No Joke: The players apparently didn't like Gettleman

[Darth Biscuit]

Yep... the GM should be the hard ass.

[Gucci Mane]

[TN05]

You can be a good general manager without your players hating you. Players love to come play here because of the organization's reputation, and I'm concerned this could hurt our ability to bring in or keep players.

[nctarheel0619]

My sentiment on this is simple.  I don't give a damn if they like him or not, if we are winning and he is part of the reason, respect will come.  

[PhillyB]

good. that means he's doing things right, given his post-hurney context. 

[top dawg]

They loved Hurney....a lot...wonder why?

This is getting really fuging stupid around here.

 

What is getting "really fuging stupid around here"?

[PantherFeez]

You can be a good general manager without your players hating you. Players love to come play here because of the organization's reputation, and I'm concerned this could hurt our ability to bring in or keep players.

 

Man we sure shouldn't have fug'd up our reputation of overpaying

[top dawg]

i already think that they respect him. How can they not? But there is respecting the position, and respecting  the man.  I prefer both.

[rayzor]

I don't care if players like a GM, as long as they respect him.

 

i think in one year of managing the team, he's done plenty to earn that respect.

 

he doesn't hide the fact that his job is to make the franchise better...not to be liked by the employees. his commitment is to the team, not the players.

 

i think he's a likeable fellow, he's just not trying to be their buddy like hurney was. business first.

[4Corners]

Of course they loved Marty - dude was handing out money left and right. 

[EightyNine]

Mike Mitchell tweeted this earlier. "Never pay for the name of the player.. pay for a player who is about to make himself a name."

[cgarsmoker]

i think in one year of managing the team, he's done plenty to earn that respect.

he doesn't hide the fact that his job is to make the franchise better...not to be liked by the employees. his commitment is to the team, not the players.

i think he's a likeable fellow, he's just not trying to be their buddy like hurney was. business first.

I completely agree with you....I own my own business and I'm very friendly with my employees but I'm not their friend. Once you get into the "friend zone" people actually start losing respect for you.

[Evengelion]

Awesome business attitude. But better keep winning. Can't falter and put duds on the field on Sundays.

[Montsta]

He has also set the tone so that when it's time to negotiate, every player up will do the same thing he's doing. If they see that he's business to the extreme, the players will do the same. It's good to be all business, but hopefully he's personable to make up for it or he'll have all of our stars asking for the supermax contract.

Not good with Cam, Luke, and Star waiting in the wings.

But by that rationale, players should have been giving all kinds of warm fuzzy discounts when Hurney was here because gee whiz they just love the organization. Charles Johnson got a massive contract. Charles Godfrey got a massive contract. Jonathan Stewart and Deangelo Williams both got massive contracts. Jon Beason at one point signed the largest contract ever for a MLB. None of these guys took a voluntary paycut when we were in cap hell every year because they just love Charlotte.

As fans we tend to want to keep players around eva use we get attached to them. They are the athletes who get us all pumped up on Sundays, not the fat bellied GM who tucks his polo shirt into his short shorts. So we take it personal when they get mad (Smitty) or when they leave on less than stellar terms (Beason).

At the end of the day I'll take Gettleman's approach ten times out if ten. No more max contracts for making topless workout videos or for riding stationary bikes. Hardy was a clear example. No, we will not overpay you for one solid year. He produced again this past season, and will now be well compensated for it. I have no problem with paying top tier talent top tier money, but for too long we've given out contracts that are out of line with performance or playing time.

Do your job, you'll get paid. Do it really well, you'll get paid really well. Very simple. Riding the coat tails of a decent season you had years ago isn't gonna fly anymore, and this fan couldn't be any happier about that.