How to Nudge the Team Toward Cam Newton

[theyhateme45]

This....

Also all of the Fans do not want CAM.... The fan base is actually pretty split on who they want the team to draft.

Very sad, just as I submitted this reply on my home laptop this morning it crashed.... Operating System not found!!! AHHH Damn HP

All the fans didnt want Luck, but this message board seemed to want to portray that picture. The only Panther fans I know that are adamant against Cam Newton post on this message board. I havent met one in real life that is against us drafting a franchise QB. I dont know any Panther fans who think our QB situation is fine enough to the point we can pass on the best QB prospect in decades. All the Panther fans I know in real life want to win. The internet is a seperate beast.

It is very true that all fans did not want Luck, but it was an Overwhelming majority.

Whereas for Cam I think it maybe a slight majority, if that on this board. When it comes to Cam the fanbase is much more split than it was for Luck.

[Snake]

The moment the front office drafts someone based on the fans' opinions is the moment I realize all hope is lost. Yeah, lets listen to the folks that do the wave while we are on offense.

The wave my good man is a keen way to get blood rushing to the brain.

[King Taharqa]

Get out more ffs' date=' I've met plenty, of several races before you even throw that card out that don't think Cam is a franchise QB, and don't want him here....[/quote']

Its not a card. Given our poor situation at QB last season and the fact we are rebuilding. Why would you not want the best QB available? Thats like football 101. Some of our fans just arent keen on winning or let me rephrase that, they only want to win under certain conditions. Winning at all costs is a foreign concept to them. Thats how you explain a franchise that goes 16 years in and has 4 winning seasons and considers itself "successful". We have to change the mindset, upgrading our QB position and the standards we hold them to is a good start.

[Highlandfire]

The moment the front office drafts someone based on the fans' opinions is the moment I realize all hope is lost. Yeah, lets listen to the folks that do the wave while we are on offense.

'When you start listening to the fans is when you will end up sitting next to them' -Marv Levy

[Highlandfire]

Its not a card. Given our poor situation at QB last season and the fact we are rebuilding. Why would you not want the best QB available? Thats like football 101. Some of our fans just arent keen on winning or let me rephrase that, they only want to win under certain conditions. Winning at all costs is a foreign concept to them. Thats how you explain a franchise that goes 16 years in and has 4 winning seasons and considers itself "successful". We have to change the mindset, upgrading our QB position and the standards we hold them to is a good start.

We arn't rebuilding. This same team with this new staff wins a ton more games. We dont' have a ton of guys including LB and OL not on IR and we win more games.

The best QB? The kid won't be ready for 3 years, so what do you do till then? you want to wait to see if he develops or get a guy in here NOW that can help us win NOW and see if Clausen develops?

Me? I want to win NOW

[The Saltman]

I figure a team with as many UFAs as we have and no clear cut starter at QB with a team that is picking first in the draft is rebuilding. Yes we have some core players but you are delusional if u think we arent starting all over.

[theyhateme45]

We arn't rebuilding. This same team with this new staff wins a ton more games. We dont' have a ton of guys including LB and OL not on IR and we win more games.

The best QB? The kid won't be ready for 3 years, so what do you do till then? you want to wait to see if he develops or get a guy in here NOW that can help us win NOW and see if Clausen develops?

Me? I want to win NOW

But we do need to rebuild. I'm sure everyone on all teams want to win now... doesn't mean it is very realistic. I don't see us as a win now team in 2011, I see us as a last make a big improvement team and be competitive.

I don't care if it takes cam 3 years to develope.... I think if he can make the jump and learn complex coverages, read defenses, and have the game slow down for him then I want him on the Panthers. If the staff feels he can make that leap then draft him... If not.... A.J Green

[Jackofalltrades]

I want NOTHING to do with Cam.

[Mr. Scot]

No quarterbacks in this draft. None :nonod:

And yeah, if team management actually started taking advice from fans, I'd lose all faith in them.

[Cat'sGrowl]

This would imply that the fanbase wants Cam.

Which would be false.

[monstercat]

No quarterbacks in this draft. None :nonod:

And yeah, if team management actually started taking advice from fans, I'd lose all faith in them.

I agree 100% that the team should never draft based on fan opinion, but how can you be so sure they won't like Cam enough to use the 1st pick on him? Should they be worried that some fans think it's a reach if they do?

[Carl Spackler]

If he does well at the Combine, decent or better on the Wonderlic, interviews well, and Rivera likes him, he's the pick. Any of those things fail to happen, and he isn't.

[Mr. Scot]

I agree 100% that the team should never draft based on fan opinion, but how can you be so sure they won't like Cam enough to use the 1st pick on him? Should they be worried that some fans think it's a reach if they do?

I don't believe they'll go QB at number one for three reasons:

1) whether we like it or not, they are committed to giving Jimmy Clausen a fair shot to prove whether or not he can be a franchise QB

2) the team has other significant needs that could be addressed now rather than taking a guy whose impact won't be felt for at least a year (quite possibly more)

3) having multiple young quarterbacks on roster makes coaching them up more difficult

With all that said, they could still do it. I just don't believe they should.

[Mattiekrome]

Hmmm, I wonder if the team store will renumber/rename my old Harris jersey :/