PantherJD

This is not trending in the right direction. We need to wake up before we're down double digits and have no shot.

I have mixed feelings on Smitty, but today is my 36th birthday as well, so I can't hate on him too much. I hope to see him retire a Panther someday.

I like Kroeger mainly because he's not full of himself, which couldn't be said about a host of the afternoon drive slot on WFNZ ever since Packer was on. I liked Zarzour, but James just cancelled him out, so unfortunately he doesn't count. Anyway, the main reason I didn't like James had nothing to do with his bravado. Warranted or not, a lot of radio personalities are going to act that way. I get it. But, you just couldn't trust what he was saying. I'm not even sure that he believed most of what he spewed out on the radio. For example, he constantly talked about how much he loved Charlotte, but in retrospect - now that he's bashed Charlotte - that just seems like he was sucking up to the listeners. And, you could tell it at the time, too. He has a slimy nature about him that just oozes used car salesman. I deal with that enough in life to have to listen to that every day on my drive home too. I don't always agree with Kroeger, but at least I know he's being real. That, and he's a fan of the home teams, which is very refreshing after listening to Raiders Packer, Dolphins Zarzour and Knicks/Raiders James on the air for all these years.