Ricky Spanish

I feel compelled to lock the thread because this answer is absolutely perfect.

We didn't do Ron dirty. Hell, we gave him a farewell press conference because he was so well respected. It was a mutually beneficial parting in the middle of the season. Ron Knew he wouldn't be back, and Tepper knew he wanted someone new, so Tepper gave Ron a head start to find a new job, and gave us a head start to find and hire the BEST head coach (LOL) candidate available.

Sheena, baby, don't get my hopes up.

OK so 1) I applaud you for attempting to be rational when so many on here (myself included) are not at the moment. 2) Firing Ron was not the wrong move. Sometimes it's just time. Happened with Andy Reid. Happened with Doug Pederson. Happened with Mike McCarthy. It happened with Ron too. 3) Two years is not too soon to fire a coach. If they don't produce within the first two years or show a downward trend from year one to year two, it's time to cut bait and run. One year can be too soon unless the coach is a complete dumpster fire (ie Urban Meyer). 4 )"Hiring the best position coaches available will be a huge step in the right direction for the offense" - I have my doubts that a) Rhule can even identify the best available coaches, and b) If he blind squirrels it, Why would they want to work here with Rhule who is a potential lame duck HC who has been throwing assistants under the bus? OC for the Panthers under Rhule is one of the least attractive open positions right now. 5) Rhule should absolutely not have final say on rosters moving forward as he is dildos at talent evaluation, as well as putting players in a position to succeed (See Chinn moving to Safety, Playing BC at Guard all year until injuries forced him to have the best games at T all season, "Short arms", Deonte Brown not getting any significant time to evaluate him in game situations when John Miller is literally the worst starting guard in the NFL, etc.) 6) Darnold is broken and no amount of coaching will fix him. He has been the worst QB in the league the past 4 years. He is a lost cause even if he were behind the Cowboys lines from the 90s.

Jackson got exposed down the stretch. First half of his year was better than the second half, and once again, he couldn't complete a full season. Gilmore, while older, is the better corner. Would love to keep him but it really depends on what kind of money he is asking for.

Dude's other resume items included the 2019 Chargers who were the worst OL in the league that year as well.

End of the season. We start out strong with a 4-2 record then go 1-10 the rest of the way.

Someone send Pep a DM and tell him to stay away from this dumpster fire. He doesn't need this shitstain on his resume.

I consider myself one of the more consistently level headed dudes on here. I'm 100% balls in fire these chucklefugs and start over.

well this is damning.

And he did it with Sam Darnold as his QB. Rhule has won 10 over two years with the benefit of an extra game. This is shaping up to be a VERY similar situation when literally everyone knows the right move is to fire the coach and move on but ownership is being too pigheaded to do it.

Players went to bat for Ron until his final days too. I don't take stock in the players saying they like the guy. He's incompetent and needs to be shown the door.

Yeah, OK Sure Donte. Fine. He's "A tremendous Leader of Men" He's still a shit talent evaluator and a shit coach who has won 10 games over the span of two years and ended this year going 2-12.

That's less than two per game for those at home. I can fit all the TDs in one screenshot on my desktop with room to spare:

Bears - 5-9 Giants - 4-10 Jets - 4-10 Texans - 4-10 Lions - 3-10-1 Jags 3-11 Panthers 2-12 2 wins in 14 games. There's some analytics for you Tepper. What a process guys. 1000% working and getting 1% better every single day. This alone should be all the evidence needed to fire Matt Rhule

Also, "Rhule just needs to hire good coaches". Ok, what halfway decent offensive coaches are: a) Available b) Actually willing to work for Rhule in a potential one year lame duck situation? Keeping Rhule and actually expecting things to get better in any realistic fashion is just not feasible.

Dude, seriously, fug David Tepper if he goes another year with Matt Rhule expecting literally anything good to happen. ESPECIALLY if he trades for Watson. Not only is that deal morally questionable at the least, the amount of capital needed to make that move would be absurd. We have limited resources in terms of Cap and Draft picks thanks to Rhule's dipshittery from last offseason, how do we expect him to coax any halfway decent OL in FA? I don't see Rhule's "process" as a very enticing thing for guys looking to get paid, and I CERTAINLY don't trust Rhule's dumbass to evaluate and acquire a diamond in the rough OL FA. The closer we get to the offseason, the more pissed off I'm getting anticipating nothing happening which will lead to another wasted year of Carolina Panthers football in 2022.

picks wouldn't be until the 2023 draft anyway.

Kevin from the office pulls 7 figures a year from cameo. I won't poo on anyone who has one.

Huh. McCaffrey has played in as many games as Rhule has won in that same timeframe, and we're actively looking to get rid of CMC... And CMC is actually good.

so you're saying we lull Rhule into a false sense of security, lure him into a meeting room with Tepper, then BAM! "You're fired. Ice Up son"

Praise be to smitty