The Lack of Vision in this Fan Base is Amazing

[Mr. Scot]

If you've been here that long then answer this..

What is a BDJS?

There's a term I haven't seen in a while

[Jon Snow]

Oh hell, here's the BDJS crap again. I thought that died when Delhomme left?

[rmoneyg35]

Lmao DJ Hackett was crap.

[PandaPancake]

[UpstatePanther]

I’ve been posting here since 2008 off and on, so I was here for the five interception opener vs Philly, Matt Moore taking over for Delhomme, Clausen’s 2-14 season. I remember when Gettis was supposed to be the next best thing, the contracts for Big Money Charles Johnson, and the over-inflated contracts for Williams and Stewart. And like any true fan my heart bled when we cut Smitty. I remember signing and spending money on Keyshaun, bringing back Muhsin, and even that receiver from Seattle that one year who we’ve all forgotten his name by now.

We finally have a GM who’s really doing his due diligence in free agency, the draft, not over extending resources just to be competitive THIS season, but for seasons to come. But all you see all over the site are mainly, how come we didn’t sign, and why aren’t we spending posts on this or that guy threads…. Just look at the talent we’ve infused the roster with Cam (Hurney era), Benjamin, Olsen (via trade Hurney Era), Turner, KK, Star, Kuechly, Norman, Benwikere, Boston. All of those guys should be expected to return on second contracts in the coming years. We need to make sure money is available to return OUR OWN STAR players. We fill the holes with serviceable free agents like Mitchell, Mickell, Oher, Harper, Fozzy, and we draft our potential future starters and stars while finding UDFA’s who can round out the bottom of the roster with potential like Corey Brown, Norwell, Focault, Hill, etc.

In the NFL there are players year in and year out who seemingly come out of nowhere. I didn’t like how Gettleman handled Smitty, but I’m not blinded to the fact that if we want sustained success you build your team via the draft and retain your own core instead of someone else’s core pieces. Just last year we all wanted Nicks, he went to a pass heavy team and was the 4th option with no real buzz around his name this year.

New Orleans, spent, Tampa Bay spent, Atlanta mortgaged their future for Julioand all those teams haven’t done a thing, we took A SELF IMPOSED step back as we needed to cut more salary, and prep to return our own core, and as a result we were able to do something no other NFC South team has done, two consecutive division titles, and a playoff win.

So while the off-season is long and it’s nice to want the shiny things in the window, keep in mind we have plenty of shiny things right here in house, and the DG, and RR era is doing a good job of adding pieces that develop into shiny things.

I agree with everything you said. I still look forward to the days when The fans know that we draft stars and sign depth...

[KJ89]

This guy gets it. Well said.

[Chaos]

To be honest, it's every fan base not just this one. People in this day and age want instant gratification and the casual fan needs the big named player that everyone has heard of.

BTW - good post OP and I think the majority of people on here agree with most of what you say. It's just that the ones that need the instant gratification seem to yell the loudest.

I like my gratification like I like my oatmeal. Instant

[Gabeking]

My vision isn't as good as it used to be, but it is still alright. I can drive without glasses

I'm 20 and I can't so fug off imo

[Killa Cam 69]

Hackett was really bad

[Moorgan]

To be honest, it's every fan base not just this one. People in this day and age want instant gratification and the casual fan needs the big named player that everyone has heard of.

BTW - good post OP and I think the majority of people on here agree with most of what you say. It's just that the ones that need the instant gratification seem to yell the loudest.

If you are a Panther fan and live in another NFL town you know this to be true. I work in the DC area and live in Baltimore. The daily melt down on Redskins radio is mostly entertaining to me but it's very similar to this board.

Having said that, the Ravens radio is mostly the exact opposite and have a fan base that trusts their we'll run organization. Something this fan base seems to be becoming.

It's a strange time for me as a Panthers fan living and working in two different NFL cities that are shades of Carolina in their own way.

[jtm]

To be honest, it's every fan base not just this one. People in this day and age want instant gratification and the casual fan needs the big named player that everyone has heard of.

BTW - good post OP and I think the majority of people on here agree with most of what you say. It's just that the ones that need the instant gratification seem to yell the loudest.

Not instant gratification - we just want some WRs for Cam for once. This is a basic request.

[WOW!!]

Why does it have to be 1 way..

[KillerKat]

Like the vision we were told of Chandler and Bell starting at both tackle positions and performing well?

[Kevin Greene]

I just thank Baby Jesus every day we have the Op and the Football Historian to show us the way every day.

Otherwise we'd be a Laugh of Hyenas mindlessly searching for scraps from a pride of Lions.