Let's see which armchair GM's admit being wrong.

[bleys]

I hated the Kuechly pick. Anyone who was in the draft chat room could tell you I was pissed. 

 

how you know poo just got turnt up......

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

before and right after luck decided to go back to school i was firmly in the "scam can't run a pro offense lol laptop his dad is going to be headed to the pawnshop with the BCS trophy when nobody's looking" etc. camp.  that morphed in to not wanting a quarterback at all and believing that we should pursue david garrard, billy volek, or possibly even donovan mcnabb to hold it down for a season or two and pick up aj green, peterson, or dareus with our pick.

 

i started to change my mind around the time of the public workout.  if it wasn't obvious enough already, you could see that he was an absolute freak and had a cannon of an arm that could make any throw on the field.  by the time the draft came around i was ready for the cam newton era to begin.

 

[teeray]

I remember when cam was drafted a bunch of stupid people threw a fit and said they weren't panther fans anymore and then they were back like 2 weeks later

That was so ridiculous. Guys were like "I'm sorry I just can't be a fan of any team he is on"

Most came back, but some were never heard from again

[frash.exe]

I hated the Kuechly pick in 2012, for about 20 minutes. Thought he was the quintessential Hurney pick: not a leap of faith, not going all in, didn't address a need safe pick like Jonathan Stewart or Jon Beason. If we didn't spend years making those safe picks I would have been fine taking Kuechly from the get go, but any argument over how he was overrated in college was a rationalization to justify not picking him because I really didn't want us to draft another player at a position easy to fill that wasn't addressing a need, and when hurney was GM, it's not like any of the needs you saw apparent in December would be filled in free agency.

[Mr. Scot]

That was so ridiculous. Guys were like "I'm sorry I just can't be a fan of any team he is on"

Most came back, but some were never heard from again

 

I reacted to that the same way I've reacted to every draft pick the Panthers have made I haven't liked.

 

Get on board and hope for the best.

 

 

[BigSyke]

I know I found armstead first on this site. he can actually play LT. i guess its the hip thing to say an ot will have play guard or right tackle during draft time.

 

umm I was high on patton later but terrance Williams was my first wr i was crazy about.

 

i wasn't crazy about allen but i liked him better than Austin ad Patterson. a few people might remember my assault on Austin...look like i was right. lol

 

i liked Xavier Rhodes the most but also liked desmond trufant. both were great. liked slay to but he was up and down. liked banks a bit.

 

loved larry waford and he went on to be the best guard.

 

liked m.Goodwin,Dobson,Rodgers as wr. wasn't impressed with Hopkins but thought he was a 2nd rounder.

 

agreed to take star if he fell to 13. also liked k.short a lot. Brandon/slyvester Williams to as dt.

 

wasn't impressed with Kenny Vaccaro.

 

liked Jordan mills and long who did great on the bears o-line.

 

liked jonathan cyprien, shamarko Thomas, b Rambo and shawn Williams as safeties.

 

mention kenjon barner as a pick but later liked kniles davis and Christian Michael better. thought jonathan franklin was the best rb. liked lacey but was not impressed.

 

i thought manuel and bray was the best qbs. also thought matt scott could be great.

 

like o-lineman like dallas Thomas,brennan Williams,j.pough, and omeregie uzzi.

 

wanted joseph fauria as big te redzone guy. dude had like 7 tds for lion and went in the 5 -7th round......smh also liked Mychal rivera and chris gragg.

 

liked ansah but didn't want him cause i thought hardy was a beast along with cj.

 

liked t.king and Melvin white and they happen to be on the panthers.lol

 

 

 

this just the most recent draft...just to keep things current and relevant. i told the truth...you can look up my old post if you think im lying.

 

 

 

 

[Ricky Spanish]

Hated the Cam pick because I didn't think he was much of a passer, more of a runner. Hated Kuechly because Hurney collects LBers like Pokemon. I have eaten my crow over both of them, and am so incredibly happy that I was wrong. 

 

Unlike many Huddlers, I always hated Clausen. I hate him less now that he isn't playing. I never thought he would amount to much but at the same time, I understand the crappy situation he was thrown into. He took his lumps with his head high, and I respect him for that.

 

I didn't really start following the draft intently until the year we drafted Stewart. So since then, the only person I was really high on that we picked was probably Lafell, and I guess Otah, but who wasn't? The guy was a beast when healthy, just lazy. 

[CCS]

I'll do this for all of the years that I've actually actively followed the draft and had a rooting interest in certain players.

 

 

2006 - Thought Matt Lienart was going to be a star. I was glad we got Deangelo.

 

2007 - Thought Jamarcus was going to bust but Brady Quinn would be a star. I remember wanting Greg Olsen over Jon Beason but I loved our entire draft that year.

 

2008 - Wanted Ryan Clady.

 

2009 - Really loved Hakeem Nicks and Kenny Britt. Didn't care about Everette Brown either way

 

2010 - Hated pickles from the start. Fans getting hyped made me some around on him though. I knew we needed a QB and at the time I thought The Golden Calf of Bristol was going to be the guy. I wanted Terrance Cody though.

 

2011 - At first I wanted AJ Green but after it became obvious we were taking Cam I fell in love with him.

 

2012 - Didn't care about Kuechly either way. I remember not believing the reports that we were drafting him though. I wanted Blackmon or Cox

 

2013 - I wanted Sheldon Richardson or Tavon Austin. I was very happy with Star though.
 

 

[bdub515]

I didn't like the Cam pick at all, I was hoping they would take Marcel Dareus number 1 lol. I also loved the Joe Adams pick, I loved the Kugzilla pick too but the jury is still out on that kid

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[TheRumGone]

before and right after luck decided to go back to school i was firmly in the "scam can't run a pro offense lol laptop his dad is going to be headed to the pawnshop with the BCS trophy when nobody's looking" etc. camp.  that morphed in to not wanting a quarterback at all and believing that we should pursue david garrard, billy volek, or possibly even donovan mcnabb to hold it down for a season or two and pick up aj green, peterson, or dareus with our pick.

 

i started to change my mind around the time of the public workout.  if it wasn't obvious enough already, you could see that he was an absolute freak and had a cannon of an arm that could make any throw on the field.  by the time the draft came around i was ready for the cam newton era to begin.

 

yea i don't know if it was because i wasn't on this board or reading this board at the time to get other opinions or more info but i wanted Cam from day 1. i remember watching him at Auburn and thinking this was the greatest college football player i have ever seen. And I knew we finally had a great chance at a franchise qb.

 

i was watching the draft with a group of 5 or so panther fans and 1 falcons fan. the look on my falcon friends face when Cams name was called said everything (his younger brother played against Cam in HS). He was terrified.

[Kakarot]

Disliked the Luke pick and hated the Amini and Clausen picks. My girl went to school with Cordy at Riverdale high and they were good friends. I remember telling her at the time she was going to have to become a Panthers fan because were about to get her boy. Didn't turn out that way, we passed on him, and I thought all was lost on getting her to become a Panthers fan. I raged after that pick.

Was down with Cam from the start. Loved the pick and knew he'd be a star.

[CarolinaNCSU]

Wasn't a huge fan of the Beason pick (Wanted Olsen)

 

"Liked" the Clausen pick (Wanted a new QB)

 

Loved the Kuechly pick, while most here hated it. 

[Mr. Scot]

My girl went to school with Cordy at Riverdale high and they were good friends.

 

Did she know Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica too?

 

[davos]

I remember a lot of people being blindsided by the Beason pick.

 

Also remember wanting Maroney over D'Will.