Fan Interest

[Davidson Deac II]

12 hours ago, HardcoreHokie said:

At least play your starters for a minute in preseason, everyone else is.

Our opponents didn't.  And before anyone says but Rogers, they didn't play their starters at many other positions either.  

[strato]

2 hours ago, Aussie Tank said:

Only weak minded people desert their teams. Sure they might poo you to tears but they’re still your team. 

It’s actually Tepper’s team, and part of a huge business run by lot of rich dudes, staffed by a bunch of millionaire players. That is a reality.

They are beholding to us. When they the trust they break the bond.

Edited August 19 by strato

[Shotgun]

2 hours ago, Aussie Tank said:

Only weak minded people desert their teams. Sure they might poo you to tears but they’re still your team. 

You sound like an abused spouse. 

[strato]

9 hours ago, Icege said:

I've survived Weinke and Clausen. This is nothing.

Watching JR gut the roster in preparation for the lockout made it incredibly hard to be excited for the team.

Somehow, I found a way to cheer for Keith Null and Brian St Pierre.

Contgratulations, sincerely. This poo is worse than all that

Edited August 19 by strato

[ncstatekwi]

I quit Fantasy Football last year…first time in forever!!!  Glad I don’t have to worry about that every week now….just lost interest in that….as far as Panthers’ Football….it definitely isn’t the same…but winning will change that!

[45catfan]

The least interested I've been heading into a season in 30 years of Panthers' football.  Yes, even less than year three of Matt Rhule.  At least he got canned and renewed my interest that season.  This year, no amount of reshuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic could make a difference in my interest.  I'll still watch...for a while, at least.  However, getting excited about Panthers football every Sunday has been sapped out of me slowly every year under Tepper.  My give-a-damn meter is bouncing near zero for this franchise at this point.

Edited August 19 by 45catfan

[Panthers Fan 69]

Keep pounding is no longer it.  It’s more like “Get Pounded”

[Icege]

30 minutes ago, strato said:

Contgratulations, sincerely. This poo is worse than all that

I'll agree to disagree on that one.

When JR gutted the roster, there was damn near nothing there. The team hadn't had a first rounder in two seasons. They had traded up in 2008 for Jeff Otah after selecting JStew in the 1st round, and in 2009 traded away another future first to move up for Everette Brown. The best pick from 2009 was 7th rounder Captain Munnerlyn. Then in 2010, the Panthers use their first pick (a second rounder) to select Clausen who at no point in time ever looked like he belonged in the league once he got there.

The team went from 12-4 to 8-8 to 2-14 with a completely gutted roster. David Gettis was giving people hope while others were arguing over whether or not Armanti Edwards should have been traded up for. Delhomme had been released, Hoover had retired, Moose had retired, Peppers had gone to the Bears... and Fox was on his lame duck year. That season sucked so much and we knew it was going to be bad going in.

 

This team? We've got an ascending HC as the DC who's side of the ball is looking prepared up and down the roster. The HC is an apparent QB Whisperer and has "his guys" on the offensive staff (meaning no multiple offensive changes in the offseason). There's a new decision maker at GM. To me, there's so much more to look forward to than what we had to deal with leading into that season.

I'm sure for others that the sting of this season is a little extra for whatever reason(s) is/are important to them, but that 2010 - 2011 season was a special kind of terrible. 2001 - 2002's season where the team 1-15 season was a special kind of awful because the team didn't get the #1 overall pick for being so bad... that went to the Houston Texans who were debuting as an expansion.

Those seasons sucked so, so much. I'd put last season up there in the top (bottom?) 5, but definitely not the worst.

[Panthers Fan 69]

9 hours ago, Icege said:

I've survived Weinke and Clausen. This is nothing.

Watching JR gut the roster in preparation for the lockout made it incredibly hard to be excited for the team.

Somehow, I found a way to cheer for Keith Null and Brian St Pierre.

Those teams still had stars. Smitty. Peppers.  This team traded away its stars for peanuts. We didn’t even get a 1st rounder for CMC.  This team is in brutal shape.  The only hope is if Bryce and XL magically turned into something. Tepper destroyed the panthers. 

[Panthercougar68]

49 minutes ago, strato said:

Contgratulations, sincerely. This poo is worse than all that

In my opinion, JR using money as an excuse to keep a cheap product on the field is worse than really any of Teppers  blunders.

Imagine if the stars were not aligned and Cam wasn’t in the 2011 class.

Edited August 19 by Panthercougar68

[Panthers Fan 69]

2 minutes ago, Icege said:

I'll agree to disagree on that one.

When JR gutted the roster, there was damn near nothing there. The team hadn't had a first rounder in two seasons. They had traded up in 2008 for Jeff Otah after selecting JStew in the 1st round, and in 2009 traded away another future first to move up for Everette Brown. The best pick from 2009 was 7th rounder Captain Munnerlyn. Then in 2010, the Panthers use their first pick (a second rounder) to select Clausen who at no point in time ever looked like he belonged in the league once he got there.

The team went from 12-4 to 8-8 to 2-14 with a completely gutted roster. David Gettis was giving people hope while others were arguing over whether or not Armanti Edwards should have been traded up for. Delhomme had been released, Hoover had retired, Moose had retired, Peppers had gone to the Bears... and Fox was on his lame duck year. That season sucked so much and we knew it was going to be bad going in.

 

This team? We've got an ascending HC as the DC who's side of the ball is looking prepared up and down the roster. The HC is an apparent QB Whisperer and has "his guys" on the offensive staff (meaning no multiple offensive changes in the offseason). There's a new decision maker at GM. To me, there's so much more to look forward to than what we had to deal with leading into that season.

I'm sure for others that the sting of this season is a little extra for whatever reason(s) is/are important to them, but that 2010 - 2011 season was a special kind of terrible. 2001 - 2002's season where the team 1-15 season was a special kind of awful because the team didn't get the #1 overall pick for being so bad... that went to the Houston Texans who were debuting as an expansion.

Those seasons sucked so, so much. I'd put last season up there in the top (bottom?) 5, but definitely not the worst.

It was the worst. That 1-15 team at least kept games  close.  We got blown out last year. 

[Icege]

1 minute ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

Those teams still had stars. Smitty. Peppers.  This team traded away its stars for peanuts. We didn’t even get a 1st rounder for CMC.  This team is in brutal shape.  The only hope is if Bryce and XL magically turned into something. Tepper destroyed the panthers. 

That isn't true.

Peppers was not on either of those teams.

Smitty had just been drafted for that first one and folks had him slotted as a return specialist.

[Panthers Fan 69]

Just now, Panthercougar68 said:

In my opinion, JR using money as an excuse to keep a cheap product on the field is worse than really any of Teppers  blunders.

Imagine if the stars aligned and Cam wasn’t in the 2011 class.

JR was a million Xs better owner than Tepper will ever be.  The players loved him and the teams were fun to watch. 

[jayboogieman]

12 hours ago, Jon Snow said:

Jon Snow is summoning the  to swallow the stadium.