Bama Panther

How could I-35 get any worse? This is how.

I think people just want something to bitch about. All you hear today is “the dysfunction of the Panthers” due to the third head coach firing since Tepper bought the team. Should Rivers’s firing be counted towards the dysfunction when everyone wanted Rivera fired even before he was? Should the Rhule hiring be counted towards the dysfunction when he was one of the hot names on the coaching carousel that year? Should Rhule’s firing count when everyone wanted him fired the off-season before he was fired? Does Reich’s firing now mean dysfunction when, again, people have been clamoring for it for weeks? What’s the point of keeping Reich around if a firing is inevitable? Why not rip off the band-aid and start the recovery process? This fan base, and especially this board, just want something to bitch about. The great thing for them is they get to bitch with hindsight.

This thread is such ass. A bunch of people who have been clamoring for Reich to be fired pissed off at Tepper because Reich was fired.

Crazy poo always happens in Jordan-Hare though. Bad Auburn teams have beaten much better Bama teams many times there.

The Iron Bowl in Jordan-Hare is always crazy, crazy in the sense that a bad Auburn team can hang with a better Bama. If this is the Bama team that shows up for the SECCG, Georgia will roll (they may anyway).

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Not even the end of the first quarter in the USC-Oregon game, and I’m already sick of the Fox crew’s knob slobbering “generational talent” comments about Caleb Williams.

I cannot believe players still do this. This one wasn’t even close either. He was at the 2 when he started dropping the ball. UW gets the safety right after though.

As a Bama grad, I like Bryce and want him to succeed. However, I’ll admit I was wrong in wanting him over Stroud, who has completely blown the doors off of expectations for his rookie season. He can be really, really special. I don’t have that same feeling about Bryce anymore.

It must be. Panthers haven’t had one since Peppers.

I’m not a Fitterer fan, but you all do realize he was the GM for only two of the drafts posted at the top of the thread, right? Of course, you do.

Many people make the argument that you need a QB on a rookie deal to be able to field a competitive team. The reason they make this argument is that having a rookie deal for a typically highly compensated position frees up money to spend elsewhere. The same holds true for a DE as well. A DE on a rookie deal frees up money to spend elsewhere. While Burns has value, I don’t personally believe he has $30M+ per year value (and I don’t think five teams trying to trade for him shows he has that value either, as we don’t know what type of contract they would offer him). In the case of arguing Fitterer made a mistake not taking the Rams deal last year, you have to look at the return value. Absent the Bryce trade, it would have been two more players (likely at highly compensated positions) on rookie deals. That trade would have potentially led to three traditionally highly compensated positions on rookie deals with a fifth year option for each. That is too much value to turn down, despite the unknown of who the first round picks would have netted. Another interesting consideration is that one of those firsts could have likely been used in the trade for #1, thereby saving DJ Moore and giving Bryce a #1 WR.

I can’t figure out if the B1G is the only conference that still plays defense or if the B1G offenses just haven’t quite caught up with the rest of country.

I definitely think that should have been reviewed, but it appeared to me that the contact was made in the upper chest with the collision causing the helmet to meet the jaw. I fully acknowledge my Crimson colored glasses may skew my perception there. I thought the drive into the ground was much worse than the initial hit though. I would not be opposed to making that aspect of a sack a reviewable and ejectable penalty.

I felt the same way about Bama-LSU in the first half. Happy to see Bama’s D showing up a bit in the second half.

I’ve never understood the “generational prospect” take on Williams either, but we will live in digital world where everyone feels the need to exaggerate everything.

Bryce’s feet weren’t set at all during that throw though. It actually does support an arm strength argument.

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Biggest bunch of bull poo ever posted on this site.

I’m beginning to think the Panthers drafted the wrong dude.

I’ll say this, and I know it will sound crazy. However, I see the same things from Bryce now that I saw while he was at Bama. Everyone mocks Bryce as a “super processor,” but it’s really true. He is so cerebral and such a student of the game that he always knows what the “right” (see, safe) play is. The fact that he knows the “right” play gets in the way of his taking risks, albeit calculated, for big plays. He did this during periods at Bama, and it was infuriating. I also think Bates’ two INTs have caused Bryce to be a bit gun shy. All that being said, I believe Bryce will work his way through these issues. He is not performing nearly as well as Stroud or AR, but I believe he will get there. I hope he does, at least.

Marty actually did quite well in his first run, in that he built a team that had a five or so year run of seeming success. His tenure brought the likes of Peppers, Morgan, Smith, Johnson, Deangelo, Stewart, Thomas Davis, Cam, Luke, etc in the early rounds. His FA haul saw the likes of Delhomme, Wahle (sp?), Lucas, Stephen Davis, Buckner, etc. The bad parts of him that railed the franchise were many of his other draft picks (Eric Shelton, Pickles, that Louisville QB, Jarrett, and the list goes on and on). The terrible part of Hurney was the insanely bloated contracts he gave to keep homegrown talent.

Bryce is who he is, y’all. His affect is one of the things I hated while he was at Bama. However, it is that same affect that ensures he does not get mired in negativity when things are not going his, or his team’s, way. You’re not going to see much emotion out of him. He always plays like that, whether things are going great or poorly.

As a Bama fan, I’ll tell that is always Bryce’s body language.

Because people don’t understand nuance anymore.