Comments on: Panthers name Dave Gettleman general manager

By: jgedgar70

jgedgar70 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:42:18 +0000

I figured Gettleman or Ross was going to get the job, and I would have been happy with either one. I don’t see Rivera already in place as an issue – he and the team got better as the season progressed. I’m looking forward to Gettleman finding some real players late in the draft, as the Broncos did with Terrell Davis and the Giants with Ahmad Bradshaw, both when Gettleman was with those teams.

I heard somewhere that if we cut Chris Gamble and Jon Beason and restructure Jordan Gross (and hopefully move him to RT) after June 1, we’ll be under the cap. I like those guys, but we won late in the season without them. We also need to get rid of DeAngelo or Stewart. Either one will do, Tolbert is a better second option. Hopefully Gettleman is going to hire a cap-ologist quickly.

I feel good about the future of my team. Let’s hope we get a good draft, a good start to the season and go on to bigger and better things.

By: turfrage

turfrage — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 06:28:39 +0000

Why was he moved from director of pro personnel down to senior analyst?? Usually you hire guys on their way up.

By: drecaldwell22

drecaldwell22 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:20:22 +0000

Great I’m excited about this new GM, maybe he can fix Marty’s mess. Aside from having a new GM. Rivera needs to stop coaching scared. I understand playing safe, but don’t take your foot off the peddle win you have a team down, and for Christ sakes, take a chance go for it on 4th and inches, have confidence in your team to get the job done. As a coach if you don’t have that confidence that your team needs as a leader it shows, and it shows with the Panthers record. If Rivera reads this comment and takes it to heart, I can easily see the Panthers at worst 8-8.

By: thegreatsantini56

thegreatsantini56 — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:14:14 +0000

Was there any doubt that the new GM would be from the Giants? I wish him well, but I don’t know enough about him to comment. All of you that call Jerry Richardson a bad owner are totally ignorant. One of my first memories of football was JR catching a TD from Johnny U. My Dad said “That guy is from Wofford”. Since I was only 4, he went on to explain that he was a homeboy. Barry Switzer didn’t even know where Charlotte was until he came here and got his a**s whipped. I don’t agree with every move he has ever made but the man deserves respect. Who did you like before there was a team here? Thank you Mr. Richardson for getting us in the NFL.

By: riderspantherssk

riderspantherssk — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:02:04 +0000

The Panthers could have done a lot worse, but Jim Popp would have been a better hire I believe. Popp has a proven record of finding talent and with the Panthers’ upcoming cap situation, a guy who can find those diamonds in the rough that play for entry-level money would be very beneficial.

By: goodguyattorney

goodguyattorney — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:31:45 +0000

I’m sorry, but accepting this job without being allowed to make the most important decision a GM makes – head coach – puts you into the “yes man” category. Jerry Richardson is still is acting as the GM, otherwise he wouldn’t have made the decision to keep Rivera less than a week before making this hire. I’m not disappointed in our new GM, but, at least from a PR standpoint, hire the GM and then let him announce he’s keeping Rivera. Now there will always be the potential perception that Rivera’s not “his guy” which could breed divisiveness. This was a poorly managed timeline of events – but hey, the Panthers never could manage the clock.

By: southcakpanther

southcakpanther — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:42:49 +0000

Good hire JR

By: southcakpanther

southcakpanther — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:40:39 +0000

Good his JR

By: the1bigbird

the1bigbird — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:11:22 +0000

I hope he quickly signs a running back. that is what they do in carolina!

By: justintuckrule

justintuckrule — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:05:07 +0000

Bad news Panthers fans, you picked the wrong NYG scout. Gettleman is a LB’s scout. If you haven’t looked at our roster in awhile, I’ll just tell you that the last LB we drafted that was worth anything was Jesse Armstead about 9 million years ago. Since then, the road has been littered with Bryan Kehls.

By: pilot2011

pilot2011 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:58:35 +0000

Great hire!

Item 1, figure out what to do with big contracts like Chris Gamble, Jon Beason/James Anderson, and several other veterans to get the cap back to normal

By: fuglyflorio

fuglyflorio — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:49:58 +0000

Good guy … bad job. Best of luck working for one of the worst owners in the NFL.

By: nygdriveforfive

nygdriveforfive — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:48:24 +0000

Great hire for the Panthers. Giants draft history speaks for itself.

By: captainspangled

captainspangled — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:47:20 +0000

Great hire. Gettleman has a very diverse background and has been my favorite target for quite some time.

Has been involved in many different aspects of many successful teams and am looking forward to seeing what he does here.

By: wisewoo

wisewoo — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:35:00 +0000

I like it!

By: camfan89

camfan89 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:32:53 +0000

Very nice!

By: Distinguished Male

Distinguished Male — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:31:37 +0000

Would’ve been happy with either him or Ross. Now that the search is over, they can go about figuring out the best roster to put forth come April, and get some of those vacant positional coaches hired.

Copy and paste this into your brains, because the 2013 Panthers are gonna make the playoffs. Heard it with your eyeballs here first.

By: finleye

finleye — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:23:58 +0000

two thumbs up