Just the yearly reminder to turn our focus to the hurricanes since the Panthers still suck

[PleaseCutStewart]

While the Panthers are still embarrassingly bad, we have a fantastic hockey team that deserves our attention and support. When we get eliminated by the bucs next week, don't forget the hurricanes are actually a good team

[Joe Bear]

Seven wins is not embarrassingly bad. It’s the low end of mediocre (I’m literally guaranteeing losing out) but it’s also the best season this team will have for another 20-30 years.  So it’s nice to be mediocre for once and not a complete doormat until next September. 

[PleaseCutStewart]

Just now, Joe Bear said:

Seven wins is not embarrassingly bad. It’s the low end of mediocre (I’m literally guaranteeing losing out) but it’s also the best season this team will have for another 20-30 years.  So it’s nice to be mediocre for once and not a complete doormat until next September. 

Getting swept by a bad Saints team that has been trying to tank since the beginning of November is the definition of embarrassing 

[LinvilleGorge]

I respect the game of hockey but could never get into it. I'd rather watch terrible football than great hockey.

[Jmac]

We still suck and pulling a few wins out their asses doesn't change the truth.

[dep]

who gives a fug about hockey, this isn't Minnesota 

[Joe Bear]

2 minutes ago, PleaseCutStewart said:

Getting swept by a bad Saints team that has been trying to tank since the beginning of November is the definition of embarrassing 

Imagine losing to the team who did that...and you're the 1 seed in the NFC. Or the 2 seed in the NFC.

[Joe Bear]

The Saints haven't tried to tank in 25 years. They're not good but they're a bad matchup for the Panthers, no different than the Panthers were a bad matchup for the Packers. Doesn't make the Packers worse than the Panthers, just means they don't match up well.

Hammer the Bucs and Seahawks ML, kids. 

[PleaseCutStewart]

6 minutes ago, dep said:

who gives a fug about hockey, this isn't Minnesota 

If you want a truly electric atmosphere where the crowd is pumped up, go to a Canes game 

[LinvilleGorge]

5 minutes ago, Jmac said:

We still suck and pulling a few wins out their asses doesn't change the truth.

Being over .500 after Week 15 when we've scored under 20 points 8 times and had under 300 yards 7 times is pretty wild. You win very few of those games. The margin for error with our typical offensive production is slim to none.

[Joe Bear]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Being over .500 after Week 15 when we've scored under 20 points 8 times and had under 300 yards 7 times is pretty wild. You win very few of those games. The margin for error with our typical offensive production is slim to none.

Offense is not good and often easy to shut down, but there's been more days where it was functional than the defense, which REALLY needs to get called out more here as well. This is a historically bad pass rush. Say all you want about spending on OL (good teams do this), but Christ, there's just nothing there in terms of pass rush. Other teams' backups just flatten our guys on both sides of the ball too often. 

[PleaseCutStewart]

3 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Being over .500 after Week 15 when we've scored under 20 points 8 times and had under 300 yards 7 times is pretty wild. You win very few of those games. The margin for error with our typical offensive production is slim to none.

We have definitely lucked out big time in close games this year. Definitely something that isn't repeatable future seasons

[Joe Bear]

4 minutes ago, PleaseCutStewart said:

If you want a truly electric atmosphere where the crowd is pumped up, go to a Canes game 

It wasn't electric from 2010-18. Good teams create electric atmospheres.

[djp14]

Nah, I'm good.