Steve Smith on Gettleman's "Evaluation" comment

[MHS831]

THe comment was taken out of context, which is common in the twitter age--.  He  was asked about Smitty---and he basically answered that "everyone is subject to evaluation-including Smitty."  What bothers Smitty and others is what was not said. 

[coralreefer_1]

More of a spur of the moment angry comment so relax. This team has broke my heart so many times. I probably shouldn't get so emotionally involved but I do.

At the end of the day I realize it's a business but you show a guy like Steve some respect. If Smitty feels disrespected that's a problem.

Dude has done nothing but bust his ass for this franchise. It would be unfair to evaluate him as a number 1 WR. He shouldn't have been the number 1 WR for a few years now but Carolina has put themselves in a situation where he has to be. The fair thing to do would be to draft some WR's and move Smitty to the slot where he would be even more effective than Welker imo.

 

This is the part that I personally take contention with. I dont see where he was disrespected at all. Noone said he was being cut, noone said that he was beinbg asked to renegotiate his contract. It seems that SS has taken the stance he has taken because of all the hype and drama he has read and heard from twitter and the net, not from the organization itself.

 

I mean really, Gettleman said what he said, and the first Smith heard about it was "reaction" to it, and "opinion" of its implication and meaning. Personally I would hope that Smith knows better than to get on the air and make comments about something that he seemingly has no information on except in his own words "second and third" hand information.

[Cary Kollins]

[Gabeking]

Zod can you get some midol for these pansies seriously

[TheRumGone]

Steve Smith is a grown-ass man.  Why do we think he needs to be treated like some fragile-ego'ed, Mamma's boy?  Is Dave supposed to bow down to SS and kiss his ring?  There is a business being run down on Mint Street where short-term tactics and long-term strategies must co-exist. 

Nothing can take away what Steve has meant and may still mean to this franchise but whether he stays or goes...Father Time is still undefeated.

 

it's not about DG bowing down SIG.

 

this guy is the greatest panther of all time. You don't throw these kinds of words out there like that. There are very easy phrases he could have used in the media, then talked to Smith personally.

 

He needs to learn his fuging history and know when to keep his mouth shut. I'm a huge DG supporter and I love the direction we are going. But we are talking about Steve Smith. You dont throw poo like that our there publicly. You give the respect that SS is due.

[Gabeking]

Lol beat me to it

[Montsta]

The Rivera quote is misleading because while he said that, he also said the team was evaluating and he didn't know if Smith could not be on the team.

My point was more that the media these days tends to manipulate everything that is told to them, edited, chopped up in post production to create a stir, and it's all to make money, not report the piece of news. Newspapers used to have a section call OP-ED where a writer could write their opinion on something, and it was segregated from the rest of the paper for just that reason, it was an opinion and not the news facts.

Now every "reporter" and I use that term VERY loosely, gets a quote and injects their own narrative into the story so it goes the direction they want it to. Look at the current situation as a prime example;

"Reporters" ask Gettleman about Steve Smith's status on the team. Gettleman says everyone is being evaluated and it's a part of the process. The "reporters", being the shitbags they are, keep prodding and prodding asking so does that mean Steve Smith might not be on the Panthers roster next year? Gettleman reiterates everyone is being evaluated and is a part of the process. So what happens next? Local sports writers and sports radio guys and bloggers (like ESPN's David Newton, who I do actually like as a blogger) take those quotes to churn out a few days worth of site clicks and talking points, could steve smith be cut from the Panthers? The sports world takes the bait and turns it into a discussion for days, problem being, the base material for that discussion was somewhat manipulated in the beginning to be made into pseudo-fact based discussion.

What happens after that you ask? Well I'll tell you.

The player in question has friends, family, and acquaintances that all listen to this discussion, maybe even chiming in themselves from time to time. They then text the athlete in question (Steve Smith in this case) and say dude is it true you might get cut from the Panthers? Blindsided, Smith goes on the air with some radio jackoff to voice his displeasure with not being told about his status on the team, when in reality, it may not have ever been an issue to begin with. Now the team must scramble to call the player and make amends to a situation that was conjured up out of thin air, and it makes it, in my sole opinion, more difficult to talk about things like contract restructures or pay cuts for the good of the team when people are pissed. Then if Smitty does restructure, the media turns it into a Smitty restructured or he would have been cut scenario to start the whole process over again.

This is why you should never, ever, ever say anything in the media more than you are contractually obligated to do. They will never help you. They will flip it for page hits. I know this was a long winded rant and I apologize, but teams PR teams should be explaining this ad nauseum to anybody that is ever put in front of a microphone. Players, coaches, GM's, even owners.

It's amazing how you can play that telephone game as a child where you sit in a circle and whisper a sentence into the persons ear next to you and see how it sounds when it comes all the way back around and not learn a single lesson from it.

[Cary Kollins]

Lol beat me to it

 

 

a lot of cramps, headache, fatigue, bloating, back aches etc.

[Jangler]

Hey I need some pepto....not for cramps but for my coffee.

[coralreefer_1]

My point was more that the media these days tends to manipulate everything that is told to them, edited, chopped up in post production to create a stir, and it's all to make money, not report the piece of news. Newspapers used to have a section call OP-ED where a writer could write their opinion on something, and it was segregated from the rest of the paper for just that reason, it was an opinion and not the news facts.

Now every "reporter" and I use that term VERY loosely, gets a quote and injects their own narrative into the story so it goes the direction they want it to. Look at the current situation as a prime example;

"Reporters" ask Gettleman about Steve Smith's status on the team. Gettleman says everyone is being evaluated and it's a part of the process. The "reporters", being the shitbags they are, keep prodding and prodding asking so does that mean Steve Smith might not be on the Panthers roster next year? Gettleman reiterates everyone is being evaluated and is a part of the process. So what happens next? Local sports writers and sports radio guys and bloggers (like ESPN's David Newton, who I do actually like as a blogger) take those quotes to churn out a few days worth of site clicks and talking points, could steve smith be cut from the Panthers? The sports world takes the bait and turns it into a discussion for days, problem being, the base material for that discussion was somewhat manipulated in the beginning to be made into pseudo-fact based discussion.

What happens after that you ask? Well I'll tell you.

The player in question has friends, family, and acquaintances that all listen to this discussion, maybe even chiming in themselves from time to time. They then text the athlete in question (Steve Smith in this case) and say dude is it true you might get cut from the Panthers? Blindsided, Smith goes on the air with some radio jackoff to voice his displeasure with not being told about his status on the team, when in reality, it may not have ever been an issue to begin with. Now the team must scramble to call the player and make amends to a situation that was conjured up out of thin air, and it makes it, in my sole opinion, more difficult to talk about things like contract restructures or pay cuts for the good of the team when people are pissed. Then if Smitty does restructure, the media turns it into a Smitty restructured or he would have been cut scenario to start the whole process over again.

This is why you should never, ever, ever say anything in the media more than you are contractually obligated to do. They will never help you. They will flip it for page hits. I know this was a long winded rant and I apologize, but teams PR teams should be explaining this ad nauseum to anybody that is ever put in front of a microphone. Players, coaches, GM's, even owners.

It's amazing how you can play that telephone game as a child where you sit in a circle and whisper a sentence into the persons ear next to you and see how it sounds when it comes all the way back around and not learn a single lesson from it.

 

Pie for this for saying much more elequently and in much more detail what I said a few posts above. I hope the point will get across with THIS post, as its the most sensible look at the situation

 

[CBDellinger]

Hate to tell ya guys, but if you don't think Smith getting released is a real possibility, maybe you should ask Jon Beason what he thinks.

I still don't think it will happen, but we have a GM who runs the team like a business now (which frankly, is as it should be) so yes, it definitely could.

The best choice isn't always the easy choice.

 

 

Beason ASKED to be traded because he wanted to start at MLB... he sucked on the outside. 

 

Not the same.

 

I think this Smitty situation is waaaay overblown.  Just like the stupid 7 second pause deal with Cam

 

We agree on the 2nd part tho... 

 

DG said what needed to be said. I dont thin it was a shot as Smitty as much as it was a shot at everyone else on the team.

 

Gotta run this thing like a business... which is what Marty was never able to do.

[Kevin Greene]

You mean Smitty will have even a bigger chip on his shoulder next year.

 

[PhillyB]

from a leadership perspective alone i don't know how we could recover from losing jordan gross AND steve smith in the same offseason.

[fieryprophet]

Panthers actually did try hard to convince gross to come back fwiw

What I mean is he didn't publicly declare that he hoped Gross would come back. I don't think there will be any public commitments unreservedly from Gettleman towards players, not even Cam. Everything will be qualified. His commitment is to the franchise first.