Darin Gantt no longer covering Panthers

[tjmurray]

Keep it civil

You're right. I apologize for that. Wasn't really expecting that and it caught me off guard.

[Verge]

Does this mean we are taking Cam #1?

[countryboi]

Keep it civil

its been civil...

[Dpantherman]

complete bullshit.

[jasonluckydog]

This sucks, Gannt is my favorite tweeter.. He busted my balls and I enjoyed busting his it was never a hate thing going on.

..some of my fav tweets between Gannt and me.

Darin Gantt

Swing by the house, I'll sell you an authentic for $250. Has ink, food stains. RT @jasonluckydog I wish you had a Jersey so I could burn it

daringantt Darin Gantt

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@jasonluckydog I like him better than I like you.

daringantt Darin Gantt

Thanks. Awesome to know I have such support. RT @jasonluckydog I love Gantt, i would even piss on him if he was on fire.

daringantt Darin Gantt

reply of the day, on Panthers run game. RT @jasonluckydog Double Trouble is a term we use now when grandpa has an accident.

I have nothing to bust his balls about on Winthrop.

sad.

[Nicbsbll2]

Hmm... makes you wonder what else is going on behind the scenes at the Observer.

[CRA]

Hmm... makes you wonder what else is going on behind the scenes at the Observer.

does the Observer own the Herald?

[Zod]

McClatchy owns both and has been cutting staff for years.

[Darth Bobo]

John Fox was so full of platitudes that getting substantive information out of him is basically a wild goose chase.

The outcome was usually one of two things, a frustrated reporter who tried to ask rhetorical questions, insinuate an inside joke, engage in spin, or other tomfoolery with Fox would be unceremoniously blacklisted/ignored. The other choice was to take the time to check what was intended to written with Fox, and be subtly rewarded.

Don't know if Fox's stonewalling was personal or part of a Panther's culture and public strategy raining down from Richardson. We will see what Rivera has to say to random media schmucks.

I hope Darin's employer understands that just because Fox is gone, that doesn't mean that the Panthers organization is going to be open with a newbie reporter. Hopefully, Darin will still be around when the observer figures out that the trust Darin built with the Panthers is how he was able to do what others could not.

I wonder what percentage of the "breaking news" on the Panthers came from Darin himself. I can only guess...50%?

[Cyberjag]

So who did he piss off, the Herald or the Panthers?

[CatMan72]

The more I think about this move the less I like it... anybody want to organize some sort of petition?

[DaCityKats]

^^^il sign. that joe guy is terrible.

[Swarly]

Damn. Gonna miss having the objective point of view when it comes to Panthers. He always said he wasn't a fan of the Panthers and just reported on them, which made me trust what he said more.

So many beat writers are huge homers and will never be honest about their respective teams.

[csx]

...wonder how many twitter followers he loses today

His boss probably noticed how much time he wasted being a smartass on twitter instead of writing interesting things for their paper.

I liked his effort, just seems it was a bit misplaced. It's got to suck doing all that work (like it or not) and then get re-assigned just before the draft.