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Every year you don't know how weak or strong teams will be so schedules make for great excuses but usually only after the fact. The truth is that there are guys we are developing in all those holes who like Luvu could have a break out year with proper coaching. But let's look at quarterback. Darnold went 4-2 off the bench with McAdoo. If Reich is the QB guru folks say then there is your project. Corral by some was considered the best QB in the draft last year. Certainly better than Purdy who Shanahan showed with a solid scheme and good players around him can be solid even as a rookie. If you don't ask too much. And the mark of a good coach is to adapt the scheme to what we have and bring out the best in people doing more than they think they can. Wilks did. Why can't Reich??

Fitterer will swing for the fences again and bring in some QBs. It actually won't be up to Reich to develop the qb as it will the OC and quarterback coaches who do the actually work. Those hires will be as or more important to the offense then Reich.

Serious where are all these roster issues outside of a handful of additions we will make this year. We will add a legitimate tight end and a QB or two on offense. Defense needs another shut down corner, another linebacker, and a great DE across from Burns. Otherwise we have solid players in many spots. There is no reason for us to go backwards from .500 next year. Imagine what everyone would say if Wilks had been named and we regressed next year. But somehow Reich shouldn't be judged by the same standard.

He has a strong connection to charlotte and hopefully will be a good head coach if he can come out of the chute with a good offense and win. Wilks showed us our roster is better than we performed under rhule so expectations should be pretty high. Wilks with half a staff and a revolving door of quarterbacks went 6-6. I would think with his QB of choice, a good offensive scheme Reich should do even better. He has no reason to regress.

Those fans fill the stadium and buy merchandise or not.....

Seems to me the Wilks minority is actually the majority as I read various sources outside of the huddle. Seems the folks supporting Reich are actually in the minority this morning. Wilks did a great job not just average based on most knowledgeable folks and the players. After what Wilks did to restore Panther pride and our keep pounding mantra he surely deserved the job. But as a Panther fan I will support Reich like I have all other HCs we have hired but the angst is justified with Tepper once again pissing off fans and players.. Reich will be expected to win right away as folks think if Wilks went 6-6 with the crap he had, that he would have produced a winning record next year. So anything less than the playoffs for Reich will be a much bigger issue at least among fans. He already is starting one down....

Setting the table for Sean Payton in 2024.

Let's be honest. There aren't many players who put fear in the hearts of receivers going over the middle like Dawkins. He was the heart and soul of that secondary. I actually think of Woods as a Dawkins light.

In many ways we do. In a Jim Johnson scheme you need linebackers who can blitz and also play coverage. With Luvu and Shaq you have 2 of the 3 and need another. Our front four would work with another solid DE who is good rushing the qb and defending the run. The secondary was key because routinely blitzing 5 and 6 even 7 players meant everyone not blitzing was in a zone shell or on an island expecting the blitz to pressure enough to give them a sack or chance for an int. I think Horn, Jackson, Chinn and Woods all fit the bill. With some additions we absolutely could run an aggressive defense with our current personnel.

I would love a Jim Johnson type defense. Blitz heavy with multiple fronts and lots of misdirection, overloads and press man coverage off the line. Physical attacking defense which intensifies the closer to the redzone.

I said Reich not Shula.

My original hope was Wilks as head coach and Reich as offensive coordinator. Obviously it came down to one or the other. Wilks deserved the job and was one broken wrist away from the playoffs and ending the search right there. But it is Reich so I am fine with that given he checks all the boxes. Best of all he has head coach experience. I look forward to see who he picks for his staff.

So here is the thing, the whole mediocre thing has been played to death. If you want us to be glad your back then give it a rest. We haven't even started the offseason and free agency is months away. At least wait until the draft and the end of free agency before you start throwing shade. Fitterer will be swinging for the fence again this year. Let's hope he makes solid contact this time.

Using that logic, what was Belichick's record without Tom Brady? Very few coaches win without proven qbs no matter who they were.

I think Wilks did enough for the job but Reich was my second choice so it is all good. Let's hope he is amazingly successful.

Of course you have no response since I just showed you the facts and it counters your baseless speculation. Your motto is always don't let the facts get in your way......

It is listing the coaches who are making the best choices when they decide to go for it. Going for it all the time and failing doesn't make you aggressive it makes you stupid. So yeah Rivera is not only aggressive but smart when he attempts it and has a good chance of success.

Rivera was 10th on the list of coaches who go for it on 4 and short when they should. The bottom number is total times versus when it an advantage to do so. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nfl.com/_amp/nfl-s-best-fourth-down-decision-makers-kevin-stefanski-john-harbaugh-among-top-c Don't you get tired of being wrong all the time???

No he became Riverboat after looking at the analytics over time. And he continued to be aggressive in Washington even when he was first there and his job wasn't at risk. So no you are wrong again just like your whole premise that defensive coordinators can't be aggressive or learn over time.

You keep trying to make everyone wrong because they didn't value steichen instead of looking at the elephant in the room which is that things have to be a good fit and they weren't. Eventually we will find out more about what happened. Until then it is clear that he wasn't our guy and may or may not be ready to be a head coach. But until then, feel free to continue with your baseless comments and speculation based on your agenda.

A coordinator who is interviewing for the first time would be very unwise to be uninterested or negative about any job. There aren't that many and owners talk.

No he didn't make the cut. He may be a great coordinator but not HC material. Not at this point. Not here. Happens all the time.

We looked at him and plenty others. For whatever reason he didn't make the second round. Get over it and move on. Most of us fans aren't going to get our choice either.

Look Rivera was known as Riverboat Ron because he was so aggressive. He wasn't conservative. So stop with the huge difference. There isn't one. But that experience thing is the most important thing. We need a proven guy who can assemble a premier staff and hit the ground running. Not someone who is doing everything for the first rime.

This would be true if success were determined by probability and the few who proceeded him. But Wilkes is his own story and in many eyes has shown more than enough to be coach. That isn't a singular feeling but a common feeling. But Tepper is going to have his way and doesn't seem to care what fans or players think. So he gets what he deserves. Unfortunately we fans and PSL owners don't deserve what we have gotten so far.