Eric Davis: Kerry Collins quit on the Panthers and didn't get as much heat

[fitty76]

4 minutes ago, Swedish Butt-Whistle said:

Just making his point in the absurd amount of criticism Cam gets..

Absurd amount?  Couple letters to the editor and a few mean tweets.  

[Swedish Butt-Whistle]

Just now, fitty76 said:

Absurd amount?  Couple letters to the editor and a few mean tweets.  

Yeah...Maybe I listen to too much talk radio and other forms of media... [Where Cam Newton is the central topic 24 hours a day. ]

[pantherclaw]

I don't care that he was a drunk. It was the near fight, and racist slur directed at one of our offensive linemen, at the time. Then the line thought they'd get him.back by not blocking, and Romanowski leveled Collins, breaking the qb's jaw in the process. 

He then quit on the team, when he came into the HC's office, saying that his heart is no longer in it. 

[heelinfine]

4 minutes ago, fitty76 said:

Absurd amount?  Couple letters to the editor and a few mean tweets.  

Dude whats your problem? There is MORE thab absurd amount of criticism of Cam, and if your tired of the "Cam defenders" your on the wrong board.

[SZ James (banned)]

39 minutes ago, Swedish Butt-Whistle said:

Off topic but let's rewind
 

 

Coaches giving K Greene beta blockers damn..

[Sam Mills Fan]

Collins never wanted to play in Charlotte to begin with. I remember him saying that when he was drafted by the Panthers, it didn't even feel like he was going to a real NFL team. He wanted the bright lights after success at Penn State and instead got Wofford and games at Clemson Year 1. 

[fitty76]

9 minutes ago, Swedish Butt-Whistle said:

2 minutes ago, heelinfine said:

Dude whats your problem? There is MORE thab absurd amount of criticism of Cam, and if your tired of the "Cam defenders" your on the wrong board.

If you want to blow over straw-men all day be my guest.  If you want to yell and scream at unemployed sports talk radio callers, random tweeters, and 90 year old blue hairs that write letters to the editor, be my guest.      

[AppState]

I didn't care for him puffing on that fat cigar as he was being released after a DWI charge.

[AppState]

*from jail.

[5158Poundin]

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

The Huddle didn't exist back then.

If it had, Collins would have been ripped to absolute shreds on here.

I would have shredded his whiny @$$ FOR SURE.  I was pissed off at how he gave up and just quit for years….still hate his @$$.  He was such a huge disappointment to all the kids that adored him….coupled with his racist BS.  Yah - I was done with him and still think he was a waste of time.  Jimmy Claussen has more heart than him.  Whatever dude, you played in a new franchise and wanted the bright lights of New York.  I hope he has found peace but I will never forgive that POS for his quitter behavior in a Panther uniform.

[MrBubba]

Does it matter if he quit if no one could tell difference.  Or cared. 

[Johnny Fever]

27 minutes ago, Sam Mills Fan said:

Collins never wanted to play in Charlotte to begin with. I remember him saying that when he was drafted by the Panthers, it didn't even feel like he was going to a real NFL team. He wanted the bright lights after success at Penn State and instead got Wofford and games at Clemson Year 1. 

That's exactly what Collins said. All of this is true, and Eric Davis was a great Panther, and I really like that he shined a light on this. This was the beginning of the downfall for Dom Capers as our coach, and into the wasteland that was Seifert and Carruth. To have the team we have now is so incredibly different and satisfying, it's not even funny. I couldn't be more proud.

[blacknblue]

The lineman that clocked him over one of his slurs was Norberto Garrido.

Never heard about the thing with Moose till now.

 

[Davidson Deac II]

Why does Cam receive more criticism than Collins?

Well, no Facebook, no Twitter, very few fan message boards,  no NFL network, only two ESPN channels, a relative handful of channels on cable with very few 24 hour news shows, almost no online news sites, magazines still had to be mailed or sold at a newsstand.  If 5% of current media and fan sites dislike Cam, and 50% of media and fan sites disliked Collins when he played for the Panthers, Cam would still get more criticism just due to the sheer volume of sites and media that exist today.