UPDATE! Rick Reilly is a lying dingleberry clinging to his hatred of Cam Newton

[MadHatter]

Blah Blah I know you don't want to hear about what the media said about Cam. Please close your browser.

OK for everyone else that is interested...

On the Colin Cowpoo show, Rick Reilly talked about Cam for a minute:

-said Cam took exactly 54 minutes to meet with the media after coach Rivera. Went on to explain that the media writers have deadlines and Cam should know that and should hurry up out of the shower. Said Peyton and AR don't do stuff like that. Also said that the team had to wait on the bus for Cam to leave.

-said Cam feels entitled, is a diva

-Colin asked if Cam can be great, Reilly said he has to grow up and stop being a diva first

-Colin said he has a source that he trusts that told him other players in the locker room feel Cam is a diva

Reilly came off sounding like an entitled brat sports writer. Complaining about fugging deadlines.

Cam is not perfect...yet. He needs to develop into a better leader and locker room presence. I firmly believe that will come with time.

Could give two shits whether the media has to wait.

The only item that concerns me (only if it were true) is about players in the locker room feeling Cam is a diva. Again, I have no idea if this is accurate (even though some here have said they heard similar things from supposed people that would know).

If this is true (and mind you I am in no way saying it is).....this is a problem.

[Johnny Rockets]

I know you weren't...I'm just saying..I would never have said anything had I known I was going to receive a fuging beat down

If you would have just stayed in the kitchen where you belong, none of this would have happened.

[bigcatdaddy]

I could careless how long the media has to wait as well. Cam has to take care of himself first with treatments or whatever else he has to do in the locker room. The media has no idea what obligations Cam has before he has to meet with them so to cry about it makes RR sound like a diva.

[rayzor]

who cares?

doesn't matter what the media's perception is.

as far as him being considered a diva in the lockerroom? not a big deal either unless you want them all sitting around bro-hugging each other and singing kum-ba-ya every day.

i swear there's a bunch of drama queens in here and people looking for any excuse to hate.

[Mrs Pantherfan]

If you would have just stayed in the kitchen where you belong, none of this would have happened.

sorry sir, won't happen again :(

what kind of sammich would you like?

[The_Mango55]

That probably is annoying for the other players if they have to sit on the bus waiting just for cam.

I doubt they are on the bus waiting for him like they are school children. I'd say if anyone is waiting on the bus then it's just the bus driver.

[jarhead]

sorry sir, won't happen again :(

what kind of sammich would you like?

As long is the sandwich is not turkey.Way to much turkey in short time

[CPF4LIFE]

Jordan Gross has been one of Cam's most public defenders, so he must be one of the select few.

Also, a coworker's neighbor? I'm glad we're going straight to the source.

He aint been doin this on the field......

[BBQ&Beer]

As far as the media goes, take this for example. Several weeks ago, one of the ESPN radio crew said something to the effect of

"The biggest red flag for me about Cam is that I've never heard him take the blame for a loss. He's always throwing other people under the bus."

Now Cam has his share of things that he needs to work on but that poo ain't one... Actually, I take that back, he needs to learn from his mistakes & just shrug them off.

At any rate, saying poo like that, at best, shows that people are willing to only watch highlights of games & listen to clips of pressers. At worst, it shows that some are willing to flat out lie about the guy to support their dislike of him. Either way it's shoddy journalism, so if they have to wait a bit fug'em.

As for the team, well, it depends on how they feel about divas. It's not necessarily a bad thing.

[pepaw]

If you're holding up the bus or plane, then you should be left. Jimmy Johnson used this practice often and relished doing it to star players to send a message to the rest of the team.

[Zod]

If you're holding up the bus or plane, then you should be left. Jimmy Johnson used this practice often and relished doing it to star players to send a message to the rest of the team.

yep, easy fix.

[rayzor]

If you're holding up the bus or plane, then you should be left. Jimmy Johnson used this practice often and relished doing it to star players to send a message to the rest of the team.

agreed here.

it's not the big problem people make it out to be and it would just be funny for cam and the whole team and it would also be an get any ego's back in check.

none of this stuff is the big deal people are making it out to be.

[Fox007]

If you're holding up the bus or plane, then you should be left. Jimmy Johnson used this practice often and relished doing it to star players to send a message to the rest of the team.

I agree that holding up the team bus is different than making the media late for their deadlines.

That sounds like a fine plan honestly

[CatMan72]

He has to hurry up and get to the presser so bottom-feeders like Reilly can slam him.

I wouldn't be surprised at all of he was making them wait on purpose after the crap they spew about him, I would.

I'll believe the stuff about holding up the team bus and his teammates thinking he's a diva when I hear it from a reliable source...