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Well if they fire Rhule I’m on board with Fangio as the DC even moreso. Time to get some NFL experience back on this coaching staff.

Better football wise? Maybe. Desperate Tepper money though? Might overpay for quality guys a lot.

I'm hoping that Matt Rhule being retain comes with some stipulations, like bringing in some NFL caliber coordinators.

If Tepper really decides to bring back Matt Rhule for another season, after I finish vomiting, I will pound the table for the Panthers to hire NFL caliber coordinators on BOTH sides of the ball. Phil Snow is the lesser of two evils on the Panthers coaching staff. But the cold hard fact is he's a Matt Rhule bro. Matt Rhule's bro I was critical of the Phil Snow hire immediately given his lack of upward mobility in the NFL. The highlight of his career including being the LB coach of the winless 2008 Lions. And let's not kid ourselves, the defense wasn't as good as the numbers indicate. Was part of that on the offense for failing to ever sustain drives? Yes. But let's not sugar coat it. The rush defense was f*cking terrible this year. The Panthers gave up 100+ yards on the ground in 9 games this season. All losses. I'm firmly in favor of moving on from Phil Snow if there is a proven NFL caliber DC who could be brought in to right the ship. Vic Fangio checks all the boxes and could serve as an interim head coach if/when Rhule is fired. The thing is, the Broncos have similar issues to the Panthers with lack of stability at the QB position. Their defense has some talent but hasn't been able to carry the team the way their 2015 defense did. And unlike the Panthers, the Broncos were able to beat a few teams with a winning record this year. Fangio is still a very good DC and probably a better DC than head coach. I think given the talent the Panthers have on defense that Fangio might be a great fit with this group. But we will probably still see Phil Snow as DC running college style formations and getting bodied up in the run game to the tune of a few 200 yard games on the ground next season. Sigh.

I just have this sliver of hope Tepper isn’t 100% on keeping Rhule and with enough outside pressure he will crack and fire him. Problem is, he might not be firing him because they didn’t prepare and don’t have a search plan in place to find a new coach and coaching staff. Maybe that is out of pure laziness or maybe the plan was always to keep him for 3 years regardless of team performance. I don’t think that’s a good reason but hey the team sucks for a reason.

In Philly or Oakland (back in the day) the security guards wouldn’t even try to remove a booing fan because they’d get their asses kicked. The yellow shirt guys aren’t trying to get a black eye to remove someone for booing. Panthers fans might be getting to that level of angry!

Wish I could fire emoji this twice

Jags fans are dressing up like clowns for their last home game surely we can top that. Maybe urinal cakes with Rhule’s face and “fire Rhule” written over it. We’re too late to get those into the stadium though! Or send a musical telegram to Tepper’s house with a lively jaunt telling the tale of Matt Rhule’s failure as head coach of the Panthers. So much potential there.

I can’t believe it’s come to this but here we are watching David Tepper and the Panthers brass staring down the legit possibility of inexplicably keeping a massively overpaid, woefully unqualified fraud of a head coach to lead the Panthers to yet another miserable losing season. I really hope all the recent media squeaking about Rhule being retained for a third season is smoke and mirrors. The fanbase clearly isn’t happy with FIRE RHULE chants breaking out in the concourse at the freaking Hornets games. But sadly it needs to be said. Rhule and his staff are clearly in over their heads and the fanbase isn’t ready to wait around for them to fix the litany of issues they caused that even a random bozo on Twitter with an IQ of 85 could see were bad ideas. Like trading for Sam freaking Darnold who was the worst QB in the NFL his first 3 seasons and oh wow let’s pick up his $19m option before he even plays a down for the team! Brilliant! Or better yet let’s hire a head coach to a massive 7 year $62m deal when he NEVER BEAT A RANKED TEAM IN THREE YEARS at his previous college job. 0-11 vs ranked teams, but I guess Marty Hurney really liked Matt Rhule’s wife’s meatballs so why the hell not, back up the Brinks truck Teppy! Now the team continues to embarrass themselves by showing the world 60 minute liquid brown diarrhea performances every Sunday. The team lost its final 10 of 12 games, many of which in blowout fashion. But I guess we just can’t see the progress. Or the super secret “Process” no one really knows about. Bottom line, if the Panthers really are going keep Matt Rhule for another trip around the sun, it is going to be a miserable off-season of pessimism and vitriol not only among the fanbase but I have to imagine the team as well. Matt Stafford straight up gave this team the middle finger last year when they tried to trade for him. Dude knew a dumpster fire when he saw one. Who wants to play for a head coach that doesn’t make halftime adjustments and couldn’t outcoach Tom freaking Herman at Houston OR Texas? How do you expect a guy like that to win in the NFL??? It might be the worst off-season to be a Panthers fan in team history because you just know these guys are going to f*ck it up! You just know it! What’s next for Matty Rhule’s traveling brigade of foolish decisions? Hiring the Baylor women’s tennis coach as offensive coordinator? It honestly wouldn’t surprise me! Matt’s 3rd grade best friend Bongo McQueefhole will probably get an interview. I honestly don’t really care what they do anymore. I don’t have any faith in the leadership to make good decisions. They could get an A++ from every football pundit for every off-season transaction and draft pick they make. But I know that if Rhule is back coaching those players, the team will be constantly unprepared on game day, be incapable of adjusting to the changes other teams make, and QUIT in games where they’re clearly in over their heads. Bring in an NFL level coaching staff, Panthers. Or it’s going to be a VERY negative off-season in Charlotte. And that’s not going to help anyone.

Charlotte FC has a huge chance of failure. I don’t see Charlotte supporting an MLS team very well, especially one playing in an NFL sized stadium (yes I know they block off seats and modify the stadium). I see Charlotte FC being at the bottom of attendance in MLS next season. In stark contrast to last seasons MLS expansion team, Austin FC. I have season tickets and have seen first hand how well they built their fanbase and engaged the community. They were smart steering headfirst into targeting Hispanics who are already soccer fans with chants and team mottos in Spanish. The result was Austin FC was 5th in attendance in MLS in their inaugural season. I don’t see anywhere close to the level of success Austin FC has had generating new fans happening in Charlotte. Austin doesn’t have another professional sports team so it was ripe for a team to latch onto. Tepper is already hated for turning the Panthers into a miserable laughing stock so he won’t be getting many cross over fans. And I just don’t see anyone really giving a poo about the team. I bet Charlotte FC sucks ass, struggles to sell tickets, and the team only survives because of Tepper’s big pockets.

As we should be the team sucks major league crusty brown asshole right now

Oh so Ian Rapaport has been paid to say Rhule deserves a 3rd season because of his time at Baylor? Wonder what he would have said if someone told him Rhule never beat a ranked team in 3 years at Baylor! 0-11 vs ranked teams at Baylor, what now Ian? At least the fanbase is united against this fraud.

Marty Hurney strategy.

If he had a competent QB throwing him the ball we’re talking about a different receiver right now

Every draft pick will be a bust playing for a coaching staff that couldn’t even beat a ranked team at a high budget D1 school.

The Panthers never do smart things like this. They have become one of the dumbest franchises in the NFL. I’m surprised how stupid this team has been given the supposed genius self made Billionaire as the owner.

I don’t see any guys out there named Superbowl McChampionship though

I’m game to hire Matt Eberflus. The other Colts assistant ready to make the jump to HC

Bears gave up a 1st this season which would have been a top 10 pick. Giants set up to be in good shape with that extra pick

Unless we are picking a stud QB we need to trade back and accumulate picks. They should have traded down last year with the Bears if they didn’t want Fields. Corner is such a luxury position for a team with many other needs. I hate this team right now. Dumb move after dumb move after dumb move.

We’re gonna end up with Jason Garrett as OC because this team sucks

Too f*cking late Matt

He’s played decent as a rookie when slotted at LT this season. If he doesn’t start next game at LT I’m going to be livid. Guy could be the answer there if he develops his technique more.

Fire Rhule