In Hindsight, 2010 Was Worth It

[Kevin Greene]

As we stand here on the precipice of what should be the greatest day in the history of the Carolina Panthers we have time to pause and reflect on where this odyssey began.

That 2010 season was filled with misery as we suffered through Jimmy Clausen, Matt Moore, Brian St. Pierre and an uninspired Head Coach. But as we fans were hardened by that experience the shockwaves that season sent through the Panther's organization begat us Ron Rivera, Cam Newton and eventually Dave Gettleman. Despite lingering past that 2010 season and leaving us with a roster that was wanting and a Salary Cap in ruins Marty Hurney did leave us one final gift, Luke Kuechly. This tremendous core was formed and from it the potential for long term greatness is at hand.

2010 was almost a weekly gut shot but it has made the ride from the worst in the League with a hemorrhaging roster and Salary Cap to where we are today possible in many ways. The journey forward has been tumultuous, frustrating, inspiring, exhilarating but most of all it was hard earned from Ownership all the way down to us Panther Fans everywhere. We deserve this year and better yet, are poised to succeed for many years to come. The future is ours.

Keep Pounding!

[w280sax]

Id make a deal with the devil (or roger goodell) if we can win in 2 weeks, id accept a losing season or 0-16 or whatever next year.  Of course, that cant happen, would anyone else make that deal?

[t96]

Just now, w280sax said:

Id make a deal with the devil (or roger goodell) if we can win in 2 weeks, id accept a losing season or 0-16 or whatever next year.  Of course, that cant happen, would anyone else make that deal?

fug no. We're winning in 2 weeks AND next year AND the year after AND the year after that AND the year after that after that AND they'll have to kick us out of the league because we're too fuging good for everybody else.

[Match.com]

2 minutes ago, w280sax said:

Id make a deal with the devil (or roger goodell) if we can win in 2 weeks, id accept a losing season or 0-16 or whatever next year.  Of course, that cant happen, would anyone else make that deal?

Done that already I just want to win! Panther fan since 96 and can't go through the hurt again

[Moorgan]

This is the beginning not the end. This team and organization is sat up for success. It may not be SuperBowl every year but it will be success. You can bank on that. And Danny McBride says so.

http://deadspin.com/this-danny-mcbride-lookin-motherfugers-rap-song-about-1754292854

[KJ89]

I knew the moment we drafted Cam that it was worth it.

I've been saying "Thank you, Jimmy" for five years

[w280sax]

In 2010, we scored 12 ppg compared to over 31 ppg this year.  We earned this.

[t96]

1 minute ago, KJ89 said:

I knew the moment we drafted Cam that it was worth it.

I've been saying "Thank you, Jimmy" for five years

We should bring him back at some point. He deserves a couple rings for giving us Cam.

[Kakarot]

It was all worth it. Going through the rough stuff makes you appreciate the smooth ride even more. Back in 2010, we were the leagues punching bag. Teams were blowing us out weekly, opposing players were laughing and joking at our expense...opposing fans laughing. Didn't even have a safe place here in NC, because half the state weren't panther fans. Why I don't give a damn now about us being the bully. 

Shoot, it was all worth it...and I hope we continue to dominate and have others hate for years to come.

[MVPccaffrey]

We were fortunate to be in the right place and right time to grab franchise cornerstones Cam and Luke in back to back drafts.  That's the type of masterstroke you look back on in twenty years and realize how incredibly lucky you are.  Imagine if we keep Jake to play another year or two and we win 4 games instead, and draft Gabbert and then have a higher pick next year so we don't take Luke.  Instead of contending for years we're looking like the Browns 

[w280sax]

1 minute ago, Camvp said:

We were fortunate to be in the right place and right time to grab franchise cornerstones Cam and Luke in back to back drafts.  That's the type of masterstroke you look back on in twenty years and realize how incredibly lucky you are.  Imagine if Jake tried to play another year or two and we win 4 games instead, and draft Gabbert and then have a higher pick next year so we don't take Luke.  Instead of contending for years we're looking like the Browns 

This post somehow managed to make me happy, scared, depressed, and then happy again.

We *could* have taken gabbert or ponder with our 1st pick too.  We would be like the browns worst case where at least you keep getting high draft picks or maybe like the bills or texans have been where you are too good to get a top pick but not good enough to be a threat to win it all.  Getting 7 to 9 wins every year may be worse than just bottoming out.

[crowntownpanther]

36 minutes ago, w280sax said:

Id make a deal with the devil (or roger goodell) if we can win in 2 weeks, id accept a losing season or 0-16 or whatever next year.  Of course, that cant happen, would anyone else make that deal?

We don't need a deal.  Grind and Keep Pounding.

[Hoenheim]

5 minutes ago, Camvp said:

We were fortunate to be in the right place and right time to grab franchise cornerstones Cam and Luke in back to back drafts.  That's the type of masterstroke you look back on in twenty years and realize how incredibly lucky you are.  Imagine if we keep Jake to play another year or two and we win 4 games instead, and draft Gabbert and then have a higher pick next year so we don't take Luke.  Instead of contending for years we're looking like the Browns 

Hell yeah man even the tiniest difference could have landed us in a totally different situation.

I remember lot of people on the huddle were pissed when they found out that Luck wasn't coming out after 2010 college season like people were expecting him to.

[Jangler]

The devil is not done with Belicheck and Brady.