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August 01, 2008
Hurney: Mum's the word
General manager Marty Hurney isn't commenting on Steve Smith's status after a Smith-Ken Lucas fight resulted in Lucas being carted off the field with an ice pack over his left eye.
Hurney wouldn't say whether Smith will be suspended, or whether Smith will be allowed to play in the Panthers' season opener Sept. 7 at San Diego.
"We're working through this and we're handling this internally," said Hurney, echoing previous comments by coach John Fox.
He would not elaborate and repeated several times that it was being handled internally.
-- Charles Chandler
Posted by Observer Sports on August 1, 2008 at 12:26 PM | Permalink
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WHY IS AUTOMATICALLY ASSUMED THAT SMITH STARTED THE FIGHT? I KNOW THAT HE HAS HAD ANGER PROBLEMS BEFORE, BUT WHY ISN'T KEN LUCAS BEING SUSPENDED IN QUESTION, JUST BECAUSE HIS FACE IS CUT?
Posted by: PANTHERFAN | Aug 1, 2008 12:34:48 PM
See, PANTHERFAN, thats exactly what I want to know. We have no clue who started it. Chandler did you see it start? Tell us something!
Posted by: Henry | Aug 1, 2008 12:47:50 PM
This is training camp. Players scrap all the time. Assuming Lucas is OK, let's not make a big deal out of this.
Posted by: McSwollenvich | Aug 1, 2008 12:48:54 PM
Please don't suspend my boy! We need him to beat the Chargers Week 1!
Posted by: Steve Smith's Mom | Aug 1, 2008 12:55:35 PM
Why is there talk of Steve being suspended. It was a training camp fight like all the others other than Lucus got his butt whipped. Get over it and don't stir anything up you bunch babies- IT'S FOOTBALL
Posted by: capt morgan | Aug 1, 2008 12:56:26 PM
When you put highly competitive guys together in 100 degree heat, for two a days, stuff like this happens.
Legal Ramifications? Suspenions?
Breaking the team? ... GIVE ME A BREAK!!!
Posted by: CarPanFan1 | Aug 1, 2008 1:26:22 PM
Because Smith sucker punched Lucas while he was on one knee, a few minutes after a play.
http://community.heraldonline.com/?q=blog/darin
His ass should be suspended at least a game
Posted by: AnthonyBright | Aug 1, 2008 1:45:03 PM
Hey, how about Muhammad stepping up and being a leader, a spokesman, for the team? I'm glad we brought him back.
Posted by: bx | Aug 1, 2008 9:59:24 PM
On a different note, it's nice to see another example of how the pen is mightier than the sword...
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/panthers/story/101461.html
For those of you who got vocal about the billboards and the lousy adds, THANK YOU! It's nice to see that corporate America can be somewhat tamed with threats of boycotting. Hopefully, they will do something about the adds as well.
Posted by: SYRPIS | Aug 1, 2008 11:24:38 PM
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