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Cynicism and lack of support is a symptom of the affliction of poor organizational decisions, Tepper (keeping Ron and Marty too long, Teddy being given the keys, etc.) and fan-favorite players (Olsen and TD contracts, etc) included. Even ignoring the whole '7 winning seasons in 25 years' thing, much goodwill was burned these past years and the fans don't owe the team anything. The talk has been talked, so now comes the walk to win back that support.

Absolutely. It's ignorant at best/disingenuous at worst the way many are portraying things as if Reddit/"Millenials" are solely responsible for the volatility in a few of these stocks and especially how things like the silver nonsense are being attributed.

Jordan Carstens, the Iowa pig farmer.

The biggest gains were last week. There may be some more mini rallys but there's no way that the investors on the short side will be anywhere near the position they got caught in, or at the very least they're sure going to have a lot more hedging, and the retail side has taken too many losses to recapture the momentum necessary. Call me cynical but we now also know that shenanigans can (will?) occur to short-circuit the biggest happenings. Was fascinating to watch while it was happening though. At this point it's sure possible but the original run-up was IMO lightning in a bottle, a perfect storm of over-extension by short-sellers on an undervalued stock getting caught up in an unprecedented wave of retail market participation after the abnormally large gains went mainstream. I'm not sure there was really a single misinformation campaign that could have effectively kicked that whole thing off but folks no doubt found way sot manipulate and capitalize.

The great crash of 2008, smoke screens everywhere...

Sure if SF's willing to take the whole contract off the books but that's my point - why would SF do that? Without the money off the books the only real reason for Carolina to make this trade would seemingly be because all goodwill between Teddy and the team is gone (wouldn't really surprise me at this point) and they aren't confident they'll get 'their guy' this offseason.

I don't see how/why SF takes on Teddy's whole contract hit. That would have to be a specific term of the deal - why would they get an equivalent-at-best QB that is more expensive?

Damage control after they basically publicly (not undeservedly IMO) panned Teddy the final weeks of the season and so far throughout the postseason.

Does Wilson throw to his left?

Came across this article talking about Teddy and the Stafford talks. Can't say that I really agree, and the bolded quote makes me wonder if the guy actually watched any Panthers football this year. https://www.thebiglead.com/posts/teddy-bridgewater-deserves-better-01exev7q3gk2

I see no real upside to this deal for Carolina. Jimmy is a more injured Teddy. That said, if I put a conspiracy hat on one could say that Carolina is perhaps assuming he'll get hurt again, providing a built-in excuse for sucking and getting another great draft pick next year I don't actually think that's the case. Just sayin'.

With respect to valuation I think there was a tangible driver there beyond sentiment but yeah, that driver was by nature fleeting. Those funds got caught but were not going to sit there and be bled in perpetuity. KOSS was another example of the insanity last week. Wish I would have bought into that one for a fast flip.

I think that was always an extreme scenario, but had they not interfered with retail last Thursday things may very well have exploded since it was in arm's reach of $500 a share pre-market. At this point though I think the main circumstances driving that surge have been mitigated (legitimately, illegitimately, or somewhere in between) and while some volatile short-term value can still be had, enough time has passed that the main at-risk parties have sufficiently hedged.

Indeed, and things may have played out quite differently without the chicanery. Will be interesting to see where things ultimately land.

Lot of conflicting information flowing right now and the whole 'silver squeeze' thing being attributed to online buyers make me think there's still good movement to be had with GME. Going to be a long week.

I really don't know, as I agree that Teddy is what he is as a player. Just speculating as to the seemingly-weird approach to handling thale WB situation.

This approach has been a head-scratcher for me. My views on Teddy the player are quite clear but still wonder what they've tried to accomplish with so much negative public signalling. Like, why make it completely clear we're looking QB at 8 or in some other fashion while also eviscerating any hint of value he may have had on the market with that contract. Maybe they think this will motivate him in the scenario they can't get another QB. Still seems weird though.

I've no doubt that it's silly nonsense and have no intention of making it a true investment, just something fun. I'm already on Coinbase for the common cryptos.

Gannon and Warner had better tools overall, and Gannon should have been starting in KC way before he went to Oakland. He always looked very solid when playing but for some reason Schottenheimer, not exactly an offensive mastermind, felt the need to go with guys like Bono and Grbac. I think Gannon was a bit ahead of the times in terms of his general athleticism at the position.

Where did y'all buy it? Starting to dabble in crypto and a 'coin' with a dog on it seems as good a place to start as any.

My issue here is that they only shut down a handful of stocks and there was major price change that occurred at the same time. If there was a capital problem then sure, those stocks may have been the catalyst but it sure looks suspicious since all other stocks play into that capital requirement as well.

Will be fascinating to see how some try to explain what that shutting the valve off for retail can be seen as anything short of deliberate market manipulation, particularly given the stocks that have been excluded.

And back up to over 300 a bit ago.. this is crazy. Also major BS that brokers were (are still?) shutting off buying.

This is definitely a trip to the stock casino. At the moment though we're winning big and the house isn't happy about it.

Express and KOSS (closed at $58 today, was $3.50 a week ago) have been hit up as well. The whole thing is fascinating.