Shula lead Panthers now 0-6 when opposing team scores more than 20 points

[R0CKnR0LLA]

8 minutes to go in the 3rd, down 3 scores, your top two RBs are standing on the sidelines injured. Even when our RBs were healthy we still couldn't run the ball effectively. So what does Shula do... run straight up the middle of course! Result is a half yard gain.

 

Well damn, that was a completely wasted play, and the game clock is ticking down and we need to put up some points in a hurry. What to do next... oh I know, let's run it straight up the middle again! More time wasted netting only a 1-2 yard gain, putting all the pressure on Cam on 3rd and long.

 

But Cam being Cam he steps up, throws a laser and converts on 3rd down. Shortly afterwards we're in a 3rd and 4 and Shula calls this toss sweep play that has no chance and is a total disaster. We end up kicking a FG. At this point we're almost into the 4th quarter, that drive burned through a huge chunk of time and yet we're still down 3 scores.

 

It's situations like this that make it blatantly obvious to me that Shula needs to go. He needs a completely suffocating elite defense to win games. If an opposing team even puts up even a medium range of 21-22 points it's an automatic loss.

 

His whole strategy is to grind it out and win these 10-9 or 17-13 games. As soon as the opponent is able to put up a few scores, the game is all but over. Even being down 3 scores, he still refuses to adjust. Still the same drag-the-game-out horribly predictable and unimaginative playcalling. Still no sense of urgency, plays coming in late, ball not being snapped until under 10 seconds on the play clock.

 

It's sad when being down 2 scores at halftime means the game is basically already over. And yeah yeah I know Byron Bell rabble rabble rabble.

 

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

Prepare for the irrelevant and twisted statistics to prove that he is the greatest OC of all time.

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

also we don't have an elite defense anymore

[Rags]

Shula gets in his own way so damn often.

 

 

He tries to force a balance instead of going with what works

[Jrock88]

ya the super conservative ball control offense really gets exposed once we're down 10 or more... 

[Gladniator]

My god, can we see what Ramsdell can do for this offense?!?  Gettleman, fire Shula and get someone in there that understands personnel.

 

The second week in a row where I hear the commentators talk about how the opposing OC adjusts his gameplan to mask a weakness (rooked OT in this game).  

 

Our OC?  Square pegs in round holes.

 

It's getting old and FAST...

[frash.exe]

Shula's philosophy in a nutshell:

[davos]

His offense becomes hopeless when the defense can't stop.  I feel like we are so entirely built on the DL that the entire team hinges on it's play.  That's not always a good thing especially when we're trying this whole clock killing methodical approach with this makeshift OL.

 

Even beyond sucking, Shula is just not a fit here IMO.  

[TheRumGone]

it was bad.

 

 

[rodeo]

That was one of the most poorly called games by an OC I've ever seen.

[LUUUUUKE]

Shula needs to be fired, but with Cam injured, our entire stable of RBs in the barn, he's gonna get a pass and this "fire Shula" rhetoric will continue next year

[Password is Taco]

ball control offense bro look at the time of possession 

[LinvilleGorge]

He's terrible, but I'm not sure there's an OC in the league that can win with this OL with our D giving up the amount of points they've surrendered in the past two weeks.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

I normally don't get too crazy even after incredibly shitty losses

But that guy needs to be relieved of his duties