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I don't recognize this team anymore


Jmac

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14 hours ago, Jmac said:

Not really...still had S.Smith, Beason, Gamble, kalil, Gross etc....still a core of the team. No they have no body in that category. 

Shaq, KK, CMC, DJ, Moton with a number of guys who are young and hungry. You’re right. No core at all. 
For years, this board has complained about the lack of accountability for players and coaches. It’s complained about vets getting playing time over younger guys who showed more than said vets. It’s complained about a team stuck in its old ways. There was an ample basis for all those complaints.  
Now, the new regime comes in. They get rid of some of the old vets folks complained about. They being in new guys who are likely hungry to show they belong. They dump bad contracts in an effort to set the cap up nicely for 2021 and beyond. What does this board do? Complains about that with ABSOLUTELY no actual outcome to yet support that complaining. 
Ever heard the phrase, “Can’t win for losing?” I swear, that must be the motto for some of your lives. 

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There have definitely been some harsh body blows, but I'm starting to dig that we're ripping off the band-aids.

We have a young core of Shaq, CMC, DJ, Moton, and Burns. We've got question marks that can be big time impact players in Samuel, Thomas, and Jackson. We've got developmental guys like Carter Jr, Smith, Miller, Little, Daley, Scarlett, and Bonnafon.

It's definitely not the 2000s Panthers (Smitty, Moose, Delhomme, Gamble, Peppers, Double Trouble, Beason, etc) nor is it the 2010s Panthers (Cam, Kuechly, Johnson, Davis, Norman, R Kalil, etc).

This is gonna be the start of the 2020s Panthers.

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17 hours ago, firefox1234 said:

Go in with zero expectations. It will save you a lot of heartbreak.

but pessimism is shunned on this board. You are only a true fan if you go into every game thinking we will win by 1000 points but don't you dare doubt this team under ANY circumstances.  

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18 hours ago, Harbingers said:

And if this team loses out because there’s 3 teams in the division who are all pushing for a SB now while we have literally scrubs? What then?

You learn from mistakes. Identify strengths. Work harder. Be smarter. Improve the team from top to bottom. Be ready to compete. 

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On 3/18/2020 at 4:18 PM, Jmac said:

I have been a fan since the beginning, I don't recognize this team at all anymore....except for the name. You form a bond with a team over many years.

It takes years to form that allegiance. The way a franchise treats it's players and fans is a factor. I understand players move on and change happens.

I have never had the experience of losing a whole team at once. It is very deflating and hard for me to feel that same bond or allegiance at this time.

Maybe I will regain my fandom for the team in the future, maybe i wont. But the only thing that remains of the team for me is the name.

Just had to vent a bit about this whole cluster fug happening right now.

 

Just imagine it's 1995 and go with what happens expecting it will get better.

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