Panthers Leaning Towards David Gettleman?

[homestarunner93]

5. The Panthers are believed to be leaning toward Giants executive Dave Gettleman.

-Pro Football Talk


Sounds good to me. He's highly regarded, and was Accorsi's recommendation to Cleveland years ago when they hired George Kokinis. Anyone but Beane!

[manbearchef]

Forgive me for my ignorance, and I'm probably going to be skeptical of every GM option, but I really don't like Gettleman's age. That being said, I like him better than every other name that I've seen floating around. The most interesting statistic: He's been part of 6 SB winning teams.

Most Giants fans I see posting in forums are extremely bummed to lose Gettleman AND Ross, but I've seen several comments that they'd rather lose Ross than Gettleman, so I guess that's at least positive.

I'm surprised Tom Gamble isn't being interviewed or anything, given how much I've heard his name over the last few weeks.

[N.E.PanthersFan]

My wishlist (of the candidates I've heard of through the media) would be:

Gettleman
Dawson
Ross
Beane

And it's nothing against Beane, but I think a lot of us would prefer a guy with a scouting background. Personally, I'd prefer a guy with a pro scouting background to a college scouting background -- I think the new college scouting team we picked up did a decent job in the 2012 draft. Gettleman wins over Dawson only because of name recognition.

[NBA_Starter]

Gettleman sounds good to me

[manbearchef]

Not that I have some sort of tie to Beane or anything, but I could possibly see Gettleman being hired, and Beane sitting back and learning from a second GM. Beane is somewhat young for a GM (mid-thirties) and Gettleman is in his late 60's I believe, so theoretically that could be a plan.

[homestarunner93]

Not that I have some sort of tie to Beane or anything, but I could possibly see Gettleman being hired, and Beane sitting back and learning from a second GM. Beane is somewhat young for a GM (mid-thirties) and Gettleman is in his late 60's I believe, so theoretically that could be a plan.

I don't mind Beane staying in his original role. He should not be the GM, though.

[manbearchef]

I don't mind Beane staying in his original role. He should not be the GM, though.

Yeah, I agree, I'm saying maybe they're going to keep Beane where he is while Gettleman is GM, then when Gettleman retires/is fired we could bump a more experienced Beane into the GM spot.

[homestarunner93]

Just don't know how I will ever feel about Beane as a GM. Has no experience as a personnel evaluator, which is part of what made Hurney as poor GM in the first place.

[homestarunner93]

“Whoever comes in (as GM) in Carolina is going to want their own head coach. The owner (Jerry Richardson) didn’t want to eat two years on (Ron Rivera‘s) contract. … From everything I hear, (Giants senior pro personnel analyst) Dave Gettlemen is (consultant) Ernie Accorsi‘s guy. Accorsi recommended him for the job in Cleveland when Mike Holmgren took over. (Gettlemen) is not a self-promoter like too many of these (candidates). He’s a meat-and-potatoes, salt-of-the-earth kind of guy. He’ll clean it up fast, and he can work with anyone. You don’t see his name out there a lot or hear about him because he just goes about his business and gets the job done. He’s been a big part of the fabric in the Giants’ front office for a long time. He deserves a shot.”

http://www.profootballweekly.com/201...ire-in-marrone

[gatkins11]

Panthers announced Gettleman as their new GM today.

[N.E.PanthersFan]

Yay!

Between a guy with a college scouting background and a guy with a pro scouting background, I like that we went with the pro scouting background. I didn't dislike our first draft with our new college scouting team (this past year), but we obviously need to do a good job of evaluating in-house/FA/PS talent.