JR apologizes; acknowledges a change of philsophy is needed

[Dpantherman]

Jerry Richardson called Thursday to apologize.

“It was not my intention to be rude, or disrespectful, or not answer questions,” he said.

He was referring to his uncomfortable-to-watch news conference back on Tuesday. But the Panthers’ owner ended up talking about a lot more – including a new direction for the team, and how he plans to reach out more to fans.

He’s planning to change the Panthers’ philosophy. For years the team leaned on a tough defense. But now he says the NFL is so offense-oriented that offensive coordinators and quarterback coaches are nearly as important as head coaches. Richardson said the Panthers will hire a new head coach first, but then go hard at offensive assistants. And no matter the coaches, he says the Panthers are going to open up.

“The NFL has changed, in the last five years, dramatically,” he said. “We would be foolish not to stay in sync with that… We didn’t score enough points. First thing, they (fans) want us to win. But after that, they want us to score points and they want excitement.”

ALOT more: http://ttomlinson.blogspot.com/2011/01/my-talk-with-jerry-richardson.html#ixzz1AINQvEHV

This was a direct apologize to the guy that wrote this story. Continue w/ the "talk is cheap" one liners, but as this point, this was welcomed good news to me.

[blackcatgrowl]

Wow. Interesting. Should we doubt the credibility of this write up?

[Future of the Funchise]

this is exactly what i was talking about in a thread i made yesterday. i'm happy to see he's catching on.

[MrBubba]

But of course we are only looking a defensive guys for HC.

[bleys]

OC and QB coach directly reflect the offense.. an offensive minded HC would as well, but I wouldn't shy away from a defensive HC with an outstanding OC and QB coach..

and at least this article didn't try to make one of JR's jokes out to be something off the wall and incoherent to the point he was trying to make.. then again, maybe he didn't talk to JR.. based on his last article, I say his credibility is in question..

[Millions]

I see us drafting Cam or AJ Green we wont go defense in my humble opinion nice to know he should have said that in the press conference tho

[Debil]

I still don't see much difference in what JR said in the press conference other than to elaborate just a bit more on the "new philosophy", and to say "I'm sorry I hurt your feelings, Tommy Boy".

[kdrh5]

Great timing, Jerry