Voth suggests Shula could be replaced

[AceBoogie]

"In the NFL, tumbling from a Super Bowl appearance to out of the playoffs usually requires a fall guy. The Panthers’ once-potent offense is broken, and if Shula can’t fix it soon, Rivera may be on the phone with his former boss Norv Turner come January."

Reaf the whole article here:

http://blackandbluereview.com/panthers-offense-broken/

[CRA]

Well they will definitely need scapegoats...Rivera will have to throw someone into the fire 

Voth also reported that Shula lobbied that teams would catch up to what they did last year and wanted the organization to provide talent for him to switch things up this year (he lobbied for the 2nd rec TE tonbe added so he can run legit 2 TE sets but our FO made no moves to improve either side of our team for 2016

instead we added a DT and tore our secondary apart 

offense isn't broken...our OL is broke.  Better OCs than Shula can't actually fix what we are forced to use of late 

[Cary Kollins]

Funny how the roster is able to score in the first half but unable to score in the second half.

 

[Dunn]

Im sure the Assistant to the Assistant of the equipment staff will be let go as the main culprit to this bad season.  That will definitely right the ship for next year.  Shula will stay in place as a 'great asset' to Rivera.  

[the butch]

So Shula would go from scrub to offensive god with a second string TE?

No. He's done in Carolina. 

[trev230]

Our Oline is the largest problem. We lack depth badly. Other teams are dealing with the same and winning though. 

[csx]

I wouldn't complain about Turner but has he been the oc if a good offense since 1993 with 3 hall of famers and one of the best lines ever?

[CRA]

2 minutes ago, Cary Kollins said:

Funny how the roster is able to score in the first half but unable to score in the second half.

 

well, football coaches are suppose to get leads and then play in a manner to keep leads.

Panthers don't have the talent to do such.

Carolina gets a lead and either attempts to play with a lead (offensive talent can't) or is then forced to continue to play high risk football (which can lead to easy opportunities for an opponent)

Carolina's D is largely responsibile for our bad start and we have now won 3 of the last 4.  So our current record simply is more of a result of the defense.... but that type thought ain't popular.  Team will need a scapegoat and giving a fanbase what they want is the easy and obvious option for them.  

They sacrifice Shula and the fans will gloss over the FO disaster that put us in the hole to begin with and failed to improve the overall team. 

[JawnyBlaze]

Seems like just speculative pandering to the wishes of the audience.  As badly as it obviously needs to happen, I'll believe it when I see it. 

[Jeremy Igo]

3 hours ago, Cary Kollins said:

Funny how the roster is able to score in the first half but unable to score in the second half.

 

Bingo. 

[TheRed]

I am absolutely just about the last guy to stick up for Shula. But his second half antics aside, he wasn't tasked with assessing our offensive tackle situation in the offseason, only to declare that we're good after watching Newton get harassed for most of the Super Bowl. Only to watch it again, and again, and again since.

I will not forgive our FO for the 2016 offseason. It's put up or shut up next year as far as I'm concerned.

[CRA]

But I have long endorsed the notion Ron would scapegoat coaches....once we are out of it

Dave ain't gonna take it on the chin (and he IMO remains the most responsible for the drop from 2015)....so he will look to Ron to explain it

but Shula is like reason #3 we are not good and removing him doesn't change the other more impactful reasons for the drop off 

[AceBoogie]

24 minutes ago, CRA said:

Well they will definitely need scapegoats...Rivera will have to throw someone into the fire 

Voth also reported that Shula lobbied that teams would catch up to what they did last year and wanted the organization to provide talent for him to switch things up this year (he lobbied for the 2nd rec TE tonbe added so he can run legit 2 TE sets but our FO made no moves to improve either side of our team for 2016

instead we added a DT and tore our secondary apart 

offense isn't broken...our OL is broke.  Better OCs than Shula can't actually fix what we are forced to use of late 

I wonder why they don't play funchess more at TE

[Jeremy Igo]

Shula has a ton... A TON of talent on the offense, including the best TE and QB in the game. 

 

don't give me a talent excuse. Look around the league, people are doing way more with way less.