|
Replies: 8
| visibility 2,001
|
Oculus Spirit [80716]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 23655
Joined: 8/21/06
|
|
|
|
 |
All-Pro [696]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 880
Joined: 11/9/04
|
Re: Will Shipley
6
6
Apr 10, 2024, 9:50 PM
|
|
I would love to see him have success close to home, and they recently had a similar type of back. (Christian McCaffrey) However, there history with Clemson players is suspect!
|
|
|
|
|
|
110%er [8066]
TigerPulse: 90%
Posts: 10493
Joined: 11/28/03
|
Re: Will Shipley
Apr 11, 2024, 9:00 AM
|
|
I would love to see him have success close to home, and they recently had a similar type of back. (Christian McCaffrey) However, there history with Clemson players is suspect!
''
Similar as in skin color? Otherwise not so much...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [4029]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 4323
Joined: 10/6/03
|
One year with the panthers
1
Apr 11, 2024, 12:08 AM
|
|
And he will regret his decision to leave early
Panthers are a dumpster fire
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Medallion [65700]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 33302
Joined: 12/3/03
|
He only winds up with the Panthers if he is a UDFA, because the Panthers will
Apr 11, 2024, 8:14 AM
|
|
not break their forever tradition of not drafting Clemson players. The few to ever play for them came either via the UDFA or trade route.
You can say them not drafting a Clemson player is a coincidence if you want. 7 rounds a year for 29 years with no players being drafted is NOT a coincidence, it is a plan. You will never convince me that at SOME point over all those picks, there was not a Clemson player who fitted the needs they had, moreso than the player they actually picked.
And, even if the talent was a near tie, you would think they would draft a "local" product every now and then, just to build some local fan interest. They certainly have done so with Coots over the years.
Is there anyone on here who was behind the scenes at Clemson back in 1995, when the Panthers played that inaugural season in Death Valley? What happened between Clemson and the Panthers that soured that relationship? Some kind if ill will fallout came out of that first season, because the "internal ban" on drafting Clemson players is real. It was at least easier to understand back when Coot Jerry Richardson was the owner, but those days are long gone.
And, it is not just Clemson. The Panthers have a long history of screwing over the state of South Carolina, as well. I vaguely remember that original plans called for the stadium to be built ~straddling the state line, around the Carowinds area, and a huge chunk of the Panthers training facilities were also to be built in the Rock Hill area in South Carolina. Then, it the immortal words of Hee Haw, "You met another, and PFFFTTTT, you was gone." To North Carolina, that is. Blue goats, stinky cheese.
|
|
|
|
|
|
110%er [7500]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 15426
Joined: 2/2/01
|
Jerry Richardson was a proud Wofford alum and player - not a Coot. His
1
Apr 11, 2024, 9:49 AM
|
|
sons played ball at Clemson and UNC. Both were heavily involved with the Panthers organization. Jon passed back in 2013. Mark is on the Clemson BOT.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Athletic Dir [888]
TigerPulse: 100%
Posts: 911
Joined: 10/19/21
|
Re: Will Shipley
1
Apr 11, 2024, 8:46 AM
|
|
I said this a while back and I still believe it. He is a fit for what KC does with their running backs. He will likely have a career similar to Danny Woodhead etc. He's not going to give anybody 1,000 yards on the ground but he could be a consistent 1,000+ combined scrimmage and return yards guy.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orange Blooded [4810]
TigerPulse: 99%
Posts: 4860
Joined: 1/8/19
|
Re: Will Shipley
1
Apr 11, 2024, 8:55 AM
|
|
Odds are they don't take him but he'd be a good receiving option out of the backfield for a shaky young QB.
|
|
|
|
|
|
CU Guru [1393]
TigerPulse: 93%
Posts: 1445
Joined: 9/2/05
|
Re: Will Shipley
1
Apr 11, 2024, 9:01 AM
|
|
Who would want to be drafted by a franchise that has proven time snd again that they can not make an intelligent decision in any area!! Panthers will be punch line of jokes for years to come!!
|
|
|
|
|
|
Replies: 8
| visibility 2,001
|
|
|
50
