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Panthers Final Decision On Hardy : No Thanks

Jeremy Igo

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You know what also irks me about the whole way that Hardy was handled? If the Panthers really weren't interested in re-signing Hardy, then they may as well had played him. We would have gotten our money's worth as opposed to him getting 13 million dollars for basically nothing. Oh, that's right, it hurt Jerry Richardson's sensibilities and would have caused the team---and more importantly, the shield---irreparable harm. Richardson couldn't be more like the 49ers with Ray McDonald who really had something invested in their player than we had in a player whom we were kicking to the curb anyway.  

 

We could have gotten our money's worth, then kicked Hardy to the curb, but for Richardson acting like a pussy cat as opposed to a Panther.

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You know what also irks me about the whole way that Hardy was handled? If the Panthers really weren't interested in re-signing Hardy, then they may as well had played him. We would have gotten our money's worth as opposed to him getting 13 million dollars for basically nothing. Oh, that's right, it hurt Jerry Richardson's sensibilities and would have caused the team---and more importantly, the shield---irreparable harm. Richardson couldn't be more like the 49ers with Ray McDonald who really had something invested in their player than we had in a player whom we were kicking to the curb anyway.  

 

We could have gotten our money's worth, then kicked Hardy to the curb, but for Richardson acting like a pussy cat as opposed to a Panther.

 

why didn't they play him?  because roger goodell would have suspended him without pay if we did.  gettleman was open about the fact that discipline from the panthers wasn't on the table in the joint press conference that he gave with ron rivera after hardy was de-activated against detroit.  the exempt list was a favor to hardy but he pissed all over it by barely showing his face in the building which his status allowed him to do.

 

everything that was coming out of the panthers camp prior to the ray rice video was that they were going to let the legal process play out.  we got caught up in the NFL's scramble for damage control, goodell came down with an ultimatum, and here we are.

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Show your work. And a motorcycle accident doesn't count. Most people who ride will eventually get in an accident. And your uncle's friend who rode for 300 years without an accident isn't a proper sample size

 

 

 

Odd you would bring up bikes and bikers.  I had a brother in law who was a biker.  He died riding a Harley -  he wasnt wearing a helmet.  He didnt live long enough to outgrow the stupidity that he had as a youth.

 

Odds are Hardy wont outgrow his youthful stupidity long enough to make a long term impact in the NFL.  I find it reassuring that the Panthers front office wont take a bet that vegas odd makers wouldnt.

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why didn't they play him?  because roger goodell would have suspended him without pay if we did.  gettleman was open about the fact that discipline from the panthers wasn't on the table in the joint press conference that he gave with ron rivera after hardy was de-activated against detroit.  the exempt list was a favor to hardy but he pissed all over it by barely showing his face in the building which his status allowed him to do.

 

everything that was coming out of the panthers camp prior to the ray rice video was that they were going to let the legal process play out.  we got caught up in the NFL's scramble for damage control, goodell came down with an ultimatum, and here we are.

 

Well, I could be wrong, but if he was suspended, then we would have saved some money. Here is the closest thing that I could find (so far) that speaks to player suspensions.

 

-First player suspended: No remittance

- Second player suspended: Twenty-five percent of the player's forfeited "paragraph 5" salary up to a maximum of $200,000

-Third player suspended: Thirty-three percent of the player's forfeited "paragraph 5" salary up to a maximum of $350,000

-Fourth player suspended and above: Fifty percent of the player's forfeited "paragraph 5" salary up to a maximum of $500,000

 

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Carolina will be fine without Hardy!! Let the dead horse lie.. Can this be the last damn Hardy thread.. He fug'd up.. the defense was fine without him..its the offense that needed help!! Gee's.. ..I hate the guy now cause of all the damn threads..He is not coming back to Carolina like Peppers, Smith, Gamble, Delhomme, Weinke (coaching St louis).. and probably not Ginn.. why are  people concentrated on re-treads?? if the head wasn't great the first time... probably won't be better the next time!! Move on!!

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Odd you would bring up bikes and bikers.  I had a brother in law who was a biker.  He died riding a Harley -  he wasnt wearing a helmet.  He didnt live long enough to outgrow the stupidity that he had as a youth.

 

Odds are Hardy wont outgrow his youthful stupidity long enough to make a long term impact in the NFL.  I find it reassuring that the Panthers front office wont take a bet that vegas odd makers wouldnt.

 

I would bet that your brother in law didnt die on his own, most likely it was another person on the road that killed him.

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very few teams let Pro Bowl players leave ... and the ones that do remain on the bottom, and they cant figure out why.

The team that won the Super Bowl this year traded away a pro bowler at the start of the season.

Likewise, teams like the Steelers have let plenty of big name free agents walk.

If you build well, you can afford to be picky.

The notion that dumping Hardy dooms us to mediocrity is just unfounded.

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very few teams let Pro Bowl players leave ... and the ones that do remain on the bottom, and they cant figure out why.

 

and this is the reason we have about the same winning success as the Jags. Its so bad that our fans are conditioned for this and think somehow we are better off without a top 5 DE on the team.

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