Marty Hurney
Marty Hurney
Marty Hurney is the former General Manager of the Carolina Panthers...
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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 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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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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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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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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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.
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Nothing is signed, but it looks like we're very close to terms and hopefully we'll have something to announce on Friday.
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Nothing is signed, but it looks like we're close to terms.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.