Tony Softli on Cam

[MattB]

Tony Softli who obviously was with the Panthers back in the day wrote an interesting piece on Cam and his intangibles pretty much refuting what Nawrocki wrote...

Ive finished my homework on Cam Newton's Character several weeks ago. I spoke with sources at Florida and Auburn whom I've known for over 15 years, also Auburn campus sources outside of the athletic department as well as local business sources and High School recruiting sources that dealt with Cam in Atlanta, Georgia were he grew up. These are the words used to describe Cam Newton over and over again; Has some immaturity only because he is still young; Great Kid; Always Smiling; Good Mental Toughness; Very Focused; Trustworthy; Very Good Leadership Qualities; Prepares hard (but will need to improve for next level) and Preforms Exceptionally Well; Good Person; Personality is a Magnet and extremely contagious. I didn't get a call back from Blinn College! Yes, he made some serious mistakes as a youth that are well documented at Univ. of Florida, has learned and matured from those set backs. As one Auburn source told me, after the Cecil Newton news hit, Cam pulled his teammates together showing great leadership.

More here: http://www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/SoftliSTL/~HsS7a

[teeray]

But.... but.... Narwocki said...........

[mav1234]

Not too surprised... Didn't really think he was a bad person.

I do think that his attitude can rub people the wrong way but I dont think that makes him impossible or necessarily even difficult for athletes to work with, but I can see how it might bug some reporters, perhaps some FO people.

I personally think some people were unimpressed with how Cam handled himself leading up to the combine and some of his third person stuff so that formed a negative opinion of him which they then shared with Nolan Nawrocki.

[teeray]

You are probably right MAV. The icon and entertainer thing did nothing to help him.

[mav1234]

also I've not believed at any point recently character would be why a team passed on Cam Newton. There's plenty of on-the-field reasons to pass on him (at least as high as we are that is). While I'd be leery about giving him tens of millions, I'd also trust the homework I did on him as a FO guy to reveal what we could expect from him. If he passed the Panthers checks, which it sounds like he has, then character isn't an issue.

[Icege]

This is why I still haven't completely eliminated him as a potential franchise QB.

The question is... do we gamble now?

[MattB]

He definitely seems to walk the line between being confident and arrogant at times.

[4Corners]

If Tony Softli likes Cam, it should be a big red flag for anyone considering drafting him.

[Mr. Scot]

Whether for good or bad, I wouldn't take much from Tony Softli seriously.

He ran the Panthers college scouting department through some of our worst drafts (including that disaster in 2005) before - for God only knows what reason - the Rams gave him full personnel control and he helped guide that team straight into the toilet.

Gil Brandt, Rick Gosselin, Mike Mayock, Nolan Nawrocki...all good sources. Softli? Not with a resume' like that :nonod:

[mav1234]

but of those guys you listed, how many seriously question Cam's character? At least in the way Nolan Nawrocki did? Gil Brandt is sold on him; Mayock has come around and seems to think better of him than he did originally. Not sure what Gosselim says. Not saying we should take Newton #1 OR that those guys say we should, but after reading Nawrocki's summary I was somewhat surprised with how specific some of his character concerns were because while the general gist of them is unsurprising, the specific nature of them was.

[micnificent28]

Yes because if it's something good about teh cam it can't be trusted.

[teeray]

Whether for good or bad, I wouldn't take much from Tony Softli seriously.

He ran the Panthers college scouting department through some of our worst drafts (including that disaster in 2005) before - for God only knows what reason - the Rams gave him full personnel control and he helped guide that team straight into the toilet.

Gil Brandt, Rick Gosselin, Mike Mayock, Nolan Nawrocki...all good sources. Softli? Not with a resume' like that :nonod:

Most unshocking post in the history of the huddle. :lol:

[mav1234]

It's not about "trust." Two people could meet any one person, talk to them for 10 minutes, ask them different questions and come away with VERY different impressions of that person.

when you're considering spending millions on a guy you may just hang on every word, and a single poor response might be enough to turn a conversation. I dunno, I'm just speculating here, but I tend to think there is a point where Newton could be a good person overall and people could still get majorly turned off by him.

[micnificent28]

Most unshocking post in the history of the huddle. :lol:

More scot discrediting cam.