Smith not too impressed with Panthers’ receivers

[firstdayfan]

Kinda shows us how bad we need another receiver on this team. If a decent becomes available or some vet we need to jump on them. It amazes me how good we could be with a viable starter opposite of smitty. And by viable I mean a guy who could make enough plays during preseason to help the offense put up a few points here and there.

[Panths]

Smith's getting grumpy in his old age

[CLTPanther]

I guess we'll know in 2 weeks

[Jangler]

Where is Ken Lucas when you need him?

[Floppin]

I'm sure that Steve can be a little abrasive so I can see how it might be hard for some of the younger receivers to approach him for advice, and at the same time it also equally unsurprising that kids who are 21-24yrs who have dominated at some level of the sport have a superiority complex.

I also don't believe that his comments about not following or wanting advice apply to everyone. However I believe he is speaking as a whole about the group not performing, and he could be using a national outlet for some motivation. At least he didn't single out any one player for not listening or giving his all.

The problem with Smith is that he is brutally honest, and while he may not have been trying to be entirely negative about his teammates, in being honest is came off that way. He's just not as much of a PR master as some other people in interviews.

[monstercat]

Robinson showed promise until he got hurt.

He didn't show that much promise. And believe me, I wanted him to be a great returner and WR.

[beastson]

I think Smith grumpy we drafted a QB instead of a WR. Just saying

[jasonluckydog]

R Robinson would look like Jerry Rice compared to our current receivers.

[JungleCat]

Some of these rookies need to show why they were drafted. When Smitty comes back, I hope he can show why we need him.

[monstercat]

Our WR's are not as bad as some of you think, they're just rookies who have a lot to learn.

[Lumps]

Smitty is not a teacher, but he is teaching what he knows which is to step up becasue you want to. Smitty isn't a leader or teacher IMO, he has fire, you can't teach fire only hope others will find it, and for smitty, get irritated when they don't (mainly as Jangler said).

However he does need to realize these guys are rookies so he could cut them some slack.

[Swan]

I don't really blame him, but I think he could be a little more optimistic since these new WRs are rookies.

[monstercat]

Smitty needs to remember that he had a great mentor in Moose, who took it upon himself to help Smitty out, even when a lot of his teammates and a lot of fans wanted Smitty gone. He wasn't a great WR as a rookie either.

[Delhommey]

No one works harder on this team than Steve Smith. When you have someone that works that hard, they rarely have any sympathy for anyone who doesn't.

The most polished WR's we have, Jarrett and LaFell, never seem to make any progress. That to me says lack of effort and especially lack of study. I have seen some improvement with Gettis and Edwards, but as they are the rawest two guys out there, it will take awhile for them to get to a #2 level.

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