Veterans of 2001

[RockECU]

This one is much more painful, but much more comical at the same time.

[panthersphan]

2001 PANTHERS:

Results:

1 @Minnesota Vikings W 24-13

2 @Atlanta Falcons L 16-24

3 Green Bay Packers L 7-28

4 @San Francisco 49ers L 14-24

5 New Orleans Saints L 25-27

6 @Washington Redskins L 14-17 (OT)

7 New York Jets L 12-13

8 @Miami Dolphins L 6-23

9 @St. Louis Rams L 14-48

10 San Francisco 49ers L 22-25 (OT)

11 Atlanta Falcons L 7-10

12 @New Orleans Saints L 23-27

13 @Buffalo Bills L 24-25

14 Bye

15 St. Louis Rams L 32-38

16 Arizona Cardinals L 7-30

17 New England Patriots L 6-38

Management/Coaches:

Owner/Founder – Jerry Richardson

President – Mark Richardson

Director of Football Operations – Marty Hurney

Director of Player Personnel – Jack Bushofsky

Head Coach – George Seifert

Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator – John Marshall

Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator – Richard Williamson

Draft:

1 11 Dan Morgan LB Miami

2 44 Kris Jenkins DT Maryland

3 74 Steve Smith WR Utah

4 106 Chris Weinke QB Florida State

5 143 Jarrod Cooper DB Kent State

6 175 Dee Brown RB Syracuse

7 211 Louis Williams C Louisiana State

7 227 Mike Roberg TE Idaho

[jasonluckydog]

I was a big Weinkie fan...so guess.

[bigdog10]

2001. No question.

[PhillyB]

i lived in colorado in 2001... i was a broncos fan back then, so i didn't really follow the abysmal season.

but i have to say, having my heart ripped from my chest every sunday at yet another close loss probably would be much worse than watching these performances with zero expections and just laughing at the absurdity of it all.

[Sam Mills Fan]

2001 was more painful because we were in virtually every game. 2010: You can stop caring 5 minutes into the game.

[KSpan]

This season is much worse... at least it was interesting watching/reading about the 2001 team invent/inventing ways to lose. This year is always the same - decent defense on the field for 45 minutes a game, junior high offense, although I will say that Goodson has been fun to watch the last 2 weeks.

[Darth Waya]

01 they were at least competitive and choked at the end. This team doesn't compete to begin with.

[Purity-Control]

2010, I can't even make it through a whole game this season, absolutely horrid.

[Fiz]

they might have been less talented in 2001 but they were more competitive i feel.

[Mr. Scot]

The answer probably depends on how you answer this question:

Does it hurt worse to never be in the game at all or to have the hope of victory right up till the end only to see it ripped away?

[Joan Jett]

2010 way worse, like others said we atleast seemed competative in 01

[Proudiddy]

I said in a similar thread a couple weeks back that this is the lowest point in Panthers Fan history, yet I still had some argue against it. By saying the lowest point, I mean the season as a whole.

This season is BY FAR THE WORST. At least in 2001 we were actually in games and had a chance to win until the end. We lost several games in the 4th quarter that year, a lot in the last minute or last drive of the game IIRC. I'll never forget Ricky Williams last second run for a TD to win a game that year, which I believe was at home.

2001's team was competitive and we had some players that had potential at the time - Smitty and Weinke come to mind. And that offense was capable of moving the ball and scoring despite the lack of overall talent compared to this team.

I mentioned in that last thread that what makes this team so hard to watch is that we basically know the game is over before it even starts because we can't move the ball or score. Whereas 2001, we were able to watch with hope of a win each week because that team was capable of scoring and were in most every game til the end.

This team is disgusting. Point blank. I've never seen a team cause so many key turnovers and do absolutely NOTHING with them. I keep telling myself, despite my eternal Panther fandom, that I won't watch the next week... Yet, I keep finding myself tuning in only to doze off repeatedly with no hope of winning or seeing positive change.

[Fiz]

we had some players that had potential at the time - Smitty and Weinke come to mind.

let's be honest: you never saw him play did you