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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Carolina Panthers have hired Dave Gettleman as the new General Manager for the team.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gettleman has been in the league for 25 years, 15 of which he spent with the New York Giants. In 1998, he joined the Giants as then-director Tim Rooney's assistant. Gettleman was promoted to Pro Personnel Director in 1999, a position he served until July of last year when he was named the Senior Pro Personnel Analyst.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Panthers fired longtime GM Marty Hurney six games into the season. Panthers owner Jerry Richardson is optimistic about the hire.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I was very impressed with Dave's experience and think he will be a very good fit for our organization,\" Jerry Richardson said in a statement released by the team. \"He has an extensive background in personnel and comes from an organization in the New York Giants that I hold in high regard and played an instrumental role in their success.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tennessee Titans vice president of player personnel Lake Dawson and Giants director of college scouting Marc Ross also interviewed for the Panthers GM job.\n[tweet https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/289130521190100992]&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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