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unverified report: gettleman cut steve smith because in 2013 he punched cam newton in the face twice in the locker room after practice

PhillyB

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mrknowitall Newbie

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I don't buy it. If the story was just Cam and Smitty arguing too much in the locker room... okay. But the idea that Smitty punched Cam in the face twice, and nothing happened until he was released at the end of the season. I find that unlikely. Smitty left Anthony Bright with a fractured orbital lobe (got suspended). Broke Ken Lucas's nose (got suspended). Those were essentially no names. But he punches the franchise quarterback in the face twice, and plays out the rest of the year with no public reprimand until he gets injured. This is the same team that publicly reprimanded Cam for not wearing a tie on a bus ride. But the THIRD time Smitty hits a teammate, the team is like, "We won't suspend him any games this time, we'll just release him at the end of the season." Nah. It sounds like "this" source knows that Smitty had a history of getting physical with teammates, and concocted a story around that.

The most likely reason that Smitty was released is he was like 34 years old, was coming off of a season where his production was down, and he got injured right before the playoffs (not his fault, but that's when you need your number one receiver the most).


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uncfan888 Grand Master

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22 minutes ago, Eazy-E said:

Very hard to believe something like that was kept under wraps for so long only to be casually revealed by an acquaintance of yours while smoking some stogies.

Or maybe the guy is a friend of Gettleman's and has been hearing that the way he cut Steve was part of the reason he was fired.. So he's decided to put the truth out there. Who knows

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I lost all respect for Steve after the Lucas incident and finding out there was a 3rd teammate he attacked beforehand. This just confirms what a piece of poo he is and I smh at people putting him on a pedestal. Four times now he has punched a teammate. Four that we know of. Who knows how many we don't. 

Edit: And lol @ thinking this guy is going to get a statue. 

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I fully trust you Phil, and your judgement of the trustworthiness of others...  but this is hard to believe.

I love Smitty, and I love Cam.  That being said, did Smitty tell Cam to wait there a second so he could grab a step stool, come back, and then punch him in the face lol.  I dont think he could reach Cam's face without Cam overpowering him with sheer size and leverage.

And as much as I love Smitty, I was always under the impression that he only attacked guys when 1) they were "softer" than him, and 2) were in vulnerable positions where they didn't expect it and he had the upper hand.  Both Bright and Lucas were easy targets, not tough guys and actually considered "nice," and both were caught off-guard when Smitty punched them.  And additionally, neither was 6'5" 260 lbs., or the guy responsible for getting the ball to him.

It seems like an interesting story and also convenient to tell at this point in time in defense of Gettleman from people that know him.  Again, I think it's entirely possible, it just seems very unlikely.  I honestly don't know what to say about it if it was true...  I don't see Cam letting anyone physically punk him like that either.  My instinct is too deny it for the reasons I listed above...  I can't fathom it.

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PhillyB Grand Master

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i would be supremely disappointed if he made it up - there's really no telephone excuse if it's straight from gettleman's mouth.

if exaggeration is the key here it's very possible a heated altercation in an altercation would end up with cam and smith surrounded by a crowd of guys poo-talking, which would make a punch a lot less effective than a haymaker in open space. could've been a scuffle punch.

also hard to imagine cam four years ago NOT talking copious amounts of poo at a guy like steve and steve not being perfectly willing to bust him in the mouth.

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6 minutes ago, Saca312 said:

Just got verification from a source that it's true. He asked not to be named. But I can assure you it's true.

Lots more other incidents that haven't been named.

I'm sure the same could be said for every team though. These are locker rooms full of alpha males. They have their disagreements and handle 99% of them in house 

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2 minutes ago, KillerKat said:

I lost all respect for Steve after the Lucas incident and finding out there was a 3rd teammate he attacked beforehand. This just confirms what a piece of poo he is and I smh at people putting him on a pedestal. Four times now he has punched a teammate. Four that we know of. Who knows how many we don't. 

Edit: And lol @ thinking this guy is going to get a statue. 

who was the other guy?

 

i've got lucas and bright definitely and cam if this story is true

 

oh and then there was that time he threatened to beat up witten in front of his kids and the press

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