Marty Hurney
Marty Hurney
Marty Hurney is the former General Manager of the Carolina Panthers...
looking people run stand time
You run a time like that and you're going to stand out. That's what people are looking for.
smart
You're never as smart as they say you are and you're never as dumb, either.
finding guys position saying
You never go in saying we've got to get this position or that position. For us, it's about finding guys who are the right fits.
believe dan dealing difference maker situation weigh
Obviously, you weigh everything when you are dealing with a situation like this, but we believe Dan is a difference maker for us,
focused friday injury morning realize until walk woke
But it's something he didn't realize he did. He was focused on the knee, when the injury occurred. He didn't realize it until Friday morning when he woke up and couldn't walk on it.
evaluate time week
We'll take some time and look and evaluate it. We have a week to make a decision.
informed legal throughout
We don't know anything about it because we really have not been informed throughout the legal process.
grasp looking obviously piece players system teaching
It's just one piece of the puzzle. It's a guideline, but obviously you're looking for players that can come in and grasp the system you're teaching and what you want to do.
good lose type
It's good to have him back. We didn't want to lose him in the first place. He's our kind of person our and our type of player.
family good great obvious rapport wants work
It's been obvious from the day he interviewed that he was a good fit. We work well together. He has a great feel for what the Richardson family wants as owners, how they want the organization to function, all the things that are important to them. And he's got a great rapport with the players.
asset dan defense felt valuable
Dan is a very valuable asset to our defense and he's a difference-maker for us. We felt it was very important to get him extended.
apart defense elite game good great nfl obviously score sets tone
They're obviously the elite defense in the NFL right now. That's a defense that sets the tone for the game and a defense that can score points, which sets the great defenses apart from the good defenses.
ahead apparent became catch chance chart depth fairly felt opportunity rod situation
It was a situation where there are other receivers ahead of him on the depth chart and it became fairly apparent to us that he would not be in our long-term plans. We felt like this was the right opportunity to give Rod a chance to catch on with another team.
difficult knew numbers saw
We knew when we saw the numbers that it was going to be very difficult to match.