No Joke: The players apparently didn't like Gettleman

[Chaos]

"Who moved my cheese?"

[The Huddler]

Someone has to be the hard ass! Hey if you don't like gettleman then gtfo, I like going 12-4

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[MV%doe]

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

 

 

 while posting this correct statement, how did you mange not to brag on your vegas trip?

[Jangler]

Someone has to be the hard ass! Hey if you don't like gettleman then gtfo, I like going 12-4

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why you make me think of this?

 

[top dawg]

Someone has to be the hard ass! Hey if you don't like gettleman then gtfo, I like going 12-4

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That's silly. No one here has said that they don't like G-man, they just suggested that he adapt to the situation for the overall betterment of the team like he asks of his players.  No need to overpay, but we can all be mature and up front about the situation without letting the media take a scrap and run with it like a crazed dog.

[Car123]

Wish there was a middleground

[TheRumGone]

This is the type of GM that wins superbowls.

This is everything we've wanted for so long. Accountability, elite talent evaluator, fiscally conservative, and the most important a LEADER of men.

He can work on his PR though

[TheRumGone]

He could but he's the typical hard-nosed guy who doesn't care what people think of him.

That's all fine and dandy but that can cause problems. Soooooooo.... Work on that otherwise I'm extremely happy with who we got

[Gabeking]

As was posed to me, do you really believe that Gross actually likes Gettleman? Really? **in deep voice** Really? **in deeper voice**

Um, who cares? I feel like you keep trying to counter argue and downplay the importance of the bigger point here. It's important to be sentimental, but not to the point of detrimence and only when you've earned it. Maybe he should have worded his words about smitty at the combine a bit better, but in all honesty, who cares? Hurney was too sentimental with his job, and in this business that almost never produces consistent results. Why do you think JR hired someone like gettleman? Someone with massive personnel experience who's worked in New York, the most cut throat city on earth, for some 10 years? Winning > Niceness in sports whether we like it or not. Just ask Belichick. His job is to build a winner not make best friends with the players. We'll see if he can, but so far it's working out. Stop worrying about whether the players like him or not, that bears nothing on the performance of the team.

[Panthers111]

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

 

LOL 

 

When Marty ran out of money he put it on the credit card. 

[rayzor]

As was posed to me, do you really believe that Gross actually likes Gettleman? Really? **in deep voice** Really? **in deeper voice**

 

yes.

 

pardon me if i don't buy into all this petty little contrived drama.

 

 

it's not hard to believe that after years of good ol buddy hurney who gets fired and who you might consider the scapegoat for bad seasons because he's your buddy and he's always been your GM, you get a new guy...ANY new guy, esp. with a completely different personality, and you are naturally going to be scepitcal and maybe "not like" the guy.

 

but it's also not hard to believe that after seeing how he operates and that he's an actual football guy, but also very transparent in his dealings...and you see the results of his wheelings and dealings in getting out of that cap hell we were in, that you might start to dislike the guy less and...dare i say...even like him.

 

but hey...we're talking about junior high mindsets here who decide if they are going to like or unlike someone right away and NEVER have to change their minds because they were right the first time, unless you wait years for them to work their way back into your good graces.

 

the media loves stirring drama like this up and making mountains out of mole hills. and you know why they do that? because morons always buy that crap.

[top dawg]

Um, who cares? I feel like you keep trying to counter argue and downplay the importance of the bigger point here. It's important to be sentimental, but not to the point of detrimence and only when you've earned it. Maybe he should have worded his words about smitty at the combine a bit better, but in all honesty, who cares? Hurney was too sentimental with his job, and in this business that almost never produces consistent results. Why do you think JR hired someone like gettleman? Someone with massive personnel experience who's worked in New York, the most cut throat city on earth, for some 10 years? Winning > Niceness in sports whether we like it or not. Just ask Belichick. His job is to build a winner not make best friends with the players. We'll see if he can, but so far it's working out. Stop worrying about whether the players like him or not, that bears nothing on the performance of the team.

 

Sure most people may not care, but some do.  If any point is being downplayed, it's the fact that you can run an NFL franchise without publicly stepping on players' toes. This is especially true as it pertains to fan favorites and franchise legends, no less. The Hoody keeps all his negotiations in house. Nobody said that you had to be nice, just professional, respectful and hopefully tactful in your public relations. I've stated that I love G-man, and the way that he goes about his business, but no one is perfect. In the end, I would desire that he not alienate players or stars with his mouth in the future, but if he does I guess I'll shake my head and take the good with the bad. But I'm not gonna pretend that talking too much in matters of contractual and personnel changes are a good thing if it's not. People can be naive all they like, but the league is watching, players are watching, and free agents are watching. It does matter how the organization is perceived to treat its players, coaches, (and even fans in some respects).  Ultimately it all can affect the performance of the team. In my opinion, to say anything less is just being shortsighted and simplistic. That is what is being downplayed. 

[rayzor]

Um, who cares? I feel like you keep trying to counter argue and downplay the importance of the bigger point here. It's important to be sentimental, but not to the point of detrimence and only when you've earned it. Maybe he should have worded his words about smitty at the combine a bit better, but in all honesty, who cares? Hurney was too sentimental with his job, and in this business that almost never produces consistent results. Why do you think JR hired someone like gettleman? Someone with massive personnel experience who's worked in New York, the most cut throat city on earth, for some 10 years? Winning > Niceness in sports whether we like it or not. Just ask Belichick. His job is to build a winner not make best friends with the players. We'll see if he can, but so far it's working out. Stop worrying about whether the players like him or not, that bears nothing on the performance of the team.

 

pretty much this..."like him"...."don't like him"....who cares?

 

job number one is make the team better. to make sure you have the right coach and the right players and you fit those right players under the tight budget you are left with.

 

it doesn't matter if the players like the guy who decides if they have a job or not. it doesn't hurt if they do, but it's not going to matter. you do your job well and try to have reasonable expectations of salary and stay flexible in that regard and you should keep your job.

[Carolina Mike]

Not a surprise at all. How many people here "love" their boss, manager or pay department?