Frustration regarding the travails of the Carolina Panthers is running high among the team’s fanbase. The Matt Rhule-coached Panthers are 1-4, they have a point differential of -29, and word is increasing in all corners that Rhule’s seat is lava-hot.
One Panthers fan who has clearly had enough of this mess is Ken McCool, the Mayor Pro Tem of Matthews, North Carolina. Matthews is a suburb of Charlotte, about 15 miles from Bank of America Stadium. And McCool had no issue releasing his feelings as the Panthers were getting ripped up, 37-15, by the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday in that very stadium.
First, McCool slammed Rhule and team owner David Tepper…
David Tepper and Matt Rhule have ruined any culture the Panthers have had, sigh.
— Mayor Pro Tem Ken McCool (@KenMcCool1) October 9, 2022
…then, a veiled shot at quarterback Baker Mayfield with this blast from the past request…
Can Cam Newton come back? Please
— Mayor Pro Tem Ken McCool (@KenMcCool1) October 9, 2022
Finally, McCool took off after Rhule, Tepper, and quarterback Baker Mayfield.
I don’t think I have the authority to, but I want to ban Matt Rhule, David Tepper, and Baker Mayfield from Matthews
— Mayor Pro Tem Ken McCool (@KenMcCool1) October 9, 2022
According to McCool’s official biography, “Ken spent fourteen years involved with the Matthews Athletic & Recreation Association and now volunteers as an assistant baseball coach. Ken is a small business owner with his father. They own and operate ‘Ken’s Sports Cards and Collectibles.'”
One imagines that there won’t be a lot of current Panthers cards or collectibles in McCool’s shop.
