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Coaching Panthers star-studded LB unit? It’s harder than it seems

SPARTANBURG

Forget the unforgiving sun, the sweat pooling under his dark pullover and the 115-degree heat indexes.

Training camp was like a rum-soaked, three-week Caribbean vacation for Panthers linebackers coach Al Holcomb.

With three first-round picks and a couple of All-Pros at his disposal, Holcomb could have rolled out the tackling dummies, thrown on some sunscreen and kicked back on the hill overlooking Wofford’s practice fields with a Kindle and fruity drink while Thomas Davis, Luke Kuechly and Shaq Thompson coached themselves.

“Man, that is totally false,” Davis said after the Panthers wrapped up camp Tuesday.