locker room closed...players emotional.

[PghPanther]

Failure is part of success......................when you fail..........you must learn from that failure and inspire you to carry on to succeed.

 

Babe Ruth slugged more home runs than whole leagues when he played............but struck out more than any other player.

 

Michael Jordan lost over 300 game in this life missing the final shot in those games..........need I say what he has accomplished otherwise?

 

The Beatles signed with the EMI records after being rejected by 297 recording companies in the UK......it was the last remaining one in the UK.

 

AJ Foyt as a rookie in the 1958 Indy 500 lost his hero on the first lap crash (Pat O'Conner) and wanted to get out of the car and quit right then and there..........but persevered to go on and run more 500's than any other (35 in a row as a driver) and became the 1st four time winner of the event and the most Indy car wins in history (67)..........

 

With over 600 dry wells dug Edwin Drake, out of investor money and ready to leave the next day from the Pennsylvania fields tried one more well the day he planned to leave and struck oil..............changing the world forever.

 

Sam Mills made it more direct to learn this lesson.............."Keep Pounding"

[SpeedOFLight]

At the end of the day, I am proud of my boys. They had one heck of a year. They will learn from this and come back better. I just hate to have to wait until august to see my boys again. Keep Pounding! This franchise is on the rise!

[SCPantherFan]

Rivera is pissed and upset because being a professional means rising above your emotions.  It means controlling them and not letting them get the best of you.  If you've ever been in a fight or been a fight fan (MMA or Boxing) the guy that loses his cool and can't play smart and under control is the gun that usually gets knocked out.  

 

Man the F up.  If you have to beat the other team and the refs, then so be it.  Beat them both.  Forgot all the bad calls.  We can't control that.  We can control taking swings at people or giving another guy a head butt.  

 

In all the action movies everybody loves the crazy guy who runs in head first, guns blazing screaming and takes down 20 bad guys but in real life that dude gets capped in half a second.  

 

What do you think Payton Manning or Michael Jordan did after hard loses.  I'd be shocked if they went back to the locker room and cried.  They played with too much emotion directed in the wrong areas.  Take that emotion and put it into your playing.  

 

This makes me love Rivera even more.  As my Dad always told me, "Get your ass off your shoulders".  No body (the league, refs) is going to give our Panthers a damn thing.  Next year they need to go out and take it.

 

I agree 100%.  The Panthers let their emotions get the best of them. Panthers beat themselves in that game.  And crying after the loss doesn't make anything better.

[Dunn]

I agree 100%.  The Panthers let their emotions get the best of them. Panthers beat themselves in that game.  And crying after the loss doesn't make anything better.

While thats true that crying doesn't help them...it does help me.  It shows these guys LOVED playing the game of football as a whole team, a family if you will.  And while this season didn't end on the note any of us wanted, it shows what passion these players had, it wasn't about the pay day for most, it was about the W's.

 

Proud this is my team.

[Fan01]

Crying aftewards I could deal with but it's just another sign of controlling your emotions.  They didn't do it on the field or after the game because they had to close the doors and Rivera ripped them for it.  I don't want to see Cam down in the dumps and woe is me.  I want to see him pissed.  At the refs, at himself and at the team.

 

The team is growing up though.  They will learn from this.  Rivera is molding the young ones and Cam is maturing but he's only 24 and still isn't that mature veterean...yet. 

 

It's that hold saying about your response when the poo hits the fan is what defines you.  And it seems the teams response was to cry about it.

[ickmule]

No issues with these guys crying if it's actually true. To me it's just another sign that they are close. Think about it, how many men Will actually cry in front of each other ? Every season is different and we never know if they will be 12-4 or 4-12, but things do look bright and all of us fans have a lot to be proud of. Yes, I'm probably one of the biggest, negative dicks when it's game day, but I still love this team and where it appears to be headed.

[restNChrist]

Joe Person ‏@josephperson 2m

Cam blamed himself for the failed QB sneak on 4th-and-1. Said he told coaches to call his number, thought he could make it.

 

can we get a screen cap of this play... i remember seeing the ball being on the line or over it at some point during the play and have not seen a good replay of it yet!  still think its possible that we got a TD there

[therealmjl]

can we get a screen cap of this play... i remember seeing the ball being on the line or over it at some point during the play and have not seen a good replay of it yet! still think its possible that we got a TD there

I'm sorry, but no...it's not possible we got a touchdown there. The game's over.

[Peppers90 NC]

PLEASE re-sign this man

he's become one of my favorite Panthers

we will, honestly not really worried about that.  he loves it here

[therealmjl]

Yeah Mitchell has found a home here...not concerned with resigning him...he will definitely take a discount to stay here.

[intangiblejohnny]

I'm proud of my players, and proud of their season. The calls didn't go our way but we had a few shots to come back from that and we were unable to do so.

With just a few more pieces we will be a major force in the NFL, next year and beyond.

[ajax4132]

I have been there before

 

Best believe these guys will be overcome hell and high water to take it to the next stage

 

These boys are winners

[whodatmedat]

young team...they will learn and the veterans that are on 1 yr deals know this team is on the verge and love playing for this team and staff because its a family.  bring back gross...of course Mitchell...one of the most physical players that brings other players up a level...we might lose Hardy but we just need a WR and some OL help....secondary we have some young guys that are learning...KEEP POUNDING! 

 

Young? Panthers are oldest team in the division.

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/09/nfl-teams-ranked-by-average-age/

[PghPanther]

I agree 100%.  The Panthers let their emotions get the best of them. Panthers beat themselves in that game.  And crying after the loss doesn't make anything better.

 

My mother used to say to me when I sat in my room moping after something didn't work ......

 

........."Well you can just sit there and all you will have is four walls to stare at........and if you just stay there that's all you will have..........four walls............it won't change until you get up and start moving again"