The only other player, IMO, that competes for best-ever-Panther is Peppers, and I'm still pissed that he left the team for so long.
Not that complicated, just Little Man Syndrome. I'm 6'4" 240 and little guys used to always stink-eye me when I'd go out like they had something to prove. I'm the most laid back SOB ever, but, without fail, some 5-9 guy would bow up at me at the bar. Smitty's had to work twice as hard to be that damned good, of course he has a chip on his shoulder.