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Hell is that month-and-a-half stretch between the NBA Finals and NFL Hall of Fame game

I'm not a Hornets fan, and I've never paid much attention to this franchise, but I have recently become intrigued with the amount of ineptitude this franchise has been plagued with. Like a moth to a flame. This summer league squad is a complete joke, easily the worst summer league team I've ever seen. It is so obvious they are outclassed every game from the tip. Wemby looked like a complete bust in that Spurs game and the Spurs STILL won by 20. It seems impossible that james bouknight could really be this bad at basketball. I don't know if it is a failure to scout or develop talent, or a little of both. Unless you are the Lakers you need to excel in those two areas or nothing else matters. I said last year that the Hornets should have traded Lamelo, all of their young players, and picks to the Lakers for Lebron and AD, who early last season looked too old and fragile to compete for a ring. Why not trade away young talent that you know you won't be able to develop anyway and swing for the fences. Lebron playing for MJ would have been the basketball story of the year, and the Hornets may have snuck into the second round. Now, after drafting another bust with the 2nd pick, the Hornets will be ass next year as well to repeat the cycle all over again. The Carolinas deserve so much better than this.

Of course not. But Miller wasn't charged, has no legal or moral culpability in the matter, and the actual outcome of the case is still pending. Anybody questioning his "judgment" isn't reading beyond the headlines

What should he have done? Not given his teammate his gun back and continued to drive around with it illegally? Called the police on his teammate, who may or may not have had a legal permit to carry the gun in the first place? Have you ever considered that depending on how events unfold there are never any good options? I'm sure the last thing Miller thought was that someone would die later in the evening. That is precisely why he wasn't charged. He didn't do *anything* wrong, legally or morally. He just had poo luck. Furthermore its Alabama. Everybody has a gun. Especially anyone with anything worth losing. Its not like he had 10 kilos in the backseat.

Miles and his co-defendant actually have a good chance of being found not guilty due to self-defense. The victim's boyfriend allegedly fired the first shots.

The NFL 15 years ago was about as perfect as a sports league could be. The endless greed (and let’s be clear, this is greed, has nothing to do with “player safety”) makes watching the NFL feel slimy.

This is bad, yes, but the roughing the passer rule and sketchy officiating is what will eventually break the league.

When you can’t rely on athleticism you have to be the smartest guy in the room. I’m so excited to see this guy play at an high level in the NFL. Undersized backup NBA playoffs make the best coaches for the same reason.

And this is what they should focus on. Broadcasting actual sporting events. Introduce Americans to something else other than football/basketball/golf/some hockey.

ESPN should reign in the talk shows and broadcast actual sporting events for most of the day. Or create a bunch of shows centered around athleticism/reality stuff like how MTV has 'The Challenge. Then Sportscenter at night to recap. Most of the network is people talking to each other all day. I remember 10 years ago when First Take was must see TV. The 'hot take' was a new concept. Its not 2010 anyway and now all of their shows are garbage and cheesy and why on earth is Kendrick Perkins on TV.

It doesn't need to be repeated that the post-Cam Newton years have been the most underwhelming and uninteresting era in the history of the franchise. It was so bad I unsarcastically begin to take an interest in women's college basketball during the fall. And those white jersey, black pants combination had to have been an inside joke between billionaires, one that would only make sense to them. However, now until the heat death of the Universe, Matt Rhule will stand at a podium of some unsuspecting NCAA University and claim that he didn't have the tools to succeed in Carolina, and he will be correct in that assessment. This iteration of the Panthers sucked head to hoe. Hopefully our fortunes will change later this week, but lets take a look back at an even bigger fraud in one Ronald Eugene Rivera. Team Year Regular season Postseason Won Lost Ties Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result CAR 2011 6 10 0 .375 3rd in NFC South — — — — CAR 2012 7 9 0 .438 2nd in NFC South — — — — CAR 2013 12 4 0 .750 1st in NFC South 0 1 .000 Lost to San Francisco 49ers in NFC Divisional Game CAR 2014 7 8 1 .469 1st in NFC South 1 1 .500 Lost to Seattle Seahawks in NFC Divisional Game CAR 2015 15 1 0 .938 1st in NFC South 2 1 .667 Lost to Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50 CAR 2016 6 10 0 .375 4th in NFC South — — — — CAR 2017 11 5 0 .688 2nd in NFC South 0 1 .000 Lost to New Orleans Saints in NFC Wild Card Game CAR 2018 7 9 0 .438 3rd in NFC South — — — — CAR 2019 5 7 0 .417 Fired — — — — Understand that Ron Rivera wasted no less than 6 of Cam Newton's/Luke Kuechly's prime years. Matt Rhule only coached here for 2.2 seasons. His impact, if you can call it that, on the franchise will be minimal in the eyes of history. The Panthers ranked top ten in total offense in 2011 and 2012. Only 6 teams scored more points than the 2011 Panthers. However, they boasted the 28th ranked Defense. Rivera mind you was advertised as a "defensive coach". It is a huge red flag when a new coach fails to improve their side of the ball. There were no less than 4 games in 2011 that the Panthers should have won, but didn't because of awful Ron Rivera decisions. That team should have made the playoffs. Wasted. They went on to rank 12th in defense in 2012. That team should have CERTAINLY made the playoffs. Even more egregious Ron Rivera decisions cost the Panthers no less than 3 games in 2012. (Including "that" Falcons game) Wasted. He should have been fired here. 2013 he earns the moniker 'Riverboat Ron' but really all he did was decide it was ok to ram Cam Newton up the middle to pick up first downs in non-critical moments of the game. QB Draw. QB POWER. on 4th and 1 in the 2nd Q. This man Ron Rivera literally cut Cam Newton's career short for no reason, on drives that would end in punts anyway. People blame Mike Shanahan for RG3s career being cut short, Ron Rivera did the same thing to Cam Newton it only took a little longer to unfold. The Offense is inefficient this year but the defense is top 3 and they go on to lose to the 49ers in the Divisional round. Would the team have fared better in that game had they been able to make the playoffs in either of the previous two seasons and gained playoff experience? We'll never know. Rivera's first good year. 2014 the team has a top 10 offense, middle of the round defense. They make the playoffs because the NFC South is terrible (time is a circle) and beat a Cardinals team without their QB in the playoffs. The difference in coaching is clear as day as he gets outcoached by Pat Carrol in Seattle to end the season. This Panthers team should have at least had a winning record. WASTED 2015 the Panthers make the Super Bowl. One of the most exciting seasons in NFL history. Historic year for Cam Newton. And then they choke. They choke to a decrypt Peyton Manning in the biggest game of the season. Buttcheeks clinching up and all of that. Who do we blame when a team shows up unprepared to play a game? the Coach. Arguably one of the best seasons in the history of professional sports, WASTED. If you're keeping count boys and girls thats 4 seasons completely wasted. Thats almost 2 full Rhules. 2016 A team with Superbowl aspirations, yet the Panthers underachieve once more. This team never got over losing in the Super Bowl. Who gets the blame? The coach. WASTED. 2017, also known as "the last gasp". Rivera is once again outcoached by a superior coach , this team Sean Payton in the Wild Card Round. This team could have made a run. This team would have made a run with a better coach, plain and simple. WASTED. 2018 year of our lord. This team may be the most disappointing on the list. We all know the story. It doesn't need to be repeated. Its still Riveras fault. WASTED. 7 SEASONS!!! Again Rhule only lasted 2.2 seasons. Rhule was a blimp on a radar. A fart at 38,000ft with the engines rumbling. Rivera had a Warp Drive and only managed to get as far as New Bern. That 2015 year clouds people's judgment, and no doubt the only reason he got a second gig in Washington. Take Cam Newton off of that team and they go 6-10 and Rivera is fired. He added nothing of value to the team, cost us several critical games early in Cam Newton's development and is at least partially responsible for the early end of Cam Newton's career. And also "that" Falcons game. Speaking of Washington WAS 2020 7 9 0 .438 1st in NFC East 0 1 .000 Lost to Tampa Bay Buccaneers in NFC Wild Card Game WAS 2021 7 10 0 .412 3rd in NFC East — — — — WAS 2022 8 8 1 .500 4th in NFC East — — — More underachieving. This guy almost has as many playoff appearances due to his division being bad (2) then he does actual winning seasons (3). Speaking of 3, that is his total number of playoff wins. One of which you can hardly count, (Ryan Lindley ) . So he has 2 real playoff victories in 12 years in the NFL. It is a complete joke that he is still a head coach in the NFL.

It absolutely does, and typically for good reason. In fact the number 2 pick in the draft is usually terrible, NBA or NFL. The is a weird psychology of being the 2nd pick that historically most people aren't able to overcome, even if they are talented.

If my post is a waste of time you have the option and agency to not read it or interact with it lol. Instead you went out of your way to be a dick, (and not even over the actual content of the post). It says more about you than me.

The ending of Good Will Hunting was ridiculous, and John Cena ruined wrestling for a decade.

Its so weird really, to critique a persons grammar (spell check, really) on a football forum in 2023. Why waste your precious time on Earth doing that? You got the 'main idea' of the post, no? Then the (human to human) communication was effective. God bless.

The idea that the Patriots had a run because they drafted "smart" players is ludacris,(They drafted Aaron Hernandez) and crafty marketing to appeal to the snobby fugs in the Boston/New England area that think they are more intelligent than everyone else in the country. They were winners because they had Tom Brady and the league let their offensive line get away with holding to protect Brady. The Patriots are about as mid as a team can be in the post Brady years, presumably they have the same draft process.

We've drafted so many busts (plus a literal murderer and fatass) at WR I have very low hope that Marshall will by some miracle become a productive WR2 in year 3 lol. He has done nothing to show that he is capable of it, and the team will have at least 4 or 5 better options on the field at any given time.

This draft

Andrew Luck was 6'4 235 and linebackers had him crying in the shower at night. Either a guy can take the punishment or he can't.

As currently constructed, and with Dalton as the starter this team wins 8-9 games and pushes for the division title.

The “great” Trevor Lawrence has had like 5 NFL games where he hasn’t completely poo the bed.

Nobody outside of New York cares about Nas or any New York rapper for that matter.

I don't get asshole vibes from Burrow. The guy is very good at football and has resurrected the the freaking Bengals. Even if he was a dick who cares.

If we're talking hardly any talent on the offense, I'd argue Russell Wilson. Also unwashed Drew Brees, who gave our franchise nightmares for about 10 years even without top talent.

Ask Barry Sanders