Trying to remain patient, but I’m too damned excited!

[davos]

I’m excited in the same way to when the Bobcats were brought into existence.

Yay, we got the NBA back, excited to see what we can build but it’s not the Hornets...and their name is the Bobcats. Image change! We’re likely going to be awful so hopefully some of the young guys can tear it up and we can become something in short order but ehhh yeah about that lol.

Given the nature of parody in the NFL however, we can be a bit optimistic but dear god do not expect much for 2020.

[SmittysLawnGuy]

You must be young. This poo gives me heartburn.

[JawnyBlaze]

1 hour ago, Jon Snow said:

No but the odds are not good.

If Cam is healthy, there’s no reason we can’t have a good season while also building for sustained success. Invest heavily on the lines in the draft, resign Bradberry, maybe sign a mid range FA LB and with good coaching for the first time in forever we can have a good season. We have a good group of young talent at skill positions, we just gotta get those lines right. 

[Jon Snow]

49 minutes ago, JawnyBlaze said:

If Cam is healthy, there’s no reason we can’t have a good season while also building for sustained success. Invest heavily on the lines in the draft, resign Bradberry, maybe sign a mid range FA LB and with good coaching for the first time in forever we can have a good season. We have a good group of young talent at skill positions, we just gotta get those lines right. 

If, lots of ifs have to align.  Only few Homer fans think there is talent on this team.  The truth is this team is talent poor and the current brain trust is not capable of finding anyone beyond round one to build a competent roster.  You keep think this team is trying to piece together a roster to compete next season.  They are building for the Long haul salvaging anyone they can from the current team and building the team as the fo from the draft.  I would not get my hopes up for FA signings, especially big name FA's.  This is the dawn of a new era in Carolina and the theme is out with the old and in with the new.

[mc52beast]

Panthers lose week one and the Huddle melts down... yes people, it’s coming 

[JawnyBlaze]

2 hours ago, Jon Snow said:

If, lots of ifs have to align.  Only few Homer fans think there is talent on this team.  The truth is this team is talent poor and the current brain trust is not capable of finding anyone beyond round one to build a competent roster.  You keep think this team is trying to piece together a roster to compete next season.  They are building for the Long haul salvaging anyone they can from the current team and building the team as the fo from the draft.  I would not get my hopes up for FA signings, especially big name FA's.  This is the dawn of a new era in Carolina and the theme is out with the old and in with the new.

There’s really only one “if”, Cam’s health. The others are easy and controllable. 

[Shocker]

13 hours ago, The Huddler said:

ive loggin in like 3 times over the last 8 weeks of the season

 

this hire has gotten me excited as well and Im constantly refreshing for more info

 

im sure zod has enjoyed the add revenue surge. theres a CarMax ad almost completly in the way of this text box but im too lazy to risk closing it out and actually visiting their site. 

Weird I just have some girl bending over showing her sweater puppies.  Lucky me I guess

[Mr Mojo Risin]

The only way this team remains competitive is if Rhule decides to keep Cam which I'm pretty sure wont happen. I think itd be in Rhules best interest to try and win from day 1 rather than 3 years from now. Success isn't guaranteed. And there's no guarantee the wins start coming in year 2 or 3. We have pieces on both sides to build around a complete strip down of the entire roster isn't needed, but I feel like that is what's going to happen.

[LinvilleGorge]

Just now, Mr Mojo Risin said:

The only way this team remains competitive is if Rhule decides to keep Cam which I'm pretty sure wont happen. I think itd be in Rhules best interest to try and win from day 1 rather than 3 years from now. Success isn't guaranteed. And there's no guarantee the wins start coming in year 2 or 3. We have pieces on both sides to build around a complete strip down of the entire roster isn't needed, but I feel like that is what's going to happen.

I agree.

I think we're probably going to go the complete rebuild path. That's what comments from Tepper lead me to believe and that's what Rhule did at Temple and Baylor.

But, like you said, it's a risky proposition and one Rhule may not survive even if he's building a good foundation. No no matter how patient an owner is, the heat really starts getting cranked up after two or three years of missing the playoffs. Especially since Rhule is inheriting a team already in a three year drought. Two or three more seasons of no playoffs would out the Panthers at five to six years straight of no playoffs.

[Jon Snow]

You guys act like this team were winners before Tepper took over.   This team is all kinds of dysfunctional right now and a "healthy" Cam and a handful of good players aren't doing anything but delaying the inevitable.  You guys are just not listening to the sound of the distant drums.

[Jmac]

Putting the horse before the cart....guy hasn't even put a staff together yet or made a coaching decision. Words of advice...when it comes to the Panthers, low expectations are best.

[rippadonn]

The team rebuilds every off season. Ejecting core players in hopes of losing is exactly what it is... losing/accepting a culture of losing. Nobody is trying to lose except for armchair GMs.

They will find ways to win. It's what they get paid for and evaluated on every season.

 

[rayzor]

7 hours ago, mc52beast said:

Panthers lose week one and the Huddle melts down... yes people, it’s coming 

It depends on how they lose. Same with the whole season. I don't expect them to be a winning team coming out of the gate, but I want to see real growth and effort and creativity.

[Matt62881]

1 hour ago, rippadonn said:

The team rebuilds every off season. Ejecting core players in hopes of losing is exactly what it is... losing/accepting a culture of losing. Nobody is trying to lose except for armchair GMs.

They will find ways to win. It's what they get paid for and evaluated on every season.

 

Yea I dont see us having a top 10 pick again for a long time but I think Cams coming back. Even without Cam the only reason we got the pick was because of injury to a position that was old and lacked depth while being extremely important. With the guys signed next year and going back to the 43 base (the personnel is easier to come by imo and is easier to scrape by with) aside from a catastrophic failure from the coaches we wont be picking top 10 next year.