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Who is/are responsible for the "Panther Culture"??

bLACKpANTHER

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20 hours ago, Smithers said:

First of all, great topic OP.  

I have to start with Rivera.  The team culture starts and ends with the head coach.  Rivera gets a lot of hate, but he is respected in the locker room as a man, a coach, and a former player.  Teams that have unraveled in the locker room often have coaches who can’t lead.  Look at Pittsburgh.  Internally they are an absolute mess and former players like Harrison, Bell and Brown have attributed it to Tomlin not treating players fairly.  Rivera leads our locker room. 

Agreed. Most teams would have crumbled under all the changes that happen to this organization (owner scandal, President leaving, GM fired, etc) all in one year. Riverboat Ron is a class act, one of the top coaches in the league and perfect for Carolina. 

And culture and chemistry is what separates teams as most players are equal or close in talent. Comfortable and pumped up goes a long way. 

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Yeah, it was definitely Sam who started the "Culture" when he lead to our 1st win in '95. Then Kevin Greene & Lamar Lathon joined & created our monstrous 3-4 defense. Drafted Moose & Minter in '96 & '97. Not much going in '98 - '01. Moose, Minter & Rucker carried us until we got to '03. Then all hell breaks loose.

We draft Smitty in '01, Jenkins & Morgan in '02, sign the Ragin Cajun, Stephen Davis & Ricky Proehl & we become the Cardiac Cats. TD becomes a vocal leader right away after the '05 season.

Now, our vocal leaders include Cam, Greg Olsen & KK. Probably Reid as well with his kneeling.

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3 hours ago, Actionman0z said:

Carolina is one of the only places a team plays every game on the road.. not much of a fan culture. Its the banking capital of the United States, 90% of the people in Charlotte are transplants. 

That is not even remotely true.  The only games where I've ever been to where opposing fans even come close to matching Panthers fans were a Washington and Dallas games.

I have been a PSL owner for 13 years, and the fan culture has improved tremendously, as you would it would do for any team still relatively early on as a franchise.  BOA is never going to be as loud as a dome bc it is an outdoor stadium, which is how I believe football should be played.

Objectively speaking, the Panthers have an average home-field advantage.  It certainly is not at the level of Pittsburgh, Philly, New England, Green Bay, etc. but it beyond both the LA teams, Arizona, Tampa, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Tennessee, and Houston IMO.

Every team for the most part has more support when they do well and less when they are not doing well.  Dallas was overrun with Steelers fans a few years back when they were not doing well.  Jacksonville had good support 2 years ago when they made the AFC Championship game.

You really need to travel to some other stadiums if you truly believe that.

For one of the newest teams in the league, the Panthers do quite well.

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DEFENSE. Richardson knew that was the roadmap to having continued success. This team has always been built on a stout defense. We didn't always have a great offense but they always put most of the money into defense and always hired defensive coaches.

 

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