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Steve Smith....lets put this to a end

tarheelfan23

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If Smitty wasn't unceremoniously released by Gettleman would opinions differ at all?

Smitty did some unsavory stuff for sure but has grown and matured as a man. 

Seeing the same thing now with Yasiel Puig of the Dodgers. Here's a poor kid who managed to get off Castro's island and suddenly finds himself thrust into the spotlight in LA and a millionaire to boot. He did some dumb things/behavior but has now matured and has charities going etc. Was watching him early pregame at dodger Stadium a couple weeks back spending time with kids making their day.

Smitty will be the only true Panther Hall of Famer...until Cam retires.

Statue.

 

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16 hours ago, Skack25 said:

Ray Lewis has a statue, and he killed a guy.

Peyton Manning has one, and he flashed his pecker to an athletic trainer at UT.

It's not a testament to moral character.  It's a symbol of the most bad ass person the franchise has ever seen.  In Carolina, that is Smitty.

both have 4 superbowls between them. Cam is the most bad ass person this franchise has ever seen. I think 89 should be in the hall with his name in the ring of honor and jersey retired. Gotta save the statue for whoever brings home the Lombardi

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16 hours ago, tarheelfan23 said:

we praise the guy like he is some kind of saint...and he is far from it......

 

how would we tear down a statue of on person and then put one of him...

Steve Smith is the exact opposite of a saint. He is a Panther, the best Panther to ever play. 

 

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3 hours ago, Keep Pounding said:

Steve Smith is the exact opposite of a saint. He is a Panther, the best Panther to ever play. 

 

he is not the best panther that has ever played...and Cam is passing him as we speak, so is Luke....he might not even be in the top 5

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First, my two cents:

  • Undecided if Smitty is the greatest Panther of all time. Cam is close. Peppers, Kuechly, TD and Sam Mills all deserve mention in that conversation. For me its a photo finish between Cam and Smitty. If Cam wins us a Super Bowl, he will instantly become the greatest and it wont be close.
  • That said, all the men I just listed deserve a statue. Of the men who deserve a statue, Smitty and TD are the ones I would most like to replace the Richardson bust between the panthers.
  • Smitty's number should also be retired. Before Cam, he was hands-down the greatest player to have been a part of this team.
  • Smitty was who he was. He was no more chippy and violent than others. But he was never dirty. He certainly did many-a-cornerback dirty, but was never a dirty player. Yes, he had a fire that NO ONE was exempt from, not even his teammates. But we always knew that. No one seriously criticized him for it like this troll OP is doing until after Gettleman unceremoniously released him. On that note...
  • Gettleman made a mistake in how he released Smith, and in hindsight, its obvious the very act of releasing Smith was a mistake as well. Smith's reaction should have come as a surprise to no one, and if you criticize him for it but never cared about his fire when he was a Panther... you are the definition of intellectual inconsistency.

TLDR: GET THE MAN A STATUE AND RETIRE HIS NUMBER.

22 hours ago, tarheelfan23 said:

we praise the guy like he is some kind of saint...and he is far from it......

but... Steve Smith never played for the Saints....

21 hours ago, tarheelfan23 said:

spoken like a true liberal....you dont agree with me get out

Look Im a conservative and I gotta say, fvck you for making this political. Everyone acts like a baby over politics once in a while, so to single out any one side is just messed up. Ive seen liberals, communists, conservatives, libertarians, RHINOS, Trumpists, and even anarchists act like complete idiotic babies before. Hell, I myself did that recently on this very board. It happens. gtfo with your divisiveness.

20 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

I mean, clearly hockey. 

right? and clearly football, at least at some point in the past.

20 hours ago, tarheelfan23 said:

farve is actually a good dude.....

yeah the guy who did the same type of chit Jerry Richardson did is a "actually a good dude". We'll go with that....

based on that statement, you probably don't think JR should have divested himself from the team do you?

2 hours ago, The Pieyed Piper said:

It's like everybody knows strawberry ice cream is the best.

now you sir have gone too far! you take that back! lol

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26 minutes ago, UpstatePanther said:

First, my two cents:

  • Undecided if Smitty is the greatest Panther of all time. Cam is close. Peppers, Kuechly, TD and Sam Mills all deserve mention in that conversation. For me its a photo finish between Cam and Smitty. If Cam wins us a Super Bowl, he will instantly become the greatest and it wont be close.
  • That said, all the men I just listed deserve a statue. Of the men who deserve a statue, Smitty and TD are the ones I would most like to replace the Richardson bust between the panthers.
  • Smitty's number should also be retired. Before Cam, he was hands-down the greatest player to have been a part of this team.
  • Smitty was who he was. He was no more chippy and violent than others. But he was never dirty. He certainly did many-a-cornerback dirty, but was never a dirty player. Yes, he had a fire that NO ONE was exempt from, not even his teammates. But we always knew that. No one seriously criticized him for it like this troll OP is doing until after Gettleman unceremoniously released him. On that note...
  • Gettleman made a mistake in how he released Smith, and in hindsight, its obvious the very act of releasing Smith was a mistake as well. Smith's reaction should have come as a surprise to no one, and if you criticize him for it but never cared about his fire when he was a Panther... you are the definition of intellectual inconsistency.

TLDR: GET THE MAN A STATUE AND RETIRE HIS NUMBER.

but... Steve Smith never played for the Saints....

Look Im a conservative and I gotta say, fvck you for making this political. Everyone acts like a baby over politics once in a while, so to single out any one side is just messed up. Ive seen liberals, communists, conservatives, libertarians, RHINOS, Trumpists, and even anarchists act like complete idiotic babies before. Hell, I myself did that recently on this very board. It happens. gtfo with your divisiveness.

right? and clearly football, at least at some point in the past.

yeah the guy who did the same type of chit Jerry Richardson did is a "actually a good dude". We'll go with that....

based on that statement, you probably don't think JR should have divested himself from the team do you?

now you sir have gone too far! you take that back! lol

no way in hell does he deserve a statue....and if he were to get one then Jerrry's shouldnt come down.  No i am glad Jerry is gone, he did some bad things and it needed to happen a long time ago.  But at the same time steve needs to go into the ring of honor and nothing else....I am ready to see another 89 running around catching passes that not a douche like steve 

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