The “Maybe Not So Obvious” Elephant in the Room

[WarHeel]

This fan base has a knack for throwing just about everyone under the bus at times due to poor performance in game or failure to live up to expectations, from the owner and HC all the way down to the assistant coaching staff to the players. 
 

While I concur that this franchise seems to bathe in mediocrity,  I have to call the BS as I see it.

I received a text yesterday from a friend of mine who is a Steelers fan who said that the Bank looked like a Pittsburg home game. 

Wilks asked one thing of this fan base heading into our game against Pitt. SHOW UP…

Unfortunately I’m out of market these days as my duty station has me 10 hours from Charlotte so it’s nearly impossible for me to attend games unless I’m visiting family for the holidays.
 

Which leads me to my thesis. If you are within driving distance from CLT, let alone have season tickets, and are opting to sell them to out of market fans while you sit your fat, mouth breathing ass on your couch, I really don’t want to hear the bitching about the team losing at home. 
 

If you have the means: Show up. Show out. Support your team. 
 

The Bank should always be painted Black and Blue. 
 

Carry on, and Keep Pounding.

[DaveThePanther2008]

AMEN

[Panthera onca]

I go to every home game and never sell my tickets but sucking ass for the last 5 years has drained any and all excitement from the fan base. Winning is necessary to draw everyone back.

[Gerry Green]

2 minutes ago, WarHeel said:

This fan base has a knack for throwing just about everyone under the bus at times due to poor performance in game or failure to live up to expectations, from the owner and HC all the way down to the assistant coaching staff to the players. 
 

While I concur that this franchise seems to bathe in mediocrity,  I have to call the BS as I see it.

I received a text yesterday from a friend of mine who is a Steelers fan who said that the Bank looked like a Pittsburg home game. 

Wilks asked one thing of this fan base heading into our game against Pitt. SHOW UP…

Unfortunately I’m out of market these days as my duty station has me 10 hours from Charlotte so it’s nearly impossible for me to attend games unless I’m visiting family for the holidays.
 

Which leads me to my thesis. If you are within driving distance from CLT, let alone have season tickets, and are opting to sell them to out of market fans while you sit your fat, mouth breathing ass on your couch, I really don’t want to hear the bitching about the team losing at home. 
 

If you have the means: Show up. Show out. Support your team. 
 

The Bank should always be painted Black and Blue. 
 

Carry on, and Keep Pounding.

 

Fair weather city, with fair weather fans. We have always been known for our wide variety of wine and cheeses.

[CRA]

I mean, we fired our HC and traded away CMC.

Can't blame anyone for selling their tickets after that.  Which they did.  

 

[Snake]

how dare the fans not show up! How dare they sell their tickets in a loosing season! Those fat assholes! 

You might have a point if it were the Lions or Bucs but we literally saw a guy try and buy tickets and it was 1500 dollars in the upper deck for 4. 

In other words shut your bitch ass up.

[CRA]

2 minutes ago, Gerry Green said:

 

Fair weather city, with fair weather fans. We have always been known for our wide variety of wine and cheeses.

for one of the 3 most recent expansion teams that has never pulled off back to back winning seasons.....the Carolina Panthers have had some pretty could and consistent support from the community/fan base. 

 

[Snake]

Just now, CRA said:

I mean, we fired our HC and traded away CMC.

Can't blame anyone for selling their tickets after that.  Which they did.  

 

And probably months ago. This even happens in playoff years. You can pay half your season ticket price doing that. 

[CRA]

Just now, Snake said:

And probably months ago. This even happens in playoff years. You can pay half your season ticket price doing that. 

Yep, most of those tickets were sold long ago.  Sold when folks realized Tepper was going to waste a season bringing Rhule back.  Another round when Rhule was fired.  Another round when CMC was traded away. 

[raleigh-panther]

For all the complaining, the tickets up for sale can be bought by anyone. Including Panthers fans 

some as low as $25  some couldn’t even be given away 

so much easier to sit in the sofa and bitch about others 

[thefuzz]

I look at fandom completely different.

The only "voice" a season ticket holder has isn't his money, that's gone...it's what color he chooses to put in the seat.

I refuse to financially support this team an any way until they operate competently, and if I were a ticket holder this season you can bet your ass I'd have those seats full of opposing teams colors.

 

[LinvilleGorge]

You can't criticize a fanbase for not showing up to support a shitty product. Sorry. You don't see the team offering the fans a discount on the seats. You don't see players and coaches offering to take pay cuts. Wanna charge a premium price, put forth a premium product. But don't guilt trip the fans to try to get them to continue to financially support you.

 

[4Corners]

If there is one thing Americans are good at is somebody telling someone else how to spend their money. 

[4Corners]

I don’t blame panthers fans who sold their tickets to some idiot “lifelong” Steeler fan who has never left Statesville. Don’t want us selling tickets? Put a better product on the field.