Jerry Richardson sure is consistent in getting rid of troublemaking players immediately!

[Growl]

It's almost as if we have a different GM running the team now.

Wow. When did that happen?

If Gettleman is a man that will punish innocent players just because they dared to be associated with something that tarnishes our "great" image then he certainly isn't the kind if man I want running this team.

[CatMan72]

The only real difference is we saw video of Rice punching his wife and this somehow made what Hardy was accused of doing worse.

[Davidson Deac II]

It's almost as if we have a different GM running the team now.

Wow. When did that happen?

 

Absolutely.

 

While Richardson may have approved, Gettleman is running the show, probably with some input from Rivera and others.  To compare this to Steve Smith is heavily flawed just for that reason alone.

[Davidson Deac II]

If Gettleman is a man that will punish innocent players just because they dared to be associated with something that tarnishes our "great" image then he certainly isn't the kind if man I want running this team.

 

 

Punish? Did he put Hardy in football jail?   Hardy got paid a boatload of money to not play football for us.  I don't see where we punished him in anyway shape or form.  Gettleman is making a business decision, and maybe the correct one.  Only time will tell if he is right though. 

[Mr. Scot]

If Gettleman is a man that will punish innocent players just because they dared to be associated with something that tarnishes our "great" image then he certainly isn't the kind if man I want running this team.

Paid 13 million to do nothing...

Where do I go to get 'punished' like that?

[Kuech the Sneak]

Voth has always said that he was just a rental player for this season, even before his legal situation

[Kuech the Sneak]

Gettleman didn't punish anything, he was put on the exempt list by the nfl/commissioner. It was out of their hands

[KendrickPanther]

I expected more from this thread. Don't say "track record" then pull two events from recent memory. Piss poor point that any Panther fan could have passed through their mind in 2 seconds.

[Pox 08]

Richardson bowed to the media,   he was scared of his team and the NFL shield getting tarnished               Before the media went on a crusade against Hardy  Richardson and Goodell didn't make a peep about Hardy or his situation    

 

 

Had the Panthers deactivated Hardy for the first game,  before the media  went into full retard mode,  I would've had a little more respect for them    Doing it when they did it though,  just made it seem like they were cowering.         I love our team,  will always love the Panthers...  but I don't like how they handled it, I don't like how it seemed like they could be pushed around by outside forces,  like the national media. 

 

 

I respect how the 9ers handled the same situation.     They essentially gave a big "F U" to Goodell and the national media.

[Mr. Scot]

People keep talking about Jerry Richardson...

Do people just not know that Dave Gettleman exists?

[Sam Mills Fan]

To an extent youre right, both players were/are elite and lack good judgement.

 

Smitty had a ferocious temper which is what made him good on the field.  Never been arrested and kept his outbursts related to the team.  Never any domestics or dui's or the like.  Plus, smitty was a dedicated hard working football player who was more worried about his career than anything else besides his family.

 

Hardy appears to want to be famous.  That is what scares me.  Thats it. 

 

Steve Smith was arrested on assault charges related to Anthony Bright. Case dismissed after he completed a program involving anger management which we saw work out so well post-2002...

[WOW!!]

JR is a hypocrite to be clear.. Chris Terry gone before he the mug shot.. talented players well not so fast with the hit the road Jack...

[Sam Mills Fan]

It's almost as if we have a different GM running the team now.

Wow. When did that happen?

 

Voth said this was Richardson's decision.

[Sam Mills Fan]

I expected more from this thread. Don't say "track record" then pull two events from recent memory. Piss poor point that any Panther fan could have passed through their mind in 2 seconds.

 

I don't even know what this means. You put track record in quotes...there's no "track record" phrase used in my post.