Made Nicks an Offer, But Nicks Says, "It Wasn't The Right Situation."

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MadHatter Rookie

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The Steve Smith situation greatly hurt Gettleman's reputation with the players. I understand being shrewd in your dealings but you can't just be an arrogant asshole and expect players to want to sign with you on good faith. Gettleman is making it known he'll try to get you for cheap and let you go after a year. Don't come to Carolina to get your money - Nicks probably wanted a chance to settle with a new team he'd actually have a chance of staying with.

Love when people pass their own conjecture off as being fact or evidence if anything.

Bottom line is...we do not knowxehatxwas said or not said with Nicks. Just luge we don't know what was said or not said to Smitty. Yet , many on here think they do.

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X-Clown Mentor

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Love when people pass their own conjecture off as being fact or evidence if anything.

Bottom line is...we do not knowxehatxwas said or not said with Nicks. Just luge we don't know what was said or not said to Smitty. Yet , many on here think they do.

Exactly. Beware though, you won't be able to convince people here who are aspiring NFL GMs who claim to know all the intricate details of what goes down in negotiations and everybody's side of the story.

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While we're talking about how Gettleman is hurting our ability to sign free agents, don't forget Jerry Richardson's behavior during the lockout. If you're a free agent and don't know about the organization besides what you've read in the media, why would you willingly choose to play for an owner perceived to be vocally anti-player and a GM that has been lowballing and disrespecting players left and right?

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The Steve Smith situation greatly hurt Gettleman's reputation with the players.  I understand being shrewd  in your dealings but you can't just be an arrogant asshole and expect players to want to sign with you on good faith.  Gettleman is making it known he'll try to get you for cheap and let you go after a year.  Don't come to Carolina to get your money - Nicks probably wanted a chance to settle with a new team he'd actually have a chance of staying with.

 

Wut? The players that gettleman let go got significantly better contracts elsewhere and some revitalized their careers. Guys like Mitchell, ginn, etc were stuck on the back end of rosters barely seeing the field and playing for the minimum. Now they have multiple year deals. Free agents just have to look at what happened to these guys and they would happily sign with the panthers if the opportunity presented itself because they themselves want shots at getting multi-year deals. Whether the team that gives them the deal after their one year contract is up is the panther or another team, really doesn't matter. The panthers are still a well coached and run team regardless of what fans think of the gm right now and players will find that as an attractive destination. 

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Well when a team gets rid of the best WR in team history, why are any WR want to play there. These guys are looking for long term deals and we just severed ties with one of the best...

 

Nicks didn't sign a long term deal with the colts either. Are people acting insane on purpose right now?

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Maybe our offer was 2 million

 

That is probably close to it for certain Gettleman was not going to break the bank over him.. There is little doubt that Gettleman is  a good judge of NFL talent,i mean that's how he has made a good living for years,so it's safe to assume that he was not overly impressed with Nicks after talking to his Giants friends and doing personal scouting on Nicks.

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Now people are turning on Nicks? Good grief.

 

We know why he didn't sign. Every player in the NFL saw the Steve Smith fiasco unfold.

 

Not to mention we have basically zero receivers on our roster.

 

I posted with sourced links in another thread but...

 

 

Indy offered $5.5m and Car offered $4.5m

 

I think that's your reason for Nicks signing with Indy, not some fans angry stupidity.

 

And Olsen was our #1 Reciver last yearhe's still on the team.

 

 

 

 

 

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