Hurney and rewarding players for past performance.

[SCP]

F**K Hurney

[brandon_87]

11 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Hurney said today Gano's contract was in part reward for what he has done in the years he has been here.

What are your general thoughts on giving players money for how well they played here over the past several years? Didn't this mind set get the Panthers in cap hell pretty quickly?

That's EXACTLY what got us in cap hell.

 

This is the reason most of us didn't want him back as the GM, his mindset has not changed 1 bit, and it's sad that he fooled people into thinking it had

[Judo Thoreau]

I don't really mind that when it comes to kickers. Their abilities tend to remain about the same for long stretches through their 30s and early 40s. If he uses that mindset to reward WRs, CBs, RBs, etc. then we're gonna be screwed. 

[steven8989]

I think that's how the NFL works is u get paid for what u did lately not for the future. If you don't know that u really don't know football. I really don't understand the huddle here lately I think all these morons on here have ruin some people.

[luke262]

6 minutes ago, panther4life said:

He set himself up to get flamed by the huddle with that quote. 

In reality the Gano extension pales in comparison to the bad extensions he signed in the past. 

So far he's quietly done an acceptable job so far. He's made the necessary cut's, has not thrown stupid money at Norwell or Star that we know of and did not tag either of them.

Totally agree. I'm not sure what people expect sometimes. Can't do right for doing wrong in the eyes of some 

[Krovvy]

Oh no! 9 million guaranteed.

[Cpt slay a ho]

I mean pretty sure last year performance by gano got him this deal, damn sure wasn’t his play in 2016

[TheRed]

It's a gamble either way you look at it, but if you guys didn't want Gano to be here long term then why were none of you clamoring for a veteran to be brought in to actually compete with him last year? It was a tall order to expect a rookie kicker, no matter what he did in college, to walk right in and take the starting position from Gano. Especially knowing Gano is a favorite of Rivera's.

Did DG plan to cut Gano in favor of Butker? There's no indication I've seen that one could use to argue definitively either way. But I can definitely tell you that Ron would have strongly lobbied for Gano, and considering he sets the depth chart, well there ya go.

[uncfan888]

8 minutes ago, SCP said:

F**K Hurney

From your mouth to God's ears 

[TheSpecialJuan]

Love it

[uncfan888]

Just now, TheRed said:

Its a gamble either way you look at it, but if you guys didn't want Gano to be here long term then why were none of you clamoring for a veteran to be brought in to actually compete with him last year? It was a tall order to expect a rookie kicker, no matter what he did in college, to walk right in and take the starting position from Gano. Especially knowing Gano is a favorite of Rivera's.

Did DG plan to cut Gano in favor of Butker? There's no indication I've seen that one could use to argue definitively either wat. But I can definitely tell you that Ron would have strongly lobbied for Gano, and considering he sets the depth chart, well there ya go.

I've wanted Gano gone for years. He isn't clutch and no one can ever convince me otherwise 

[Mr. Scot]

8 minutes ago, steven8989 said:

I think that's how the NFL works is u get paid for what u did lately not for the future. If you don't know that u really don't know football. I really don't understand the huddle here lately I think all these morons on here have ruin some people.

When you sign a guy from another team, what he "did lately" was done for someone else.  You're not paying him for that.  You're paying him for what you believe he's going to do for you.

Re-signing your own is another story.

When the Panthers gave Jake Delhomme a huge contract extension post 2008, he had already had his playoff meltdown and was clearly done.  Knowing that, it was absolutely idiotic to put money that counted against the current and future cap in play to reward him for past performance.  Tha's the kind of dumb s--t that put us where we were against the cap.

You pay the guys who are going to contribute to your success, not the guys that used to.

[MHS831]

He made similar comments when he gave Jake "Tommy John" Delhomme a deal twice what anyone else would have given him. 

  I guess we should cut a $10m check for Norwell as a parting gift.

[Kevin Greene]

This is why it's critical new ownership blows this idiot out asap. We can survive a bad draft. But not this moron's contracts