Marty Hurney
Marty Hurney
Marty Hurney is the former General Manager of the Carolina Panthers...
focused friday injury morning realize until walk woke
But it's something he didn't realize he did. He was focused on the knee, when the injury occurred. He didn't realize it until Friday morning when he woke up and couldn't walk on it.
believe dan dealing difference maker situation weigh
Obviously, you weigh everything when you are dealing with a situation like this, but we believe Dan is a difference maker for us,
good knew talked
We knew we had a good player. Everyone we talked to had something very good to say.
asset dan defense felt valuable
Dan is a very valuable asset to our defense and he's a difference-maker for us. We felt it was very important to get him extended.
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.
good lose type
It's good to have him back. We didn't want to lose him in the first place. He's our kind of person our and our type of player.
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.
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.
ahead apparent became catch chance chart depth fairly felt opportunity rod situation
It was a situation where there are other receivers ahead of him on the depth chart and it became fairly apparent to us that he would not be in our long-term plans. We felt like this was the right opportunity to give Rod a chance to catch on with another team.
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.
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.
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.