The reset button needs to be hit in 2015

[Ruff]

Here is an interesting set of tweets from Bill Voth (@BlackBlueReview) this afternoon:

 

 

Just look at that for a second. That's not even including the disaster (I think it's a bigger deal than it is) Steve Smith interview that was given this morning on Bustin' Loose. 

 

That series of tweets is, in a nutshell, what we need to do next season; we need to hit the reset button. I don't mean we need to fire Shula and get a LT. No. I think we need to absolutely start fresh. The first thing I would do, quite honestly, is fire Gettleman.

 

Why fire Gettleman? It's been well-documented so far this season that our offensive line hasn't improved. In fact, with the retirement of Gross and Wharton, it's gotten much worse. All offseason, the fans, the media*, everyone kept saying how we needed to improve the offensive line (*when I say media, I mean people that know what's going on, not the 'NO WRs!@!@!!!!!@!~~!!!@ crowd.), yet there was nothing done about it. In fact, we were spoon fed a bunch of bullshit about how Byron Bell was going to be a fantastic LT because HE'S fuging LEFT HANDED AND IF YOU HAVE HALF A BRAIN YOU SHOULD KNOW LEFT HANDED PEOPLE ARE BEST LTs! Well, that's working out great, isn't it? In fact, the first offensive snap against the Ravens, Bell gave up a QB pressure to Suggs. The first. Against a dude who had ZERO sacks going into the game.

 

Other than that, there is the exodus of WRs, which I think is leaving us better than we were, so I'm not going to talk about losing guys like LaFell (who sucks), Hixon (who did nothing here other than wear a Panthers' jersey and make one single snazzy memorable play), and Ginn (whose contributions are mostly missed on special teams, anyways). Or the exodus of safeties, which I understand because of financial reasons (also, Mitchell is 1000% better than DeCoud, at least, he is in this defense.)

 

The thing that should give Gettleman the ax is all of those things added together, compounded by the fact that he mishandled the Steve Smith situation more than any other GM I've ever seen handle something. Especially today, after Steve Smith went on air and basically ripped Gettleman a new one for the handling of the situation. Maybe Smitty is a sore loser. Maybe he's just Smitty. Or maybe he really did have something left and he used our game against the Ravens as a soap box to prove it. "fug you, Gettleman" is basically what Smitty said today.

 

But it didn't stop there. Smitty also went after Rivera. Ah, Rivera. The ever-positive, "player's coach". Well, Smitty made sure to say that "player's coach" nonsense was bullshit, and he called him on it. Rivera, the guy who shoves players into his doghouse for no other reason than, "meh, I don't really like that guy. I'm going to keep him around because he works hard, by good lord he's not seeing the field anytime soon". Then, he makes a move like benching Melvin White in favor of Josh "Personal Foul" Norman, because White lost his composure. You know, Josh Norman. The guy who is always borderline to a personal foul. Josh Norman, the guy who jumps offsides on a field goal attempt to give the offense some more shots at the end zone. 

 

Then there's the rest of the coaching staff. My God. Wtf is up with those trained monkeys? I'm sure that Chip Kelly shits out a better gameplan than Mike Shula has ever masterfully crafted. There's loads of offensive geniuses out there. For fug's sake, look at Gary Kubiak running the offense in Baltimore. Or how about the guy we interviewed in Hue Jackson, and was like, no thanks, we've got Shula! SOMEONE ON OUR TEAM AGREED THAT SHULA WAS A BETTER OPTION THAN HUE JACKSON. WHAT THE HOLY fug IS GOING ON IN THE FRONT OFFICE?!

 

Basically, I would strip this team down to its very core, which I'm not even sure what it is. I think there's only five or so players worth keep around, and everyone else can go bye-bye. Cam, Luke, Benji, Olsen, Davis (though, to be fair, I don't know how much longer Davis has left, and that's not a knock on the guy. Father Time is undefeated.) and before, I would've said Kalil, but I'm not even sure that's the case anymore. Kalil has given up 2 sacks so far this season, and over a handful of QB pressures. IN 4 GAMES. The biggest concern, is HALF OF THOSE GAMES WERE PLAYED AGAINST 34 DEFENSES. He's was defending the NT! So, truly, he's only faced two teams with pass-rushing UTs. 

 

I would keep those pieces and tear the rest of the team apart. Cap hits? fug them. Start from scratch. Get these old, unhealthy players off the team. Bring in new blood. Trade players for draft picks, even if they are 6th and 7th round draft picks. Keep the core, and for the love of God, PLEASE BUILD AROUND CAM. Stop trying to build a team in spite of Cam. Make him the center piece. Let him show his true skills. Get rid of Stoic Ron and say adios to John Matsko and poo offensive line. Keep The Dark Lord Ricky Proehl and develop from there.

 

TL;DR

[Ruff]

Oh, and gif approved.

[PantherWake]

Another Gettleman sucks thread? Smh

[Sam Mills Fan]

12-4 last year, 1st place in the division this year.

 

So..............lolololololololol

[PFFC]

I would love to be able to hit reset to go back before I read this post.

[Ruff]

I would love to be able to hit reset to go back before I read this post.

 

I would too.

[KissMyConverse]

I thought about reading this. Then I got to first thing we do fire Gett's.....

 

/sigh

[Carolina Cajun]

fug that, our division sucks, no reason why this season has to be a wash just yet.  I know the past 2 weeks have sucked, but we always only do well when expectations are low, time to over achieve again!

[Jeremy Igo]

He posted the reset button for Jan 01, 2014.

Plenty this offseason would be done much differently if we had a do over

[Ruff]

I thought about reading this. Then I got to first thing we do fire Gett's.....

 

/sigh

 

The TL;DR makes it more enjoyable, I think.

[CelibatePimp]

Bant.

[h0llywood]

The same people who are all doom and gloom in week 4 are the same ones that are saying "I told you we're the best" come playoff time.

[fjblair]

Based on what happened in the offseason, this year was the reset. Let's face it Richardson is the common denominator.

[Ruff]

The same people who are all doom and gloom in week 4 are the same ones that are saying "I told you we're the best" come playoff time.

 

I'm generally a pessimist, so not really.

 

I think a lot of our season has to do with bullshit that's taken place, and a tornado of insanity. 

 

Last season, it went the other way. 

 

We're somewhere in-between, I would think, which isn't a good thing (but it's not the worst thing, either).