Ron says Marty made some "blunt" comments about the roster

[KB_fan]

Ok, I don't think this has been posted, but the MMQB has some comments by Ron following his meetings with Marty yesterday to review the roster:

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Ron Rivera certainly didn’t expect to spend the final Wednesday before the start of training camp like this—showing and explaining his roster to a new general manager, and catching him up on all that’s happened over the last four years in Charlotte.

It helped that the guy who was literally a few hours into the job, interim GM Marty Hurney, also happened to be the old general manger.

Given how coaches seek routine as things ramp up, it was undeniably strange. And yet, as the old colleagues (Hurney and Rivera worked together in 2011 and ’12, before Hurney was fired in October of ’12) went through this crash course, a funny thing happened.

The coach wasn’t just teaching. He was learning.

So while they’re just one day into this unusual arrangement … so far, so good.

“It was a great exercise,” Rivera said over the phone, as he came out of the meeting. “His comments, his objectives, his perspective, here’s a guy that did it for as many years as he did, and he was out, but still an observer from the outside looking in. There are a lot of guys he has no attachment to, and some of his comments were pretty blunt, some of it was surprising.

“Most of it, he saw like I did, but there was probably 10% of the guys, seven, eight, nine guys, that he had a query on. And he’d ask, ‘How about this?’ It was a really good exercise.”

In some cases, Hurney suggested moving a player from one position to another. In others, his assessment diverged from Rivera’s. And at the end of the session, Rivera gave Hurney more to watch—specific guys in specific games from last year, and specific moments from the spring that’ll help the interim GM get up to speed.

 

 

https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/07/20/nfl-carolina-panthers-ron-rivera-dave-gettleman-firing-marty-hurney

It would be interesting to discuss who some of the 7-9 guys are that Marty might have been "blunt" about. 

Funchess comes to mind.  Hopefully Dickson.  Maybe Gradkowski.    If you were Marty and had to list the guys you found most questionable on the roster (of those who currently are quite likely to make the 53) who would you pick?

 

 

(by the way, I haven't been to MMQB since the superbowl, they've got a new header featuring Luke.  Cool!  https://www.si.com/nfl     )

[therealmjl]

"In some cases, Hurney suggested moving a player from one position to another."

 

What in the name of Nate Chandler is about to happen around here

[Hogmolliesmaht]

Funchess is s superstar on the level of Jerry Rice compared to the WR's Hurney drafted over the years.

[KB_fan]

2 minutes ago, mjligon said:

"In some cases, Hurney suggested moving a player from one position to another."

 

What in the name of Nate Chandler is about to happen around here

 

Yeah, that line worried me too...  Very odd.  Does he think KB or Funchess should be playing TE or something?!?!

[therealmjl]

Just now, KB_fan said:

 

Yeah, that line worried me too...  Very odd.  Does he think KB or Funchess should be playing TE or something?!?!

Nothing would surprise me.

I don't think either of them would benefit from moving positions at this point, for the record. Especially not Kelvin Benjamin.

[ncsu12engr]

Most Questionable Players IMO:

Funchess

Bersin

Johnson - WR

Sanchez

Horton

Delaire

Silatolu

Artis-Payne

Oher

Dickson

Just pulling a few names that stand out when looking at the roster.

[KB_fan]

2 minutes ago, Hogmolliesmaht said:

Funchess is s superstar on the level of Jerry Rice compared to the WR's Hurney drafted over the years.

Please let's not turn this into another bash Marty thread.  We've got plenty of those.   Believe me I'm alarmed by this week's events.  But I thought it might help all of us to pull back and discuss roster evaluation now that we're on the eve of camp...  let's let the dust settle a bit.  What's done is done.  We fans can't change it.  Let's try and focus on what good an outside perspective might do to help shake up Ron from making roster mistakes...

[Anybodyhome]

Ed Dickson gets cut.

Cam Newton, TE.

[Ship]

Glad this joker can come in for one year and make career defining decisions like position changes for young players.

[Ja Rhule]

Just now, Anybodyhome said:

Ed Dickson gets cut.

Cam Newton, TE.

Bring back Clausen 

[Car123]

6 minutes ago, Hogmolliesmaht said:

Funchess is s superstar on the level of Jerry Rice compared to the WR's Hurney drafted over the years.

Lafell > Funchess

[Pejorative Miscreant]

1 minute ago, KB_fan said:

 

Yeah, that line worried me too...  Very odd.  Does he think KB or Funchess should be playing TE or something?!?!

My initial thought was that maybe a couple bottom of the roster guys.  Funchess at TE might be a good move if he was a Sophomore in college but at this point I dont know.  Ed Dickson to the position of ticket-taker would be a nice transition I could get on board with.

[therealmjl]

Just now, Pejorative Miscreant said:

My initial thought was that maybe a couple bottom of the roster guys.  Funchess at TE might be a good move if he was a Sophomore in college but at this point I dont know.  Ed Dickson to the position of ticket-taker would be a nice transition I could get on board with.

LOL

[Mr. Scot]

6 minutes ago, mjligon said:

"In some cases, Hurney suggested moving a player from one position to another."

What in the name of Nate Chandler is about to happen around here

That one raised my eyebrows too.

It seems there's a lot of effort being put out by the team to portray Hurney as a hard ass.  They're clearly aware of the fan perception.