Voth "unplugging" BBR

[YoungPanthers89]

Great, now all we have is Person tweeting news 2 days late.

[Jeremy Igo]

Great, now all we have is Person tweeting news 2 days late.

And you'll like it!!!!

[CRA]

9 minutes ago, YoungPanthers89 said:

Great, now all we have is Person tweeting news 2 days late.

we got that new girl now...

that is the one that showed Person the instagram photo that turned into a classic Person...

 

[Jase]

Seems like there's a big void in local sports media. If only we knew somebody who had the vision and the access to the team that could grab the bull by the horn and take over the city.

[Darth Biscuit]

I like Voth too... but this sounds like an opening for @RoaringRiot to me.

[panther4life]

Good luck to him. He was definitely the best one left covering the team. I always wondered how he made money off the site alone, so this stinks to hear but not totally surprising. 

[BIGH2001]

So we are left with Person and David Newton. Captialism is definitely not working in this market

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[Cookie Lyon]

"Looks like my plan of taking over the sports media in Charlotte is working perfectly. My next victim is Joe Person."  *evil laugh*

[TheSpecialJuan]

1 minute ago, Cookie Lyon said:

"Looks like my plan of taking over the sports media in Charlotte is working perfectly. My next victim is Joe Person."  *evil laugh*

This is a sad day.

[Mr. Scot]

37 minutes ago, CRA said:

we got that new girl now...

that is the one that showed Person the instagram photo that turned into a classic Person...

https://twitter.com/JourdanRodrigue

[KB_fan]

Really sad about this.  BBR was a key part of my Panthers obsession.

Bill's training camp Twitter list (of all the beat writers - about 20 accounts) was what I would log into 1st thing year round after checking email, international & local news.

And I of course loved his stats & superlatives, his locker-room videos, the snap counts each week, etc.  Basically, it was a great gold-mine of primary source Panthers news without too much editorial spin or clutter.

In case it's of interest, I'm working on trying to replicate Bill's Panthers Beat twitter list.

Here's the link:  https://twitter.com/PanthersFan_Afr/lists/panthers-beat

So far I've got:

• Panthers, Huddle, BBR
• PanthersMax, PanthersBryan, LibbyWeihsmann, PanthersPR
• Joe Person, Jourdan Rodrigue, Scott Fowler
• JJones (although no longer a Panthers writer exclusively, he still lives in CLT and so does have some Panthers news from time to time)
• DNewton, SteveReed,
• JonStout (WRAL - ususally has some good 1st hand training camp stuff),
• Matthew Steves (USA today Panthers wire)
• Matthew
• Roaring Riot, MMelvinPhoto,
• CoachRivera, CourtneyRivera

Are there any other beat reporters who routinely attend training camp / practice / press conferences that I should add?  Any of the CLT local tv guys/gals?

I'm pretty much wanting a feed that is MOSTLY a place to go for quick Panthers news and won't have a lot of frill or too much OTHER sports news (at least in football season)   I have a 150 of other Panthers fans & sports sites that I follow in my personal feed, but this list I want to keep pretty clean.

I keep feeling like I'm missing 2 or 3  twitter accounts that BBR had in his feed.  Let me know your suggestions for other feeds I should add.,

[RoaringRiot]

59 minutes ago, Darth Biscuit said:

I like Voth too... but this sounds like an opening for @RoaringRiot to me.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Darth Biscuit]

1 minute ago, RoaringRiot said:

Shhhhhhhhhhhhh

fug... I already paid for the billboard on 485.

[Arroz con Panther]

3 hours ago, Anybodyhome said:

I remember the Sunday mornings around BOA from the early days until about 2005 when JR would make his rounds through the lots and visit tailgates and talk to people. Those days are long gone and it seems there is a huge disconnect between the fans and the people that are running the business.

 

I agree with everything except for the part I quoted.  I've personally seen JR riding around the tailgates just this year.  Plus, 2005 was 12 years ago.  He's 80 and has had a heart transplant since then.  I think we can cut him some slack on that part.