Mr. Scot

I mean, there were flashes here and there, but we were held back mostly by the fact that our original owner valued loyalty to him over the actual ability to do a job well. That's how we ended up with over a decade of Marty Hurney as our GM.

The old Panthers were pretty bad. The current edition? Remains to be seen but there's lots of reasons to be optimistic.

I saw a story where Earl Campbell was hit by a truck a couple of years ago. Word was the truck survived but it needed a lot of repair work.

Were you this one? Apparently whoever Linville was referring to has been banned, so it must not have been you.

This is a clip from another team's camp. Apparently we missed out on a potential quarterback prospect.

I personally don't think Teddy has actually posted here, but it's within the realm of possibility. We know Dan Morgan posted here once (and Lord, what a disaster that turned into) It's arguably more possible that someone within Bridgewater's circle might have. I know I read about a sports guy (non football) who was told by a colleague when he first started out to stay off the internet. He did, but his wife didn't, and that ended up pulling him in too. As I recall, there's precedent there also as an extremely weird friend of a former defensive end of ours (whose name shall not be invoked) was said to have come on here a time or two.

Rhule's post practice presser the other day left me feeling like they're definitely not that strongly tied to Joey Slye.

I'd heard that they were trying to be respectful of him and accommodate his wishes. That call made it look like the respect didn't go both ways.

Bad results are historical. The reasons behind those results are debatable. There's an extensive and well presented discussion in another thread about the balance between Darnold and the jets. You should probably check that out.

The closest I can come to that is rewatching old playoff and championship games. I will admit to having rewatched Super Bowl 38 once or twice. I just tend to turn it off before the ending. And yeah, I recorded Super Bowl 50, but I deleted it without ever watching it and vowed to never ever look at it again.

The Panthers of the past were insanely paranoid about letting even the tiniest scrap of information get out, even stuff that was after the fact and didn't matter anymore (Like, who cares about your draft board when the draft is over?) Cameras inside the war room would have been unthinkable under Richardson.

If the day comes when the Panthers have won a Super Bowl, I can't even imagine how those of us who have been here from the beginning are going to react.

It's true. I do see a lot of positive signs though. The "Panthers Confidential" video for example is great. You get the sense that we're finally playing chess after 15 years of playing checkers.

Funny thing: If you dug into my past conversations, you'd find I'm not a big fan of retreads. I much prefer draft picks. Buuuut I also accept that there's more than one way to do things.

I could agree with that if we still had our prior GM or coaching staff. Happily though, that long national nightmare is over. Whether or not Rhule and Fitterer are the guys to lead us to the Promised Land? Don't know yet. But at least they're not Marty and Ron.

Ask mine the same question

It is a puff piece, but it's also consistent with reports we've had from Person and others who confirm we weren't interested in Fields. Even as a puff piece though, this video has a pretty unprecedented level of access. You certainly wouldn't have gotten this kind of inside peek during the Jerry Richardson days. Heck, most teams in the NFL wouldn't have given you this kind of access even just a few years ago. It's pretty great for the football fanatics among us.

People who know nothing?

Don't know. I missed that.

Sure, dude As far as the Jets poster, I'm not even sure who that is. The only former Jets posters I've seen have been negative about Darnold.

There were reports that we didn't think Lance would fit Joe Brady's offense. The fact that we didn't bother attending his second workout kinda lends credence to that.

Any chance that's the same homeless guy that told Jim Haslam to draft Johnny Manziel?

You think I'd be scared to voice an opinion? Wow I'm firmly in the "maybe" crowd. You can look back on my posts prior to the trade and you'll find I wasn't a huge fan of the idea, but said I'd accept it if we did it and hope for the best. We did, and I have. If he doesn't pan out, we'll be in a much better position team wise to spend the resources and trade up for a guy like Howell.

You think I'd be scared to voice an opinion? Wow I'm firmly in the "maybe" crowd. You can look back on my posts prior to the trade and you'll find I wasn't a huge fan of the idea, but said I'd accept it if we did it and hope for the best. We did, and I have. If he doesn't pan out, we'll be in a much better position team wise to spend the resources and trade up for a guy like Howell.