Voth talks to Kalil about Hardy, Gantt comments

[Mr. Scot]

Black and Blue Report: Teammates weathering the Storm about Hardy

 

“Yeah, you get tired of it,” center Ryan Kalil admitted Monday, after agreeing to talk to reporters he knew would pepper him with questions about defensive end Greg Hardy, who was deactivated shortly before Sunday’s kickoff.

“There’s nothing for us to do about it. We don’t have to make those decisions. I’m glad we don’t have to make those decisions,” Kalil said.

 

Can't say I blame Kalil.  And no, nothing he said here either throws Hardy under the bus nor condones anything he might have done.  He's just tired of being asked about it.

 

Citing Voth's story, Gantt added this...

 

Kalil’s one of the few players to say much about it, because it’s an unfair position to put a player in expecting his true feelings. Either support a teammate and incur the wrath of the mob, or rip a guy who may be back on the field with you soon.

 

And went on to say this...

 

Those within the team are expecting Hardy to play soon, if not this week. Putting him back in the lineup for a prime time game against the Steelers on Sunday Night Football would be unlikely, as blatant a sign of indifference as the Vikings have shown with Adrian Peterson.

A more likely scenario would have Hardy making his return the following week, on the road at Baltimore, where the attention will be on their reunion with Steve Smith.

 

PFT: Panthers teammates weary of Greg Hardy story already

[Servant of Cthululelei]

It makes sense.  I mean, it's unfathomably stupid that our team is being put in a position where we have jockey media storylines against one another in hopes of avoiding a pitchfork-wielding mob of angry peasants.  Sure would be nice if some supposed "sports" journalists covering a football team would...I don't know...talk about the football played by that team?  I know, I know.  I have crazy dreams.

[Mr. Scot]

Not that there ever would have been a "good time" for this to happen, but Hardy's issues happening at the same time as the Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson stories has made the attention infinitely greater than it probably would have been.

[CRA]

Ravens game is also a tough one to insert Hardy back into the lineup...considering that franchise is where the recent outrage stems from

[Mr. Scot]

Ravens game is also a tough one to insert Hardy back into the lineup...considering that franchise is where the recent outrage stems from

 

Good point.

 

Gantt kinda blew that one.

 

[Pejorative Miscreant]

Ravens game is also a tough one to insert Hardy back into the lineup...considering that franchise is where the recent outrage stems from

Media will have a field day. "Wife beater bowl"

[caatfan]

Good point.

 

Gantt kinda blew that one.

 

That was my thought.

 

A more likely scenario would have Hardy making his return the following week, on the road at Baltimore, where the attention will be on their reunion with Steve Smith.

 

What's gonna change between game 3 and game 4 besides 7 days going by?

[Paa Langfart]

Team needs to give him his 6 game suspension and get it done with.  All this sticking their finger in the air bs is ridiculous.

All 

[Cat]

Teammates=One guy 

 

 

[beastson]

as blatant a sign of indifference as the Vikings have shown with Adrian Peterson

 

 

 

Well we need to be more indifferent then 

[Mr. Scot]

Media will have a field day. "Wife beater bowl"

 

Technically that could happen whether he plays this Sunday or not.

 

[TimTom]

Team needs to give him his 6 game suspension and get it done with.  All this sticking their finger in the air bs is ridiculous.

All 

 

Damn, I knew I read that expression somewhere else:

 

https://twitter.com/daringantt/status/511543665240449024

 

MSM's influence at it's best.

[TimTom]

Media will have a field day. "Wife beater bowl"

 

Let them do it.  Fug this.  I wish Richardson would just hire someone to explain to "the media" at a press conference the legal process in North Carolina.  Explain that Greg Hardy has rights, mob persecution be damned.  Explain that if you are too lazy to research/investigate for yourself and be spoon-fed their BS, then this mob will continue and actually be emboldened.   I wish Big Cat/Rivera would activate Hardy for Week 3 even with Bob Costas covering just to stand up for common fugging sense and make ol' Bob lose his mind on national TV.  He is a face and a voice, a vapid human being.  He receives the most distilled version of things and has a platform to influence an entire swath of America with just a soundbite.  This is so disturbing how this is going down, how people with even a modicum of common sense won't just say, "OK, we freaked out for a week, let's slow our roll" ... but it won't happen methinks. Will it?

 

/rant

[davos]

One of the oddest things with all of this is that if Hardy did it, he's stupid enough to beat up his coked up ex-GF AFTER calling the cops on her.

 

If he didn't do it, a large portion of the sports media & fan population looks idiotic themselves for their mob mentality to go after any and all accused.