Marty Hurney
Marty Hurney
Marty Hurney is the former General Manager of the Carolina Panthers...
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He's a first-round draft pick and we wanted to him to be here and finish his career here, if possible. That is something we think is very important if you can get your first-round picks or very good players who make a difference, to stick around.
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Well, obviously you don't like cutting a third-round draft choice,
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Draft picks today are your currency, your life blood. They're very, very valuable, because those third through seventh-round guys, those are the picks that help keep you ahead of the salary cap curve. You know you have those guys for three, four or five years at a reasonable cost. Especially anybody after the first round. That's why drafting in the cap era is even more important.
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We tried to improve on defense two years ago and on offense last year. Now we're at a point where we should be able to sprinkle in players on both sides of the ball.
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Think about running the ball in the NFL. If you're going to build yourself around that, you sometimes have to be very patient. You have to be a master at being patient. John takes that approach here not only in games, but every day here in everything he does.
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The rumors are flying right now. If people anywhere are saying they know who we're taking, they're ahead of us.
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Right now we're seeing if he thinks we're a good fit for him, and vice versa.
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Sometimes there is enough to cross him off the board. There are always some like that, but not many.
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Everyone we talked to at all of his clubs had nothing but positive things to say about him. The perception is out there on him, but if you spend any amount of time with him you realize he just wants to win.
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We say it every year around this time, hard decisions have to be made. In this system, in this era, if you're doing things the right way, you almost force yourself to make these kind of decisions.
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You always want to keep yourself in position to take the best player available, regardless of position. When you don't is when you get in trouble.
league
That's a league matter. I have no comment.
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We'll be watching and waiting just like everyone else. It's a different situation than we've usually had, so we've just got to wait and see how it all unfolds.
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We received the offer sheet, and we're going to look at it, evaluate it and talk about it. And then we'll make a decision on it next week.