WFNZ's primetime w/kris Kroeger sucks

[Jeremy Igo]

​I'm not up-to-date on the STD front. Is there a cure for that or is one of those throw-some-cream-on-it sort-of things?

It's what ultimately did in Al Capone. True Story. 

[KendrickPanther]

The Tony bashing is just annoying. Just let them man work in silence. 

[SCP]

It's what ultimately did in Al Capone. True Story. 

My wife is from northern Michigan and her textbooks said Capone was done in by the tyranny of the Southern gentleman

[KissMyConverse]

Apparently I have to figure out how the new quotes work 

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[FattyFatFat]

I find the guy that calls in impersonating Richard Walker to be pretty funny.

Hoo-wa!

[Scrumtrilescent]

Syphilis made van Gogh cut off his ear and Jeremy cut off his wang.  Or at least that's what he says when he points it out on the mantel in his living room.  

 

I don't listen to the radio, I think it's just a fad like interneting and wearing a seatbelt.  But if I did, what sort of pop culture stuff are we talking about?  Star Wars or Ariana Grande's newest dude?  

[Mr. Scot]

​This is an interesting thought. I think there are a lot of various reasons. This could be one. The fact that he doesn't look like any other QB we've ever seen is another. He's not Andrew Luck, so some folks dislike him for something he can't control there. I also think QB is the position more than any other that fans are rarely satisfied with what they have - even when what they have is pretty good. Everyone wants a hall of fame QB, but having a QB that's one of the best of his generation (I'm talking Luck, Wilson, RGIII, Dalton, Kaep, Tannehill, Bridgewater, Carr, Winston, Mariota and the tons of others that have already fizzled out) is pretty good by itself. 

I think you're close.

To me, the place most people get it wrong with Newton is in the comparisons they make regarding him as a passer.

He's not Michael Vick. In fact, he's nothing like Vick. If you want a Vick clone, I'll give you two hints where to find one. He's in a city where they're fighting over the team nickname and he's not Kirk Cousins.

I'm not a fan of the Roethlisberger comparison either. A smaller version of Big Ben can be found in Seattle though. They both do their best work when they're running for their lives.

Kaepernick? Call me in a year or two when he learns how to get to his second read.

Does Cam suffer when compared to the Rogers/Manning/Brady/Brees type?  Sure, but who doesn't? Everyone knows they're pinpoint accurate passers - something Newton will probably never be - but what they don't get is that those guys are also better suited to West Coast or Earhardt-Perkins systems, not a Coryell like the Panthers run.

So who should Cam make you think of?

Well, he's an athletic guy, and super competitive; confident (sometimes overconfident) in his abilities;  he throws a hard, flatline pass; he's capable of being laser perfect one play and wildly off the mark the next; and he wears a low, single digit number.

Remind you of anybody?

Brett Favre was far from a perfect passer. Like Newton, he could inspire cheers of "how" and cries of "why" all within the same game. And while pinpoint accurate at times, Favre was as often as not more of a 'general vicinity' guy. Knowing this, the Packers picked their receivers accordingly.

You might also remember that despite being something other than a prototypical passer, Favre won a Super Bowl ring and a few league MVP titles.

Was Favre the run threat Newton is? No, but we're talking about him as a passer, not a runner.

Frankly, I dont see  how anyone can watch Newton pass and not see echos of old Number Four.

[Mr. Scot]

And lemme add a side note here...

It's extremely weird getting a notification telling me that Chris Kroeger liked a post in the thread "Chris Kroeger sucks".

[PantherJD]

I've said this before too, but I really appreciate the fact that Kroeger is homegrown.  I love having a host that supports all the local pro teams (including the Canes, even if they don't get a ton of air time).  

Also, the fact that Kroeger is trying to mix things up and have intelligent conversation is a complete breath of fresh air after his predecessor.  I swear, I felt dumber each time I heard James on the radio.  I still tried to listen because I'm basically a WFNZ lifer and I wanted to hear local sports talk, but it was a chore a lot of the time.  Even when Zarzour was on there to help balance him out, it wasn't enough to overcome the overall level of idiocy.

I could probably do without the Whiner Line too, although it can be comedic gold every now and then.  I think it would be a bigger hit if it weren't an everyday occurrence and were more of a novelty, but then you may miss out on the few times when it would be worthwhile.

Finally, if I did have a (constructive) criticism of Kroeger, it would be that he sometimes plays the contrarian card a little too much.  A couple of days ago he was ragging on people for suddenly caring so much about Sepp Blatter and the FIFA fiasco, and then today he was getting on people for suddenly caring about college baseball and NC State's meltdown in the tourney.  I certainly understand where he's coming from and totally get what he's saying, but when you start to do that too much, it sometimes has a tendency to sound preachy.  But, hey, it's his show, and he has a right to get on a soapbox when he feels the urge.  I just hope he doesn't overdo it.

Overall, though, I've really enjoyed having intelligent conversation back on the air.

[Panthro]

9/11 conspiracy theorists think BillyLove is a Kroeger alt

[Mr. Scot]

Cam's best comparison is Elway, IMO.

Favre and Elway are the same kind of QB.

Favre is just the more recent - and more colorful - of the two.

[uncfan888]

There are only 8 users on the Huddle...

 

Zod

SCP 

Jangler

Monsta

PhillyB

Jase

Hawk

PanthersUnited (Zod's troll account)

 

... everything else is a Zod AE.

Panthers United being his troll account makes sense

[Mr. Scot]

I've been suggested to be everything from Scott Fowler to a posting bot.

Just call me Tom Servo, I guess.

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

I've been suggested to be everything from Scott Fowler to a posting bot.

Just call me Tom Servo, I guess.

​Scott-Ex-Machina