Mr. Scot

I love Whisenhunt. He's so underappreciated. People say that without Warner, Ken was a mediocre head coach but doesn't that go for 90% of coaches who have a franchise QB? Look at all the signal callers the front office brought in for Arizona. They were horrific. Granted, part of the problem was the o-line but they trouble getting the ball to their playmakers too. Fans also forget that Whisenhunt was the architect behind that front seven that just crushed our o-line for 7 sacks.

We don't lack talent. We lack a coaching staff. Hell, we could hire Gruden tomorrow, and this team could be 5x better by November. Whisenhunt should no issue establishing The Panthers as a playoff contender under a single season.

Shanahan never accomplished anything without Elway either.

Can't agree on Gruden.  He took a Super Bowl winning team and ran them into mediocrity for the remainder of his time there.  he was fired because players hated his guts and told the owners they'd rather retire than play for him without Monte Kiffin in place.  add in that he kept a continuous QB carousel going after Brad Johnson and never developed any of his young prospects.

True but look at what Whisenhunt and McCoy have done for Rivers together.

I'm always a little skeptical of Steeler guys outside the Steeler system.  Granted, Whisenhunt looked good in Arizona when he had Kurt Warner.  Post Warner, not so much.

I wouldn't scream if we hired Whisenhunt, but he's not my first choice.

Knowing that G-Man and Richardson are old school, I don't know. I prefer an offensive genius to be our next HC. I'm not saying a DC can't lead us to victory but I'm getting feeling that we're going to hire Rivera 2.0

I absolutely want an offensive genius on staff.

It just doesn't absolutely have to be the head coach.

That's what scares me.

Doesn't scare me.

Seen plenty of good defensive coach / solid OC combos.

Yeah. As long as he brings a competent mind on defense, we'll be okay. We've got too much talent on defense to just place a below average guy in charge of our front seven.

Our current roster would be very attractive to a defensive coach.

If that is Cam's fatal flaw then we definitely need a great offensive mind to maximize Cam's athleticism and cannon arm. We've invested in Cam so we can't say fug it and go Tampa Bay on him. I, myself, don't think so because we've seen Cam play at a high level late in games. I think Newton's issue is consistency and discipline.

I have no problem with an offensive minded coach, but I'd also be fince with a DC who brought a good OC with him.

I've said this for the past year in a half

 

Rivera is our Mike Singletary 

The Singletary comparison is, sadly, a good one

Newton's profile early on was he'd look great at the beginning of games but tail off as they went on.  I figured once he adjusted to the pro game that'd change, but now we're back to that.

Definitely not all on him.  We need better OL, better DBs and more consistent receivers for sure.

Oh look, it's Grits. Who saw this coming.

Not Grits.

Troll?  Yes, but not Grits.

Two scores, well need too much to happen

We sure as heck didn't need that to happen

It's clear that Cam doesn't respect Rivera, and why should he? Ron doesn't know what he's doing, especially on offense. This team has the talent to win now but we're failing to execute because our coaching staff is a mockery. We're starting to see the major foundational issues.

To be fair, Newton wasn't exactly special in this game either.  Neither were a lot of other guys.

Rivera did a poor job gameplanning, but his players did him no favors.

Good start, but then that second play...

One thing to consider: This is a chance for Newton to finally have a game winning comeback.

Bruce Arians did some brilliant gameplanning for this contest.

We need someone that can play WR bad

We have people who can play WR bad.

We have people who can play OL bad too.

Cardinal fans doing the wave while they're on offense...

And the delayed blitz gets us yet again, ouch

Horrible pass

I despise that play

It got us yards.

Better choice would have been to give it to Ginn though.

Good effort by Barner that time

Wildcat, should have given it to Ginn

STOP THROWING TO SMITH

 

ARGH

Bad timing.

LUKE!

Amini out of the game, report makes it sound like it might be longer

Who got blown up on that play (Kalil, Wharton)?

Wharton played it poorly and left an off balance Kalil one on one.