For the Anti-Tankers: Can you provide a legitimate reason that this team should not have tanked last year?

[OldhamA]

15 hours ago, Move the Panthers to Raleigh said:

I don't know exactly how this season is going to turn out, but I really can't see this team mustering more than 6 wins. It's hard to watch right now without DJ Moore (our best weapon outside of CMC in recent history) out there and knowing we have no 1st rounder for the next draft. We fired Wilks after the season, so there was no "winning culture, bro" to be sustained. So what exactly was the point of last year? We beat bad teams and got trounced by good ones.

If we had finished the year with Rhule or Baker, we would have either Young, Stroud, or Richardson at no extra cost. And don't tell me about player morale because it isn't looking great right now anyways. Not to mention we are getting laughed for being "fleeced" by Chicago and keeping Burns looks like a horrendous move right now.

I know, I know. "I'm a loser." "Players and coaches don't tank." 

So, can you provide a reason that you would still stand by the anti-tanking mindset?

Cos they've evidently hired another bad coaching staff and potentially drafted a bust at QB - so it would have been a moot point.

After the last 8 years you get your wins where you can.

[RumHam]

16 hours ago, Move the Panthers to Raleigh said:

I don't know exactly how this season is going to turn out, but I really can't see this team mustering more than 6 wins. It's hard to watch right now without DJ Moore (our best weapon outside of CMC in recent history) out there and knowing we have no 1st rounder for the next draft. We fired Wilks after the season, so there was no "winning culture, bro" to be sustained. So what exactly was the point of last year? We beat bad teams and got trounced by good ones.

If we had finished the year with Rhule or Baker, we would have either Young, Stroud, or Richardson at no extra cost. And don't tell me about player morale because it isn't looking great right now anyways. Not to mention we are getting laughed for being "fleeced" by Chicago and keeping Burns looks like a horrendous move right now.

I know, I know. "I'm a loser." "Players and coaches don't tank." 

So, can you provide a reason that you would still stand by the anti-tanking mindset?

this team will once again win 3-4 in december and everyone here is talking super bowl next year. seven damn years now.

[Green-Ghost]

Before I give my opinion on this, I would like to ask everybody one question. Does anyone think that taking it is an honorable way to go?
 

regardless of the advantages or disadvantages, I’d like to know how many people think that thanking is honorable.

[App Panther]

Oh you know, because you want all that momentum heading into next year and there's pride! 

Oh wait, we don't have either of those things now. 

[mrcompletely11]

14 minutes ago, Green-Ghost said:

Before I give my opinion on this, I would like to ask everybody one question. Does anyone think that taking it is an honorable way to go?
 

regardless of the advantages or disadvantages, I’d like to know how many people think that thanking is honorable.

Damn

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

6 hours ago, TN05 said:

Why would we tank when we don’t even have a first round pick? I’m sick of losing.

This is about last year 

[ECHornet]

We almost made the playoffs. You don’t tank when you’re a win away from the playoffs in the last couple weeks of the regular season. 

[rebelrouser]

17 hours ago, Move the Panthers to Raleigh said:

I don't know exactly how this season is going to turn out, but I really can't see this team mustering more than 6 wins. It's hard to watch right now without DJ Moore (our best weapon outside of CMC in recent history) out there and knowing we have no 1st rounder for the next draft. We fired Wilks after the season, so there was no "winning culture, bro" to be sustained. So what exactly was the point of last year? We beat bad teams and got trounced by good ones.

If we had finished the year with Rhule or Baker, we would have either Young, Stroud, or Richardson at no extra cost. And don't tell me about player morale because it isn't looking great right now anyways. Not to mention we are getting laughed for being "fleeced" by Chicago and keeping Burns looks like a horrendous move right now.

I know, I know. "I'm a loser." "Players and coaches don't tank." 

So, can you provide a reason that you would still stand by the anti-tanking mindset?

Not even tanking.  Just realizing that this team was not ready to go all in on a qb yet especially when we are forced to get rid of CMC and DJ. These skills position players with a rookie qb is a laughable strategy. 

[PleaseCutStewart]

Sadly, this team is so inept that they wouldn't even know how to tank properly even if they wanted to...

But yes, once we fired Rhule I was hoping we would only win max 1 or 2 games to allow the new regime to have a top 3 pick. Instead, we won meaningless games in typical Panthers fashion

[Peppers90 NC]

It's a ghey way to live life.

[CamWhoaaCam]

You Play To Win The Game!

[Peppers90 NC]

1 hour ago, PleaseCutStewart said:

Sadly, this team is so inept that they wouldn't even know how to tank properly even if they wanted to...

But yes, once we fired Rhule I was hoping we would only win max 1 or 2 games to allow the new regime to have a top 3 pick. Instead, we won meaningless games in typical Panthers fashion

we actually had a good coach. and in schmanther fashion, let him go for some washed up dolt.

[pantherclaw]

I don't care how one looks at it, in a 17 game season, none are meaningless.