Mr. Scot

Oh, I remember... Those "Watson Watch" threads? Who could forget those

To be clear, sources have said this is Brown's second interview.

Sean Payton and Rex Ryan? Yeah, this could get fun

When it would take maybe two or three coaches to equal the NFL experience of an entire group? Oh yeah

I thought San Fran was finally gonna hit a "sh-t or get off the pot" point with Lance but Purdy might have put that off a little longer.

Such a damn shame Tepper led him to believe that... (or not)

Can't agree. I'd say Carr is way better than Garoppolo.

Side Note: RIP Raquel Welch

Especially not when he was on the hot seat...

People are comparing Carr to Darnold and Mayfield?

Instagram, I think

As expected...

I don't see one as precluding the other. I'll grant that it does depend somewhat on what kind of deal you give to Carr.

I'm not sure that's true.

That's reasonable.

Same. I think the most popular route among those who do want Carr is to sign him but still take a QB at #9 (or higher)

Decided to take a look back at the previous coaching rosters over the past few years just to give us a comparison picture for the staff currently taking shape. Why? because I'm a colossal football nerd...and perhaps a bit of a masochist Starting with the original 2020 group… ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Offensive Coordinator: Joe Brady Quarterback Coach: Jake Peetz Assistant Quarterback Coach: Matt Lombardi Runningbacks Coach: Jeff Nixon Receivers Coach: Frisman Jackson Tight Ends Coach: Brian Angelichio Offensive Line Coach: Pat Meyer Assistant Offensive Line Coach: Marcus Satterfield Defensive Coordinator: Phil Snow Defensive Line Coach: Mike Phair Assistant Defensive Line Coach: Frank Okam Defensive Run Game Coordinator: Al Holcomb Linebackers Coach: Mike Siravo Defensive Pass Game Coordinator: Jason Simmons Cornerbacks Coach: Evan Cooper Special Teams Coordinator: Chase Blackburn Assistant Special Teams Coach: Ed Foley Strength and Conditioning Coach: Jeremy Scott Strength and Conditioning Assistant: Thomas Barbeau Strength and Conditioning Assistant: Gus Felder Head Athletic Trainer: Kevin King Coaching Assistant: EJ Barthel Coaching Assistant: DJ Mangas Coaching Assistant: Grant Udinski Coaching Assistant: Cedric Whitaker Assistant to the Head Coach: Matthew Delgado ____________________________________________________________________________________________ So this is how we started off under Rhule. As far as NFL experience, the leader was DRGC Al Holcomb with 11 years (5 of them with the Panthers). Right behind him was RB Coach Jeff Nixon with 10 years, DB Coach Jason Simmons and DL Coach Mike Phair with 9 each. TE Coach Brian Angelichio and OL Coach Pat Meyer both had 7, QB Coach Jake Peetz had 5, DC Phil Snow and ST guy Chase Blackburn had 4 (all with the Panthers, plus his playing days) and bringing up the rear was OC Joe Brady with 2 and WR Coach Frisman Jackson with just 1. So yeah, one, honestly two, of the least experienced guys had top spots on the staff. Hell, if you put all three coordinators together you had only 10 years of NFL coaching, and that’s behind a head coach with only 1 (as basically an assistant to an assistant). Looking back now, it was kinda sketchy overall, but in general we were willing to give it a chance (especially after that first season turned out better than most of us expected). Moving on to 2021… ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Offensive Coordinator: Joe Brady Quarterback Coach: Sean Ryan Assistant Quarterback Coach: Matt Lombardi Runningbacks Coach: Jeff Nixon Receivers Coach: Frisman Jackson Tight Ends Coach: Brian Angelichio Offensive Line Coach: Pat Meyer Assistant Offensive Line Coach: Tony Sparano Jr Defensive Coordinator: Phil Snow Defensive Line Coach: Frank Okam Defensive Run Game Coordinator: Al Holcomb Linebackers Coach: Mike Siravo Defensive Pass Game Coordinator: Jason Simmons Cornerbacks Coach: Evan Cooper Defensive Analyst: Kevin M Gilbride Special Teams Coordinator: Chase Blackburn Assistant Special Teams Coach: Ed Foley Strength and Conditioning Coach: Jeremy Scott Strength and Conditioning Assistant: Thomas Barbeau Head Athletic Trainer: Kevin King Coaching Assistant: EJ Barthel Coaching Assistant: Grant Udinski Coaching Assistant: Cedric Whitaker Assistant to the Head Coach: Matthew Delgado ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Chronicling the changes: Jake Peetz and Marcus Satterfield took college jobs at LSU and South Carolina respectively. Peetz was replaced with Sean Ryan, a guy who’d been speculated to be Rhule’s first choice at OC. Rhule fired DL Coach Mike Phair with a dismissive statement along the lines of “he didn’t do things the way we do” (an early indication of his “OOU” philosophy) which turned out to be the beginning of a pattern. Beyond that, not a whole lot of differences other than a few lower level assistants. In general, we took the demand for guys like Peetz and Satterfield as a good sign and the hiring of Ryan felt like an upgrade. Phair was kind of an enigma but in general we didn’t think much of it because year one had seemed like an overachieving season. And then of course, it all started to go wrong... Brady was fired in the middle of the 2021 season (replaced on an interim basis by Jeff Nixon) and people were calling for Rhule’s head as well. Rhule survived to at least start the next season which included some larger staffing changes than the prior year. some of which were rumored to have been mandated (won’t address that here as it’s another discussion). But still, there was hope for some that "season three was the charm" because that had been Rhule's usual MO at the college level. The 2022 staff for the beginning of Rhule's third (and thankfully final) season… ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Offensive Coordinator: Ben McAdoo Assistant Head Coach, Offense / Runningbacks Coach: Jeff Nixon Quarterback Coach: Sean Ryan Pass Game Specialist: Matt Lombardi Receivers Coach: Joe Dailey Tight Ends Coach: Kevin M Gilbride Offensive Line Coach: James Campen Assistant Offensive Line Coach: Robert Kugler Defensive Coordinator: Phil Snow Assistant Head Coach, Defense: Al Holcomb Defensive Line Coach: Paul Pasqualoni Assistant Defensive Line Coach: Terrance Knighton Pass Rush Specialist: Don Johnson Defensive Run Game Coordinator: Mike Siravo Defensive Pass Game Coordinator: Steve Wilks Cornerbacks Coach: Evan Cooper Special Teams Coordinator: Chris Tabor Assistant Special Teams Coach: Ed Foley Strength and Conditioning Coach: Jeremy Scott Strength and Conditioning Assistant: Thomas Barbeau Strength and Conditioning Assistant: Corey Campbell Human Performance Specialist: Timothy Rabas Head Athletic Trainer: Kevin King Offensive Assistant: Garret McGuire Offensive Assistant: Jody Owens Defensive Assistant: Bobby Maffei Defensive Assistant: Rob Dvoracek Special Teams Assistant: Cedric Whitaker Chief of Staff: Matthew Delgado Assistant to the Head Coach: Jarrett Wishon ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Kind of interesting (to me anyway) that Rhule felt he needed another assistant besides “Los” Delgado and promoted him to Chief of Staff while backfilling his old spot. Both those slots turned out to be temporary, of course. Post 2022, staff turnover was massive. Some coaches were fired while others left on their own for what mostly turned out to be lateral moves. Fired - in addition to the midseason firing of Brady - were ST Coach Chase Blackburn, OL Coach Pat Meyer and DL Coach Frank Okam. Both sides of the trenches were apparently deemed not good enough. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise as it brought us two diamonds in the rough, James Campen and Chris Tabor. The coaches who chose to depart were WR Coach Frisman Jackson (Steelers) TE Coach Brian Angelichio (Vikings) and DB Coach Jason Simmons (Raiders), all for basically the same spots with their new teams. Many of us saw this as rats deserting a sinking ship, and it turned out to have been a wise decision on their part. At the OC spot, McAdoo had interviewed for the QB Coach position before but been turned down. This time he won out over mostly mediocre competition. The most important hire though turned out to be Steve Wilks who eventually took over as interim head coach when Rhule was fired. Wilks dumped some of Rhule’s assistants (most notably Phil Snow and Even Cooper) and put his own stamp on the staff for what turned out to be at least a decently impressive finish, but not enough to win him the full time job. So that’s where we’ve been...and it wasn’t so hot. But at least now we can look forward to where we go from here.

Wondered the same... For the record, Hansen's title in Denver was also Linebackers Coach, but there was also an Outside Linebackers Coach (Bert Watts)

Official staff page now includes Campen, Kugler, Tabor and new cornerback coach Jonathan Cooley. https://www.panthers.com/team/coaches-roster/ Still waiting on a Receiver Coach, Tight Ends Coach, D-Line Coach, Safeties Coach, Strength Coach and of course the new OC.

Would have been a position on the coaching staff, not the front office. If they're looking at anybody to replace Pat Stewart in that spot, I'd look at Morocco Brown from the Colts. He's been listed as a GM candidate for years and he'd have connections with both Reich and Caldwell.

This has been expected for a while but it's finally announced as official. I'd speculated that Campen staying might also mean Robert Kugler gets retained. The article confirms he is indeed also back.

For those who like to flip over social media...

Funny you should mention...

It occurred to me he might give that title to Campen.

My emojis got funky in my mobile browser so...