Marty Hurney
Marty Hurney
Marty Hurney is the former General Manager of the Carolina Panthers...
amount clubs perception positive realize spend talked time wants
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.
decision evaluate next offer received talk
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.
situation waiting watching
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.
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.
active days mind move open staying trying warrants
We try to go into it with an open mind. We like being active and trying to move if it warrants it. There have been days where you try to move up and back and you end up staying pat. But we will try to be aggressive.
choice cutting draft obviously
Well, obviously you don't like cutting a third-round draft choice,
good key retaining several spots
We're in pretty good shape. We feel like we're in a pretty good position. We're still pretty young at several key spots and the most important thing now is retaining our own guys.
team player reality
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.
informed legal throughout
We don't know anything about it because we really have not been informed throughout the legal process.
kinds players
We're still going over the film. The players aren't even back yet, so we haven't even started those kinds of discussions yet.
effort member tag team transition valuable
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.
add good trying
We're just trying to be a good team, just trying to add the right pieces.
backs brings extremely helped leadership locker room valuable
What he does for us on the field, as well as his leadership he brings in the locker room is important. He has really helped out working with all of the other backs and made them better. He's extremely valuable to us and we think he can still help us out in that area.
guys necessary todd
We know what Todd can do and we want to look at the guys we have here. We told Todd it is not necessary for him to come to camp.