Yep. It's Happening: "#Panthers owner Jerry Richardson and Marty Hurney meeting today, league source said. Expected to be named interim GM."

[Harbingers]

Just now, Don Keebols said:

Hit him where it hurts and don't show up to games. Protests won't do jackshit. 

If it makes the news, it will show the players they will reap what was sowed.

[DelhommesTheMan]

For the first time ever, and ive been a Panther fan since the beginning, im starting to really think hard about why i should be invested in this franchise going forward.  I live 15 minutes from Metlife stadium where ownership actually knows what they are doing (Giants not Jets lol).  Its a shame because this team is actually very good, and i love the players.  I'm not throwing my fandom out, the heart likes what it likes,and i bleed black and blue.  But decisions like this can make you numb to an organization because it shows they don't give a poo about winning honestly.  Anybody for the return of Hurney wasnt a Panther fan before Cam showed up and that's the truth.  Hurney was the worst GM in the NFL, it wasnt close.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

i dunno this just feels weird and surreal.  i honestly wouldn't be surprised by anything now outside of like cam being traded or greg hardy coming back or something

[Ricky Spanish]

Man, I'm trying to stay positive but this move would leave a really sour taste in my mouth.

It's not because they fired Gettleman, I can honestly accept that he was a dick to people and just rubbed everyone the wrong way. What's bothering me is that the guy before him, Hurney, was so damn inept at his job that he put the team in the worst cap situation in the league, his replacement was brought in but was deemed "too mean", so now they're backtracking and bringing the nice guy back even though he's proven that he isn't good in the first place...

It just isn't a good look and it doesn't sit well with me. 

And for those who say Hurney "Had an eye for talent", Dude was money in the first but ass in any other round accept getting lucky two other times with late round picks in Hardy and Captain. It's the other rounds where you save money and build depth, and he was horrible in both those regards. And he sucked with contracts. I don't want him anywhere near the negotiation table for Olsen and TD.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

on one hand, it might only be temporary 

on the other hand, the one spending spree hurney did in 2011 took about 4-5 years to fix

[Harbingers]

If he really is interim GM I wouldn't be surprised if half the staff in the building quits. 

This is absolute unequivocally moronic bullshit. I've been a panthers fan before they even stepped on the field. This neglacence of the two most important things, winning and money is an utterly disgusting travesty. 

[thefuzz]

2 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

Goodbye Cap heaven, hello Cap HELL. Those of you in Charlotte should seriously go protest this. Go show JR we will not stand for this idiocracy. 

Protest all you want, the Stadium will be "sold out" both preseason games, and any and all games during the regular season and playoff (if we're so lucky after this disaster).

Why should JR not do exactly as he wishes....or the Browns, or the Jags?  The teams keep going up in value, and the owners keep making money.

Honestly, we were set up for longterm success about as good as a team can be these days.....nope.

[Snake]

This happens I'm done. I've lived though the Hurney era and I'm not doing it again. 

[Harbingers]

Just now, thefuzz said:

Protest all you want, the Stadium will be "sold out" both preseason games, and any and all games during the regular season and playoff (if we're so lucky after this disaster).

Why should JR not do exactly as he wishes....or the Browns, or the Jags?  The teams keep going up in value, and the owners keep making money.

Honestly, we were set up for longterm success about as good as a team can be these days.....nope.

Come back and tell me that when we are back in cap hell, half our players are gone and our record is piss poor. 

[Castavar]

3 minutes ago, DelhommesTheMan said:

For the first time ever, and ive been a Panther fan since the beginning, im starting to really think hard about why i should be invested in this franchise going forward.  I live 15 minutes from Metlife stadium where ownership actually knows what they are doing (Giants not Jets lol).  Its a shame because this team is actually very good, and i love the players.  I'm not throwing my fandom out, the heart likes what it likes,and i bleed black and blue.  But decisions like this can make you numb to an organization because it shows they don't give a poo about winning honestly.  Anybody for the return of Hurney wasnt a Panther fan before Cam showed up and that's the truth.  Hurney was the worst GM in the NFL, it wasnt close.

Just go look at his horrible drafts in the past. Past the first round, he was straight garbage and had no eye for talent, which is why the TEAM was never a contender year in and year out because he could not build a FULL team together. The future is bleak my friend. We took 5 steps back as a franchise yesterday.

[Bartin]

I had my issues with many of Gettleman's moves but this is seriously the dumbest sh*t ever.

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

Is this a joke?

[Chaos]

has a fired GM ever been rehired even as an interim by the same franchise? There's a reason he's not been employed by another team all these years.

[Jrock88]

we were in the super bowl like 17 months ago.... um, Jerry???