Voth compiles the best Media day quotes

[Mr. Scot]

Quotes to Note: Panthers at Super Bowl Media Day

Among the highlights...

 

Greg Olsen talks about the offense

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I think people just aren’t used to seeing an offense go that way. They’re not used to seeing an offense that’s all about the group. We’re not worried about focusing and premiering one particular player. We don’t go into each game trying to get x-amount of targets per individual. We’ve got guys coming in motion. We’ve got guys going all over the place in our run game. I just don’t know if people have wrapped their head around it yet.”

 

Kawann Short is asked whether fans of other teams should root for the Panthers

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“They shouldn’t. We’ve been underdogs all year. We take that as motivation and we strive for it and continue to stack that win column. A guy that is not a Carolina fan — you’re missing out. We’re bringing a lot of enthusiasm to the sport, a lot of energy to the TV as well. On and off the field this is what you get. Guys show their true character and really who we are.”

 

Star Lotulelei on practicing against Cam Newton

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“I don’t chase him. I don’t try to chase him, I can’t catch him. I know I can’t catch him. I leave that to the fast guys — I’ll leave it to Luke (Kuechly).”

 

Charles Tillman on playing near the end of the season

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At that point in time, we had a great shot and did I know it could possibly tear? Yeah, but I’m all in. I’m in for my teammates. If it was going to tear, hey, so be it, but if it could help us get to this point right now, I’d do it 10 times out of 10 times.”

 

Kurt Coleman on the brotherhood of Thieves Avenue

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“Takeaways, takeaways, takeaways. You have to have a great personality. I think the great part about our group is, we’re a brotherhood. We’re a family, we love each other and jokes will be flown each and every direction. You’ve got to be able to have thick skin, but obviously, it’s all about working. Everybody’s pushing each other and that’s what makes this group so special is we want to get better every day."

 

Bruce DeHaven on his Super Bowl experience

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"I don’t know. I said, ‘Listen, I’ve been to four of them and lost all four of them. I think I’m going to put it on you guys. You might have a better chance of figuring this out yourselves than anything that I’ve done. I tried to get you here, now it’s up to you from here on in."

[Mr. Scot]

Quoted Dave Gettleman's entry talking about scouting philosophy in another thread.

That's definitely one I recommend everybody read.

[Nate Dogg]

I respect Tillman a ton. He dove head first into this season and our team and gave us his all.

[shaqattaq]

12 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Charles Tillman on playing near the end of the season

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At that point in time, we had a great shot and did I know it could possibly tear? Yeah, but I’m all in. I’m in for my teammates. If it was going to tear, hey, so be it, but if it could help us get to this point right now, I’d do it 10 times out of 10 times.”

Damn man, if that don't hit you square in the feelings, you have a heart of stone. This is why I love football!

[Mr. Scot]

May as well re-quote Gettleman here...

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“The way we looked at players, the way we scouted, just understanding that the average college player just isn’t fundamentally sound. You have to look at it differently. For example, you take a linebacker, so the scout watches him and he says, ‘Well he doesn’t know how to use his hands.’ So he knocks his grade down a little bit. Well did anyone ever teach him? We don’t know. The other part of it is too, to a certain degree, the college players the 20-hour rule, which hurts them. It hurts our ability to spend time the player. You’ve got to look at it a little bit differently. I’ll give you a quick for instance. We go to the Combine last year and we’re looking at the DBs and they do a back-pedal-and-turn drill for time. I’m up in the box for the second group and I ask one of our defensive coaches how many guys are there? He said 53. I said how many of them can back pedal and turn? He said 12. I said so are we going to take the other 41 and throw them away? How many of the other guys have the athletic ability to back pedal and turn? So you have to look at those a little differently. The League is different. You have 32 teams.”

To me, that quote says a lot about not just our draft philosophy, but also how the team was built overall.

If it seems sometimes like an Island of Misfit Toys, maybe it's because the team can look beyond the surface to see what might be. That's how a guy like Kurt Coleman gets a chance.

Granted, that's not gonna work out every time, but so far it seems to be a pretty good approach.

 

[Newtcase]

25 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

May as well re-quote Gettleman here...

To me, that quote says a lot about not just our draft philosophy, but also how the team was built overall.

If it seems sometimes like an Island of Misfit Toys, maybe it's because the team can look beyond the surface to see what might be. That's how a guy like Kurt Coleman gets a chance.

Granted, that's not gonna work out every time, but so far it seems to be a pretty good approach.

 

I've said all year that I think our coaching staff should share or maybe even have the lion's share of credit for the production of this roster.  Gettleman has brought the right bodies in and that can't be denied, however, the constant production we've gotten from retreads cannot be explained by anything other than we're coaching them up better than they were previously.  If a team can build players then they don't have to buy em, we've seen that for several straight years here.

[Jackofalltrades]

6 hours ago, Newtcase said:

I've said all year that I think our coaching staff should share or maybe even have the lion's share of credit for the production of this roster.  Gettleman has brought the right bodies in and that can't be denied, however, the constant production we've gotten from retreads cannot be explained by anything other than we're coaching them up better than they were previously.  If a team can build players then they don't have to buy em, we've seen that for several straight years here.

I agree and Rivera said from the very start that he didn't just want coaches,  he wanted teachers and we're seeing that play out now.