Fox: Cutting Jake was best for the team

[Sam Mills Fan]

Mark your calendars Huddlers, this is the one time a decade that John Fox opens up and says some newsmaking things in an interview:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/03/26/1339200/fox-delhommes-exit-best-for-team.html

He basically says that it's unprecedented for a long-term starter to stay around another year on the bench because it divides loyalties in the locker room (which is exactly what I had been saying since the season ended).

Also, he talks a little about fans booing near the end.

I recommend reading it if only because there are some new things in there.

[PantherPhann]

Mark your calendars Huddlers, this is the one time a decade that John Fox opens up and says some newsmaking things in an interview:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/03/26/1339200/fox-delhommes-exit-best-for-team.html

He basically says that it's unprecedented for a long-term starter to stay around another year on the bench because it divides loyalties in the locker room (which is exactly what I had been saying since the season ended).

Also, he talks a little about fans booing near the end.

I recommend reading it if only because there are some new things in there.

I'm not sure that jake would've been a problem on the team. I think that he would've been a good teacher and a quality backup. I also think that his love for the Panthers is more than his love/desire to start.

[KillerKat]

Bullsh*t we should've kept him for veteran leadership and fire!!!1

[KillerKat]

I'm not sure that jake would've been a problem on the team. I think that he would've been a good teacher and a quality backup. I also think that his love for the Panthers is more than his love/desire to start.

Did you read the article?

[Nytrogen]

"Jake Delhomme Is expected to compete with Brady Quinn for the starting quarterback job in Cleveland."

Under the picture.

These guys sure do know what they are talking about.

[beastson]

Who the f**k is this person

And where is John Fox at

:confused:

[Jangler]

I'm not sure that jake would've been a problem on the team. I think that he would've been a good teacher and a quality backup. I also think that his love for the Panthers is more than his love/desire to start.

Demoted players hanging around is never good for a team. No matter how much of a stand up good guy Jake is...it would have not been good for the team.

[DaveThePanther2008]

Even if Jake was ok with it. Some of the players are going to be loyal to Jake and some to Moore. This divides the team and this is why we let him go.

[KatsAzz]

Even if Jake was ok with it. Some of the players are going to be loyal to Jake and some to Moore. This divides the team and this is why we let him go.

That sums it up nicely...Letting Jake go was a wise decision on the Panthers part.I don't believe Matt Moore would have reached his full potential with Jake lurking in the background...Also the Panthers would be facing the possibility of a divided lockerroom when Matt had a bad game,as all QB's do, sooner or later.

[Lumps]

I knew all my booing because of them starting Jake would pay off.

[GWO]

I call bs on this one chicos. There isn't one person in that locker room that would have lobbied for jake. Even little man deangelo was just putting on a show.

[Hairless Cat]

Bullsh*t we should've kept him for veteran leadership and fire!!!1

lets have a team of 30 or so old guys and a team of a couple dozen guys that can still play. Just for mentoring sake, lets do it. Makes sense to me.

WTF

[Panthro]

no, it would have been best for the team a year ago

[Murph]

"[Moore] is young. He’s got a lot of physical tools. I like his mindset. I saw him improve. … He had about a 93 quarterback rating. We had hovered around 59 most of the season. That gave us a chance to win games and hopefully he can do that moving forward.”

Fox gave away what we pretty much already knew about him. He stuck with the guy giving with a rating of 59 until he had to bench him because of the finger injury. Call it loyality, fear of the unknown, Moore not acting like a Fox type football player on the practice field, or whatever...that was still dumb dumb dumb.

I'm so glad JR is calling the shots now. Fox's stranglehold on the FO is loosened and he cant be ultra conservative/safe anymore.