4 Things Greg Hardy Must Do to Remain a Panther

[London Loves Luke]

There is no gray area in life, Jeremy.  No adjustments, no changes of direction as it changes.  For us to understand it, we must put everything into one box. 

 

Much like stating Hardy has burnt all his bridges with the organisation and doesn't deserve to return because he's a liability that will always be a nutjob that hangs around with crazy broads. 

[TheRed]

MHS you bash others opinions just as much as anyone else here. Don't fall off that horse bud.

[Jeremy Igo]

Before the Ray Rice fiasco came out I thought Hardy had a somewhat decent chance to redeem himself. Obviously that changed.

 

I don't know if Greg is guilty or not, doesn't really matter if he is or isn't at this point.

 

I'm not saying you are literally "hating" on him like some others have mentioned here, but I'm just gonna tell you straight up because I like you and this place. You might want to ease up some. It's a bit hypocritical considering you personally rolled out the red carpet for him.

 

Ease up on what exactly. Posting an article Bill wrote? That offended you?

[mbarbour21]

......and he sells tickets to women and children too.

THIS

[Montsta]

Greg isn't coming back because Kony Ealy has been chillin with Nelly and posting it on Instagram and that would make for an extraordinarily awkward defensive line meeting room every day.

Not gonna happen.

[TheRed]

Ease up on what exactly. Posting an article Bill wrote? That offended you?

 

I meant in general.

 

Honestly, I like Voth for some things, but he's just trying to get clicks here. I don't fault you for posting it, it's his doing.

 

[Man Strength]

In my mind the bigger contract he gets with another team the better. Then we get a 3rd round comp pick

[Jeremy Igo]

Much like stating Hardy has burnt all his bridges with the organization

 

 

I know its not good news or what you want to hear, but Hardy has burned all bridges within the front office. Even if found completely innocent, he won't be back next year. This is all I have heard consistently from within the org, and have no reason to think otherwise. Yep, the whole situation stinks.

 

[CRA]

ooooh... say that again... only slower and more throaty.....

Now we have figured out the mystery Amazon lube buyer

[teeray]

We do?

As far as I can tell, the defense played lights out the last part of the year once the rookies got up to speed.

We don't need Hardy, and we certainly don't need his cap hit.

Yes we do. We will survive without him, but he can do things athletically that no one else on this roster can do.

Our defense can be good without him, but would be great with him

[jumpman910]

He's the only elite player in there prime on the dline. Cj is past it and star and kk aren't considered ELITE. Hardy is. D cracked top ten at the end with greg and a much worse secondary we were 2nd.

[Jeremy Igo]

Did we win more playoff games in the several years with him or the one year without him?

 

 

 

 

 

[CRA]

Yes we do. We will survive without him, but he can do things athletically that no one else on this roster can do.

Our defense can be good without him, but would be great with him

Could be great without him too....

Look at Seattle. You don't just build great defenses on crazy DE play

[GRWatcher]

Three out of four maybe but he's not giving money back. Of course, the CBA probably doesn't allow it, so he could offer, knowing it can't happen. Best thing would be to make a large donation to charity, namely a domestic violence charity.

 

I can't in my mind put Greg Hardy in the same category as Rice & Peterson. Both pleaded guilty and were handed a very light sentence by the courts. Both are currently suspended. Hardy is willing to chance a jury trial to prove he's innocent. By law, he remains innocent until proven guilty no matter what happened in court before. Jerry Richardson seemed to forget that when he cried at the press conference, he did Hardy no favors. If Hardy is found innocent, there needs to be apologies from all sides. So much for point #2.

 

#1 needs to happen no matter what. I hope his agent and lawyers have drilled that into his head. Jurors do consider the defendant's demeanor.

 

Then there's the franchise tag and money. No, he won't give back the money he got while on the exempt list. I don't think the NFLPA would allow it. A good part of the wrangling over the CBA was about the tags and that money. It would set a very bad precedent if he did. However, donating to charity once it is all said & done, as mentioned above, is an excellent idea.

 

Goodell could still suspend him even if he is found innocent.

 

If he is not suspended, his playing for under a million is laughable. There are also rules for the agents to follow with contracts and I'm sure Rosenthal knows them all. A two year contract with a behavior clause would be good, I do hope he stays a Panther. 

 

If he is suspended, whether found innocent or guilty, this is all mute. He'll be back somewhere else. Besides NE or NO or Atlanta or Baltimore, there's Chicago or Minnesota or San Francisco or KC or Miami as landing spots too.