Rhule: “I don’t fire coaches. I don’t believe in it. I believe continuity wins. For me, I’ve never really fired a coordinator"

[bobowilson]

 

 

 

[bobowilson]

Initial thought/concerns:

We better hope this Jon Snow character is a hell of a defensive coordinator (or whoever is chosen), because we might be stuck with him for half a decade regardless of his job performance.  Believing in 'continuity' over an actual evaluation of a coordinator's merits was a great way to justify keeping Mike Shula on for the entire portion of Cam Newton's career .

[Cary Kollins]

When you’ve won everywhere you’ve been that’s kinda how it goes I guess.

[Jon Snow]

4 minutes ago, bobowilson said:

Initial thought/concerns:

We better hope this Jon Snow character is a hell of a defensive coordinator (or whoever is chosen), because we might be stuck with him for half a decade regardless of his job performance.  Believing in 'continuity' over an actual evaluation of a coordinator's merits was a great way to justify keeping Mike Shula on for the entire portion of Cam Newton's career .

I won't let you down.

[Matt62881]

20 minutes ago, bobowilson said:

 

 

 

Taken out of context by the media much? Seems about the standard. 

[PhillyB]

you don't have to fire your subordinates when they leave for head coaching opportunities elsewhere 

[CBDellinger]

If he’s here for the 3/4 of the duration of his contract, then he’s gonna let some folks go. 

[Mr. Scot]

25 minutes ago, bobowilson said:

Initial thought/concerns:

We better hope this Jon Snow character is a hell of a defensive coordinator (or whoever is chosen), because we might be stuck with him for half a decade regardless of his job performance.  Believing in 'continuity' over an actual evaluation of a coordinator's merits was a great way to justify keeping Mike Shula on for the entire portion of Cam Newton's career .

I'm familiar with Jon Snow and I can't vouch for his character at all.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, CBDellinger said:

If he’s here for the 3/4 of the duration of his contract, then he’s gonna let some folks go. 

I'd hope.

It is fair to point out that his loyalty to bad coaches was one of our biggest pet peeves with Rivera.

[Jon Snow]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

I'm familiar with Jon Snow and I can't vouch for his character at all.

I'm a bastard.

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, Jon Snow said:

I'm a bastard.

No argument.

[bobowilson]

Note, Rhule is not saying he didn't fire any coaches because he happened to chose good ones who helped him win

He's saying he fundamentally doesn't believe in the concept of firing coaches.

"I don't believe in it".

Sure he can, and probably will change his mind, but it's demonstrates a lack of flexibility in his cognition, and will probably lead to him carrying on an incompetent coordinator a few years past the point in which it becomes apparent they need to go.

 

[onmyown]

In a sense he’s right. Don’t see too many NFL coaches firing their coordinators and have a revolving door. Most lose them because of promotions. They choose their staff for a reason and realize their career lives or dies with them.

But then I think there has to be a limit. Shula just was not a fit for Cam. Norv wasn’t the greatest but was better.

[CRA]

1 hour ago, Jon Snow said:

I won't let you down.

Sure you will.  All hype and promise.... but you will just go north in the end like some punk and we will be stuck with shitty ass Bran giving us that death stare.