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This alone should seemingly be fireable, as it is a direct reflection of coaching/strategic ability.

Exactly. Keeping Rhule for another year just makes things worse.

But it took Jay-Z 7 years to out-rap the other rappers out there. The process is working.

Which is precisely the point.

Keep on rearranging those deck chairs.

I'm die-hard NFL but have never been able to get into college sports, even growing up with (somewhat) local football programs like Nebraska in the 90s and K-State in the 2000s (Snyder and his cupcakes...) as well as KU basketball just down the road. I've tried to get interested but it all feels so fake/pointless and contrived. Even in the heart of what used to be the voracious KU/MU rivalry I just never got it. Anyway, this is the college thread so I'm the odd man out. Hopefully it's at least an entertaining game for everyone to watch.

The same PJ who instilled so much confidence that they signed Cam... I just don't get it. Love me some Cam and glad he had his Arizona game but damn, as a fan this stuff is just more and more irritating by the hour.

I'm going to sound like a contrarian here but college football is what MLB used to be (and still might be at times) - the best teams have the biggest payrolls and the top rarely ever changes. How the hell is it even interesting at this point?

Might be me reading too much into it but I feel like his choice of words, "A lot of people say..." when talking about the arm length was quite interesting. Specifically because that's exactly what Rhule said and Fitt negated it.

Exactly. Being liked and/or respected, if Rhule is, does not mean a leader is good at job. It also doesn't mean the players/employees are at their best either. The tape and record seemingly speak for themselves in this case, and it appears we'll have no choice but to roll on headlong into year 3.

Which naturally begs the question:

But Cam had unsolicited praise for Rhule... Lolz. Rhule is a flop as an NFL coach at this point in time and Cam knows it. He may not be the 2015 Cam of old but his football mind is still as sharp as ever, if not better.

I just don't understand how someone can look at the body of work across the last 2 seasons and think that things got better and/or are on an upward track. I truly don't.

Haven't watched or read the thread but let me guess - Carolina went up 7-0 or 7-3 early in the first quarter, then Tampa figured out the scheme and has scored 10 or 14 unanswered and Carolina's offense has been stopped cold?

Yup. Not good enough and/or coaching is too weak to counter the other team's adjustments.

The stuff that comes out just gets weirded and weirder. Even if it's nonsense, the fact that it's even somehow pausible says plenty.

It exposed Carolina's glaring weakness that they still can't counter, and coupled with the failure of the offense you get opponent's constantly facing short fields and racking up points. This is why yards are so low but points still in the bottom third.

It's one thing to pull the plug on something that hasn't yielded yet but still shows promise. It's another to not recognize a poor investment and move on. Carolina has the 5th worst record since 2018 and 2019 ( if someone doesn't count 2018 as a Tepper year). That's objectively poor so yes, the on-field results coupled with Tepper's involvement appears to be bottom 5.

Yup. Seen that movie before, will check things out again when it's over.

All-time low engagement/excitement/interest. Love the players but damn... guess we'll see what happens.

Still the ever-ambiguous 'sources,' but disappointing if indeed the case.

I've thought the whole ,Rhule lost the locker room' thing was silly since there wasn't any real evidence for it. However, that doesn't mean he's a good and/or effective coach/schemer/roster constructor, and that's pretty clear on the field. Players complained when Hurney was let go in 2012 as well, and a few more years certainly didn't make any difference there. To date, Rhule doesn't seem to be effective in the role and players/the team appear to be regressing, full stop. If Tepper believes another year will turn things around then whatever, but even if I'll never find out I'd be interested in knowing exactly why he thinks so.

Exactly the same as it was last year. A few new wrinkles that took teams by surprise until there was sufficient film, and even then the team was getting figured out in the second half of games early in the season. Once there was film actual NFL coaches could gameplan appropriately and Carolina's poor coaching, coupled with terrible OL and QB play, aren't good enough to overcome. It's the same reason that Carolina's offense typically moves the ball the first drive or two in a game and then just gets shut down.

That was what happened in the simulation, not in real life. Though the simulation was pretty spot-on about starting fast early and then nosediving.

Yup, 2021 is much worse. The 2010 team still had a fiery core and we knew Cam/another #1 pick as well as a new staff were the light at the end of the tunnel. This team though, particularly the ambiguity around the staff, is just mush.