45catfan

I bet more butts in seats would be more appealing to Tepper than a top selling jersey for your star player. Wait, if you win football games, more butts are in seats AND merchandise sells increase. What a concept!

Igo talking about very high workplace tension there, it's implied, yet not sourced.

That was one of the reasons he was forced...oops, I mean willingly sold the team. That, jeans Friday and making a supposed remark about a black scout's nose.

The most pressing question: Did you wash your hands before picking your phone back up?

LOl, how 24 hours changes everything! Just yesterday people counting the teams we needed to beat to get into the playoffs and how plausible it was. Today it's tanking for draft position!

A half game from being eliminated? Whew, now I can find something productive to do with my Sunday afternoons!

It's like a serial killer giving you the choice of drowning, stabbing or strangulation. Sure there are choices, but is there really a good one? The staff can go with PJ, shuffle the OL around yet again, tell Joe Brady to call a some more run plays, but is outcome really going to be any different?

I mean, we knew this OL sucked in the off season and literally had NUMEROUS threads about it. The staff went out and signed a couple of cast-offs and thought they fixed the issue. So yeah, in seems the Huddle has more of a clue how to fix this team than the brass.

There sure was. The first sign was Darnold struggled behind a bad OL with the Jets, then we bring him here and did next to nothing to fix our putrid OL. Not only were there signs, but big, flashing, neon ones, but our staff put on blinders to block out them out because those signs were annoying.

True, everyone calling for Sam to be benched is just pissed and being narrow-sited. Does anyone REALLY think PJ will turn this offense around? Let Sam do his thing this year and we will, unfortunately, have to revisit the starting QB situation in the off season and either cut Darnold or make him the backup. Throwing mud at the wall at this point accomplishes nothing.

I'm pretty sure the job of a coach is to improve a player's game. By your sentiment, coaches never elevate the level of a player's game based on talent or ability; if they suck, they will always suck or marginal athletes can never be successful. Why even bother coaching then?

They don't have to play like Pro Bowlers, but they have to play like they belong in the NFL at minimum.

I thought Richardson was the one who created the hostel work environment?

I see a lot of folks are coming around to this idea. I like it. It starts with the OL folks. I know some UNC homers are frothing at the mouth about the prospects of Howell. Take him out of the equation (significant injury/stays in school) and they would see the light as well. If a veteran QB can't get the job done behind this OL, how in the heck is a rookie supposed to do it? Fix the OL via the draft and FA, get a veteran QB, make Sam the #2, cut PJ and keep Morgan on the practice squad as the #3 next season. In 2023 with ditch Sam, draft a rookie QB to learn behind the veteran for a year and hopefully by 2024 we have a solid OL and franchise QB. I know that's a long term plan, but slapping band aides on these wounds when they really required stitches has only prolonged the agonizing bleeding.

Hurney magic was re-signing Jake when they knew his arm was busted. Prior to the injury, Jake was better more times than not. We were at least winning, if not playoff contenders with him before he blew out his elbow.

The first part you got correct, not so much the second part. In 2003, for example, the stadium was mostly full especially as the season wore on and we were winning. By season's end, the place was packed. Playoffs? The place was wall to wall with Panthers fans. Nobody really knew about Jake or cared about his weird cajun accent, but he was winning football games. It's hard to say that Jake was some kind of marketing gem. Heck, even his Bo Jangles commercials were goofy as heck.

Can someone find the clip of Daley escorting the rusher to Darnold late 3rd, early 4th Quarter? Literally shadowed the guy but didn't so much as lay a finger on him.

LOl, dude...eBay? That's not where people sell their PSLs. How much time do you have to sift through all these listings? Countless number of PSLs for sell Oh, and those are just the ACTIVE listings. They have an expiration date and then they have to be re-listed. There are probably thousands more (like myself) that want to sell but don't have a listing up currently.

No wonder Matthew Stafford blocked the trade from the Lions to the Panthers. He looked at this OL and group of inept college coaches and said, "nah, I'm heading to L.A to compete for a winner."

If we draft some mediocre QB in the 1st round over a day1 starting O-lineman, my head will explode.

We need to rebuild this OL and look for the next Jake Delhomme. That's to say a capable #2 on another team that wants to move on with the chance to compete for #1 elsewhere. This rookie class is WEAK and I couldn't stand another 2-3 years of losing...that's even if the rookie QB pans out which is iffy at best.

The worst and, to be honest, absolute strangest thing Tepper did was to lame duck Marty Hurney, but yet allow him to head up your coaching search. Does anyone think Marty pulled a fast one on Tepper for not retaining him? Marty was not the best talent evaluator to begin with. Either way, Tepper shot himself in the foot by allowing Marty choose the next Panthers HC as he literally had one foot out the door.

We were at least use to winning seasons roughly every OTHER year. The joke used to be we'd wait until the next year, usually one ending in an odd number, for a winning season. So no, this isn't "all of a sudden".

The problem is the product, 100%. If the team was considerably better: a) less PSL owners would sell their tickets weekly b) people may actually buy PSLs and c) as a big of a melting pot as Charlotte has become, everyone likes to be associated with a winner and all those Steelers, Bills, Giants, Eagles etc.. fans would pony up for a Panthers jersey just to be part of something special. Build a winner and the fans will come.

What is the incentive for PSL owners to go to games with this product? It's not like we can get a refund. We have to pay for the tickets in full prior to the season. At this point, unless you are wealthy, you are just throwing good money after bad. Gas, parking, tailgate food, beverages (soft and adult) a beverage or two in the stadium and perhaps a snack at concessions. That crap adds up quickly. It's a money decision for me, I'd rather my seat sit empty if I'm unable to sell tickets than spend one more penny on such a poor product.