A horrible mistake.

[Mvp2014]

it is concerning at this point that Tepper hasnt found a better gm.  hopefully he is waiting for thr right guy and has a plan

[Snake]

On 12/14/2020 at 8:34 AM, Move the Panthers to Raleigh said:

I remember many people here balked at the idea of promoting Beane to GM at the time. Hindsight is 20/20 I guess.

I think we would all have taken him over Hurney. 

[Mr. Scot]

Just for clarity, Beane was primarily a logistics guy under Hurney. He was in operations, not personnel.

He was given the interim tag by Jerry Richardson after Marty Hurney was let go with the understanding that Ron Rivera had final say on personnel and Beane's primary job was to run the day to day operations and help find the next GM.

(basically, the role Richardson claimed he was giving Marty when he brought him back, but obviously that was a lie).

After he took over the GM job, Dave Gettleman used Beane in the personnel area and ultimately elevated him to assistant GM, going so far as to talk about him being a successor once Gettleman was done.

Best laid plans and all...

[thefuzz]

On 12/14/2020 at 6:38 PM, LinvilleGorge said:

This is why it is so baffling that JR's puppet is still around. Tepper is supposedly so brilliant and so analytical, yet here we are with Marty Hurney still wearing the GM title when no other team was willing to consider him in anyway after he was fired the first time.

Honestly, having typed that out, I think that might be exactly it. They already have a known willing puppet in place. Maybe this is Rhule's test drive for the control that he wants with Marty acting as a rubber stamp. If it ultimately doesn't work out, Marty falls on the sword again and they see if Rhule will work out with a real GM. I don't know, just spit balling here.

If you can make tons of money win, lose, or draw, maybe some idiots would think it's perfectly fine to surround yourself with those who are loyal and always say yes.

 

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, thefuzz said:

If you can make tons of money win, lose, or draw, maybe some idiots would think it's perfectly fine to surround yourself with those who are loyal and always say yes.

There's an awful lot of those idiots around.

[thefuzz]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

There's an awful lot of those idiots around.

Sure nuff'