ThunderCookie 216 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Cam is better than his team. He knows it and ain't afraid to say it!http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d824dc0e5/article/cam-on-carolina-im-just-trying-to-get-everybody-on-my-levelYou tell him Cam! Carolina ain't nothin' but a bunch of losers!Holy crap! How do Panther fans feel about this?All kidding aside, I am not sure how I would feel if a Falcon said this. Link to post Share on other sites
SuperAINTSfan 4,014 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 UMMMMM, we may hear about a STEVE SMITH FIGHT soon!!!! lol Link to post Share on other sites
Joremarid 3,603 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 wow! i thought roddy's comments were bad. Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderCookie 216 Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 UMMMMM, we may hear about a STEVE SMITH FIGHT soon!!!! lolDoubt it....Sounds like Cam isn't humble enough to get down on one knee. Link to post Share on other sites
Big Bubba 1,741 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I love it. Smith and Rivera agree 100%.http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d824e2009/article/smith-backs-newtons-cries-for-culture-changeLosing ways tend to stick with some players. They're "okay with it". Newton is trying to break them out of that funk that everyone knows they're in. He's doing what leaders should do. Lead by example. Kid risks his body every game, plays hard on every play, trying to make something happen. He is setting the bar and drawing a line in the sand. It's not okay to lose. There are no moral victories. When he has a bad game, he is the first to call himself out on it, to the media, to his teammates, to the coaching staff. Next season, he'll be a captain. I'm glad that the Panthers have a leader like Cam on offense. Hopefully the other players take his mindset and start using it as their own. Link to post Share on other sites
Big Bubba 1,741 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 The one man that can unite the Panthers and get them playing solid football again after 3 years. Link to post Share on other sites
Joremarid 3,603 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 The one man that can unite the Panthers and get them playing solid football again after 3 years.i can't imagine calling out everyone else in the organization in the media is an effective unifying technique. Link to post Share on other sites
WhenFalconsWin 27,768 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I love it.Smith and Rivera agree 100%.http://www.nfl.com/n...-culture-changeLosing ways tend to stick with some players. They're "okay with it". Newton is trying to break them out of that funk that everyone knows they're in. He's doing what leaders should do. Lead by example. Kid risks his body every game, plays hard on every play, trying to make something happen. He is setting the bar and drawing a line in the sand. It's not okay to lose. There are no moral victories. When he has a bad game, he is the first to call himself out on it, to the media, to his teammates, to the coaching staff. Next season, he'll be a captain. I'm glad that the Panthers have a leader like Cam on offense. Hopefully the other players take his mindset and start using it as their own.I thought you were young and naive? Now you show yourself to be foolish with this latest Cam quip. This does not bode well for a franchise that has been starving for a leader for over a decade now. I see a Steve Smith punch coming soon! Link to post Share on other sites
Big Bubba 1,741 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 i can't imagine calling out everyone else in the organization in the media is an effective unifying technique.Sometimes it has to be done. I'm sure he originally said all of that to the players as well, before hand. If he didn't see potential in each and every player on the Panthers roster, he wouldn't call them out. He sees the potential, he believes they can play better. He believes his team can win in any game, if they just put forth the effort. The only ones that will get mad at what he said, are the ones that he is talking about in the first place. The ones that are slacking off because the season is almost over with and they think they can coast nonchalantly into the off-season by mailing games in. Like I said. Hopefully the rest of the roster follows the lead of Newton, Smith, Shockey, Dwill, Stewart and Kalil. That's a big reason why the defense sucks, the leader, Beason is out. He was the one that held defensive players accountable. He'd call them out, both in private and to the media, if he knew they could play better than they have. Link to post Share on other sites
Big Bubba 1,741 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I thought you were young and naive? Now you show yourself to be foolish with this latest Cam quip. This does not bode well for a franchise that has been starving for a leader for over a decade now. I see a Steve Smith punch coming soon!Punch who? Smitty and Super Cam are good friends, on and off the field. Smith agrees wholeheartedly with Super Cam. The coaching staff agrees with Super Cam. I'm sure most of the roster agrees with Super Cam, especially those that are giving it their all on every play. Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderCookie 216 Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 The one man that can unite the Panthers and get them playing solid football again after 3 years.I guess I am just so used to having to deal with other qb's that put team before self and handling things with class, that made me overly sensitive to a rookie qb saying that the veterans better get as good as he is or gtfo.But if that makes Panther fans happy, then it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. Link to post Share on other sites
Joremarid 3,603 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Sometimes it has to be done. I'm sure he originally said all of that to the players as well, before hand. If he didn't see potential in each and every player on the Panthers roster, he wouldn't call them out. He sees the potential, he believes they can play better. He believes his team can win in any game, if they just put forth the effort.The only ones that will get mad at what he said, are the ones that he is talking about in the first place. The ones that are slacking off because the season is almost over with and they think they can coast nonchalantly into the off-season by mailing games in. Like I said. Hopefully the rest of the roster follows the lead of Newton, Smith, Shockey, Dwill, Stewart and Kalil. That's a big reason why the defense sucks, the leader, Beason is out. He was the one that held defensive players accountable. He'd call them out, both in private and to the media, if he knew they could play better than they have.it's not that he said it, i don't know what goes on behind closed locker room doors. it's the fact that he said it to the media. what good does that do? as far as sometimes it having to be done, what precedent are you drawing from? when has the star qb of his team called out the entire organization? Link to post Share on other sites
pencilpusher. just because 3,464 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I remember when Emmitt left Dallas he said he felt like a diamond among trash there. Roy Williams responded I "aint trash" and then tackled Emmitt in a game and injured him. be careful what you say Cam,some o lineman may step aside for a play or two. Link to post Share on other sites
tenbluen 21 Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 (edited) Rivera has used that expression several times in press conferences this season. Challenging the team to "play to Newton's level" so to speak. After several years of the "it is, what it is" lines of response in the Fox era, I was taken aback to hear a coach take that approach with the team so openly.I'm sure Newton's comments will rub some outside the organization the wrong way, and I'm not making excuses for it, but I have yet to see or hear any rift or dissension due to Newton's words or Rivera's approach.In fact, so far at least, quite the opposite. Edited December 9, 2011 by tenbluen Link to post Share on other sites
THE johnnybuc 115 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I thought you were young and naive? Now you show yourself to be foolish with this latest Cam quip. This does not bode well for a franchise that has been starving for a leader for over a decade now. I see a Steve Smith punch coming soon!While the Falcons have great leadership with the likes of Roddy White? PUHLEASE!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
WhenFalconsWin 27,768 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 While the Falcons have great leadership with the likes of Roddy White? PUHLEASE!!!!It starts with Matty Ice, Abe, Gonzo, White, sure the team has quality leadership... Link to post Share on other sites
Falcon Man™ 5,611 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 While the Falcons have great leadership with the likes of Roddy White? PUHLEASE!!!!Yeah, let's compare apples to oranges, right?I don't think ANYONE (well, maybe someone like you would) questions Matt Ryan's leadership. Link to post Share on other sites
THE johnnybuc 115 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Yeah, let's compare apples to oranges, right?I don't think ANYONE (well, maybe someone like you would) questions Matt Ryan's leadership.Funny, but I don't see anywhere in this thread where I said anything about Ryan. Link to post Share on other sites
Falcon Man™ 5,611 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Funny, but I don't see anywhere in this thread where I said anything about Ryan.Exactly my point! You're not really that dumb are you? Link to post Share on other sites
THE johnnybuc 115 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Exactly my point! You're not really that dumb are you?Certainly not as dumb as you. Link to post Share on other sites
Falcon Man™ 5,611 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Certainly not as dumb as you.Last time I heard that comeback, the Bucs were a relevant team. Link to post Share on other sites
jungleking 107 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 He's not talking about the talent or performance level. He's emotionally destroyed after every loss. I remember a Falcon, I'm pretty sure it was Brooking, saying that if one of his teammates could be happy and okay with losing a game, that he didn't want to play with that guy. That's all Cam is saying here, with a little bit of gotcha journalism and message board exaggeration thrown in. Link to post Share on other sites
WhenFalconsWin 27,768 Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Last time I heard that comeback, the Bucs were a relevant team.When did you hear that? Back in 02'? Link to post Share on other sites
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