Not one person in the stadium or anywhere else but the Huddle is complaining about this win

[CPantherKing]

8 hours ago, Lords0fPain said:

what else was he going to say, according to you, I am sure he loved shula getting the plays in late...too.

There is a pattern with Shula and McDermott taking too long to get the plays in this season when they go into micromanage mode and take away the ability to call audibles on the field by Luke and Cam. This does concern me every game. The solution is relying on a play calling algo so the coordinator can be proactive rather than reactive.

8 hours ago, Camvp said:

Really?  Sounded like Cam himself was complaining about the conservative playcalling in the postgame

He was. As he said the coaches were coaching 'butt tight' making the players play 'butt tight'. That about sums it up.

8 hours ago, iamhubby1 said:

We had 1, yup 1 play that got in late.

You must have taken a break from the game. It happened 3 times in the second half. One time I believe Cam was trying to audible to make a play and Shula was in Cam's helmet frustrating him. He did not want Cam to take control of the offense with audibles and just run the "butt tight" play. That was the most unnerving part of the game. The Seahawks did not get into Cam's head. Shula was the one that got into Cam's head and threw his game off in the second half. That is a problem when you can not trust a coach to respect the focus of your MVP player.

1 hour ago, Zaximus said:

Anyway, there is valid criticism for the last 2 minutes of the first half and onward. 

Ron shouldn't have took his foot off the pedal.   I feel we were outcoached from last 2 minutes in the first half to the end. 

You would be correct. The coaches have demonstrated time and time again they are not prepared for situations where they get up on a team. They ditch the game plan and go to "butt tight" mode with a predictable running game against one of the best run Ds in the NFL.

Now, is there a proper time to make the decision to run out the clock? Absolutely. It is a simple numbers game based on statistical limits. Being up by 5 scores with the opposing team able to get 7 drives is not the right time. The coaches give their opponent the advantage. When the opponent is in a time range of a max 4 drives would be the moment in the game to begin "butt tight" mode with a 5 score lead.

Based on a 31 point lead against the Seahawks/Russell Wilson, that would tell the coaches to make the change in game plan at the earliest 6 minutes remaining in the 3rd quarter. Now if the Panthers kept pressure on the Seahawks offense and kept them from scoring on their first 2 drives, then they would have been set up to burn clock at that time. With the Seahawks cutting the margin to 17 points the Panthers would have to score more points or the coaches would have to wait until the 9 minute mark in the 4th quarter at the earliest to run the clock.

The point to take from this is that the Panthers coaches have not prepared themselves to close out games with a large lead. They are winging it. So, now that they have an offense that can score 30+ points on anyone, they should be prepared to know when they have their advantage by running clock. A simple set of charts would do the trick, or go further and design them based on opponents drive stats when trailing by a set number of points.