Tepper lost all credibility when retaining Hurney as GM

[thefuzz]

2 minutes ago, Baba Yaga said:

Yup bringing back Hurney made no damn no sense at all. This franchise makes us all mad every single damn time

Many here were praising Hurney the moment he walked back into our lives.

I STILL don't know what all you guys were thinking.

[PleaseCutStewart]

Yeah, Hurney looks like an idiot when he gave Reid a 3 year deal last year and we outright cut him before the start of year 2...

[Mr. Scot]

Let's be real, guys. I dislike Marty as much as anybody. But if you want to talk about fan petitions, well...

[philp]

The moment JR got into hot water, we knew a very different team was just a matter of time. 
 

The moment Cam Newton needed a backup to throw up a Hail Mary, a new quarterback was just a matter of time.

The moment RR was fired....do I need to keep going?

[panthers55]

8 minutes ago, thefuzz said:

When Tepper kept Marty on, as well as Ron, I started to get very nervous that we weren't dealing with someone who knew much about what they were doing, or who really really followed football closely.

Deciding to keep Marty after Ron was let go was when I completely lost all faith in Tepper.

There have been more gaffes, but those two mistakes, especially the 2nd one, really make me nervous about the next 5 years for the team.

Wondering where all the "Tepper is a billionaire, I trust him over you" types that were around here only a couple months ago?

I trust Tepper to know what he wants and that he has a better idea of the plan. Since I don't know the plan and won't know how it plays out,, I am waiting to see all of that before passing judgement rather than jumping in March and deciding everything with no knowledge or concrete results.

[pantherclaw]

OP is a matter of opinion.  

Need to stop making blanket statements for others that you seriously have no clue. 

[thefuzz]

1 minute ago, panthers55 said:

I trust Tepper to know what he wants and that he has a better idea of the plan. Since I don't know the plan and won't know how it plays out,, I am waiting to see all of that before passing judgement rather than jumping in March and deciding everything with no knowledge or concrete results.

When Tepper kept Ron you had this stance.  When Tepper kept Marty you had this stance.

I said when Marty was brought in that he would trash the franchise once again, that has been proven right.  We are now adrift with no direction, that's a Marty Special...it's what he does.

So you keep telling people to remain calm, to not get upset, and to see how the plan unfolds, and I'll just tell people to keep looking at the scoreboard, and to use their brains for even a moment.

The leadership and direction of this team have not been good under Tepper.

[pantherclaw]

8 minutes ago, PleaseCutStewart said:

Yeah, Hurney looks like an idiot when he gave Reid a 3 year deal last year and we outright cut him before the start of year 2...

Yes, because he foresaw the change. 

Do you even think before posting?

[PleaseCutStewart]

1 minute ago, pantherclaw said:

Yes, because he foresaw the change. 

Do you even think before posting?

Is that you Marty Hurney?

[Khyber53]

43 minutes ago, NAS said:

Can't say it enough - this fan base has lost all trust in this regime the moment they failed to hire a new GM and demote / fire Hurney.  The fact that he's in charge of "rebuilding" or "retooling" the team is absurd.  As a GM, he has never consistently put together a winning roster.  Somehow he's weaseled his way into good graces of Tepper.  We should start a Fan PETITION  to fire Hurney immediately.  Who's with me?

Glad they appointed you to speak for the entire fan base. 

Hurney is playing the black hat right now, he's been retained to be the hatchet man. There are a lot of hogs to kill in the yard and Tepper handed him the knife. There's going to be a year of dead money on the books and we're moving out the culture that became too cool for school. Players are probably being retained greatly based on their coachability and cost effectiveness. 

Hurney, at the moment, is doing what a manager is supposed to do: execute the will of the owners of the business, and in this case, begin shaping the team the new coach wants to establish.

The next few weeks are going to be more Steve Smith than Cam Newton, if you know what I mean -- put your goggles on.

And remember, the "fan base" demanded this. Oh and just as some favorites will go under the guillotine, some (like Hurney) won't. Get used to it.

[thefuzz]

4 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

Glad they appointed you to speak for the entire fan base. 

Hurney is playing the black hat right now, he's been retained to be the hatchet man. There are a lot of hogs to kill in the yard and Tepper handed him the knife. There's going to be a year of dead money on the books and we're moving out the culture that became too cool for school. Players are probably being retained greatly based on their coachability and cost effectiveness. 

Hurney, at the moment, is doing what a manager is supposed to do: execute the will of the owners of the business, and in this case, begin shaping the team the new coach wants to establish.

The next few weeks are going to be more Steve Smith than Cam Newton, if you know what I mean -- put your goggles on.

And remember, the "fan base" demanded this. Oh and just as some favorites will go under the guillotine, some (like Hurney) won't. Get used to it.

The frustration (at least mine) doesn't lie with what is happening now, currently there are some smart moves are being made, outside of signing Teddy....

The frustration is with us, once again, looking like one of the very worst teams in the league, and the man who is in charge that allowed us to get this bad.

 

[pantherclaw]

Brains were in limited supply I see. 

[SmokinwithWilly]

22 minutes ago, thefuzz said:

The frustration (at least mine) doesn't lie with what is happening now, currently there are some smart moves are being made, outside of signing Teddy....

The frustration is with us, once again, looking like one of the very worst teams in the league, and the man who is in charge that allowed us to get this bad.

 

I dont mind the changes. I mind who is in charge of it. Hurney has no track record of sustained success as a GM. He has never had a vision for team building, is terrible at managing the cap and contracts, and uses every draft because we are only 1or 2 picks away from it all. 

Here we are again, being led by a guy that didn't get a job offer after being fired  because he was so terrible last time around. This is the poo really bad horror movies, like Tara Reid and Paris Hilton are the stars, bad horror movies that your girl is making you watch because it looked good at Redbox. You want to turn it off but you can't, or else its gonna be a lonely night.

 

[rayzor]

I just know it curbed my enthusiasm.