The Shaq contract pretty much confirms Tepper is JR 2.0

[KillerKat]

We don't operate like a good NFL team is supposed to and rarely have since our first season.

[The Lobo]

19 minutes ago, saX man said:

My question: Why are we working contracts without knowing what we'll be deploying in 2020? 

 

This. We don’t have a scheme for this year let alone next year

[CardiacCat]

You really need to take your meds on time  PNC84....  it is really important to !!!

 

[Jesse]

No matter what happens at this point in the season  the huddle is going to have a child-like meltdown. It’s a good re-sign. There was a reason we let TD walk away last year. 

[GoPanthers123]

28 minutes ago, PanthersNC1984 said:

Name one, just one team who has had success by deploying half measures.. You know what I’m talking about, the same crap we have been doing the last decade. HALF MEASURES. Keep the HC, fire the GM (Hurney) or fire the GM but keep the HC (Gettleman) HALF MEASURE. For the love of god can we just never have true fresh start. Why is it so hard to fire Hurney? Make no mistake, The new Shaq contract was Hurney way of saying he is safe and not going anywhere for the forseeable future. Why can’t we be the Bills? They brought in new HC/new GM at the same time and it’s worked wonders. But alas, we are the team of mediocrity and half measures.

That’s because we are not 0-16 so there is no urgency to hard restart the whole thing.  We are going after players from other teams who have been cut and then expect to be better than them.  Or giving out big contracts to non stars. It’s like we are content to be average.

[carpanfan96]

Or it confirms what I was saying, that Hurney has Teppers vote of confidence and will be a major part of the coach search and the assistant gm/vp position 

[Peon Awesome]

25 minutes ago, saX man said:

My question: Why are we working contracts without knowing what we'll be deploying in 2020? 

 

Arguably Shaq's greatest asset is his versatility. He can play 4-3 OLB, 3-4 ILB, and even big nickel/box safety in 5/6 db sets. You can argue on the merits of the contract if you want, but the timing is a non-issue as far as I'm concerned. And I wonder if Hurney actually wanted to get ahead of the free agent market, where teams with $100 million in cap space are primed to throw insane amounts of money around and reset the market on traditional contract values. 

[Cpt slay a ho]

I don’t even like the move but damn y’all look for stuff to bitch about 

[rayzor]

OP is starting to sound a lot like some old poster that got banned a few times. 

Any guesses who it might be?

[Panthercougar68]

Holy fug relax. How can you say it’s a bad contract when we haven’t even seen contracts tossed out there for players with half of the skill that Shaq has. He has played well this year and is in the same boat as Luke where a bad d line has made him look bad at times.

Shaq is a young talent to get behind. Thomas Davis wasn’t TD until well into his career but you want to toss Shaq out just because he was on this team in a bad year.

[Iron Saint]

1 hour ago, PanthersNC1984 said:

Half measures NEVER work in football nor in life for that matter.

We kept Loomis when we fired Haslett and hired Payton...

*ducks*

[RumHam]

I cant wait for Hurney to talk olsen out of retirement and sign him to a five year $120 million deal and then resign graham gano to a five year $80 million deal. Tepper has no idea what hes doing and is fuging this franchise future. Bout to be the new tampa

[chknwing]

Shaq's probably going to be traded extending his contract makes him easier to trade

[Toomers]

8 minutes ago, chknwing said:

Shaq's probably going to be traded extending his contract makes him easier to trade