Rivera: People Need to Know: We're Going to Hit You Back!
by Jaxon on Oct 13, 2011 11:12 PM EDT
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In what could be straight out of an Under Armour commercial Panthers HC Ron Rivera had a classic 'This is our house!' response to his team's response to a cheap shot on Steve Smith:
"You’re coming into our place and you’re going to come after one of our guys? We’re not going to take it," Rivera said. "That’s just the way it is. This is our house. You come in here, you’re not going to shove us around. I’m glad it happened the way it did. People need to know: We’re going to hit you back."
Even more amusing is all the hot air spent discussing the supposed need of an apology from Saints cheap shot artist Roman Harper. Obviously Smitty has no use for an apology for what happens on the gridiron. I can't believe anyone even asked him that.
Ron Rivera said shortly after being hired he would emphasize protecting the Panthers home field and I think he's making head way. Did you notice that Smitty got up and was ready to walk away after the cheap shot (talking smack of course) but then a few of his team mates finally got down to the end zone (it was a 54 yd TD after all) and they let Harper know they won't stand for it. Then Smitty jumped back in there and we had a full on scuffle. I was very happy to see that!
Harper can expect a fine but I will be perturbed if Smith gets one. How could he not respond to such a cheap shot? Defenders seem to be head hunting Smith because of his ability to take big hits and get back up quick and act like it was nothing. I will never forget the TD catch he made against the Giants...after breaking his arm on a hit.
So I leave any NFL DB's that will face Smitty in the future this nugget of advice. Keep trying to cheap shot Smith all you want. Just know it only fires him and his team mates up.
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Love, love, love it.
Name a defensive back that could take Smitty on mono a mono.
"If ya ain't first, you're last."
- Ricky Bobby's Dad
"There is no evidence that the tongue is connected to the brain."
-Frank Tyger
Currently none
But in the past, Ronnie Lott, Jack Tatum, Night Train Lane, Steve Atwater. I love the hell out of Smitty but those guys were hard core, stone cold killers, lol.
As the great philosopher Yoda said "Try not! Do you must!"
by gdhood on Oct 13, 2011 11:37 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
different rules
Those guys were beasts, but they had different rules. Ronnie Lott was the most skilled, IMO, but Smitty has the strength and work ethic to do well in any era…if he has a good QB.
by usana_gaines on Oct 14, 2011 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Ronnie Lott is the baddest MF'er of them all...
The dude had one of his fingers partially amputated so he could play longer.
The truth will set you free, but not until it is finished with you. ~David Foster Wallace
I may not always be right, but even a blind nut finds a squirrel every once in a while.
That's how you get into the Hall boys and girls.
by pancanbra on Oct 14, 2011 7:42 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
THIS.
I kinda like power running football though. It’s iike a bloody violent ballet…
When it was working it was a thing of beauty to me. - Vagus
(Please note that from now on I shall only refer to Cam as "The Newt" and Rivera as "BAMF")
Jerry Richardson: "Bitch slapping the NFL one signing at a time" - MMA_Pitbull
by The Duke Dude on Oct 14, 2011 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Ronnie Lott
The finger is great but he hit Christian Okoye head up and knocked hom out cold and walked away. Jack Tatum hit Earl Camlbell head up and knocked them both out, Jack was a mean mean sob on the field. He said he wanted to hit people so hard they wouldn’t even come toward him again, lol.
As the great philosopher Yoda said "Try not! Do you must!"
by gdhood on Oct 15, 2011 4:24 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
mono a mono...
means monkey vs. monkey…Steve may be coming after you next…mano a mano, is maybe what you were looking for, unless you’re speaking a language i don’t understand- then forgive my statement….
Actually mono a mono means one against one. But mano a mano, which is the correct use, means hand against hand.
what language would that be, mono a mono?
I’ve not heard that used in spanish… uno por uno, hombre a hombre, mano a mano… I’ve heard these…
Perhaps using the latin mono meaning singular? Lol
As the great philosopher Yoda said "Try not! Do you must!"
by gdhood on Oct 15, 2011 4:20 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Tell em Rivera!
Rules and Regulations of the Game: 89, Bottom Line
by John Chilton on Oct 13, 2011 11:19 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
What do you want to do with your life?!?
STEVE SMITH!
by southtunnel on Oct 14, 2011 4:19 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I wanna rock!
Oh here’s one!…
- picks up a stone and puts it in his pocket.
Iranian Air Defense Site: 'Unknown aircraft you are in Iranian airspace. Identify yourself.'
Aircraft: 'This is a United States aircraft. I am in Iraqi airspace.'
Air Defense Site: 'You are in Iranian airspace. If you do not depart our airspace we will launch interceptor aircraft!'
Aircraft: 'This is a United States Marine Corps FA-18 fighter. Send 'em up, I'll wait!'
Air Defense Site: (... total silence)
by Tarheel Soldier on Oct 14, 2011 8:50 AM EDT up reply actions
i think you're a little late Jaxon
The NFL has already addressed it:
Roman Harper got a $15,000 fine and no one else got anything
"The way y'all are lollygaggin around here with them picks and them shovels, you'd think it was 120 degrees...can't be more than 114."
by SouthernPanther on Oct 13, 2011 11:26 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah and the A$$hole said it was worth it!!!
But that’s cool. It just gives incentive to lay him out when they meet again in a few weeks.
IT AIN'T SIZE OF THE DOG IN THE FIGHT BUT THE SIZE OF THE FIGHT IN THE DOG
by BlackCatFan on Oct 14, 2011 10:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I tried to link the story about what he said but it didn't work
Anyway it can be found on he Yahoo panther page.
IT AIN'T SIZE OF THE DOG IN THE FIGHT BUT THE SIZE OF THE FIGHT IN THE DOG
by BlackCatFan on Oct 14, 2011 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Makes back to back weeks that a DB has been fined for a hit on Steve Smith…Dunta Robinson come on down
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'We're the little brothers getting punched in the head. Pretty soon, we're gong to learn to punch back.'" - Ron Rivera aka BAMF
Harper got fined, but Michael Jenkins had the worse day.
He got juked twice by DeAngelo Williams on his long TD run, then felt the wrath of Smith (Khan was busy elsewhere) in that cage match amidst the pile of surrounding players – that little cage around his face.
by bigdavis on Oct 13, 2011 11:43 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I like how this team in general is getting more edgy. First with the Shockey signing and the way he called out the refs, then Shockey refusing to shake the saints hands after the game, then Smitty not taking shit. Quite frankly we need more edge to us. This isnt Charlotte NC of the 90s, Charlotte is becoming more and more liberal and hip (i dont mean liberal politically, just generally).
I mean, if another plaxico burress situation comes along where a guy is super talented but he served some time, then by god i say we sign him. I also watched the thursday interview with Rivera today and he was asked about Cam and the auburn investigation and Rivera said “Frankly, Cam is in the NFL, so whatever happened in college then oh well.” in other words “so what if Cam took money, who gives a shit? Can you blame Auburn for paying such a talented guy” thats my take away.
There is a difference between acting tough and not taking crap from other teams and acting like an idiot and getting yourself in trouble. Signing a guy like burress would be a huge mistake and ultimately counter productive. If we want more edginess, then we need to sign more guys like Shockey. Guys who will leave everything on the field, inspire their teammates with their attitude, fire up their team and the fans at home, and support each other in scuffles.
We don’t need to sign idiots who get in trouble off the field like burress (who by the way is not all that talented). I’m happy with the team we have. I don’t want to turn into the bengals simply to have an “edgier” team.
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I'd like to think that we have some edgy players in guys like "the Kracken".
Hardy can be a madman out there if he continues to improve.
That hit Smitty took against the Giants on that TD a couple years ago was EPIC! Can anyone point to an offensive player playing through a bone crushing hit like that besides Smitty?
With any luck, Hogan will be the only man that can take Smitty on. ;)
some people use bone-crushing as a hyperbole
I just want to point out that in this case the bone was actually crushed.
by Floods on Oct 14, 2011 2:04 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I was about to point to what BW said earlier
about Ronnie Lott. But then I saw offensive, and had nothing :P
"A warning; to the people, the good and the evil. This is war."
by Thaddeus_Griffin on Oct 14, 2011 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions
it was missing last year
The edge was definitely missing last year, and that really bothered me. No one got upset about losing, the IR seemed like the place to be, and it was what it was. Now we got CAM and Shockey who have a fire like Smitty. stew has some fire, too, but he don’t get the ball enough. Now you throw in a caoch with fire and a little swagger, and it gon b hell to pay.
by usana_gaines on Oct 14, 2011 12:31 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
"it was what it was"
I see what you did there.
by dsteele711 on Oct 14, 2011 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Last year Smitty just took his aggression out on Clausen :D
STEVE SMITH!
by southtunnel on Oct 14, 2011 4:29 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Guys Steve Smith are a dying breed…a offensive player who is tough as nails. Most offensive players today are soft as hell. YOU CANT STOP STEVE SMITH! regardless of what you do to him
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Saving The Environment One Green Comment at a Time
'We're the little brothers getting punched in the head. Pretty soon, we're gong to learn to punch back.'" - Ron Rivera aka BAMF
Dude
Bell is a HUUUUGGGEEE BIIITTCCHHH!
by William Ryan Harrell on Oct 14, 2011 12:56 AM EDT reply actions
I hope you don't mean he is a big girl
"What up? We're three cool guys looking for other cool guys who wanna hang out in our party mansion. Nothing sexual. Dudes in good shape encouraged. If you're fat, you should be able to find humor in the little things." Again, NOTHING SEXUAL
"I'd rather jerk off a tiger in a phone booth than draft Cam"
-Mel Kiper, Jr.
you guys are like a bunch of pirahnas
by chop goes da weazel on Mar 31, 2011 12:32 PM PDT
by MikeTrain on Oct 14, 2011 1:35 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
He IS listed as weighing more than Jeff Otah.
Byron Bell: 6’5 339
Jeff Otah: 6’6 330
"Hope for the best plan for the worst"
"They laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at them because they're all the same"
I also want to point out the team pride the panthers have now
in addition to Usana_gaines’ comments i want to give props to their attitude of general badassery. From smitty’s attitude of “hit me as hard as you want i’ll score anyway” to big Money calling a punk a punk after taking a dive. The panther’s are playing men’s football. the bitches football league convenes at the southern end of the mississippi.
Big Money didn't call him a punk...
He called him a Pu$$y, LOL!
See, I used dollar signs instead of S’s so that I wouldn’t actually be saying the word, Isn’t that clever?
Iranian Air Defense Site: 'Unknown aircraft you are in Iranian airspace. Identify yourself.'
Aircraft: 'This is a United States aircraft. I am in Iraqi airspace.'
Air Defense Site: 'You are in Iranian airspace. If you do not depart our airspace we will launch interceptor aircraft!'
Aircraft: 'This is a United States Marine Corps FA-18 fighter. Send 'em up, I'll wait!'
Air Defense Site: (... total silence)
by Tarheel Soldier on Oct 14, 2011 8:57 AM EDT up reply actions
I think Jenkins had to have said something to Smith
Think about it… Why was he even over there? He wasn’t even the one who hit Smitty, and he was in the middle of a pack of Panthers celebrating a TD. He had to of jumped in there to say something… Something that Smitty obviously wasn’t going to take.
The brilliance is that Smitty took advantage of the situation. He could jack up Jenkins without getting penalized, since the refs were focussed on him just getting hit illegally.
STEVE SMITH!
by southtunnel on Oct 14, 2011 4:26 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Jenkins was blocking the guys who came over from Celebrating, and was trying to chest up to one of the lineman who came over to celebrate.
Smith wasn’t going to have any of that nonsense.
Screw Skip Bayless
He just basically said he hated Steve Smith, and applauded Roman Harper for what he did
"What up? We're three cool guys looking for other cool guys who wanna hang out in our party mansion. Nothing sexual. Dudes in good shape encouraged. If you're fat, you should be able to find humor in the little things." Again, NOTHING SEXUAL
"I'd rather jerk off a tiger in a phone booth than draft Cam"
-Mel Kiper, Jr.
you guys are like a bunch of pirahnas
by chop goes da weazel on Mar 31, 2011 12:32 PM PDT
Well that's not very Christian
I don;t believe Tim Tebow would approve of that message.
Tattoo your name on my arm
I always said my girl's a good luck charm. -The Ramones
Will never understand the hate spewed in #89's direction
And the only thing people can back it up with is “YEAH WELL HE PUNCHES TEAMMATES”
Yeah, in 2008. And if you called out every player that had a scuffle in training camp, you’d have one hell of a list. Haters gonna hate. I think everyone is just butthurt a 5’8 tough SOB runs circles around the opposition on the field at the ripe age of 32. Jealous they can’t hang is all.
"We are what we are and that is what I'm trying to change so we're not that."
-John Fox on team's 0-3 start
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