Carolina Panthers: This Ship Is Sinking Fast and We Have Nary a Lifeboat

October 11, 2010   ·   Thaddeus Yeiser   ·   Jump to comments

I haven't written an article since December of 2009, but in light of what's happened to my beloved Panthers I have no choice but to say something. Back in 2001, the Panthers were coming off their worst season ever. They lost 15 straight games to end the season and had not been to the playoffs since 1996.
In came John Fox and for the next eight seasons, the Panthers were almost always competitive. While they only went to the playoffs three times under Fox, they never finished with fewer than seven wins either, and on top of that from 2003 to 2005 they won five playoff games.
In spite of this, I always wanted more. I wanted to be like the Colts, winning 12 games a year, or the Patriots who always have a chance to go to the Super Bowl. I wanted to be like the Vikings, who despite not reaching a Super Bowl since Tarkenton was in town, still managed to hog up headlines when they made moves for Favre and Moss.
Perhaps I should have been satisfied with the occasional ...

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