Donnelly on Hayden Hurst and a comment he made about the Panthers

[LinvilleGorge]

Hurst is one of those former 1st round busts who has all the measurables and ends up making a lot of money in the NFL despite producing very little based on seemingly nothing more than having the athletic makeup of a guy who should be a lot better than he actually is. I said this when we signed him. We didn't sign him for who he was. We signed him for who we thought he should be. Big mistake.

[raleigh-panther]

6 hours ago, jayboogieman said:

Hurst evidently said there was no point in returning last season because of the front office after he was cleared to return.

There's a bit of talk about how a team can tank through roster makeup and off-season decisions but this is mostly about Hurst.

Is it possible the organization didn’t want to risk further head trauma for the player ?

I mean, it’s not unheard of to do that in a lost season, meaning no playoff possibility 

that was a very gnarly looking head shot Hayden took…one day his Dad is asking for prayers and he is suddenly OK…I wouldn’t have put him back in there either

[OldhamA]

7 hours ago, BlazeCarolina said:

Big nothing burger in my opinion.  Tons of reasons to sit on that team last year.  Why risk injury again when we can evaluate someone else with our dismal record? 

Plenty of reasons to complain, but I don't think this is a big deal.

Why continue to play the rookie QB if your big FA TE acquisition is a healthy scratch?!

[AceBoogie]

12 hours ago, rayzor said:

And good riddance to everyone we lost.

I bet Dan Morgan was pissed at the culture we had become which is why he stayed and is why he chose Canales. We needed someone who can change the culture and identity. We didn't need the best stats guy. We needed the best guy to affect the culture. Canales was the best choice.

You seem like you’re trying to sell yourself on Canales. It was a bad hire. He’ll be gone in two years 

[rayzor]

15 minutes ago, AceBoogie said:

You seem like you’re trying to sell yourself on Canales. It was a bad hire. He’ll be gone in two years 

i was already sold on him. great hire. 

[csx]

4 hours ago, OldhamA said:

Why continue to play the rookie QB if your big FA TE acquisition is a healthy scratch?!

To get your #1 overall snaps for practice and to analyze. Hurst had no future here.

Was that a serious question? 

[csx]

Probably half making excuses as well. I assumed he would do something half respectable here

 

Edited April 4 by csx

[top dawg]

24 minutes ago, AceBoogie said:

You seem like you’re trying to sell yourself on Canales. It was a bad hire. He’ll be gone in two years 

 

8 minutes ago, rayzor said:

i was already sold on him. great hire. 

Well...we certainly know where you both stand. 

Canales is saying the right things, I'll give him that. I'm not prepared to say he's a great hire yet, but I certainly can't fathom why anyone would say he was a bad hire without really having ANY type of evidence to support that assertion (and I'd ask for enlightenment, but I don't feel that it would be well-supported).

He was the man that took the job, so I think we gotta kinda let things play out before we crown him or decapitate him by the guillotine. 

I think that he's kinda tied to Morgan, and today that's a good thing from where I'm sitting. I hope that it continues to be. 

[jayboogieman]

8 hours ago, raleigh-panther said:

Is it possible the organization didn’t want to risk further head trauma for the player ?

It's possible. I'm not sure if it's the sort of thing Tepper would care about though.

[1989]

I think they were trying to get at “there’s no point in risking your long term health for this season.”

 

moving on.

[BrianS]

2 hours ago, 1989 said:

I think they were trying to get at “there’s no point in risking your long term health for this season.”

 

moving on.

This sounds a lot more like what probably happened.

[BlazeCarolina]

14 hours ago, OldhamA said:

Why continue to play the rookie QB if your big FA TE acquisition is a healthy scratch?!

It was just one of many possible examples of a reason.  Evaluation!

[CPcavedweller]

On 4/3/2024 at 5:59 PM, rayzor said:

And good riddance to everyone we lost.

I bet Dan Morgan was pissed at the culture we had become which is why he stayed and is why he chose Canales. We needed someone who can change the culture and identity. We didn't need the best stats guy. We needed the best guy to affect the culture. Canales was the best choice.

Canales was the best guy that would come here**

FIFY

[Ricky Prickles]

4 minutes ago, CPcavedweller said:

Canales was the best guy that would come here**

FIFY

I think he will turn out quite well and be a total undiscovered gem. It will take some time but I am confident he is going to prove it.