OUCH. This stat hurts!

[KB_fan]

Bill Voth has an interesting post this evening:  3 Panthers Numbers to Know

http://blackandbluereview.com/3-panthers-numbers-july-20/

Nice factoids.  But one of his numbers / stats is pretty painful.  I had no idea this figure was this low.  OUCH.  Gotta pull this figure up boys.

Since 2011, the Panthers are 8-22-1 against teams that finished with a winning record. That’s a winning percentage of just 27 percent.

[mrford]

Past stats mean nothing to me. We are an improving team.

[ctrcat]

Rome wasn't built in a day.  We were the worst team of the decade after tanking pre-lockout 2010.  2-14 in one score games the first two years of this regime.  We've been to the bottom.  And are now much closer to the top, not just of our division which we own, than any outside our family knows or wants to believe.  And will be on top for a LONG time.

[raleigh-panther]

That shouldn't be news as we have all said that is in stat Ron has yet to rectify. It is just startling to see the combined number over time.

[KB_fan]

We've been to the bottom.  And are now much closer to the top, not just of our division which we own, than any outside our family knows or wants to believe.  And will be on top for a LONG time.

I believe it, never fear!

[RoaringRiot]

High than I expected. 

[pantherking15]

2011 and 2012 were growing and developing years for both Ron Rivera and Cam Newton. We were in salary cap hell with Hurney and had terrible drafts 2009, 2010, and 2011 (minus Cam).

Since Gettleman took over, that stat is better 4-8-1 (35%) with wins over the 49ers, Patriots, Saints, and Lions. And that was with a massive re-build and a ton of injuries last season.

[Plewis]

We went 12-4 in 2013 beating the likes of SF, NE, NO and had the hardest strength of schedule based on 2012 win-percentages. Voth can call me a buck-tooth racist but he can't poo on my parade.

[Lumps]

This franchise was run like poo for a while. Some of that is fixed...and JR finally hired people to hire people. I think as long as he doesn't meddle or delay things, which he probably will, things will get better.

[panthers55]

The better stat is were they a winning team when we played them? Doesn't matter how they finish if we played them in week 3 and they were 2-0 when we played them.

[Carolina Crazy V2]

No reason to freak out about a statistic like this. It has shock value, which is why it was chosen, but it really shouldn't surprise you when you sit down and think about it. Our record is just one game above .500 during that span and I suspect that our winning percentage against winning teams is not far from average among franchises that also hover around .500. Fellow NFC South teams have had a penchant for slightly below .500 records over the span (three instances of 7-9 records out of 12 combined seasons), so that is six barely missed opportunities (which we split 3-3) for games against opponents with winning records. Moreover, when you lose to a team, they are more likely to finish the season above .500 and, conversely, when you beat a team, they are more likely to finish the season at or below .500 (a 9-7 team becomes an 8-8 team if you switch a victory against us to a loss. It also makes the game irrelevant to the statistic). I'm sure the record would change (however slightly) in our favor if the stat concerned teams that finished above .500 not including their game against us. Most importantly, we've been rebuilding over those years, which happen to be the first four years of our quarterback's NFL career. 

[Inimicus]

In an era where coaches and players change jerseys as often as I get a prostate exam I don't think there is any real value in looking at win percentages from past years.

[Lilsmitty09]

The scariest stat to this day is that we are 0-5 after a Bye in Rivera era. Against teams like the Vikings, Titans, Cardinals (during average year) too...

 

Oh...and this year our bye week is the game before we play AT Seattle..

[pantherfan49]

The scariest stat to this day is that we are 0-5 after a Bye in Rivera era. Against teams like the Vikings, Titans, Cardinals (during average year) too...

 

Oh...and this year our bye week is the game before we play AT Seattle..

Hey if you give Ron plenty of time to prepare and think, well that's what you get.  

 

He is at his best when he just goes on instinct and doesn't think things through.