Former Panther Barno Arrested

[Proudiddy]

Wow.  Reading about DJ’s release got me to thinking and I was like, “I wonder where Barno is now?” because I always liked his potential.  Welp…  he’s nowhere, and will remain nowhere after this.

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/amare-barno-former-nfl-player-arrested-domestic-violence-charlotte/275-74e438ed-6527-4c02-b547-3d325c54895b

[Newbie]

3 minutes ago, Proudiddy said:

Wow.  Reading about DJ’s release got me to thinking and I was like, “I wonder where Barno is now?” because I always liked his potential.  Welp…  he’s nowhere, and will remain nowhere after this.

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/amare-barno-former-nfl-player-arrested-domestic-violence-charlotte/275-74e438ed-6527-4c02-b547-3d325c54895b

So he received no interest from the other 31 teams for training camp or practice squad opportunities. Sounds accurate for someone our team cut. 

[Proudiddy]

8 minutes ago, Newbie said:

So he received no interest from the other 31 teams for training camp or practice squad opportunities. Sounds accurate for someone our team cut. 

TBH, I was a bit surprised before I saw the article that no one took a chance on him even for the PS, simply because of his physical tools.  I think we had him playing gunner at one point.  He has edge rusher size and runs a 4.3.  So yes, the fact he was in our roster for multiple seasons, gets cut, and doesn’t even get a PS invite elsewhere tells us all we need to know.

Times have never been worse as a Panthers fan.

[strato]

24 minutes ago, Proudiddy said:

 

Times have never been worse as a Panthers fan.

My first reaction was “that’s true” but I think the masses are finally seeing the light on Bruce and we are coming out of it. 

[LinvilleGorge]

35 minutes ago, Proudiddy said:

TBH, I was a bit surprised before I saw the article that no one took a chance on him even for the PS, simply because of his physical tools.  I think we had him playing gunner at one point.  He has edge rusher size and runs a 4.3.  So yes, the fact he was in our roster for multiple seasons, gets cut, and doesn’t even get a PS invite elsewhere tells us all we need to know.

Times have never been worse as a Panthers fan.

Some guys just aren't football players. Really seems like you could find some way to use an athlete like that but at the same time, if they can't play football they just can't play football. It is what it is.

[Khaki Lackey]

21 minutes ago, strato said:

My first reaction was “that’s true” but I think the masses are finally seeing the light on Bruce and we are coming out of it. 

Yeah, wait until Tepper decides that his "hands off" approach isn't working and has Nicole run the next draft.

[Newbie]

14 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Some guys just aren't football players. Really seems like you could find some way to use an athlete like that but at the same time, if they can't play football they just can't play football. It is what it is.

We draft a lot of those guys. Our front office has a type they like to draft. Big, fast, etc. and we don’t pay attention to skill because we always think we can coach athletes up to be football players. It hasn’t worked out once and normally our un athletic UDFAs out play the guys we draft. 
 

The only exception we made was drafting Bryce Young. It was the only time we ignored physical attributes. You can’t make all of this up. 

[Jon Snow]

That guy got more chances for doing absolutely nothing here. I never understood the infatuation with a player that was always on IR and when he was in the field did absolutely nothing. 

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

He was so unworthy of the #90

[strato]

25 minutes ago, Khaki Lackey said:

Yeah, wait until Tepper decides that his "hands off" approach isn't working and has Nicole run the next draft.

I am kind of the opposite. I mean he did this. He knows he did it. He isn’t totally an idiot, not close. It is his ego doing this and maybe it getting smacked down by the results of his meddling will embarrass him enough that he will leave it to the football people he overpays to make these judgements. 
But that is probably a fantasy 

[Moose Hoover]

I didn't even know he was sick...

[KSpan]

55 minutes ago, Newbie said:

We draft a lot of those guys. Our front office has a type they like to draft. Big, fast, etc. and we don’t pay attention to skill because we always think we can coach athletes up to be football players. It hasn’t worked out once and normally our un athletic UDFAs out play the guys we draft. 
 

The only exception we made was drafting Bryce Young. It was the only time we ignored physical attributes. You can’t make all of this up. 

Agreed. IMO it's the Rhule effect and obsession with RAS, or even its predecessor, the 'Al Davis obsession with speed'. It's a college-type approach that leads to a ton of misses. Hurney did some of it too but seemed to be more along the lines of thinking guys could easily switch positions.

Edited 1 hour ago by KSpan

[kungfoodude]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Some guys just aren't football players. Really seems like you could find some way to use an athlete like that but at the same time, if they can't play football they just can't play football. It is what it is.

I remember the times of how the Huddle bitched about not drafting enough athletes. Then we switched to purely athletes with no abilities.

Oh how the turns have tabled.

[LinvilleGorge]

3 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

I remember the times of how the Huddle bitched about not drafting enough athletes. Then we switched to purely athletes with no abilities.

Oh how the turns have tabled.

Prospect evaluation is always going to be more art than science. The guys who have all the measurables and all the production go really high in the draft. Once you get past those handful of the prospects all the rest have warts and you have to sort through it and try to figure out the ones who are going to be able to overcome their shortcomings on paper. And even then, some of those picture perfect prospects on paper are STILL gonna bust.