Khyber53

It's not the quality, it's the cost.

You're both right.

Steel sharpens steel. Poo sticks to poo.

The Colbert part was good, I'd love to see that kind of consultant come in and take a look at things. The Tomlin part doesn't work, though. Tomlin doesn't want to leave Pittsburgh and no one in that organization is going to seriously want him to walk.

At this point, it's hard to argue against your logic. The proof is on the field, winning games while Brady is polishing the resume.

Dear Terry and Kim Pegula, Can we have our dudes back? Signed, The Panthers Faithful. (Someone start playing Dolly Parton's "Jolene" in the background).

Creative financing can keep both.

Because why shave your legs if it's just a quick cup of coffee, right? Chances are any new OC coming here is getting one season and it's hit the bricks time.

He sure was a heck of a pick up.

Dan Sabock is at Temple right now as Special Teams coordinator and Mike Siravo is the ST coach at Baylor right now. Siravo did come on board during the Rhule regime there. No idea if Sabock has any connections. But those are his go to sources. Don't be surprised.

We could all just temporarily become Bills fans until this Rhule debacle is over. I mean, that's where all the best Panthers stuff went or is headed to. It's where those guys built something and are successful. Maybe even Igo could turn this into the Carolina North Huddle or something. Purely on a temporary basis.

You are 100% right here on all of these statements! Culley had that team fighting and competitive by the last half of the year. And yes it is nuts. And there are tons of bad decisions going on in the NFL and it is sad that we may keep Rhule. I'd take Culley over him in a heart beat.

This is exactly what I was looking at for us. Linderbaum is exactly the pick we need. No effing around and getting cute... grab the best center in the draft and install him as a fixture for the next decade. Keep Elflein on hand to help mentor him (if necessary) and to play LG beside him in the early part of the season while developing a new guard from later in the draft or from the undrafted prospects. If no on Elflein, then it might be time to dance with the White Buffalo again and make an honest run at bringing Andrew Norwell back before Buffalo or WFT get him. Then, what to do at QB. Well, we're on the hook for him so keep Darnold on the roster as your back up. In a best of situation, this might be the best career spot for him. He has a moment or two here and there, so just keep him at that spot for emergencies. Pick up a free agent journeyman to start or a second stringer who needs a shot. Maybe you get a Jake Delhomme if you strike gold, but all you are shooting for is just someone who can compete. Franchise QB is the target for next year. And fug the whole Deshaun Watson crap. Just quit it. While I'd be happy seeing us take a swing at Garopolo, chances are his price tag is going to be too high. Watson would be a train wreck with long-term implications.

Meh.

Been saying it for a few days now. Tepper has not, as of this moment, come out and said after the season that everything is hunky dory. He's probably waiting to see what kind of staff Rhule can dig up and recruit in this environment and with the possibility that they will all be on short term contracts (while other new head coaches are recruiting as well for those spots). Tepper could be sending Rhule on a fool's errand just to see if he can pull off some kind of miracle. And we have to remember, Tepper sat through each of those games this year and last just like we did. He saw what we did. So yeah, there's a chance that Rhule is just dangling by a thread right now.

Gilmore better than Olsen? Really? Dang, man. Really?

<cough>Greg Olsen 2011<cough> There were others, but that one outweighs any of the "splash" moves we've made this past season alone. Wayyyyy outweighs. Not saying Marty was a genius at all, but let's not get all big and bold about the 2021 season's acquisitions. Gilmore looks like a good DB, but that was two interceptions on a team that just was getting killed every weekend since he joined.

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He may be waiting to see who Rhule comes back with as OC, OL coach, DL coach and STC. Those candidates will show an awful lot about the direction Rhule will and is willing to take. It also will show how much draw power Rhule's system has for coaching personnel. How many actual coaches will line up for a job here when they could be tied to a coach with a two season losing record and only a potential third season of employment (if things don't improve rapidly). Can Rhule actually dig his way out of the hole he is in? That may well be what David Tepper is assessing. In the meantime, a bunch of really bad teams, with tendencies to pick really bad coaches, will be flooding into the marketplace. Most of them will choose poorly. One or two might hit on something good. Knowing that rushing to judgement last time probably got him less than he wanted might make dragging his feet a bit more palatable. Until Tepper comes out and says out loud, "Matt's our man for 2022" nothing is written in stone. And I think that bewildered, sleep-deprived look Rhule had at the press conference might just reflect that situation. As to Fitt, I think he must have been assured he'd be here for this year.

Simple question here brought on by the somewhat late firing of the Giants' head coach on Tuesday. Since Sunday evening after the game, has Tepper come out publicly and said, not hinted at but said, "Matt Rhule is going to be our head coach for 2022." ? If so, can you point me to where he said it? I just want to settle it in my mind. Otherwise, I don't think a promise has been made to Rhule at this point. He may have been given papers to gather his (projected) coaching staff and to report back. If that grouping is loaded with more Temple/Baylor toadies and is short on NFL experience, Rhule may get the "This just isn't going to work out" speech.

In both Fox's and Rivera's cases, the team was going somewhere in year two. In John Fox's case he caught lightning in a bottle with the unexpected play of Jake Delhomme (aided by superstars Smitty and Pep). Rivera was bringing a hard-nosed version of football back in a soft NFCSouth and Cam Newton was literally running over everyone in his path. In year two of Rhule's tenure, we get nothing after game three. We aren't dictating the game to our opponents, we're sticking to a game plan after the half that mirrors the first half. We play as if the other team were never going to make adjustments. And we just get stomped and stymied. After bad Panthers games I used to joke that we had had a Bojangles buffet at halftime. Plenty of fried chicken but not enough napkins leading to greasy fingers and sleepy players. This year, we've been so bad after halftimes that it wasn't even funny to joke about it. Plus: Soft, unmotivated teams can't play well in the second half. They don't have enough grit to keep the efforts up. Michigan vs. App State a decade or so back tells the tale of that situation.

Hey, I applaud your reasoning and well-thought out post. I just don't agree with your conclusions.

If you have to fire that many people from your staff, maybe you aren't very good at managing and developing people. Just sayin'.

Don't bother. Just save the good ones for next year this time.