Marty Hurney
Marty Hurney
Marty Hurney is the former General Manager of the Carolina Panthers...
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.
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.
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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.
choice cutting draft obviously
Well, obviously you don't like cutting a third-round draft choice,
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He obviously is very disappointed because he wants to get out and play and we would have liked to have seen that as well. It was something that he didn't realize he did when the injury occurred.
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In Buck's case, he's been a flag carrier for us down in the locker room, on the field, and he's been great in the community. We hope he knows how much we appreciate what he's done for us.
announce close hopefully looks terms
Nothing is signed, but it looks like we're very close to terms and hopefully we'll have something to announce on Friday.
close looks
Nothing is signed, but it looks like we're close to terms.
agency anytime assume chances deal decides free player
Anytime you don't have a deal when free agency begins, you have to assume that a player is gone. Sometimes you are wrong, and the player decides to stay. But at this point, the chances of re-signing them are not very good.
both defense improve last offense players point sides tried
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.
almost decisions force hard year
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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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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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.
ahead anywhere flying people rumors saying
The rumors are flying right now. If people anywhere are saying they know who we're taking, they're ahead of us.