Marty Hurney
Marty Hurney
Marty Hurney is the former General Manager of the Carolina Panthers...
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We have a wide receiver and a football player who is going to have a huge effect on this football team the next four years.
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It happened quickly for us this year, but I don't think it was a fluke. I think we proved we've got a pretty good football team. We beat too many good teams to say otherwise. It was a special group.
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We feel like he's a valuable member of our team and we put the transition tag on him in an effort to keep him.
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You can see that organization is on the same page from top to bottom. They know how they want to build a team and they've done an incredible job.
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If the veteran only has a year or two left on his contract, teams are hesitant to trade a draft pick for a player in that position. Why pay a big cap number for a guy you might only have for a short time And then there's the reality that the veteran and the agent would probably want to be on the open market anyway, figuring they'll get more money that way. The system is not conducive to making a deal for a veteran.
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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.