Steve Smith on Ron Rivera

[strato]

13 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

I hated HR until it was time to fire someone. They wanted to control hiring and firing so I made sure they earned their money. I've had similar employees to Smith but not as open about their disdain for their fellow humans. I felt no guilt about not saying goodbye when they came in and escorted them out the door.

I dated a girl from HR in the ‘80s. Had no idea what it was even after she tried to explain it to me lol. 
 

I fired a guy once that had had two major label record deals. Lol. it was a strange feeling. I know a guy who has been in that position and done the same thing to a player in a band I worshipped. Still love them. You would know them. It was from a side thing not that band. He told me the story about it though. 
 

The guy in my story was great. Still is. He was just a bit redundant after they cut our pay at a full time job and had irritated me over something at the time so I kept his counterpart. 

Edited March 1 by strato

[Jon Snow]

1 minute ago, strato said:

I dated a girl from HR in the ‘80s. Had no idea what it was even after she tried to explain it to me lol. 

Their job is to make you sit through boring and dated lectures and videos like you're an idiot and come up with moronic policies that require days of your time to document that you're following. And fire people. 

[strato]

9 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

Their job is to make you sit through boring and dated lectures and videos like you're an idiot and come up with moronic policies that require days of your time to document that you're following. And fire people. 

I didn’t miss much then did I? I’ll tell you though, some of my jobs, I probably could have used them with some shitty bosses. 
 

or a union rep. 

Edited March 1 by strato

[Jon Snow]

Just now, strato said:

I didn’t miss much then did I? I’ll tell you though, some of my jobs, I probably could have used them with some shitty bosses. 

Thats the only thing they cannot do, or wont do.. That cannot do squat about your boss unless it's documented harassment and probably only in sexual harassment cases. They only support management in disciplinary cases. Its complicated and why I hate to deal with them. Except when you have to let someone go. Worthless otherwise. 

[SmokinwithWilly]

24 minutes ago, strato said:

I dated a girl from HR in the ‘80s. Had no idea what it was even after she tried to explain it to me lol. 
 

I fired a guy once that had had two major label record deals. Lol. it was a strange feeling. I know a guy who has been in that position and done the same thing to a player in a band I worshipped. Still love them. You would know them. It was from a side thing not that band. He told me the story about it though. 
 

The guy in my story was great. Still is. He was just a bit redundant after they cut our pay at a full time job and had irritated me over something at the time so I kept his counterpart. 

I did too. We didn't even make it through the 1st date. The conversation was forced and I kept getting the feeling I was being interviewed. I didn't fit into whatever mold she had, which was fine, but it was a weird experience. 

[strato]

1 minute ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

I did too. We didn't even make it through the 1st date. The conversation was forced and I kept getting the feeling I was being interviewed. I didn't fit into whatever mold she had, which was fine, but it was a weird experience. 

Lol well here we go again. Mine lasted maybe a year and I found out I was the other man lol. It was like when these guys have two families. I never snuck around, had no idea. 
Can’t trust HR. 
 

I wasn’t looking at any future settling down in those years or it might have really messed me up.
 

The real loss was ironically I had decided to try and be faithful in this relationship because I had not been that guy in the past… and turned down a few really nice opportunities. I can’t tell you the amount of willpower in the moment that took. Lol my timing sucks sometimes. 

[Basbear]

I swear..... this is RICH coming from a guy talking about cuming down some random #6 womans throat while you were married to Angie, the wife who gave you children. 

Steve talks about being a 'man" and all that stuff, the husband of the woman whom Steve sent all those lewd text messages called you on face time. Steve started crying like a BITACH and ended the call after a bitach voiced "Im sorry". fug Steve Smith, Im shocked he's not in jail and Im done with him getting career as a world class asshole. Go enjoy your empty home and I hope Angie takes ALLLLL your money and time away from your kids. God forbid Steve influences them with his "Im from the street" mindset. 

Angie and John Kasay helped steve form being Steve, what a joke. insane levels of irony form this Steve weirdo that thinks he's super smart and people owe him all sort of special treatment when he is a giant turd inside and out. 

Edited March 1 by Basbear

[MHS831]

I don't like the fact that he is on the broadcast during preseason.  he is even a dick to the play by play guy at times.  POS.

[MechaZain]

On 3/1/2026 at 7:32 AM, MHS831 said:

 He is now grown, and he has a steve smith Jersey that is framed and matted.  He keeps it is his closet.  I asked him, "Why not have that out on your wall?"  He said, "All I remember is an A-hole scribbled on my shirt.  I don't remember a legend or hero.  But he had a Jake Delhomme Jersey on his wall.  "Jake was great.  I will always remember that." 

[LinvilleGorge]

On 3/1/2026 at 1:42 PM, strato said:

I made the point it was one side of the story. But what he said about Gettleman, the chronology, seemed pretty accurate. 
 

What I remember is Smitty’s contract was prohibitively expensive due to its structure and he would not renegotiate. Sort of forced their hand because it was a very high figure for the era. That could tie in with him wanting out. 
I remember I pointed that out but people didn’t want to hear that at the time. I don’t blame them, Smitty was probably my favorite Panther I ever watched play, again… at the time. He might still be if I went back and watched. 

My thing with it is mostly Gettleman dropping the bomb at the combine. It foreshadowed his Norman melt down, Mr Tact. 

In terms of absolutely sucking at personal interaction, Gettleman and Smitty are about equals. Well, I'd still give the slight edge to Gettleman in that he can hold it together and be friendly and witty conversationally but how they choose to handle tense situations proves they're both basically just assholes at their core. 

[TD alt]

I got called into HR one time, as they were doing their research after a verbal altercation that I had with another employee. He was the one that started the sh¡t and had the nerve to go to HR. Well, I did the meeting, & the manager gave me her card & said if there was anything else I wanted to say regarding the investigation, to contact her. I thought about it later that day, so I used our company email and told her that I was willing to take a lie detector test, and that if he and his two friends were willing to do the same, once it was determined that they were lying and that I was telling the truth, then they would have to be punished accordingly. Funny thing is, after that, I never heard from her again, or anything about the investigation. It's like it never happened. 

Anyway, yeah 89 isn't doing himself any favors with this one. He wants to fight with a guy old enough to be his dad because of Rivera's lack of communication, even if there was some perceived hypocrisy going on. That's just not a good look. 

[LinvilleGorge]

21 hours ago, Basbear said:

I swear..... this is RICH coming from a guy talking about cuming down some random #6 womans throat while you were married to Angie, the wife who gave you children. 

Steve talks about being a 'man" and all that stuff, the husband of the woman whom Steve sent all those lewd text messages called you on face time. Steve started crying like a BITACH and ended the call after a bitach voiced "Im sorry". fug Steve Smith, Im shocked he's not in jail and Im done with him getting career as a world class asshole. Go enjoy your empty home and I hope Angie takes ALLLLL your money and time away from your kids. God forbid Steve influences them with his "Im from the street" mindset. 

Angie and John Kasay helped steve form being Steve, what a joke. insane levels of irony form this Steve weirdo that thinks he's super smart and people owe him all sort of special treatment when he is a giant turd inside and out. 

Absolutely LOVED Smitty as a player. Who didn't? But Smitty the person, yeah... not so much. Unfortunately all those things that made us love him as a player had no off switch. He was basically the exact same person off the field that was on the field and that's obviously just not gonna work well in polite society.  

[Basbear]

3 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Absolutely LOVED Smitty as a player. Who didn't? But Smitty the person, yeah... not so much. Unfortunately all those things that made us love him as a player had no off switch. He was basically the exact same person off the field that was on the field and that's obviously just not gonna work well in polite society.  

@csx hit a homer run with his statement, I too wish I stopped reading/hearing terrible stories about one of my favorite players. Now in this crazy sound bite/go viral/why are these athletes taking about stuff that was off-limits.....hell its like the fuging navy seals yapping with podcast stuff...just why??? for clout and bits or $$$??? ugh Im too old school. Steve needs to shut his big mouth, but that's his check maker now...which I feel is past due to end given all the recent reports....