Shaq says Wilks is bringing back the Panthers to what they used to be.

[rayzor]

I know....not an original thread, but the OP in that other thread hijacked his thread and made it about Cam. 

Cam was great, but he's history. The moe important thing is that even though we were just short of having a ring or two, we had an identity that was tough, one that you could be proud of with hard hitters on offense and defense. That's what we did, we came in and we punched teams in the face. We might not have been consistent winners, but teams that played us always went away beaten up and bruised. We had a fight in us and that's what you could always count in... We kept pounding.

Then Rhule came in and we got soft. We lost our identity. He knew nothing about the culture, the history, or the identity. He didn't want to know it, because he wanted it dismantled and recreated in his own jelly rolled image.

He's gone and good riddance. 

I'm so thankful Wilks is in charge, at least for the moment, so that the soft Rhule culture could be exorcised and the old tough culture would be brought back by someone who knew and appreciated it.

I don't know who we're going to have brought in as coach, but I hope whoever it is will build on what Wilks is doing.

Tbese last two weeks have been great  the win felt great and the loss hit me in the  gut, which ion its own was great because while Rhule was here, I didn't care anymore. Wins feel great and losses hurt again. But in losing like we did, this team never gave up and I didn't give up on them.

I'm looking forward to watching this team again because Wilks brought the fight back to this team.

[bigdog10]

I’m grateful that the guys believe in Wilks. I genuinely want him to do well. But, I’m not interested in what the panthers used to be. What we’ve been is nothing more than an inconsistent mess for the better part of 25 years. That game last week was a perfect description of our history. A few really high highs followed by some really low lows with a whole lot of meh in the middle. 
 

We need to demand better than what we used to be. If Wilks and Shaq can’t deliver that, then it’s time to look elsewhere. 
 

Just being a competitive  football team is not the bar that we need to be shooting for. We need to win. 

[top dawg]

All fine and good, but I'd like the franchise to be better than it used to be. Rhule set the bar pretty low, so what we used to be is a step up, but expectations should be higher moving into the future. Not being a patsy should be a given..

[top dawg]

Never two winning seasons in a row...I'll pass. Time to move beyond that. 

[saX man]

I think this is more due to not playing for a guy anymore treating everyone like they just made the Little Giants’ active roster.

[onmyown]

Meh. This team has always sucked for the most part. And like 90% of nfl games are lost by 7 or less points or some poo. Hell even most Rhule’s losses were by little points. That’s the nfl and how it works. Even the 0-16 lions had like 7 or 8 one score losses. Even with subpar coaching  the talent of being the best of the best alone creates that.

What I’m trying to say is almost…or being a ‘tough team’ undefeated in moral victories is not good enough.

I am so ready for this franchise to get its poo together and truly be a modern, consistently competitive team for the first time in it’s almost 30 year history. The history of the panthers is not that and Wilks is not that guy. 

[Aussie Tank]

Time to try a risk taking offensive coach.   I wanna see a team that has a pass first mentality that set ups the run. Seeing we’re going to break the bank for Burns I want an offence that can put up points so the man can just pin his ears back and go after the QB not getting  bullied by clock chewing runs 

[amcoolio]

He's just better than Rhule, but its not the high bar we should be striving for.

The guy in Detroit is hard nosed and players love him too, but they are 1-6.

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

To me, the Panthers are a similar franchise to the Bears. They try to always have a defensive identity, a decent RB, and don’t value the QB enough. They would rather be “old-school” and remember that one really good year. Talk about living in the past

[JVic]

Yadda Yadda Yadda. Steve Wilks = Joe Clark from Eastside High. 

Replaces a bum, instills some toughness, but it's still just a bunch of guys with poor grades who lose a lot.  Maybe they will make a movie about him. 

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

a midget couldnt go below that bar

[Zaximus]

So back to being wildly inconsistent year to year?  No thanks.  I get the players respect Wilks, and that is good, but I start to worry when they are too friendly.  That is when we get back to vets playing over the young guys that are clearly better, etc.  We need a HC with a mind that wins games of today, not 20 years ago.

Edited November 4, 2022 by Zaximus

[Wundrbread33]

I get what you guys are saying, but damn there are some sad dudes in here.
 

I wonder if you enjoyed any of the Cam/Luke era.

 

Most franchises would do anything to have what we had in 2015. I don’t give a fug about the last game anymore. That poo was an unbelievable treat and it won’t be ruined by 1 day. I’ll never forget going to that NFC championship game. 
 

An actual Super Bowl win would be tough to beat the feeling in that stadium that day. 

[Newtcase]

I just want to be entertained by our team and feel like we have a fighting chance each week.  Every fan base ends up with a frown except one every year.  I just don’t want the apathy I felt while Rhule was here.  It was hard to care at all.  Wow, I cared last week though!  I wanted that Atlanta win and it hurt to lose the way we did.  I haven’t felt that emotion in awhile, it was nice.  Wilkes has made me care again!  Let’s see what’s next!

Edited November 4, 2022 by Newtcase