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I think Fox was better than Ron, but that's just me. That said, Rhule is a disgrace.

I cannot recall not seeing many Panthers games over the past 10 years...from wire to wire. I may fast forward through the ads, and I may have to watch it a little later than gametime, but I do see them. This season marked the end of that, but I feel I waited too long. Tepper has caused all of this...he and he alone are to blame. I hope he understands this. P.S. He doesn't.

God how did the Panthers once again screw up a perfect time to rebuild? If we are trying to get better long term, trade back and bulking up the OL is the correct move. I don't care if it's C, G, or LT...we need to grab some players there and stop treating the OL like the Safety position. Trade back, unless there is a top LT at 8...and my hunch is if there would be one...he will go before our pick...grab Guards and Centers if needed, hopefully recoup a day two pick and again, G/C/T is my choice there. We are enamored with our CB's and WR's, but don't have the big guys to make them successful, we must build from the inside.

Said it then...we should have ridden out with Kyle...let Cam walk, don't sign Teddy, and rebuild. Instead, we cut Cam (correct), signed Teddy (incorrect), paid Teddy to leave (incorrect), traded for Sam (incorrect), then brought Cam back (incorrect). Now we have sunk cost in Cam, Teddy, Sam, and whomever is starting/playing for us next season. We are a dumb team, always have been.

I've been here most of my entire life. There are different ways to look at how you view it. We live near the water, have a boat and slip, and use the hell out of it....but we have high paying jobs and have access to tons of creature comforts (that my wife requires) i.e. great food, grocery stores, bars, salons, etc.... When we want the "old Wilmington" we hop on the boat and run 30 minutes North...ah...just like the old days....then we come back and have the jobs here on Monday that allow that type of access. I'm not saying it's "better" but it's a hell of a lot better than almost anywhere else in the state to call home.

Holy smokes...you seen Charlotte over the last 20? If you are into the water, there is no better place in NC...if you want to have some access to day to day life off of it. Man, we will hit the boat on Saturday for a few hours, pick up some oysters from up near stump sound and grill them that night...have a few buds over and make an afternoon of it. Awesome place to live. If I was feeling a little more exciting, I'd go dive and shoot a few fish as well.

I really wish we had done so. Even if Slater couldn't play LT, and he's proven he can, a high level starting G is very important at well...just as much as a run stuffing DT....IMO. Not a pass rush DT mind you, but a Brown type player. This team has tried, to fix the O Line, they just have no idea how to do so...spanning a few coaching staffs now.

The only draw to Charlotte that I would normally have would be the 8 home games per year, and the airport. That's it...and right now...it's just the airport. There are so many places in NC that I would prefer to live it's not even close...but where I live ranks no. 1...no better place right now than Wilmington...IMO.

Man, how sad. I do have some questions though. RIP

I like what I hear, and fear what I know.

I haven't.

Unless it's a need, and sounding like it's not for me at this time, I guess I'll be waiting. Thanks.

I'm completely out, sucks to say, but a couple big changes to my life, along with the Panthers being mismanaged from the tip top, to the very bottom is just not something that I'm willing to devote time nor resources to. They are going to need to do more than sign a crowd favorite at QB to win my fandom back. Good luck David.

Focusing on "business" side of things first. Soccer. Concerts. Already begging taxpayers for money. Keeping Marty. Keeping Ron. Hiring Rhule and giving him unlimited power. Hiring a GM in an upside down power structure. Field Turf. His mistakes go on and on and on...I'm not even sure he's made a single good decision since he's been here...I'm sure I'm wrong on that, but it certainly doesn't feel like it. I really really wanted him to bring Colbert over from the Steelers and give him the bag to get his tenure started...or at the very least, someone like him. Man this has been a disaster so far.

Are these still tough to find out in the wild?

As I stated in another thread...so far, when David Tepper has a choice to make, he makes the wrong one. That means I'm bracing for Rhule to be here again next season.

Were I him, I'd be taking my sizable amount of cash, sticking it in the bank, and going to work for next to nothing on a good offensive staff. He's likely going to be around for as long as he wants in the NFL, and will probably be an OC again, but he needs some time, and a much better situation.

No to Bienemy...I never want disciples of Andy. No to Byron. I'm not interested in one of Bruce's disciples either...especially when he has Tom making his job MUCH easier. Pederson scares me, not sure why, but he does. I think I would want Daboll, Eberflus, or Hackett at this point. I wanted Kevin Stefanski last time.

I don't think that we have enough information yet to know what Tepper is going to do. Typically, he makes the wrong decision when he has a choice, so my guess is he gets another year.

Seems he's impatient, and didn't have a firm grasp on how close, or far away the Panthers were from being a good football team. Not surprising, he's a college guy. He keeps hoping for the best, while not preparing for the worst...in this case, a disaster of a signing in both Teddy and now Sam. Not good.

I think that the entire NFL is having a very hard time with the QB and the LT positions....maybe even O Line as a whole? Teams simply cannot predict OL and QB it seems with any consistency, we are no different. End of the day, Horn is a very good player, and likely graded out as one of the best players in the entire draft, he can be a cornerstone for your franchise, and he was needed....however, we did have a dire need for QB and OL...soooooo. We should have committed to a rebuild, but Tepper got in the way...then Rhule.

Leave Morgan and Fitt alone until they have proven that they cannot handle the job. Rhule has proven that he cannot, he should be relieved of his duty at the conclusion of the season. Tepper needs to fix the structure, and let Fitt and Morgan do their jobs and select a coach. Then...Tepper needs to go to Pittsburgh and cut off all communication with the team...we may have a chance if he does that. Otherwise, we are the new Jets/Jags.

Of them, I trust Moore to turn it around the most. Burns could turn back up, but his size is always going to be an issue in the run game. We need to play from ahead for him to be able to be really good. Anderson, I think he may need to go. I didn't like the extension at all. Hassan...he's a sack master, but that's about it...again, need to play from ahead. Snow...I think there is just too much game tape on him, and if we can't consistently stop the run, we don't have much of a shot. Brown is what you get when you draft a non pass rushing lineman in the top 10.

But, like said here, this isn't a game for financially feeble folks, you need to be setup well to make it work. I would like to pay off my home, but that would be a massive mistake with interest rates where they are and the current inflation. Time to take on some more debt....something I haven't said in 20 years.

Even with skyrocketed costs of real estate, I'm hoping to stick some money there very soon. At less than 3% interest, with long payback times, and inflation going haywire...it's a no brainer. I don't even care if I pay 20% over what it should be, it's free money....as long as you can hold. You have to be able to hold.