Comments on: Panthers players can’t argue lack of leadership

By: themanchine

themanchine — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:20:22 +0000

Holmgren & Reid will be in Carolina next yr

By: dallascowboysdishingthereal

dallascowboysdishingthereal — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:59:39 +0000

How can Newton lead when he hides under that towel when they are losing, throws coaches under the bus in press conference, calls a reporter “sweetheart” and ask for a suggestion box like he is a manager at chuck E. cheese.

Team is a train wreck.

By: nfloracle

nfloracle — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:18:36 +0000

Cam is fun to watch, but until he drops the ME attitude and picks up the TEAM attitude, he’s not going to be a leader.

Speaking of dropping, Cam should also dump his phony and kind of pathetic towel on the head routine that screams, “Look at me, look at me… I’m a cultural icon wanna be!”

By: melikefootball

melikefootball — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:19:30 +0000

Cam needs to grow up, thing aren’t going as he wants so step up and make plays. He has picked the wrong guys to hang around with. Smith is not a leader and the game has passed Moon, so find someone else to lean on. Come on sweethart you can do it!

By: torturedraiderfan

torturedraiderfan — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:08:47 +0000

Seems like Cam Newton is shouldering a lot of the blame himself. He’s only a 23 year old kid in his seconds NFL season. Shouldn’t someone like Steve Smith be counted on as a leader? The Panthers need to prop up Newton a little more instead of blaming him for taking the losses so hard. Maybe some of the veterens on the team should take the losses the same way. Newton will be fine. Remember when Tiki Barber was making fun of Eil Manning as a leader. Who’s laughing now?

By: smaxster

smaxster — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:05:34 +0000

Cam Newton needs to dump wife beater Warren Moon as a mentor and get someone like Tony Dungy.

By: pantherpro

pantherpro — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:46:53 +0000

I believe in Cam and he will prove all you rednecks wrong! I still remember a few morons calling him out after a pick in his second game after throwing for over 400 ids against the pack. You may tick him off and will miss him when he leaves. Take the Romney blinders off fools!

By: NakedCowboy!

NakedCowboy! — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:45:19 +0000

panthers are the only team worse than cowboys in terms of leadership… sad to see cam slumping in 2nd season…

By: thegreatgabbert

thegreatgabbert — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:16:12 +0000

Kuechly is one of the youngest players in the league. Newton one of the youngest starting QBs. Will be a couple of years before they can really assert themselves with conviction.

By: crcalpha

crcalpha — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:08:40 +0000

isn’t this a bit like the baseball debate about “grittiness” or the “it” factor?

baseball is more completely describable by stats, but it seems to me that people pinning the Panthers’ woes on lack of “leadership” are the same people who said Peyton Manning didn’t have “it” in the years before the Colts won the Super Bowl.

the Panthers have a talent issue, and have too many holes on their roster to compete.

By: tokyomanblastersmom

tokyomanblastersmom — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:49:45 +0000

Winning WILL cure all of this…unfortunately, Panthers should expect their woes to continue until at least week 9.

By: mavajo

mavajo — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:42:45 +0000

If Newton can start using adversity to inspire him, instead of allowing it to cause him to mope and point the finger at others, the guy has all the talent in the world to be a difference-maker in this league for a long time.

If Newton fails in the NFL, it’ll be because he lacked the mettle that the makes the great ones great.

I like Cam — he’s fun to watch. I hope he learns his lessons and gets it together. If he fails, he’ll only have himself to blame.

By: nflofficeadmin

nflofficeadmin — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:30:20 +0000

Winning will cure all of this..