Carolina Panthers GM Hurney won't be hurting for a job

[Rod Butsecks]

(By Tom Sorensen, [email protected]) p/Marty Hurneamp;squo;s contract expires at the end of June, so by Thursday he could be unemployed. Thaamp;squo;s him on the side of the road with the cardboard sign: GIVE WHAT YOU CAN AS LONG AS IT DOESamp;squo;T BLOW YOUR SALARY CAP. Thaamp;squo;s Bill Cowher driving past him without slowing down./p

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[BF91]

I hope we sign him to an extension, because he really won't be hurting for a job for long if we let him go. Some team that needs rebuilding will hop on him as soon as the season is over and he'll build a quality team through the draft, just like he's done here.

[jasonluckydog]

Guy knows how to build through the draft and excellent at making fa pickups.

[Snake]

IMO he has hit on the draft more then he has missed. He is also good at finding bottom dollar FAs that can start. If only he was not a racist.

[God]

racist bastage

[Panthro]

meh to the Delhomme, Morgan, and Foster extensions. I say meh

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

More like Farty Hurney.

Also racism

[cookinbrak]

Is Jake Delhomme still our highest paid player?

[LelouchBritannia]

Hurney, great at drafting...our first pick....nooooooooooooooooot so good at anything else really. FA's...Kemo..Lewis...5 or 6 WRs that were "supposed" to help smitty, hartwig, need I go on? Although he has hit a couple guys that really played well for us(Kenny Lucas comes to mind).

We could do much worse tbh, we could be the lions...or the browns *shudder*.

[Baschski]

Hurney, great at drafting...our first pick....nooooooooooooooooot so good at anything else really. FA's...Kemo..Lewis...5 or 6 WRs that were "supposed" to help smitty, hartwig, need I go on? Although he has hit a couple guys that really played well for us(Kenny Lucas comes to mind).

We could do much worse tbh, we could be the lions...or the browns *shudder*.

What are you talking about? The only part of the draft that we aren't great at is the 2nd round. Our first round picks are always money and we have always found great value in the late rounds. We also have a great track record of finding no-name-guys that turn out to be solid players (Jake Delhomme, Tyrell Sutton, Matt Moore, etc.). The Panthers build almost solely through the draft, never splurge on big-name free agents, and only pick up complementary players to fill in as needed. Those are all signs of a strong front office. The Delhomme and Peppers situations were mistakes, but Hurney is solid and it would be a big mistake to let him go.

[Jangler]

If he does go, I hope JR hires a black GM, so some people will shut the hell up!

edit: Okay not some people.

[jramsey4]

If he does go, I hope JR hires a black GM, so some people will shut the hell up!

edit: Okay not some people.

Marc Ross. Not only is he black IMO he is one of the best talent evaluators in the league.

[Dpantherman]

ok seriously, where is all of this poo coming from.

[Doc Holiday]

An unbiased opinion of Hurney.

If you were to score him on a scale of 1-10

I would say 8 maybe 8.5.

Successes Like Finding Delhomme, Drafting the 2001 draft (Smith, Morgan, Jenkins) and the 2008 draft(Otah, Stewart), has always hit it big with the first round picks, and at least seems to get some contributors from the later rounds.

At times over pays for players, while not paying at all for others, (the Davis contract is the first time this has actually worked out in our favor)

overall we have had good success, but there are a few moves that are just head shakers.

But he good has out weighed the bad so far.