Sam Mills III and game management

[Mr. Scot]

50 minutes ago, tiger7_88 said:

When the owner made his decision post-2018, he had a record of 8 years to observe from his head coach and 13 years from his GM.

He chose to keep them.

If his "mind was boggled" after Sunday, then he is nowhere near as smart as everybody thinks he is.

I have no doubt Tepper is smart. I'm not yet convinced he's "football smart". The vast majority of NFL owners are "business smart", but just because you can build a billion dollar empire doesn't mean you can run a football team.

I'm also a tad worried he may have fallen into the trap of liking his people. Rivera is an eminently likeable person (Hurney too) but having an owner who liked people that weren't very good at their jobs was what kept this franchise mediocre and inconsistent for twenty years under Jerry Richardson.

[Mr. Scot]

24 minutes ago, rayzor said:

This was a title given to a guy that is only kept around because of his dad. 

It's a role that the panthers have needed since year 1 of the Rivera era. I have no doubt that this was a job created only at Tepper's insistence, but putting Mills in the job only shows the disregard Rivera has for it.

Rivera sees no problem unless his boss points it out to him and will only do something to change if his job was on the line.

If I was tepper, I'd be calling Rivera back to the office and saying, "maybe I should have been more clear. Find someone who has experience and knows how to manage a game rather than someone who was here already and you just like and want to give a shot at a grown up job." 

I actually like what I've seen of Mills as a position coach (or an assistant position coach, at least). I'm okay with him.

I like Chase Blackburn too, but I wouldn't put him in charge of coaching quarterbacks. 

The idea is to assign jobs to guys who are qualified to do them. Time management is a head coach thing, and Mills has never been a head coach at even a high school level.

A former or retired NFL head coach (Mike Smith is available) could have been a good choice, or perhaps a former college head coach. Heck, even a small college head coach would have experience with time management.

But yeah, if you just throw it at an assistant, it's pretty clear you don't think it's that important.

[Snake]

On 9/9/2019 at 10:55 AM, Daddy_Uncle said:

Well the game was poorly managed. Everyone knows that. 

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