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CatMan72

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One thing you can't argue, Hurney and the Panthers are a class organization...

Panthers coach John Fox got to break the news face-to-face to Jake Delhomme Thursday afternoon, a conversation Delhomme admitted was “emotional.”

General manager Marty Hurney probably avoided it to keep from bawling himself, but had someplace else he had to be.

Agent Rick Smith, who’s represented Delhomme throughout his career, was working in his Chicago office building Thursday morning, preparing for the free agent period himself, and certainly not expecting the next call.

“It’s 11 yesterday morning, my time,” Smith said. “I look down at my cell, and it’s Marty’s cell. We talk all the time. So I answer, ‘Hey, Marty, what’s up.’”

“I’m in your lobby,” Hurney replied. “Come downstairs and get me.”

Smith said he was initially confused, and quickly found a conference room where they could sit and Hurney could deliver the news no one wanted to be on either end of.

“He said he just couldn’t do it over the phone,” Smith said. “So what does he do? He flies to Chicago so he can tell me to my face. To me, that tells you about the bond between the player and the team, and the character of the organization.

“Who else does that?”

-- Darin Gantt

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while i don't think being a classy organization gives you a better chance to win, part of what makes classy actions 'classy' is doing them regardless of whether it will benefit you or your interests in the short or long term.

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It explains why NE didn't get Beason...

And he wouldn't be happy going there too. Didn't one time he mention he doesn't want to play for them & glad he came here instead? I think that speak for our organzation as classy when you hear many want to play here.

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