Mr. Scot

Rhule is a huge control freak (he turned down the Jets over staff control) so trying to force him to let someone else choose his assistants likely means he walks... ...which I'm fine with.

I'm afraid this is probably correct. For one, if Rhule is still in charge, I can't see him moving on to a different OC. Remember he said that he "went outside his comfort zone" to hire Joe Brady. Jeff Nixon, on the other hand, is well within his comfort zone so it's difficult to think he'd make a change there.

What you see within this article is the basic framework of the argument Rhule will be using to explain to David Tepper why he should keep his job. Mind you, this assumes Tepper is even asking that question. He should be, but I don't know if he is or will.

I have a really tough time picturing either of those things happening. If Rhule is still head coach next year, I'm guessing Jeff Nixon remains the OC.

"Nothing beside remains..."

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings..." Seems like an appropriate reference for the current state of the Panthers.

It brings up a question. I know there were a lot of folks who wanted the Panthers to keep Newton around at least for the final year of his contract. But now that we know just how bad Matt Rhule really is, I wonder how many would still say that would have been the best thing for him.

I'd take the job. Then I'd hire Nathaniel Hackett and let him choose his own staff and run everything while I sat back and played the role of a paid consultant.

Earlier in the season, I remember saying "well at least we're good enough to beat bad teams". Turns out we weren't.

The schedule that is, not the team Ellis also points out that while our strength of schedule up to this point is buoyed by the Cardinals, it's kind of an illusion since they were without major starters. So technically, our early season strength of schedule should be even weaker.

At the time, I took a look back at his Broncos staffs in 2009 and 2010. There were some good names on that list, and a couple might be available again if he gets a new job.

NFL Team Ownership for Dummies...

I was a huge critic of Rivera, but at this point I'd take him over Rhule. For a guy whose background was supposed to be in offensive line, it seems to be a position he knows nothing about.

Stuff we're seeing from the players lately makes me wonder if Rhule isn't preaching an "us against the world" sort of philosophy in the locker room. That's the kind of thing desperate coaches do sometimes. In reality, "the world" isn't against the Panthers. It's just against their stupid coaching.

Ugh. What an absolutely moronic take

The term "college atmosphere" was used. The NFL is a business, run by adults who often get paid more money than their coaches. Coaching and motivating those guys is way more complex than yelling at a college kid.

Not me. Someone else on here posted not too long ago that folks inside the building aren't real big fans of Matt Rhule. Nothing too specific but some mention of his possibly being a tad unprofessional. On the flipside, they apparently really like Scott Fitterer and think he could build a pretty good team...minus Rhule.

I've heard stories that George Seifert was a colossal a--hole. Also heard some talk that while John Fox himself wasn't necessarily a bad guy, his wife majorly ruffled feathers inside the Panthers offices. On the flipside, there was near universal belief that Ron Rivera was a peach. Rhule? Well...we've heard a few whispers. For me, I mean hell I never even had any personal dislike for Marty friggin' Hurney. Someone being bad at their job just isn't a valid reason to hate them. But I'll confess, there's a part of me that thinks Rhule might genuinely be a rather doslikeable person.

Nope. Just went back and looked at the last several drafts to see how much credibility your suggestion that every draft "customarily" has a franchise quarterback available in the first round ("you just have to find them") actually had. Turns out it was bullsh-t.

I get that there are people who think a new quarterback is the answer to every problem. But I'd also like to think several of us understand that's not really true.

You hear him talk about how John Miller might be healthy again soon as if having back in the starting lineup would be a big positive. He does...not...get it

What happens then? We platoon three quarterbacks?

Translation: Matt Rhule will continue to operate as if he were still coaching at the college level.

With Rhule and company in charge of his development?

I honestly can't remember, but early would make sense because there wasn't any tape on him yet. Maybe Rivera late last year because Ron was too stubborn to pull Haskins, but Ron got him this year.