Panthers Fans Never Learn

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

The point of this thread was to illustrate that having low expectations guards against being reactionary during the season.

People are acting like I'm gonna start "doom and gloom" threads after the first bad performance, when it's actually the opposite. I guarantee you that the overly hopeful ones are gonna be the first to yell "burn it all down".

[CRA]

1 minute ago, Move the Panthers to Raleigh said:

The point of this thread was to illustrate that having low expectations guards against being reactionary during the season.

People are acting like I'm gonna start "doom and gloom" threads after the first bad performance, when it's actually the opposite. I guarantee you that the overly hopeful ones are gonna be the first to yell "burn it all down".

you made the mistake of posting thoughts in the "Sam Darnold is going to turn it around and be our franchise QB" window of the offseason.     I mean, this is the window where people would be willing to convince themselves that Matt Rhule taking a long snapper might actually be a genius move. 

You have to tread carefully.   

[ForJimmy]

12 minutes ago, poundaway said:

Thank you , I did enjoy.
First that is 2021 not 2022, and if you are listing this as a one of  Young's worst games, I feel real good about our choice. 

 

Yeah the struggle to troll is real when a 370 3 TD game is one of his worst…

[Gerry Green]

Benjamin Franklin was quoted as saying; "As a pessimist, if something good happens, you are pleasantly surprised. Whereas, as an optimist, when something good happens, it's no big deal because you already thought it would." Sure you can still get excited, but there is just a little less oomph behind it. 

[Porn Shop Clerk]

Conversely, you can spend an entire 17-2 season not enjoying a single game because you're expecting the wheels to come off at any moment and fug it all because they didn't win the shiny thing at the end.

[GRWatcher]

I will always be an optimistic, hopeful fan. It's my nature although it was tested by Rhule. @Sgt Schultz, I fully understand. My hockey team is the Buffalo Sabres. Never won a Cup (many years of being last in the NHL), missed the playoffs by 2 points (1 win) this year. Panthers missed the playoffs last year by 1 win. That's how things go in fandoms. I'm not even sure the Panthers end with a winning record this year but that's not the point. The point is that we have a future to look forward to. 

[GRWatcher]

Considering the subject of this thread, there may be, or not, joy in this article.

Since 2018, the Carolina Panthers have had three more head coaches than they’ve had playoff wins—and they’ve had three head coaches since 2018.

(Oh, and that’s not even counting their two interim head coaches.)

Nonetheless, a recent study highlighted by BetCarolina.com found that the franchise’s fans are amongst the most obsessive in the entire NFL. Using the results from Statista’s 2022 survey regarding “attitudes” of teams, one that polled 1,239 subjects, the site noted that the Carolina faithful responded rather positively to the following pair of statements:

No. 1: I do not want to imagine my life without my NFL team.

No. 2: My NFL team is part of my day-to-day life.

29 percent of Panthers fans in the study had positive replies to the first statement, which was tied for the second-highest mark, while 23 percent had positive replies to the second. That gave the fanbase an average positive response of 26 percent—the fifth-highest overall.

The only fanbases that have finer rose-colored glasses include those of the Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Ravens and Dallas Cowboys.

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

11 minutes ago, GRWatcher said:

Considering the subject of this thread, there may be, or not, joy in this article.

Since 2018, the Carolina Panthers have had three more head coaches than they’ve had playoff wins—and they’ve had three head coaches since 2018.

(Oh, and that’s not even counting their two interim head coaches.)

Nonetheless, a recent study highlighted by BetCarolina.com found that the franchise’s fans are amongst the most obsessive in the entire NFL. Using the results from Statista’s 2022 survey regarding “attitudes” of teams, one that polled 1,239 subjects, the site noted that the Carolina faithful responded rather positively to the following pair of statements:

No. 1: I do not want to imagine my life without my NFL team.

No. 2: My NFL team is part of my day-to-day life.

29 percent of Panthers fans in the study had positive replies to the first statement, which was tied for the second-highest mark, while 23 percent had positive replies to the second. That gave the fanbase an average positive response of 26 percent—the fifth-highest overall.

The only fanbases that have finer rose-colored glasses include those of the Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Ravens and Dallas Cowboys.

Depressing 

[Mother Grabber]

trying to justify pessimism because you’ll “enjoy good things more” is one of the more absurd things i’ve heard in a long time, and that’s saying something around here.

[Smithers]

2 hours ago, SOJA said:

I legit convince myself we are winning the superbowl every year.

It’s the only way…

[panthers55]

1 hour ago, Gerry Green said:

Benjamin Franklin was quoted as saying; "As a pessimist, if something good happens, you are pleasantly surprised. Whereas, as an optimist, when something good happens, it's no big deal because you already thought it would." Sure you can still get excited, but there is just a little less oomph behind it. 

Ben was wrong. When something good happens for a pessimist they think it won't last and you can't be happy because now something bad will be next. Where an optimist will take a good thing be happy and expect more good things will happen.

If you have to be a pessimist so you don't get disappointed you clearly aren't resilient likely have low frustration tolerance and are emotionally immature.  I am an optimist and find my life is good and I can root for the Panthers and deal with losses or wins with little problem. Part of being an optimist is looking for the positives even in bad situations and choosing your attitude in spite of circumstances. Whereas pessimists stay unhappy and manage to see the negative in every situation.

No thanks....

 

[Gerry Green]

15 hours ago, panthers55 said:

Ben was wrong. When something good happens for a pessimist they think it won't last and you can't be happy because now something bad will be next. Where an optimist will take a good thing be happy and expect more good things will happen.

If you have to be a pessimist so you don't get disappointed you clearly aren't resilient likely have low frustration tolerance and are emotionally immature.  I am an optimist and find my life is good and I can root for the Panthers and deal with losses or wins with little problem. Part of being an optimist is looking for the positives even in bad situations and choosing your attitude in spite of circumstances. Whereas pessimists stay unhappy and manage to see the negative in every situation.

No thanks....

 

 

Um...sure, why not.

[GRWatcher]

23 minutes ago, Move the Panthers to Raleigh said:

Depressing 

you are a lost cause

[jayboogieman]

1 hour ago, Move the Panthers to Raleigh said:

The point of this thread was to illustrate that having low expectations guards against being reactionary during the season.

Then your point was missing the mark from the very beginning. Nothing stops people from being reactionary, especially diehard sports fans.