Panthers' Dave Gettleman has guts...

[AceBoogie]

I've been trying to figure out what this feels like and then it hit me.

You remember going to sleep early on Christmas Eve, waking up early, and then running down stairs only to be left disappointed? You held out, hoping that they would pull something big out of the closet, but they never did. You never knew why and then you got older and realized you're parents were broke.

Gettleman isn't pulling anything out of that closet this year folks.

[pantherfan49]

Leaving newton with shitty receivers and poor numbers this year will drive his contract demands down. Genius.

I'm thinking there are other teams that would be a better fit for Gett.

[Fox007]

Of course Hurney made bad decisions.

Is Gettleman the only GM in history to walk into a tough situation?

Just how long are people planning on letting him keep that free pass in his back pocket?

 

 

Err longer than 1 year....Gettleman's real watch starts when Hurneys BS contracts come off the books.

 

So far we can really only go off his superb 1st draft and see what happens with this years draft...

[teeray]

I think because of dead money and back loaded contracts the cap situation will be just as bad or worse next season.

Capologists correct me if I am wrong about that

[mc52beast]

Maybe DG should have screwed up the cap so bad that come next year when he has to re-sign Cam And Luke he doesn't have the money... would LOVE to see the Huddle if that happened. Give the guy some freaking credit, he's planning for the future instead of going all in for the present.

[Gabeking]

I still wonder about Rivera. Why did it take him so long to get a hc job? With all that experience shouldn't someone have given him a shot before us?

I still wonder about grown ups. Why don't they still understand why kids love the cinnamony taste of cinnamon toast crunch? With all that advertising shouldn't they have gotten at least a hint by now?

[Brooklyn Bully]

I'm excited to miss the Playoffs! Using money as an excuse instead of doing all you can to compete! 

 

 

[cgarsmoker]

I'm excited to miss the Playoffs! Using money as an excuse instead of doing all you can to compete!

This post is EXACTLY why we need to have the NEG REP feature back on this forum.

[Semaj]

I think because of dead money and back loaded contracts the cap situation will be just as bad or worse next season.

Capologists correct me if I am wrong about that

Yeah we might have to wait for another another year to get the weight of all the bad contracts off our shoulders.  Sucks but we cant keep moving them back.  We need to pay them off so that we can move forward with a clean slate.  

[Jens]

Panthers' Dave Gettleman has guts, taking short-term lumps for long-term punch

 

Great article LINK

 

 

Thing is, NFL is a win now. I hate the fact that he got rid of SS the way he did.

[ChinaPanther]

Because he's the hero that Charlotte deserves, but not the one it needs right now... and so we'll hunt him... because he can take it... because he's not a hero... he's a silent guardian, a watchful protector... a Diligent GM

 

 

Laugh 

[Snake]

Guts? This dude has balls of steel. He is nuking this bitch and does not care what anyone thinks.

[TheMaulClaw]

Well he could have kept youknowwho instead of paying him to go away. I'm sure he had prior knowledge to the Cam surgery, so why let him go with nobody left to mentor the new wrs?

 

Yeah the news about Cam today presents a new dynamic that's a little unsettling.  If Cam is missing 4 months....that's mid August.....that's missing training camp.  How in the hell are we going to develop any timing in TC with the WRs without our starting QB?   Why didn't Cam get this surgery as soon as the season ended?  He would have been done with rehab by the end of June.

 

It's not technically missing TC....but it cuts it dangerously close and we're screwed if he has a setback.

[El Chingon]

@adbrandt

A lesson learned to fans wanting more "action" from teams in free agency: sometimes the best deals you make are the ones you don't.