Releasing Smith had the opposite of the desired effects

[shelbypanther]

And what's the difference between Baltimore and Carolina?

One is a franchise with ownership that legitimately wants to win every year, and they have two Lombardi trophies to show for it.

 

The other is a pretender led by a league-first prick who cares more about the balance sheet than wins or losses, no matter how much he sheds crocodile tears at public events or how many full page ads in the local rag he takes out.

[Kevin Greene]

how would you have been able to tell? how do you quantify effort?

 

you don't think smitty's playing one iota harder in baltimore, or that he had in no way, shape, or form become complacent here, if still capable of producing numbers?

 

 

OK, maybe we're talking 103% Smitty versus 106% Smitty, you win.

Either way, we lose.

[PhillyB]

OK, maybe we're talking 103% Smitty versus 106% Smitty, you win.

Either way, we lose.

 

like i said, i don't think it's cut and dried… but i see why we made the decision we did and i ultimately support it.

[tight lines]

Its not just his effort on the field which has never been a question. Its the new chip on his shoulder (the old one was about worn out) From what I have heard he lost weight over the offseason and showed up to camp in better shape than he has been in the last couple of years. I expected this to happen. I have beleived from the moment I heard he was released that he would have a better year in Baltimore than he would have had here. Its a new challenge and a clean slate.

 

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See there was just never a game where I questioned Steve Smith's effort on the field.

A great source of pride to me was Smitty's game on Sunday win or lose.

 

 

Right down to his very last game as a Panther.

 

 

[Kevin Greene]

like i said, i don't think it's cut and dried… but i see why we made the decision we did and i ultimately support it.

 

 

Cool, me not so much.

[Car123]

how would you have been able to tell? how do you quantify effort?

you don't think smitty's playing one iota harder in baltimore, or that he had in no way, shape, or form become complacent here, if still capable of producing numbers?

We didn't really "need" Smith last year. Cam spread the ball around well plus we led in most games so we didn't need to pass.

[Car123]

His 2013 stats are misleading.

[Kevin Greene]

Its not just his effort on the field which has never been a question. Its the new chip on his shoulder (the old one was about worn out) From what I have heard he lost weight over the offseason and showed up to camp in better shape than he has been in the last couple of years. I expected this to happen. I have beleived from the moment I heard he was released that he would have a better year in Baltimore than he would have had here. Its a new challenge and a clean slate.

 

 

I agree, however the Baltimore offense and Coaching staff is far better than Carolina's so you'd have to expect that.

[PhillyB]

Cool, me not so much.

 

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[Ace Deadbolt]

i dont believe he was motivated at all to play here, and getting cut was the best thing that could have happened to smittys career at this point.

 

i cant imagine having smittys volatile personality on this team with the o-line situation and other dramas we are going through...makes me relieved he's gone.

 

i appreciate the entertainment he gave me for all those years, but the only legacy he left on the panthers is on the minds of fans, as he had absolutely no interest in helping anyone learn anything in order to make us a better team moving forward. kinda sad that less than a year removed, and as great as he was for us, that unless we are playing the ravens, its almost as if he never existed...out of sight, out of mind.

[Cpt slay a ho]

I thin people are underestimating the loss of gross as well, both long time vets gone this offseason both captains............as well as the lost of mitchell and munerlynn

 

all 4 played a part in our teams attitude last year, we don't have anyone to replace that but then again its only week 4

[PantherFanOne]

nah it didn't. Steve had a shitty year for us last year, and would have this year. also he would have been terrible for Kelvin's development 

 

Bingo....Yet people fail to realize these facts. Oh well,when a team starts losing it's human nature for  the blame game to kick into high gear.

[camycamcan]

If anyone thought Steve could do this last year and knew he would do this year your lying we all thought he was near the end

[heel31ok]

we uh. we also released him because he was a massive cap hit and wouldn't develop the guy we expect to be here for the next decade or better

 

let's ignore that tho

sounds like we have all that now.