kungfoodude

He can be stubborn but it's belief in his guys. That poo is also why a lot of these guys love him. Look, his trajectory is great. We just need to tinker and stay the course.

Let it play out. Chill. There is no reason to be antsy. This is literally arguably the best period in franchise history. When/if we win a Cup, it would OVERWHELMINGLY be the best period in franchise history. Take some notes from the other POS franchise we root for, stop and smell the roses a little. I wish I knew how good those good times were for the Panthers. I wish I had appreciated them more then.

I suspect he will have more than one sub-double digit sack season during the term of that deal.

Yeah, but will it be a $30 million career year?

I was not upset to see him sign a 30 mil contract elsewhere. I suspect he will never make the numbers to make that logical.

I tried to think up some. Strangely they all ended up being horror movies.

That was my take. The Rangers were really the only team I feared.

I get that you are a Panthers fan, so being logic is difficult but you are just plain retarded if you want to blow this all up. Literally the least logical thing that could be done. But, I get it, maybe we will get to keep CMC and get to 6 wins.....

Yeah, well, FL almost got swept in the Finals last year.

The hysterics about getting rid of the best coach in franchise history(to date) six years into his career is just insanity. Obviously people are forgetting the 9 year playoff drought he brought us out of. Obviously people are forgetting that he has 75% of the 100+ point seasons in the 44 years of franchise existence. Obviously people are forgetting the 4 of the 10 total 90+ points in the 44 years of franchise existence. Obviously people are forgetting the 3 of 7 total first place division titles in the 44 years of franchise existence. Everyone needs to chill the fug out.

Ian Thomas, training camp HOFer. Well, I know that if our rookie doesn't beat this dude out(over the season), we got another wasted pick on our hands. I know that if Canales buys into this BS, we got another bust coach on our hands. This is one of the most predictable things in every Panthers pre-season. Ian Thomas somehow convincing coaches that he is an NFL player.

Well we are 4-2 in the regular season and 0-4 in the playoffs versus them while he has been there. I would say the overwhelming biggest difference has been their goalie. If they are so much better than us, why in a postseason where we were missing so many players did they beat us by a total of 4 goals? All the poo that is being said about Rod was said about Maurice for literally almost three decades.

I mean....Dan Snyder tried too.

Most people in the NFL are fast. You need to scheme people open(which we were unable to do 90+% of the time) and you need players that are capable of being technically proficient enough to get open(TMJ and Mingo are not these players). Typical fixation on size/athletic numbers without enough regard to other aspects of being an effective football player. We are terrible at this but it isn't an uncommon occurence in the NFL.

I will give that he is insanely young but the ROA is very low. Poisonous contract too.

It is what it is. His contract is almost up. Could be a lot worse. Reference KK.

We are always gonna have our "sunshiners" looking positively towards the next season but at this point the only thing that is going to satisfy the majority of the remaining fanbase is fuging winning. And a lot of it, at that. No articles, no training camp reports, no preseason performances are going to change a fuging thing. Meaningful, regular season wins and winning records will change the way the fanbase looks at the franchise and the owner. That's it. There is no other cure(save Tepper selling the team).

I know ample amounts of real, in person Panthers fans. I don't personally know any that don't think we are a joke.

I am fine with 50/50. You have to assume at this point Freddie is gonna miss a lot of time with injury so it will end up being closer to that 2/3.

Koochie Mane is the way.

Which head did he rub?

Well, Freddie just can't be counted on. He couldn't even be "good enough." The bulk of the playoffs he was visibly shaken and unable to be effective. He just isn't a guy that is dependable during the postseason.

TBH, there have been quite a few non-elite goalies winning recently. If Edmonton wins, Skinner is far from an elite goalie. Bobrovsky CAN be an elite goalie. He has been both a dumpster fire and elite in the past. Each season is a box of chocolates with him in net.

What do you think the odds are that he ISN'T a douche? Have you read his background? Remember how he intentionally mispronounced the guy he fired last year? I would geniunely be shocked if he wasn't a massive douche.

Nah. May as well let the opposing fans in. It will simulate the regular season.