The Greg Hardy thread....for everything Hardy related

[AndrewLaskoski]

Once Rivera said the reason for deactivating Hardy was because of the media rampage, it guaranteed that Hardy wouldn't be back until the court case is settled.

If Rivera had said Hardy was deactivated because of him missing practice for a lawyer meeting, we would still have options.

Bottom line is that the front office left themselves no choice but to exempt Hardy until he has his day in court. The front office really fugged this situation up & hopefully will learn for future cases.

[LelouchBritannia]

We are a MUCH worse defense without hardy. Oh wow mario addison got 2.5 sacks in relief of hardy. IN THE FOURTH QUARTER after we got LITTLE TO NO PRESSURE the ENTIRE AFTERNOON. Get used to it gentlemen. But the media taglines give them plenty of justification, even if the reality is completely different. Our defense is simply not as good without Hardy, that is a fact. 

[jamos14]

I wonder if they can move the trial up? Just get this over with.

 

 

Plead guilty, take 6 games, be done with it.

 

At this point, he's screwed anyway.  Media has tainted any potential jury pool.

[SgtJoo]

I wonder if they can move the trial up? Just get this over with.

 

 

I actually thought about the same thing.

 

Not about moving it up, but just not delaying it.

 

Sans punishment people were talking like Hardy would push it back, until after the season. Now I'm thinking the team would want him to have it on November 17, if possible. 

[JJman]

I'll say it again..... If he is placed on exemption list he will be miss more time this year than Josh Brent.

WHO KILLED SOMEONE.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000388413/article/dallas-cowboys-josh-brent-suspended-10-weeks

Does nobody else see a huge problem with this?

No one cares if you kill, rape, beat, or rob someone as long as you're not an athlete doing it to a woman.

[Cat]

Plead guilty, take 6 games, be done with it.

 

At this point, he's screwed anyway.  Media has tainted any potential jury pool.

 

 

If I was innocent there is no way I'd plead guilty. Plus he loses a LOT of money that way and if anything else pops up in the future he is banned so I wouldn't go that route if I were him. 

[Cat]

I'll say it again.....  If he is placed on exemption list he will be miss more time this year than Josh Brent.

 

WHO KILLED SOMEONE.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000388413/article/dallas-cowboys-josh-brent-suspended-10-weeks

Does nobody else see a huge problem with this?

Wow

[WUnderhill]

Plead guilty, take 6 games, be done with it.

 

At this point, he's screwed anyway.  Media has tainted any potential jury pool.

 

Sad, but probably true. Good luck finding an impartial jury.

[BIGH2001]

The media will come out looking stupid as usual once hardy is found not guilty by the jury. Meanwhile Ray McDonald is still active. As are the steelers running backs. If we are gonna do this then we need to round up everyone who has been arrested and place them on the exempt list.

[MHS831]

In Peterson's case, I am glad it is getting the media attention.  People treat child abuse as if it is a family matter until a child is severely injured or killed.  Even the laws permit parents to hit their children--but if Peterson had switched an adult, he would be charged with felony assault that day.  The child has no voice in the matter.  Imagine a 4-year old boy--about 3 feet tall and weighing about 40 pounds---getting beaten repeatedly by a professional athlete who is twice as tall and weighs five times more.  Now imagine a 12 foot tall, 1000 lb. muscular giant beating you 40 times with a branch.  Same thing.

[AKPantherFan]

The FO is screwing this one up...

 

I am usually a shut up and color fan, but this is BS.....

[Matthias]

We are a MUCH worse defense without hardy. Oh wow mario addison got 2.5 sacks in relief of hardy. IN THE FOURTH QUARTER after we got LITTLE TO NO PRESSURE the ENTIRE AFTERNOON. Get used to it gentlemen. But the media taglines give them plenty of justification, even if the reality is completely different. Our defense is simply not as good without Hardy, that is a fact. 

 

You sell our defense short.  In spite of not having a sack until the fourth quarter, we still held the Lions to only 7 points throughout the game.  We held Johnson under 100 yards and no touchdowns.  That is elite.  Yes, Hardy makes us be on levels unheard of, but we can still beat every team on our schedule, and our defense is still elite. 

[gettlemanjack]

just published by USATODAY:

former Panthers, Buffalo Bills and Indianapolis Colts general manager Bill Polian:

"The Hardy issue is very clear cut, (and) the league should act under the personal conduct policy. He's been found guilty"

...

"The fact of the matter is, he's been found guilty.

...

"You can make him inactive with pay for as long as you wish," Polian said (Hardy earned $770,000 for not playing last Sunday) ... Or the league could act under the personal conduct policy, which is the whole point of the conduct policy anyway."

...

"It would seem to me that's the principle course. That's why

that program is there."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/panthers/2014/09/17/greg-hardy-bill-polian-adrian-peterson/15767623/

[AceBoogie]

If Hardy ends up being deactivated until his trial, he should immediately accept the guilty decision and get his 6 game suspension out of the way in time to rejoin the team the second half of the season and through the playoffs.

The problem is if he's guilty, he's done here.