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A history of (mainly) sad

Cyberjag

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Do you ever feel like the Panthers have never had a decent Offensive Coordinator?  Rank these guys...

  • Joe Pendry (1995-1997).  You think Shula is predictable?  Players made cracks about going up against a Joe Pendry offense.  Average finish 19.6.
  • Gil Haskell (1998-1999).  Took his first Coordinator position with the Panthers and immediately began lobbying for head coach positions, notably the Raiders.  Worked the booth in Capers last season and Seifert's first one, then bolted for Seattle to reunite with Holmgren.  He didn't suck, actually.  Under him we had an average finish of 8.
  • Bill Musgrave (2000).  Took only one season to drop the number 4 offense all the way down to 21.  Actually, it wasn't really his fault because he quit after three games, replaced by ...
  • Richard Williamson (2000-2001).  Our longest tenured coach in franchise history, Williamson is the guy who's responsible for all the receiving talent we developed over the years.  He took over playcalling duties after Musgrave quit, and managed to keep the job in 2001 for some reason.  If you hang 2000's 21st place finish on him, then his average finish is 25th (yeah, we were the 29th ranked offense in his lone full season.
  • Dan Henning (2002-2006).  Foisted on Fox by Hurney, Henning had a good history of calling plays and was actually better than his 19th place average finish would suggest, as he got better every year until his last, when we started five quarterbacks including Vinny Testaverde.
  • Jeff Davidson (2007-2010).  Master of the confused look, Davidson was hired through the American Disabilities Act to give JR a tax credit, and Fox didn't realize he was actually on the staff until sometime around game 7.  His offenses average finish was 22, crowned by the coveted 32 of 32 spot in 2010.  
  • Rob Chudzinski (2011-2012).  With an average finish of 11.5, he's one of the better one's we've had.  But like the only other good OC to walk the sidelines, he started looking for a head coaching position almost immediately.  He got one in Cleveland and unwisely took it, which leaves us with...
  • Mike Shula (2013-Present).  Has it been five years already?  With the exciting brand of football Shula brings, it seems like he was hired only yesterday.  Thanks to the 2015 squad, his average finish has been 14.25.

Ever wonder what it would be like if we found and KEPT a good OC?

 

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I can only speak for coordinators during the Fox era and forward:

Henning - Understood the need to feed the stud (Smitty). Actually used the wildcat against Atlanta one year with Chris Weinke and won the game. Biggest beefs is that third and long was a guaranteed draw play, tight ends were rarely part of the offensive equation and his offensive schemes lacked any sense of creativity. To this day, I believe Henning got more hate here than Shula does now.

Davidson - If Jake hadn't blown out his elbow in 2007, then he might've looked a lot better than the record shows. Double trouble was fun to watch in 2008 but after that disastrous playoff game, things were never the same. Basically, the best QB he had was Matt Moore who is like a good Derek Anderson. 2010, well, that was trying to make lemonade out of rocks. No offensive coordinator was going to save that debacle. 

Rob Chudzinski - Might have been the best out of everyone. Main issue is the sense of designing plays more to pad his resume and get out of there than to actually help us win the game.

Mike Shula - His concepts work if the line holds up and with a younger Cam. Now, not so much. It's too dependent on big plays, something that's going to be hard to come by thanks to Cam's shoulder. A Shula offense has a Jekyll and Hyde quality to it, looking great in spurts but flat out awful in others.

 

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for the kids...richard williamson actually stuck around for several more years as the WR coach. in fact until he retired before the season started in 2010. he was like a grandfather to most receivers we had from the time he started as here WR coach in our inaugural year of 1995. i think the failure that was dwayne jarrett actually made him realize it was time to hang it up. the guy was super respected in the league and among the WRs he mentored along the way.

he passed away a couple years ago, fwiw.

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