JawnyBlaze

Yea. I wanted him gone then and every year after. Was a mistake not getting rid of him when he showed no improvement in year three. I maintain we would have won the Super Bowl in ‘15 (and maybe others) if we had a competent HC and OC. Wasted some of the best players the Panthers ever had. Definitely the best QB. Wasted Luke, Norman, Olsen, a better HC might have been able to help Hardy make better decisions (or maybe not), wouldn’t have pushed Gross out the door and neglected the OL. Despicable.

Terrible. His QB in Carolina is the only reason he kept his job past year three. Horrible horrible coach who is no stranger to throwing his players under the bus. So glad he’s gone.

Great press conference so far. He’s a bit snippy too. Reporter: “but but but Tepper said to ask you!” Wilks: “You asked and I answered. I’m focused on the Rams.” love it

Fix the scheme holes on defense and steer McAdoo into producing better (and then dump him as soon as the season is over). Get the team playing hard again and looking like they’re having fun and improving. The players have looked defeated since last year, it’s been obvious by their body language and faces. I don’t foresee Wilks turning the team around like that, I don’t think he’s going to be the guy. But if he can pull off a miracle and have this team looking like a well run team then he deserves the shot.

Harbaugh was never not successful, he had a very talent deficient 49ers team competing every year. The only reason he left was disagreement with the GM, as far as I recall. I’m not pushing for us to hire him, but I can’t think of a coach who did more in his entire stint with less than Jim Harbaugh, personality issues or not (and yea he did seem like a real asshole)

A) Rodrigue reporting it doesn’t make it a fact B) Even if it was true, would have been foolish to commit long term to an injured QB. Tepper seemed happy to let Cam come back and show he could still play but Rhule didn’t give him that opportunity.

Tepper took over with injured Cam. Would have been foolish to commit long term to him at that point. Should have let him finish his contract and see what he could still do.

Big difference: he was successful. He even had Kaepernick looking like a legit NFL QB.

Of guys who we know could be hired as a promotion I’m most interested in Ben Johnson, Flores, Matindale or Ryans. I prefer an offensive guy but there’s not many on the list that interest me. Not Leftwich or Dorsey, for sure. OCs with either an offensive HC who’s really running the show or an all world QB masking their deficiencies are too risky in my opinion. That’s why I think Bienemy hasn’t gotten an opportunity yet. If it’s one of the defensive guys he has to bring a really good OC with him. I’m done with these shitty OCs we’ve had since Chud’s second year. If John Harbaugh or Tomlin become available they’d jump to the top of my list.

You think Tepper got rid of Cam? That stinks of Rhule 100%. Even if Tepper signed off on it, he’s got to support his coach. Especially in those beginning stages. Look at it this way, in the beginning before Rhule proved himself to be terrible, what message would that have sent if Tepper blocked him from crafting the team to fit his system? He would actually be guilty of being the “meddling owner” that people make him out to be.

I dunno, Ionnidis has been playing really well. But yea, dropping Burns into coverage is an idiotic move. Let that man loose to chase the QB and blow up outside runs.

I’m with you. He picked a bad coach. It happens. Successful people are easy targets for hatred. I like him better than Richardson, that’s for damn sure. At least Tepper admitted his mistake after 2.4 seasons instead of waiting 7+ like Hurney and Rivera

Yea I liked it. Don’t care he got snippy with Fowler, who was obviously trolling. The repetitive “over the hump” and what have you might have been kinda boring but at least it felt like real talk and not “it is what it is” or “missed opportunity” type nonsense.

Nah. He was still trash.

Sean Payton without having to give the Saints compensation? Hell yea. Hard pass on giving up assets for him though. Dan Quinn is a pass too, but if that’s how it works out I’ll just have to be cautiously optimistic at first.

I’d hate to see him go but if we can get a good return, like a first (or if it is indeed the Bills or another team that’s going to have a low pick , a first and a decent young player or a mid round) then it would be the smart move.

You seem to be assuming the power structure has been like a normal team. These moves WERE Rhule. I’m sure Fitterer was involved to some degree but it was Rhule that wanted those guys and at most Fitterer was just the one directed to get them.

Best moment was this morning when he got fired.

At first I was like then I was like finally I was like

This scenario is in a world where Wilks impresses everyone: fans, owner, GM, everyone is sold on Wilks as the new HC. (Disclaimer, not my first choice and I don’t see this being a likely scenario, just spitballing). Who is his new staff next year? Al Holcomb stays as DC I would assume. Who is the new OC? McAdoo is definitely gone. Anyone have insight into Wilks’ relationships or who would be a good fit at OC? Might we get some former players at position coach spots like Kuechly as a LB coach? Obviously something like that is pure speculation. Just interested in figuring out the most likely picture of what a Wilks led coaching staff would look like with an offseason to make moves. Also, who specifically would you guys’ preferred choices be? I don’t have any idea, myself. Sure it’s be great for Kuechly to be our LB coach, bring in CJ as a DL coach, maybe Smitty as an offense quality control assistant or something like that, but I don’t think any of that is likely to happen.

I’m sorry, if you don’t think DJ and especially CMC are playmakers then I don’t know what to tell you. DJ has done nothing but make plays since he got here, it definitely hasn’t been the scheme or his QBs getting him the ball. His YAC is elite. And CMC doesn’t make splash plays??? I just can’t even…

I watched it too, I didn’t get the impression Fitterer is on the hotseat. He seemed to be indirectly blaming the personnel problems (probably mainly the QBs) on Rhule. And the irritated tone at the end came from Fowler asking if he just rolled out of bed that morning and decided on a whim to fire Rhule [“on a whim” is my addition]. Definitely made it clear that he is familiar with Fowler’s work and doesn’t appreciate either his past words or the implication from the question.

The bolded parts are simply wrong. CMC and DJ are both playmakers. Teams just don’t have four playmakers at skill positions very often. Even the Chiefs just had Hill and Kelce. The Bucs are pretty much just Evans and that other WR who’s always hurt. Fournette is ok, but replaceable in that offense. Our skill positions are above league average. We just need competent coaching and QB play. And our lines are both good. We have better OL play than I’ve seen in 13 or 14 years on this team, and our DL is great. No DL has four all pros, but Burns and Brown are great with Ionnidis being quite good and YGM is fine at his job and still young.