The 2018 Panthers: The most disappointing team in franchise history

[Mage]

8 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Being upset about losing isn't what takes the fun out of things.

The losing itself is what does that.

You're free to be as optimistic as you want about this season. I'm not. But if you're genuinely confident something can happen, why does my opinion matter so much?

Nobody cares if you are upset about losing.  You don't think I am?  And I never implied I had a problem if you felt we wouldn't make the playoffs.  We were having a discussion, and then you said in response, "pretty sure only the homerest of homers see us making any noise in the postseason".  You're insulting fans like myself who believe in their team and for what reason?  You absolutely do not know the final result of the season so don't try and act like you do.  You can only guess like we can.  Nobody knows.  You're acting like we've been getting flat out destroyed.

So yeah, it is annoying when I come onto a Panthers forum and can't even be optimistic without essentially being deemed delusional.  You are free to believe we won't make the playoffs, but don't act like you are smarter than those who do believe.  At the end of the day, nobody knows what the final result will be and trying to act as if someone is delusional for not agreeing with your prediction is unnecessary.

There's only 5 games left.  The NFL season is short and the offseason is long.  Why give up?  Even if you aren't going to be optimistic, why completely give up hope and act like a Negative Nancy towards others?  Why does someone have to be the homerest of homers because they don't share your POV?    

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, Mage said:

Nobody cares if you are upset about losing. 

Apparently you do.

Here's the thing, though.  I'm not alone in being upset.  In fact, I'd say that's a pretty solid majority of the membership here right now.

You're free to be upset about people being upset, but it's a waste of time.  You're not going to rally the troops and turn this forum into a bunch of diehard Ned Flanders optimists.  The only thing that can change the tone of this forum is the Panthers making what would at this point likely be a near miraculous turnaround.

You're free to believe that could happen.  Most of us don't.  Again, if you really do believe that, I'm not sure why you're letting other people's disagreement bother you.

[LA_Panther]

I remember 4-12 in 98 with Kerry Collins quitting a month into the season. I remember 1-15 and also 2-14 ...

The epic collapse hurts, but not the worst season by any stretch