Mr. Scot

The Carolina Panthers coaching staff as it currently stands... Head Coach: Matt Rhule Offensive Coordinator: Ben McAdoo Quarterbacks Coach: Sean Ryan Pass Game Specialist: Matt Lombardi Assistant Head Coach, Offense / Runningbacks Coach: Jeff Nixon Wide 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 Defensive Line Coach: Paul Pasqualoni Assistant Defensive Line Coach: Terrance Knighton Pass Rush Specialist: Don Johnson Assistant Head Coach, Defense: Al Holcomb Defensive Run Game Coordinator / Linebackers Coach: Mike Siravo Defensive Pass Game Coordinator / Secondary Coach: Steve Wilks Cornerbacks Coach: Evan Cooper Special Teams Coordinator: Chris Tabor Assistant Special Teams Coordinator: Ed Foley Some of these coaches we know from their performance with last year's team. Others we know via resumé or reputation, but haven't yet seen perform with the current iteration of the Panthers. My Question: Accepting that there's a lot we don't know, but based on what we do know at this point, what's your impression of some or all of the current assistants? FYI: Looking for opinions on assistant coaches only. The head coach is already being talked about in plenty of other topics.

Bozeman, one year only. Corbett, I think two or three.

I'm on board

Eh, I'm okay with it as long...as Marshawn lynch isn't driving

Can shoguns be fired?

Related: Bozeman update...

Yeah, I'd give us the edge as far as the starter. Once you get past that though, it's tougher to judge.

Ekwonu, Christensen, Bozeman, Corbett, Moton (next year's version of that might include Cade Mays somewhere along the interior)

I've said a thing or two in prior jobs that I could have (or arguably should have) been fired for. I thought McDaniels was probably the best choice in the last round of coaching interviews. I'm not absolutely certain he's going to be a great head coach, but I feel pretty comfortable saying then in the OC transition from him to Matt Patricia, there's going to be...a dropoff

Ryan Kalil really spoiled us at the center spot. It'd sure be nice to have somebody that good again.

Speaking of coaching staff, I get the impression that the lesson Belichick may learn this year is just how good Josh McDaniels was. (or at the very least that Matt Patricia isn't exactly on the same level)

Mid-tier gonna be enough to save Rhule?

I was pretty excited about getting Campen. He's well respected around the league and has a solid resumé. If there's a downside to him, it's that the last two or three head coaches he's worked for have all been fired after one season with him. (granted, some would say that's not necessarily bad) As far as Snow, i kind of feel like the flipside of what was said. In my opinion, it's been the talent we have on the defense carrying him while his schemes are weak.

I get the sense that we were bested in individual drills but proved better in team competition. Not necessarily a bad thing...

Undecided

I feel good about McAdoo so far (I know you don't). Tabor I like, but same as with McAdoo we haven't seen him in true live action yet. Snow I still think is overrated.

Actually, this sort of reaction is what sounds emotional. I gave you specific things to answer. Instead you respond with this. Are you not going to offer any kind of rebuttal to the assertions that I made?

Nobody's all bad... But the thing is outside of uncontrollable stuff like McCaffrey getting hurt, a lot of the things that went wrong were directly traceable to decisions made by the head coach. You can hope for better decisions this year, but barring some seriously spectacular improvement, it might be a little too late.

Usually spelled Dumás in the native tongue, I think...

All of those are personnel based things, and I haven't been critical of our personnel or our roster. Talk to me about coaching, about practice management, about depth chart decisions, things like that. Defend to me having a "quarterback competition" to settle a question that was pretty obvious to everybody else. Explain the idea that a guy who was drafted at #6 overall specifically to be the left tackle had to "earn it" when most other teams will just slot them in and give them the reps they need to start learning immediately. Talk to me about why we give camp and preseason reps to a quarterback who's not going to make the team over a guy we're supposed to be prepping for the future. And dude, please don't do the psychoanalytical bullsh-t. I'm not "eaten up inside". That sounds as silly as the guy who said that all the people with negative opinions must just hate themselves. I have real world things to handle. Football talk is meant to be an escape. But that doesn't mean it all has to be positive. I could sit here saying glowing things about Sam Darnold? Is that going to make it better? Is it going to make fans feel any better when he goes out on the field and stinks it up? Bottom Line: I don't trust Matt Rhule. He has yet to give me any reason to do so. Can he change that opinion? Sure, but it's got to come with wins, not optimism or speculation.

From what I've heard/seen, I don't think the beat reporters and analysts were that bad, but apparently the Patriots radio guys sound like the pro wrestling announcers that favor the heels.

I prefer Mays as a guard, but he's reported to be a very smart player which is something you want in a center.

He was named the starter today.

Because calling anybody who disagrees with your opinion "biased" is just a lazy dodge. I and numerous others have given multiple reasons why we don't trust Matt Rhule. Is some of that based in emotion? Probably, just like some of the people defending him base their ideas in optimism or loyalty to the team. But it's also true that a lot of it is purely analytical. Likewise true that you can find plenty of criticism of Matt Rhule in various independent sources, few of which could be credibly called "biased". So again, if you feel my opinion and viewpoint are biased rather than analytical, you have the option to say so. But it's a lot more credible if you can actually present evidence of an opposing opinion. If not, okay...