Crossman's firing has probably ended our hope

[top dawg]

Danny Crossman deserved to be fired, because our special teams just weren't where they needed to be, but the guy is like the sacrificial lamb for a season gone awry that was mainly the responsibility of John Fox. He is the shark chum that has been thrown in the teal ocean of Panther land that is being manipulated in order to keep those of us who have been calling for the John Fox's head half-way satisfied. He is the bone that they threw out the back door to all us fans who are awaiting eagerly for scraps of Fox's flesh.

Don't get me wrong: the ugly reality that is another season of Foxball filled the air, even before the bad taste in our mouths of last season have had a chance to dissipate, but many of us were still hoping beyond hope that J-Rich would come to his senses and declare "Contract, Be Damned!" We were still hoping beyond hope that a new Cowher, err hour, would come, and the era of the roller coaster seasons would cease, but Crossman's firing has ended that pipe dream and has given us cold clarity.

Now we are left to wonder whether or not 2010 will be Fox's swan song, or will it be his ticket to a few more years of Foxball, and our ticket to an IMAX version of the Fox-Delhomme roller coaster ride, complete with the 3D glasses.

[God]

R.I.P. Crossman

[King Taharqa]

[rainwater]

Scapegoat? Crossman has been terrible ever since he got the job. And this past season saw the worst special teams the Panthers had had in a long time. That hardly qualifies as a scapegoat.

[Jangler]

hhhhhmmmm I haven't heard about it....

[PanthersFanNY]

I don't think he knows what "scapegoat" actually means, because it literally has nothing to do with why Crossman was fired and why all fans hate him.

[God]

John Fox is the master of the puppets. I'm sure he had his ball and chain on Danny. Just like it was Trgovac, Henning, and now Crossman.

[Fiz]

i thought god was omniscient

probably should have seen all the front page threads about this

[Scrumtrilescent]

Fans were mad at Fox for meddling with Henning, Trgo, Davidson, etc. and causing them to be mediocre. Crossman just fuging sucked donkey dick and had the worst ST in the league, mediocre would've been a vast improvement.

[blackcatgrowl]

Didn't Trgovac quit on his own accord? I don't recall him being fired, only that he "left"

[Kettle]

i thought god was omniscient

probably should have seen all the front page threads about this

damn right. this thread adds nothing to the already ongoing crossman discussion of the crossman thread. "I AM NADA" should have just posted in there.

posters like this are turning the place into a dump where you have to wade through pages of threads to find a single good one.

[beastson]

I hate Fox, and disagree with this. I dont see how this was a scapegoat vs. Henning

It was time for Crossman to leave. Worst thing to happen is that he would still be here

[megadeth078]

You're saying Fox fired Crossman to save his job?

lol this argument kinda made sense when Trgo didn't come back and before that when Henning was fired, but this is a ST coach, lol. Nobody saves their ass by firing a special teams coach.

Also, where's the part where you argue why Fox should be fired? You make it seem as if everyone on the board already agrees with you.

[raleigh-panther]

TD probably figures it's all been said before.

Why say it again.

The camps that want Fox fired and the camps that don't, aren't going to change their minds.

I've said it before, sooner or later, there won't be anyone left to fire or blame...changes in O-Coord; D-Coord, now this. Crossman deserved to go without doubt. I just find it funny that he doesn't go until after Fox's supposed meeting with JR on Monday.