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Skipper's out in Carolina, Williams next?
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08:03 AM ET 01.31 | Jim Skipper, a holdover from John Fox's staff in Carolina, had been considered for a role with Ron Rivera but has been let go. Skipper said Sunday that Rivera called him to break the news, but that he wasn't surprised by it. "It's disappointing, but I knew it when I went in for the interview," Skipper said. "This was a courtesy thing, and the only reason they did it was because the players spoke up for me." ... The Panthers' backs had waged a bit of a lobbying effort on Skipper's behalf, trying to keep the coach who helped them to success. Free agent-to-be DeAngelo Williams said in late November keeping Skipper would go a long way toward convincing him to stay, and Jonathan Stewart, Mike Goodson and Tyrell Sutton each took to Twitter to express their support.
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Well with Goodson looking pretty solid last season and Stewart definately has the ability to be an every down back... this is pretty whatever really.
I Must Break You
Harrisonburg , VA
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Gilligan!
Wawa-we-wa
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Williams is pretty solid and I'd like to see him in New England, but I doubt they would give him the big bucks
Patriots Go Go…
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Ahoy Skipper. Just as well. That boat is sinking fast!
TxHeat
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Carolina has a football team?
Commodore Fan
Nashville, TN
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Tennessee has a football team Commodore Fan?
Panthers fan
Davidson , NC
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shut it
Panthers fan
Davidson , NC
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Tennessee has a football team?
Panthers fan
Davidson , NC
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I like how Rivera handled this: face to face. The position coach didn't have to hear about it on ESPN or the radio first.
Naptown_Colts
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LOL! 3 whole comments and two are duplicates. Reminds me of the Panthers. 1 step forward and two steps back.
Commodore Fan
Nashville, TN
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Just keep your dirty hands off of Tice. We need him for at least one more year!!! Go BEARS!!!
bearsfan6522009
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And the train wreck that will be the Ron Rivera era begins. *sigh*
Guess it's time to scouting the top college prospects for the next couple of years.
Aerochunck
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yy
yankeefan278
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in the article about tv ratings they called jon beason a cleveland player on his int for a td thats the respect the panthers get they would not call ray lewis a rams player!
yankeefan278
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Not so much duplicates, just a question that begged to be repeated. A lot of us out here have respect for our Panthers. Go Carolina!!!
knock7785
York , SC
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Actually reminds me more of the Titans.
wend28
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