Jerry West speaks to Panthers

[therealmjl]

Figured this deserved it's own topic...the Logo addressed the team today and his message was winning.

Am I the only one who loves this? I think it speaks volumes to where we are headed.

The time is now.

[Fiz]

More irrelevant old white guys!

[Montsta]

He told CJ he could sit next to him at a Warriors game. I'm a Dubs season ticket holder and I plan on looking for Chuck J whenever the Lakers come to town. Maybe I'll get a pic or something with him.

[L-TownCat]

More irrelevant old white guys!

ItsGHardy GQ8m

That's crazy Jerry west as a speaker hands down the second coolest person I know after the Kraken pic.twitter.com/iUK4Gd3icl

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The Kraken disagrees with West's irrelevance.

[Pejorative Miscreant]

Heard he saw the Kraken, lost control of his bowels and took off in a sprint towards the exit.  Took a few minutes to calm him down before regaining composure

 

[therealmjl]

Yeah reading through the players tweets they were all estatic and hyped up about meeting West.

So yeah, irrelevant.

[CarolinaPride5]

LakerNation 

[csx]

More irrelevant old white guys!

or more ignorant white kids

[Jangler]

so, cool story, right?

[Zod]

Any athlete would be privelaged to speak to one of the greatest sports legends.

[Creep59]

Any athlete would be privelaged to speak to one of the greatest sports legends.

 

 

And a fine human being to boot.

 

SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- The Carolina Panthers got a visit from a Hall of Famer from another sport on Monday.

NBA legend Jerry West spent much of the morning watching practice from a golf cart with owner Jerry Richardson. The two have been friends for years and Richardson said West is one of the smartest people he knows in the sports world. Richardson said he wanted West to spend some time talking to some individual players and coaches after practice. But that process actually started during practice.

Quarterback Cam Newton and wide receiver Steve Smith spent time talking to West during a water break. General manager Dave Gettleman also spent a large chunk of time talking to West, who went onto a successful career as an NBA legend after his playing days.

West spent a little time talking to the media after practice and was asked about the differences between succeeding in basketball and football.

“Here, you’re talking about two different teams basically [with offense and defense]," West said. “I think coordination is really necessary in professional football. That’s why you see so many coaches trying to get everyone on the same page. One mistake can cost you a game. I watched two games they played last year that looked like to me that they had them won. [At the end of the game], they lost to Detroit and also to Washington. They played great, but lost. Those are the things that drive people crazy that are really competitive, and particularly the fans, and how disappointed they get.

“I know what Jerry wants to do. He wants to build a real great team here and he feels like he has a lot of components in place to make that happen.’’

Of course, the main component is Newton and West was asked for his scouting report on the third-year quarterback.

“He’s not quite big enough to be a power forward,’’ West said. “He’s a really nice kid and I think his best years are ahead of him. Obviously, Mr. Richardson thinks the world of him. It’s up to him at this period of his life to grow as a player and make everyone around him better. I think he’s going to be the type of player that everyone anticipates he’s going to be and lead this team to really a lot higher level.’’

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth/post/_/id/49385/jerry-west-visits-carolina-panthers

 

 

 

[PhillyB]

awesome. good to hear players reacted well. i wonder if this had anything to do with the increase in tempo that rivera sparked

[frash.exe]

When did we lose to Washington? Is Pat getting his angel dust from the same guy Joe Person frequents?

[Squirrel]

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