Steve Smith Will Not Be In a Panthers Uniform Next Season

[Delhomeboy]

utilitarianism is a neutral philosophy that can be used for bad by bad people or good by good people. anyone that doesn't realize this is probably a 47-year-old white guy with a mustache and interstate batteries baseball cap reposting reagan quotes on facebook and yelling about obama and the communists

 

also lol your username

 

I don't know if any philosophy that can readily be used to justify, however weakly, the death of 10,000,000 people is neutral. You get to a certain point where objective definitions don't really matter.

 

Not trying to trash talk you or anything. I just think the way we use that quote is an interesting idiomatic quirk, that's all. I mean, it was birthed because of the Holodmor. And we tend to use it like its sound reasoning. I'll also have you know the name was very clever back in 2008.

[teeray]

This sounds like what we have all known about Smitty for years.  His passion and emotion is his best friend and worst enemy.  Nobody that isn't in that locker room really knows the truth, but it sounds like Steve Smith still wanted to be the alpha dog and tell everyone about how he is the alpha dog (kinda like him bragging to the media about cursing Cam out on the sidelines for moping, something Cam probably needed to hear, but didn't need to be aired out in the public after the fact).  And in Gettleman's eyes it was hindering guys like Cam and Luke from taking over the team from a leadership stand point

 

[Brooklyn Bully]

Flacco is rock hard right now.

[AceBoogie]

"At 34, they could have kept him and run him in the slot," Fox said. "Steve wants to play in the slot. But he can't play the slot with the current roster, and he hasn't been able to play in the slot with the rosters in the past."

WOW

[TheRed]

I've read nothing about this "hindering leadership" angle from real sources. Only from fans, and sports "journalists" on twitter.

[MadHatter]

I've read nothing about this "hindering leadership" angle from real sources. Only from fans, and sports "journalists" on twitter.

 

Not sure who you would really hear it from.

 

Doubt that the team or players would really talk about it....assuming that it were true.  Which, I am not saying that it is.

[teeray]

Yeah if only we could have scored more in the red zone.

 

True.  We spent almost the whole season in the top 10 but then played several good defenses toward the end of the season.

 

One of the other things I think people forget is we played some pretty darn good defenses this year also.

[TheRed]

Not sure who you would really hear it from.

 

Doubt that the team or players would really talk about it....assuming that it were true.  Which, I am not saying that it is.

 

Well if I believe anything, it's comments by players about the possibility of him exiting. They did not sound happy about the idea.

[MadHatter]

Well if I believe anything, it's comments by players about the possibility of him exiting. They did not sound happy about the idea.

 

Fair point.

[PhillyB]

I don't know if any philosophy that can readily be used to justify, however weakly, the death of 10,000,000 people is neutral. You get to a certain point where objective definitions don't really matter.

 

Not trying to trash talk you or anything. I just think the way we use that quote is an interesting idiomatic quirk, that's all. I mean, it was birthed because of the Holodmor. And we tend to use it like its sound reasoning. I'll also have you know the name was very clever back in 2008.

 

cutting steve smith for cap reasons: literally the same as stalin's regime

[teeray]

nt

 

[teeray]

I've read nothing about this "hindering leadership" angle from real sources. Only from fans, and sports "journalists" on twitter.

 

Charlotte Observer said

 

 

But the decision to cut ties with Smith is about more than money.  Sources say Gettleman viewed Smith as a distraction and is ready to turn the locker room over to emerging stars such as quarterback Cam Newton and middle linebacker Luke Keuchly

 

Steve Smith's fiery personality made him a fan favorite but can grate on other players and coaches

 

 

Bill Voth and David Newton hinted at similar themes on twitter

[CelticCat]

This a little different from the Delhomme situation. The guy regressed really fast.

 

I don't know about him being a #1, but I don't think he's completely done either. All I read about is how his production sank so much, yet nobody wants to talk about how our offense as a whole had low numbers, and statistically we went from top 15, to bottom 10, in one season.

 

Our offense had low numbers because we were a conservative ball control O and threw the ball less than just about every other team. This resulted in us having fewer drives per team than everyone except San Diego which was by design. This also resulted in our D being on the field a fewer amount of times so their stats would be lower. So while fewer drives makes the O look bad at first sight it also makes the D look better. Fewer chances means less opportunity to put up yards so this favors the D statistically.

 

However we were NOT a bottom 10 offense.

 

We ranked:

 

11th in yards per drive

10th in points per drive

7th in turnovers per drive

16th in interceptions per drive

3rd in fumbles per drive

3rd in plays per drive

2nd in TOP per drive

5th in drive success rate

9th in TD's per drive

13th in FG's per drive

17th in punts per drive

12th in 3 and outs

15th in points in the redzone

8th in TD's in the redzone

5th in average lead

[TheRed]

Charlotte Observer said

 

 

Bill Voth and David Newton hinted at similar themes on twitter

 

Ahhh, the ever trusty "sources".