tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post2467144712290426089..comments2023-10-16T06:09:53.892-04:00Comments on Scott Says ...: 5 things I didn't like about Panthers' loss to BearsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-61213526552423988522010-10-13T09:53:30.762-04:002010-10-13T09:53:30.762-04:00Hi Jenn...well, as you know many of the posters on...Hi Jenn...well, as you know many of the posters on here don't have anything intelligent to say so they simply resort to the low level attempts at humor. I think we're used to it on here. But they quickly get put in their place!!<br /><br />I agree on Pep...I imagine a lot of that was based on emotion of being booed and all. Still, I expect that of fans (many of the same posters on here)...I was just surprised to see it from the usually quiet Pep. It was a heck of a play though. I miss having that level of talent in our DE spot.<br /><br />Interestingly enough, all the venom this year (reserved for JP last year) seems to be for Richardson. I find that somewhat odd...I mean, on the one hand you have these guys saying we are only fair weather fans who aren't as "great" as the fans in other cities supporting our team when down. On the other, you have the guys saying JR is just bilking PSL holders and we are all suckers, etc. etc. I don't know - I can't blame JR for blowing things up...face it, the window with the players we had was past. There needed to be a new direction. You can try and bring in a bunch of free agents or try rebuilding, not many other options.<br /><br />In the end, Fox will end up taking most of the blame. Can't say that is right or wrong, but perhaps it is just time. All head coaches run their course eventually...<br /><br />Funny, but I recall at the end of last season saying we'd have a party for all the regular posters to celebrate our playoff run. Seems like we ought to change that goal to commiserating and striving not to reach 0 - 16!Curtis Watkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08644867286122176535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-2812699605279267252010-10-12T14:03:44.333-04:002010-10-12T14:03:44.333-04:00Curtis I love your Panther Pride....you make me sm...Curtis I love your Panther Pride....you make me smile reading your post. <br />I guess what most on here forget is, none of us have to like another's post, but as adults you would think we would all respect it...Name calling and throwing rocks at glass houses, seems a bit immature to me..But hey I'm just a girl..<br /><br />Now to answer your question, couldnt tell you, why Pep responded the way he did. I'm sure welcome home Judas, may have played a factor, or getting booed every time his name was mentioned, kinda like back atcha...I'm sure a lot of emotions played a factor. <br /><br />To each their own...However that was a bad a@@ play he made. So I would have sent a message to the crowd to, only created more drama and in reading all the post here, we have PLENTY of that ( again) this season!!<br /><br />Lets take a poll on who gets most the blame this year? Peppers relinquished his title <:-)<br /><br />Smiles......Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08549175148965643299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-29398927418154376642010-10-12T09:43:42.257-04:002010-10-12T09:43:42.257-04:00"Either they are still trapped in the cookie ..."Either they are still trapped in the cookie cutter "image" of the NFL QB,.."<br /><br />Huh? Idiot comment. Say what you mean. You mean white QBs? Do you want the NFL to go bankrupt like the NBA? Except for a few only, NBA teams are used as tax writeoffs by owners who lose tens of millions annually even those owned by blacks. Ask Bob Johnson. Jordan will learn too. NFL teams still make money because they have white QBs and white kicker and a few offensieve linemen. Take them away and its over for the NFL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-56040507724689070742010-10-12T08:35:31.802-04:002010-10-12T08:35:31.802-04:00Dear Jerry (aka Mr Burns) please sell the team to ...Dear Jerry (aka Mr Burns) please sell the team to the people of Charlotte. We actually care about the product we would put on the field.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07176680636650744026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-55872186630669294012010-10-12T07:06:12.823-04:002010-10-12T07:06:12.823-04:00Nothing but a bunch of typical crybaby whiners as ...Nothing but a bunch of typical crybaby whiners as usual. Worst fans not only in the NFL but in the history of the NFL. They did the same whines for the Hornets who happened to be winning but they still whined about Shinn and then got Johnson to take them to the cleaners. One day Richardson will up and move to Los Angeles and he wont have to deal with these long winded know nothing crybaby punks. <br /><br />The world is coming to an end because a stupid suck NFL team is 0-5 and fans self worth is challenged to the brink. Obsession is putting it mildly when you are the cause running off Jake and the rest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-33332641815244509302010-10-12T06:42:30.470-04:002010-10-12T06:42:30.470-04:00Really -- who gives a flying f anymore? There are ...Really -- who gives a flying f anymore? There are so many other thingsmore important to worry about than the going ons of greedy peopleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-18546912759923388782010-10-12T02:32:10.421-04:002010-10-12T02:32:10.421-04:00The best quarterback on the Panthers team right no...The best quarterback on the Panthers team right now is Armanti Edwards, and the coaches are wasting his time and our time playing him at receiver.<br /><br />Why? They (like many of the fans) have in their heads that you have to be be 6'3" and weigh at least 230 pounds to play the position. But we have three quarterbacks with the right size requirements, and not only are they mediocre passers at best but none of them can seem to get their right feet out of the way of their left ones.<br /><br />Maybe some day Clausen and/or Pike will be major league QBs but right now none has the firepower to either scare the other team or to rouse the emotions of either their teammates or the fans.<br /><br />Edwards did play at a I-AA team, but it was one of the best ones ever. In college, he led that team to victories over current NFL starters Chad Henne of Michigan and Joe Flacco of Delaware. I would call him a I-A player in a I-AA conference, and I agree that his numbers would not have been as extravagant in some 1A conferences.<br />But those numbers do show several qualities that the Panthers need now.<br /><br />First, Edwards--at QUARTERBACK--is a winner--big time. He has a winner's confidence that he can find a way to score no matter how bad things look. I don't see this is the other QBs on the team. So far, they walk out there like they are about to face a firing squad. But remember when Edwards brought the offense out for two (whole) plays Sunday. For one thing the crowd noise jumped noticeably. <br /><br />More importantly, he followed a predictable & unsuccessful run attempt by David Gettis, with an unpredictable and dazzling QB rush of his own for 7 yards into the heart of a startled Chicago defense. It was classic Edwards. If one thing doesn't work, you hit them (fast) with another. This was the absolutely the wrong time to take Edwards out, but this is what the coaches did.<br /><br />Why? Either they are still trapped in the cookie cutter "image" of the NFL QB, or they just haven't developed enough plays out of he shotgun to make a full offense out of it yet. If the first is true, then multiple defeats may be the only cure. If the second is the reason, let's hope that they use their bye week wisely.<br /><br />Here is what the Panthers have in Edwards--a Michael Vick minus 30 pounds and a lot of character baggage. He can pass like a classic shotgun QB, run like a tail back, and invent on the fly ways of turning busted plays into winning ones. He has multiple weapons, and he's fearless using them.<br /><br />Finally, if the Panther staff actually devise an offense that will utilize Edwards's full skill set, they will free the rest of the offense to break loose of the timidity and boredom of the current offense. <br /><br />And free the fans as well. Who wouldn't love that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-16215209970676000102010-10-12T02:31:25.769-04:002010-10-12T02:31:25.769-04:00The best quarterback on the Panthers team right no...The best quarterback on the Panthers team right now is Armanti Edwards, and the coaches are wasting his time and our time playing him at receiver.<br /><br />Why? They (like many of the fans) have in their heads that you have to be be 6'3" and weigh at least 230 pounds to play the position. But we have three quarterbacks with the right size requirements, and not only are they mediocre passers at best but none of them can seem to get their right feet out of the way of their left ones.<br /><br />Maybe some day Clausen and/or Pike will be major league QBs but right now none has the firepower to either scare the other team or to rouse the emotions of either their teammates or the fans.<br /><br />Edwards did play at a I-AA team, but it was one of the best ones ever. In college, he led that team to victories over current NFL starters Chad Henne of Michigan and Joe Flacco of Delaware. I would call him a I-A player in a I-AA conference, and I agree that his numbers would not have been as extravagant in some 1A conferences.<br />But those numbers do show several qualities that the Panthers need now.<br /><br />First, Edwards--at QUARTERBACK--is a winner--big time. He has a winner's confidence that he can find a way to score no matter how bad things look. I don't see this is the other QBs on the team. So far, they walk out there like they are about to face a firing squad. But remember when Edwards brought the offense out for two (whole) plays Sunday. For one thing the crowd noise jumped noticeably. <br /><br />More importantly, he followed a predictable & unsuccessful run attempt by David Gettis, with an unpredictable and dazzling QB rush of his own for 7 yards into the heart of a startled Chicago defense. It was classic Edwards. If one thing doesn't work, you hit them (fast) with another. This was the absolutely the wrong time to take Edwards out, but this is what the coaches did.<br /><br />Why? Either they are still trapped in the cookie cutter "image" of the NFL QB, or they just haven't developed enough plays out of he shotgun to make a full offense out of it yet. If the first is true, then multiple defeats may be the only cure. If the second is the reason, let's hope that they use their bye week wisely.<br /><br />Here is what the Panthers have in Edwards--a Michael Vick minus 30 pounds and a lot of character baggage. He can pass like a classic shotgun QB, run like a tail back, and invent on the fly ways of turning busted plays into winning ones. He has multiple weapons, and he's fearless using them.<br /><br />Finally, if the Panther staff actually devise an offense that will utilize Edwards's full skill set, they will free the rest of the offense to break loose of the timidity and boredom of the current offense. <br /><br />And free the fans as well. Who wouldn't love that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-83847173913460953562010-10-12T02:26:04.288-04:002010-10-12T02:26:04.288-04:00The best quarterback on the Panthers team right no...The best quarterback on the Panthers team right now is Armanti Edwards, and the coaches are wasting his time and our time playing him at receiver.<br /><br />Why? They (like many of the fans) have in their heads that you have to be be 6'3" and weigh at least 230 pounds to play the position. But we have three quarterbacks with the right size requirements, and not only are they mediocre passers at best but none of them can seem to get their right feet out of the way of their left ones.<br /><br />Maybe some day Clausen and/or Pike will be major league QBs but right now none has the firepower to either scare the other team or to rouse the emotions of either their teammates or the fans.<br /><br />Edwards did play at a I-AA team, but it was one of the best ones ever. In college, he led that team to victories over current NFL starters Chad Henne of Michigan and Joe Flacco of Delaware. I would call him a I-A player in a I-AA conference, and I agree that his numbers would not have been as extravagant in some 1A conferences.<br />But those numbers do show several qualities that the Panthers need now.<br /><br />First, Edwards--at QUARTERBACK--is a winner--big time. He has a winner's confidence that he can find a way to score no matter how bad things look. I don't see this is the other QBs on the team. So far, they walk out there like they are about to face a firing squad. But remember when Edwards brought the offense out for two (whole) plays Sunday. For one thing the crowd noise jumped noticeably. <br /><br />More importantly, he followed a predictable & unsuccessful run attempt by David Gettis, with an unpredictable and dazzling QB rush of his own for 7 yards into the heart of a startled Chicago defense. It was classic Edwards. If one thing doesn't work, you hit them (fast) with another. This was the absolutely the wrong time to take Edwards out, but this is what the coaches did.<br /><br />Why? Either they are still trapped in the cookie cutter "image" of the NFL QB, or they just haven't developed enough plays out of he shotgun to make a full offense out of it yet. If the first is true, then multiple defeats may be the only cure. If the second is the reason, let's hope that they use their bye week wisely.<br /><br />Here is what the Panthers have in Edwards--a Michael Vick minus 30 pounds and a lot of character baggage. He can pass like a classic shotgun QB, run like a tail back, and invent on the fly ways of turning busted plays into winning ones. He has multiple weapons, and he's fearless using them.<br /><br />Finally, if the Panther staff actually devise an offense that will utilize Edwards's full skill set, they will free the rest of the offense to break loose of the timidity and boredom of the current offense. <br /><br />And free the fans as well. Who wouldn't love that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-86229397313631232602010-10-11T22:46:40.769-04:002010-10-11T22:46:40.769-04:00Lol @ anon, 2:37...yeah, I hear you. You got me al...Lol @ anon, 2:37...yeah, I hear you. You got me all figured out. Yes, clearly, my entire existence is built around the Panthers because I participate in this particular forum from time to time.<br /><br />You do realize this is a sports blog. About the Panthers. Where people post comments about, oh I don't know, THE PANTHERS. <br /><br />By the way, you find one - and I mean ONE - post that is a "whine" about this team (and I mean the dictionary definition of a whine, not what you probably think it means in your simple mind)and I'll send you check for a yard. <br /><br />And speaking of having a life - if the "ultimate rule" in your life is that you don't stake your existence on sports...well, that pretty much speaks for itself. I mean, who needs things like being a good provider for his family or successful in your career or any real goals - because I mean, you have the "ultimate rule" of not staking your existence on sports. Well done son, well done. Your parents must be proud.Curtis Watkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08644867286122176535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-32490727668343336592010-10-11T21:53:22.467-04:002010-10-11T21:53:22.467-04:00Clausen certainly took a step back…not sure what h...Clausen certainly took a step back…not sure what happened but it was almost like he had no confidence in what he was doing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-62674157510513969772010-10-11T17:33:58.248-04:002010-10-11T17:33:58.248-04:00Don't blame the players, don't blame the c...Don't blame the players, don't blame the coaching. From what I understand Jerry Richardson is leading the lock out cause for the owners.Thus not picking up any marque players this off season (free agency). So now all the PSL owners and Panther fans will suffer thru one of the worst season's the Panthes will have. So Jerry when you send me my bill for PSL's tickets this off seaon maybe I or 69,000 other Panther fans want send in any money.It want just be bad this season, but probably for 3 more years to come.Why don't you sell the team. Your pockets are not deep enough for me.Where is the emphasis on winning the superbowl Jerry?Jerrykidsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-998304749889596132010-10-11T15:40:16.421-04:002010-10-11T15:40:16.421-04:00For all you haters check out Armanti's numbers...For all you haters check out Armanti's numbers. Ok 5 11 got it. He has a 37 inch sleeve. Huge hands. Bigger than king Tebo's. Releases the ball MUCH higher and faster than Claisen or Moore. Oh yeah. Runs a 4.4. Just throwin that out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-23146102666873730562010-10-11T15:31:21.848-04:002010-10-11T15:31:21.848-04:00I think Mike & Mike said it best this morning ...I think Mike & Mike said it best this morning when looking at the winless teams in the NFL. <br /><br />Greeny: "I think Carolina is the worst team in the NFL."<br />Goldberg: "I agree."<br /><br />This is harder to watch than 2001, going 1-15. I'd prefer Weinke over any of these guys.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10656819463756101585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-18466582371766308272010-10-11T14:35:53.681-04:002010-10-11T14:35:53.681-04:00Let’s go down the list of problems the Panthers cu...Let’s go down the list of problems the Panthers currently face.<br /><br />1. League-worst 10.4 points per game.<br /><br />2. League-worst 236 yards per game.<br /><br />3. RB Jonathan Stewart surpassed 100 yards for the season today. <br /><br />4. DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart have combined for two rushing touchdowns this season. <br /><br />5. Jeff Otah, the team’s best and biggest run blocker, is still rehabilitating his knee injury and will probably be headed to IR.<br /><br />6. Gamble is afraid to challenge ball-carriers. He appears to be as skittish as Antonio Cromartie without the talent, ability, or size.<br /><br />7. Matt Moore. He is not smart enough to be an NFL quarterback, and his vision is limited to the right-hand side of the field. He is not much better than Jake Delhomme, he is just cheaper. <br /><br />8. Jimmy Clausen is AWFUL!<br /><br />A) None of the receivers ever get open.<br /><br />B) The offensive line doesn’t even give him time to get the snap before the pass rush is on top of him.<br /><br />C) He has disturbing ball security issues. Already this year he has botched a few snaps and let a simple hand-off slip out of his hands for a loss.<br /><br />9. Steve Smith. He is clearly frustrated with the incompetency of the rest of the organization, but is powerless to change anything. <br /><br />The Panthers'organization is clearly playing for the post-lockout future. <br /><br />10. Center Ryan Kalil has struggled all year. <br /><br />11. Too much inexperience. The majority of the Panthers’ starters have startlingly little experience. The offense obviously has no cohesiveness.<br /><br /><br />12. The secondary. The defensive backs are almost always over-matched by their match-ups or dropping interceptions. If they could catch the ball half of the time they get chances to pick the ball off, Carolina would lead the league in interceptions.<br /><br />13. The defensive line. Powerless to stop the run, and opposing quarterbacks have all day to throw. <br /><br />14. Jerry Richardson is a bad team owner. Make no mistake about it, he is running a business. Making money is his only priority. <br /><br />The reason the Panthers are almost always good enough to win seven or eight games but rarely good enough to win more, is because of Richardson's spending habbits. He is willing to spend enough to make the team exciting, in order keep fans paying, but never enough to push the team over the top.<br /><br />I am devoid of any emotional attachment to the Panthers. I don’t care if they lose. They are not my favorite team anymore. I cannot root for the Panthers anymore because I don’t feel anything for them.Matt G.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-54569740335838416852010-10-11T14:35:28.061-04:002010-10-11T14:35:28.061-04:00Let’s go down the list of problems the Panthers cu...Let’s go down the list of problems the Panthers currently face.<br /><br />1. League-worst 10.4 points per game.<br /><br />2. League-worst 236 yards per game.<br /><br />3. RB Jonathan Stewart surpassed 100 yards for the season today. <br /><br />4. DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart have combined for two rushing touchdowns this season. <br /><br />5. Jeff Otah, the team’s best and biggest run blocker, is still rehabilitating his knee injury and will probably be headed to IR.<br /><br />6. Gamble is afraid to challenge ball-carriers. He appears to be as skittish as Antonio Cromartie without the talent, ability, or size.<br /><br />7. Matt Moore. He is not smart enough to be an NFL quarterback, and his vision is limited to the right-hand side of the field. He is not much better than Jake Delhomme, he is just cheaper. <br /><br />8. Jimmy Clausen is AWFUL!<br /><br />A) None of the receivers ever get open.<br /><br />B) The offensive line doesn’t even give him time to get the snap before the pass rush is on top of him.<br /><br />C) He has disturbing ball security issues. Already this year he has botched a few snaps and let a simple hand-off slip out of his hands for a loss.<br /><br />9. Steve Smith. He is clearly frustrated with the incompetency of the rest of the organization, but is powerless to change anything. <br /><br />The Panthers'organization is clearly playing for the post-lockout future. <br /><br />10. Center Ryan Kalil has struggled all year. <br /><br />11. Too much inexperience. The majority of the Panthers’ starters have startlingly little experience. The offense obviously has no cohesiveness.<br /><br /><br />12. The secondary. The defensive backs are almost always over-matched by their match-ups or dropping interceptions. If they could catch the ball half of the time they get chances to pick the ball off, Carolina would lead the league in interceptions.<br /><br />13. The defensive line. Powerless to stop the run, and opposing quarterbacks have all day to throw. <br /><br />14. Jerry Richardson is a bad team owner. Make no mistake about it, he is running a business. Making money is his only priority. <br /><br />The reason the Panthers are almost always good enough to win seven or eight games but rarely good enough to win more, is because of Richardson's spending habbits. He is willing to spend enough to make the team exciting, in order keep fans paying, but never enough to push the team over the top.<br /><br />I am devoid of any emotional attachment to the Panthers. I don’t care if they lose. They are not my favorite team anymore. I cannot root for the Panthers anymore because I don’t feel anything for them.Matt G.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-91113990755416106162010-10-11T14:27:35.790-04:002010-10-11T14:27:35.790-04:00Time to flip the cart and start over. The season ...Time to flip the cart and start over. The season is lost. Trade DeAngelo to the Packers for draft picks while can get some value. He is a free agent next year anyway and we don't need J Stewart AND D Will when there are so many other areas of need!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-44705324469739499122010-10-11T13:59:00.170-04:002010-10-11T13:59:00.170-04:00Fox is done and everyone knows it. Jerry Richardso...Fox is done and everyone knows it. Jerry Richardson, who's been the owner leading the charge of "taking our league back" from the players, wasn't going to fire Fox and pay him the last year of his contract. Fox and GM Marty Hurney have been said to be a package deal, but it wouldn't surprise me if Hurney sells Fox out to save his own hide. A poo poo season will prob get both canned anyway.<br /><br />The Panthers are such a weird case. They have lots of pieces, but never seem to put them all together on a regular basis. They've got two great backs, an ok O-line when everyone's healthy, a heck of a LB in Jon Beason (why he went outside to replace Thomas Davis I don't know). They've never found WR stability and the franchise has never had a great QB. Delhomme was average at best, that's the ceiling for Moore as well. Clausen has "NO" potential to be a franchise QB.<br /><br />I think the Panthers really do need a new regime. Hurney's never been a fantastic drafter; trading a 2010 2nd rounder to move up and pick Armanti Edwards is a retarded move, and I imagine he would have traded next year's #1 for the third straight year if Richardson didn't tell him not to (can't prove that one, heard it through the grapevine). I know people are hoping for Cowher, but he's got no real connection to the area. Raleigh and Charlotte are three hours apart, so it's not like he'd be commuting from home. If Cowher does come back, I think he goes to Cleveland. Fox goes to the Giants, and I think Gruden comes in for the Panthers. If it is Jeff Davidson and his playbook of draw plays in charge, I'm switching teams.Martynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-1174827031249793192010-10-11T13:47:15.816-04:002010-10-11T13:47:15.816-04:00Terry Bradshaw didn't mince words when asked a...Terry Bradshaw didn't mince words when asked about Carolina Panthers rookie quarterback Jimmy Clausen, the former Notre Dame star.<br /><br />The FOX broadcaster and former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback was highly critical of Clausen during an interview with WNDU-TV.<br /><br />"I didn't like him in college and I don't like him now," Bradshaw said. "I hear great things about him, but he's not my kind of guy."<br /><br />When asked to elaborate, Bradshaw said it comes back to mechanics.<br /><br />"I don't like his motion," Bradshaw said. "I think he's too slow. He played for such a big institution, I just thought he was way too slow with his delivery, way too much shoulder action.<br /><br />"Physically, in the way he threw a football, I just didn't like him. Doesn't look to me to be a difference-making. Just another guy as far as I'm concerned."<br /><br />Time will tell if Bradshaw is correct or not about Clausen.Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-48294142562386116922010-10-11T13:43:18.806-04:002010-10-11T13:43:18.806-04:00Some teams are run by wizards. You can barely hear...Some teams are run by wizards. You can barely hear the fight song for all the computer beeps. <br /><br />Some teams are run by geniuses, some by generals, some by gurus. Some are operated by masterminds and philosophers. Some are run by cool, efficient businessmen. Some are guided by the ego-driven and some by the power-mad.<br /><br />The Carolina Panthers are run by a former sports writer.<br /><br />Does God have a sense of humor or what?<br /><br />Now, I know what you're thinking. If an NFL team is going to be run by a sports writer, then why, in heaven's name, isn't there a chicken wing on the helmet?<br /><br />Despite the oversight, it is clear the Panthers are onto something. Coaches don't like to admit it, but secretly, they love sports writers. They appreciate the advice, they admire the analysis and they learn from the second-guessing because, heck, they know we care.<br /><br />Just ask Jon Gruden. You know why he gets up at 3:17 a.m.? Because he just can't wait for the paperboy to bring him the day's suggestions. On behalf of the guys in the press trailer, Jon, you're welcome.<br /><br />The Panthers, however, have cut out the middleman. They have their very own newspaperman, Marty Hurney, right there in the big office. On his business card it should say Marty Hurney, General Manager. And in small type, right underneath, it should say, "Really, I Am."<br /><br />In another life, on the other side of the byline, Hurney was an honest-to-goodness, quote-seeking, receipt-snatching, Marriott-staying, deadline-fighting sports writer for the Washington Star and the Washington Times. It's not that different a job, really, except that he has a better seat and his salary cap is slightly larger than most writers' expense forms.<br /><br />(Talk about reasons to hate the press. Hurney spent years being paid as a member.)<br /><br />In 1988, he accepted an offer from Bobby Beathard to join the Redskins' media relations department. Two years later, when Beathard went to San Diego, Hurney joined him as an assistant general manager, later specializing in salary-cap work. Hurney went to Carolina in '98, then became general manager in 2001.<br /><br /><br />"No one could script it," Hurney said. "It's hard to imagine."Gary S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-24251815580227482722010-10-11T13:30:47.737-04:002010-10-11T13:30:47.737-04:00Play Armanti Edwards.
We do not have any other op...Play Armanti Edwards.<br /><br />We do not have any other options. Moore is bad. Clausen is worse, and Pike isn't the answer.<br />Armanti Edwards is the answer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-47450330417780311402010-10-11T13:16:10.675-04:002010-10-11T13:16:10.675-04:00FIRE FOX NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FIRE FOX NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-26291638412657491002010-10-11T12:39:39.609-04:002010-10-11T12:39:39.609-04:00Jimmy Clausen makes David Carr look like a Hall of...Jimmy Clausen makes David Carr look like a Hall of Famer!Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-63065450017794162362010-10-11T12:01:31.835-04:002010-10-11T12:01:31.835-04:00You are exactly right in saying the Panthers' ...You are exactly right in saying the Panthers' will now pass on Andrew Luck from Stanford because they have their future QB in Clausen.Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757788746378060243.post-40796706151457826062010-10-11T11:03:55.059-04:002010-10-11T11:03:55.059-04:00I will tell you what is worse, we will be lucky to...I will tell you what is worse, we will be lucky to win 2 games this year.<br /><br />We will have a top 3 draft pick and Hurney and co will pass on Luck or Mallet because they have their QB of the future in Clausen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com