Malcontents: To sign or not to sign?

[Jangler]

41 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

The reality: It means the team is smarter than to put itself in the position of depending on someone who has shown themselves to be undependable.

Or defending. By not standing up for GH some said the Panther org. doesn't care about players. 

[arbnranger]

49 minutes ago, PanthersUnited said:

Good read.. I will admit that several months ago I was all about the "keep Hardy, win at all costs!" Group but I have had a change of heart. Seeing just how good Gettleman builds this team along with Rivera and the coaching staff and seeing how we aren't a team that doesn't need big name players, I realize it's not a good idea to fall in love with individual players

Its also why I have changed my stance on signing FAs, I guess you can say that I finally "get it." We need guys that are young and hungry and have the true desire to win, not guys that are looking to get paid because of their name recognition alone.

Its why I'm so torn on re signing Norman. On one hand I would love to keep him but on the other hand I'm just not so sure he is a "no brainer" keeper like Cam and Luke are

That's the PU I know.

[w280sax]

While it sucked last year to waste nearly 10% of our salary cap on hardy, I'm so glad we didn't give him a fat long term contract.  It could have crippled us going forward. 

[Marguide]

1 hour ago, Haplo E said:

Hardy had one off field incident and it's domestic. A domestic incident doesn't make someone a head case. Fighting in bars and carrying loaded guns, well, you get the point.

Hardy's behavior makes him a head case. All the guns, the stuff with Holder, his blow up in Dallas... the guy's a loose cannon.

[UpstatePanther]

I hope Josh Norman has rethought his support of Hardy. Norman is a cool dude and Hardy isn't the type of friend he should have

[Snake]

2 hours ago, Haplo E said:

Hardy had one off field incident and it's domestic. A domestic incident doesn't make someone a head case. Fighting in bars and carrying loaded guns, well, you get the point.

I think Hardy has proven more than once he was crazy. He'll he has already gone crazy this year.  I loved Hardy and his style on the field but he really is a ticking time bomb. 

[DamnItJake!]

I am over him..it sucked losing him for a year of need.. no need for distractions..he is Dallas' problem now!

[CarolinaSunday]

I am a firm believer in karma. And having someone like Hardy on your team is bad karma.

[Sam Mills Fan]

I thought about Braylon Beam when I saw those pictures of Nicole Holder today. I just thank God that Greg Hardy is off this team and that Braylon and his family haven't been exposed to that poison behind the scenes. 

 

Doesn't it just feel good to be a Panthers fan today and not a Cowboys fan? Imagine having to root for him Sunday night after seeing what he did to Nicole Holder.

 

I'm proud that, as far as I'm aware of, every single player on our roster is someone little kids like Braylon can look up to. 7-0 WITH 53 role models...the best of both worlds. How lucky we are.

[panthers55]

16 hours ago, PanthersUnited said:

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Its why I'm so torn on re signing Norman. On one hand I would love to keep him but on the other hand I'm just not so sure he is a "no brainer" keeper like Cam and Luke are

I think Norman is a core part of the team like Cam or Luke. He is smart and wants to be here. He was young and egocentric but he has learned and grown immensely. Obviously we have to be able to afford him and that is between his agent and Getleman, but as a football player he is a high character guy despite his on field antics. 

With peanut getting old, we need Norman to solidify the secondary. He finally gets it, now is the time to enjoy the fruits of our labor.

[CLG]

I can't see us letting Norman go after we so patiently helped develop him. But that's really like a 3rd reason why I don't see him going anywhere. There's so many. 

[Captain Obvious]

Sign them all. wear all black and change the name of the franchise to the FU's. I want to see gold FU on a black helmet. And a big ol middle finger on the fifty yard line.

[thefuzz]

Personally, I didn't like keeping Smitty on the team after he tried to maim Ken Lucas.  Now, I know that cutting him would have been bad in hindsight, and we went on to win 12 that year, but I never really liked the idea.

That said, at least both of Smith's major F ups was done "in the building" and not out in the street, but they were still really bad.

 

 

[PandaPancake]

I thought this was about Huddle members.