unverified report: gettleman cut steve smith because in 2013 he punched cam newton in the face twice in the locker room after practice

[jasonluckydog]

you'd think a former player who was cut or disgruntled would run their mouth

[The Huddler]

Just now, SCP said:

 

Philly B is not just an OP


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And you are not just a pooper. 

[Troys99x3]

Just now, *FreeFua* said:

Actually, it's usually the other way around. We liked to trash the OP and post cool things like "cool story bro".

But this, yeah it's believable, easily

You think it's believable that our star QB got punched in the face twice and there was no word of it ever? You think that there would be no discipline? You think he wouldn't have been cut that afternoon? Now y'all are just looking for ways to stay entertained lol. It's not believable.

[YoungPanthers89]

[*FreeFua*]

Just now, Your GFs favorite huddler said:

Nah this was 2013 when we were 0-2 and came out and beat the brakes off the giants

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Yeah Lafell had 2 touchdowns that game so I believe it.

Both Philly and YGFH would never just make random sh*t up either 

[Saca312]

2 minutes ago, SCP said:

 

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Reliable source told me this is all true.

[frash.exe]

9 minutes ago, mrknowitall said:

I don't buy it. If the story was just Cam and Smitty arguing too much in the locker room... okay. But the idea that Smitty punched Cam in the face twice, and nothing happened until he was released at the end of the season. I find that unlikely. Smitty left Anthony Bright with a fractured orbital lobe (got suspended). Broke Ken Lucas's nose (got suspended). Those were essentially no names. But he punches the franchise quarterback in the face twice, and plays out the rest of the year with no public reprimand until he gets injured. This is the same team that publicly reprimanded Cam for not wearing a tie on a bus ride. But the THIRD time Smitty hits a teammate, the team is like, "We won't suspend him any games this time, we'll just release him at the end of the season." Nah. It sounds like "this" source knows that Smitty had a history of getting physical with teammates, and concocted a story around that.

The most likely reason that Smitty was released is he was like 34 years old, was coming off of a season where his production was down, and he got injured right before the playoffs (not his fault, but that's when you need your number one receiver the most).


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this could have easily been swept under the rug. you have an owner that wants to keep the image of his player icons squeaky clean and as long as there is no press or other non affiliated hangers-on, and cam has no visible marks (he didn't; honestly it's easy to understand how smith could've gotten one or two shots in but couldn't get a lot behind them in a crowded locker room). and knowing ron's approach to the locker room this is exactly the kind of thing he'd keep clamped shut, especially in the midst of our first winning season in years

 

the other two times were different. smith wasn't an icon when he punched bright yet and in lucas' case, he basically did it during practice in broad daylight with beat writers and jeremy taking pictures and hundreds or thousands of fans in observance.

[top dawg]

I call total bullshit! No way this doesn't get out, and no way the FO sits on it until the end of the season. 

[jasonluckydog]

I believe it just seems odd that in this day and age if someone farted too loud it would be on TMZ already

[SCP]

I'm sure the same could be said for every team though. These are locker rooms full of alpha males. They have their disagreements and handle 99% of them in house 

 

You wouldn't believe how many fights were broken up in our locker room during college. You got 90 dudes in a room you're not gonna love everyone, poo happens.

 

 

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[panther4life]

http://blackandbluereview.com/steve-smith-admits-he-bumped-heads-with-cam-newton/

http://www.charlottemagazine.com/Blogs/Black-and-Blue-Review-2/September-2014/Looking-Back-at-the-Panthers-Steve-Smith-Decision/

The punching him in the face thing is exaggerated. The 2 above articles reference the rift's and why Smith was let go. He did not punch Cam.

Plus there is this. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/12/28/ron-rivera-thinks-steve-smith-should-retire-a-panther/

Rivera wasn’t alone hailing Smith Wednesday, either.

“A fierce competitor,” Panthers quarterback Cam Newton said. “There’s not a lot of guys that you look down a dark alley and you say, ‘I want to bring this person, I want to bring that person.’ Steve Smith is one of those guys that you better make sure that he’s on your team and not against the team because I’ve seen both of them. I would prefer him being on my team.”

 

 

[UpstatePanther]

39 minutes ago, Saca312 said:

You forgot Sanjay

Sanjay would not be forgotten, obviously

38 minutes ago, The Huddler said:

Come on man be fair. He and RetardedCollegeRacist probably have circle jerks all the time

[Jase]

I have a source that has independently corroborated this story in the past. Not to quite this level of specificity though.

[Saca312]

1 minute ago, panther4life said:

http://blackandbluereview.com/steve-smith-admits-he-bumped-heads-with-cam-newton/

http://www.charlottemagazine.com/Blogs/Black-and-Blue-Review-2/September-2014/Looking-Back-at-the-Panthers-Steve-Smith-Decision/

The punching him in the face thing is exaggerated. The 2 above articles reference the rift's and why Smith was let go. He did not punch Cam.

I got two sources that have connections with the organization that say he did punch Cam. PhillyB's not spouting random crap.