Smith has been officially released

[Eclipse]

Steve was the heart of the team.  Right now, I'm feeling like the cardiac cats has flatlined without his fire. 

 

 

Atleast, we was given time to absorb this blow.  Here's to things working out for the better for both Steve and the Panthers.

[Mr. Scot]

Ray lewis

 

Jordan Gross

 

Micheal Strahan

 

Lawerence Taylor

 

London Fletcher(pretty sure he's retiring soon)

 

Steve Young

 

Brian Urlacher

 

 

it goes both ways, difference is i don't think there situations was handle as bad as smith's

 

I wouldn't exactly call what Urlacher had a 'happy ending'.

 

The vast majority of players don't get to "retire on top" and plenty of highly popular players get let go.

 

It's just the nature of the business.  The alternative is to run things like Marty Hurney.

 

[LA_Panther]

Flame away all you want, but I think this was the right football decision. When the dust settles, I think most of you will agree with this. It definitely could have been handled better though. Don't ask me how. Just feel that Smitty deserved better. There is no nice way of doing stuff like this so I kinda feel for Gettleman too. It's the end of an era...

[Keep Steve]

Somebody needs to take my shoelaces and give me an orange vest.

[Cpt slay a ho]

I wouldn't exactly call what Urlacher had a 'happy ending'.

 

The vast majority of players don't get to "retire on top" and plenty of highly popular players get let go.

 

It's just the nature of the business.  The alternative is to run things like Marty Hurney.

 

 

no that's not the alternative, hurney threw out big contracts every 2 seconds, the alternative imo looked way better then the final outcome

 

still unclear on why he was cut but ill bet whichever reason,if he would have sat down with smith and discuss it,this situation would have been ten folds better

 

time will tell

[Mr. Scot]

no that's not the alternative, hurney threw out big contracts every 2 seconds, the alternative imo looked way better then the final outcome

 

still unclear on why he was cut but ill bet whichever reason,if he would have sat down with smith and discuss it,this situation would have been ten folds better

 

time will tell

 

They did sit down and discuss it, over a week ago (link)

 

Since then, they've been trying to swing a trade.  Smitty's agent hurt those efforts by shooting his mouth off.

 

And here we are.

 

 

[TheRed]

They did sit down and discuss it, over a week ago (link)

 

Since then, they've been trying to swing a trade.  Smitty's agent hurt those efforts by shooting his mouth off.

 

And here we are.

 

They didn't sit down until after Gettleman's little press conference.

 

Why it didn't happen before that is beyond me.

[PantherPhann89]

This isn't just sad, it's sickening. I never thought I'd see the day when #89 has left the building...

[Cpt slay a ho]

They did sit down and discuss it, over a week ago (link)

 

Since then, they've been trying to swing a trade.  Smitty's agent hurt those efforts by shooting his mouth off.

 

And here we are.

 

they sat down after damage was already done, were not here because of smith's agent neither

[Jrock88]

[KendrickPanther]

You are going to make me cry. Sniff.

Smittys last touchdown as a panther 

 

 

 

[KendrickPanther]

 Many of you don't know this because you left before the game ended but Steve stopped at the tunnel and looked up to the crowd and clapped them for doing such a great job this year.

[rico6]

Just let the fans grieve. Jesus, the white knights on this forum are so unbearable at times

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Just let the fans grieve. Jesus, the white knights on this forum are so unbearable at times

Fug every last one of them