Comments on: New Panthers jerseys pay tribute to Sam Mills

By: jgedgar70

jgedgar70 — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:42:42 +0000

nowillrepeat says:
Apr 3, 2012 4:36 PM
Sam Mills is and always will be a Saint. Get your our history panthers.
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I’ll look past your confusing attempt at grammar and say that I do think that if Mills ever gets the bust in Canton he should have gotten long ago, he will be listed mainly as a Saint. That being said, he made a very big impact in a short time here in Carolina. He was one of the 2 best players on a 7-9 expansion team (Kevin Greene was the other), and he was the linebackers coach of a Super Bowl team in ’03, even as he was battling intestinal cancer. The “keep pounding” speech became the name of a charity that is still in operation. He embraced his new community and we embraced him. He earned that statue outside our stadium.

So let’s not argue over whether he should be remembered as a Saint or a Panther. Let’s just remember him as a should-be Hall of Famer who was a great player and an even greater man.

By: gknowles52

gknowles52 — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:35:48 +0000

The Panthers’ owner, Jerry Richardson, is a blowhard who was a detriment to labor negotiations, and toes the line of being racist at times. But this move drips with class. It’s a great homage to a legendary Panther, and the fact that it’s stitched into the neckband shows that it’s not for the media attention. It’s just a heartfelt tribute to an inspirational player and man.

By: wingsrule12

wingsrule12 — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:42:51 +0000

Nike should donate $10 from every Panther jersey sale to the “KEEP POUNDING” organization

By: blackqbwhiterb

blackqbwhiterb — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:40:03 +0000

Redskins jerseys say,”F%&# it, trade up!”

By: supremecheesehead

supremecheesehead — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:16:35 +0000

@hengenberger

Not a raiders fan, but that would be a dope collar stitch for their uniforms. Al is def a legend worth doing that for

By: knickedge123

knickedge123 — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 02:26:49 +0000

RIP Sam Mills, the greatest player in the history of Montclair State football

By: 88ibis

88ibis — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 02:18:37 +0000

“Psychedelic Rollerball”

I haven’t seen the Seahawks jerseys, but now I must have one. (I assume we’re talking the James Caan Rollerball.)

By: shelovesfootball

shelovesfootball — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 02:12:34 +0000

Lions’ jerseys say,”keep tokin’”

By: jbcommonsense

jbcommonsense — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 02:12:22 +0000

Great ethic from a fine player and coach.

By: tropboi11

tropboi11 — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:50:08 +0000

Classy move but my girlfriend has that tattooed on her lower back and the Saints have their bounty instructions etched in theirs

By: jerseyshoregiant

jerseyshoregiant — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:17:39 +0000

I dig this a lot. I live in the same town that Sam grew up in(Long Branch, NJ). Sam was definitely an inspiration to everybody here!!

By: steelymcbeam6

steelymcbeam6 — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:07:41 +0000

Gotta respect that…well played panthers

By: jjbadd

jjbadd — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:53:41 +0000

Sam Mills wasn’t big in size, but his heart & soul was that of a giant! I’ll always remember him…I’m a Bronco fan from the Carolinas..that makes Carolina my 2nd, or co-1st fav. team. Carolina came to be when I was die hard Elway fan!

By: gvicknair

gvicknair — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:34:01 +0000

What a very nice thing to do. Not only was he part of the best line backing corp ever, he was an inspiration as well!!

By: raymondtx

raymondtx — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:06:25 +0000

I also think it was cool of the Jets to honor Rex Ryan inside their jersey with the phrase “Keep Chomping”.

By: 49erstim

49erstim — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:00:05 +0000

@jakek2….

Best.Post.Ever!

Great gesture by the Panthers. It feels good to get this kind of story for once. Good job Carolina!

By: will7272

will7272 — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:56:52 +0000

Much respect for Carolina to do this.

By: deadmanwalking47

deadmanwalking47 — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:18:30 +0000

sam mills was one hell of a player.great to see him remembered.

By: phillyocmd

phillyocmd — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:06:41 +0000

Classy, touching and in good taste! Unfortunately for Panthers fans, I have a feeling by about half way through the season they’re going to be wondering what the team is pounding.

By: scrapingthefloorioforstorios

scrapingthefloorioforstorios — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:01:53 +0000

“gimme my money!” -saints jerseys

By: realdealsteel

realdealsteel — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:58:07 +0000

Very nice move by the league. One of the few things they’ve actually gotten right as of late.

By: pilot2011

pilot2011 — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:27:58 +0000

@nowillrepeat,

just like how Gregg Williams will always be Saint. Yall really are some turds down there ya know?

A town known for voodoo and sin is given a devastating hurricane, then your town decides to call your qb “Breesus” and now yall are laughing stock of the NFL again because ya cheat.

Show some goodness and humility once in your life and maybe bad things will stop happening to you.

By: thomas2727

thomas2727 — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:22:14 +0000

Sam Mills was part of the best group of 4 linebackers to ever play together.

“The Dome Patrol”
Sam Mills
Ricky Jackson
Vaughn Johnson
Pat Swilling

By: maxbelmont

maxbelmont — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:13:30 +0000

I will always remember Sam Mills as part of a dominant Saints LB group with Rickey Jackson and Vaughn Johnson.

By: pooflingingmonkey

pooflingingmonkey — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:13:30 +0000

Bengal jerseys have “RETURN FOR DEPOSIT” stitched onto them.

By: robf2010

robf2010 — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:10:54 +0000

My years as season ticket holder spanned all of Sam’s years in New Orleans. He was the smallest, slowest, least-talented, least-paid linebacker on a team loaded with great linebackers in a league where size and speed really do matter. He was the best of the bunch. He was always around the ball, always in position, and always making the play. It was he who almost always led the team in tackles, not those bigger, faster, higher-paid guys. He was also a genuinely good guy. That was a bit of a rarity even in his playing days. He should have retired a Saint. Blame that on the Saints, though, not Mills. RIP, Sam.

Good Job, Carolina.

By: Anders Cules

Anders Cules — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:08:53 +0000

49′s are getting “Straight cash homey”.

By: zinn22

zinn22 — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:56:46 +0000

Mills is one of the few USFL players I remember. He played for Philadelphia and i believe won a few championships there. Mora brought him to the NFL and he had a very good career.

Nice to seethe Panthers do the right thing. Richardson may be a nut close to Ralph Wilson proportions, a pretty vindictive mean fellow and have a huge ego the size of Jerry Jones but it does not mean he cannot occasionally do something very good or nice. Kudos to him and the Panthers.

The message has to be very inspirational to the Panther players.

By: hegenberger

hegenberger — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:54:59 +0000

very classy move i personally have always preferred nike over reebok. now wheres the OAK jerseys with a JUST WIN BABY! for AL!!

By: kane337

kane337 — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:51:46 +0000

Patriots have stitched… “Smile for the camera”