Matt Rhule says the Panthers offense is about to have a "vastly different look," redefined with more of an emphasis on the run game.

[TylerDurden]

3 minutes ago, CRA said:

Rhule has never impressed me.  His college resume IMO was never as strong as it was pimped.   He won one conference title.  That’s his resume.  Vs the field of other college to pro coaches that is weak. 

and at least to me, he doesn’t inspire confidence when he talks.   He speed talks a word salad of bullshit.  Always seem jittery and unsure. 

goes back to the preseason where he essentially bragged about letting other coaches set everything up and dictate what they wanted to get out of practice.   
 

Rhule is less impressive than Rivera or Fox to me.  And that’s not high praise of Rivera and Fox. 

I'm somewhere in the middle...  I didnt want him at all as our coach, mainly because I was not impressed by the college program building rah-rah type stuff, and as you said, he never really won anything meaningful.  I wasn't impressed.  But then when we hired him and the reports about wanting to be heavy on analytics, science, player health/recovery, and his watching his opening presser, I felt like he was super charismatic and could be the perfect man for the job.  Well, I have serious doubts about all of that, and I'm starting to feel like gets a used car salesman and I just got sold a lemon.

[Carl Spackler]

3 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

I was initially a Rhule skeptic but let's keep in mind that he is just 22 games into his NFL career.

I share the same skepticism that I initially did but I am not ready to jump off a cliff yet. Perhaps if we finish the season at 3-14. 

That's something we all had to know was going to be a thing. The coaching staff has a learning curve to navigate, as well. All while during a complete rebuild.

He’s worse after Game 22 than after Game 1. At best, he’s not improved at all. It looked like we hadn’t practiced for weeks on Sunday. 

[Jackie Lee]

7 minutes ago, CRA said:

Rhule has never impressed me.  His college resume IMO was never as strong as it was pimped.   He won one conference title.  That’s his resume.  Vs the field of other college to pro coaches that is weak. 

and at least to me, he doesn’t inspire confidence when he talks.   He speed talks a word salad of bullshit.  Always seem jittery and unsure. 

goes back to the preseason where he essentially bragged about letting other coaches set everything up and dictate what they wanted to get out of practice.   
 

Rhule is less impressive than Rivera or Fox to me.  And that’s not high praise of Rivera and Fox. 

And in that mic'd up last year Shaq asking him on the sideline if he was ok. When one of your only vet leaders thinks you're overwhelmed that's bad. 

[BIGH2001]

Can dumbass Dave just admit that he fuged up and move on to a real NFL staff? It’s clear that Rhule is just guessing here. He doesn’t know how to actually coach at this level. He and all his assistants need to go back to coaching amateurs. He reminds me of a younger Mack Brown. A guy who is great at selling hype with no substance.

[BIGH2001]

We should have known we were in trouble when the media and various “experts” praised the Rhule hire. That is always a sure sign that you messed up. 

[therealmjl]

Painfully obvious Rhule and co are in over their heads

[kungfoodude]

2 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

He’s worse after Game 22 than after Game 1. At best, he’s not improved at all. It looked like we hadn’t practiced for weeks on Sunday. 

That was a bad game yesterday, no question about it. But, I am not going to jump off a cliff after a bad game and I am not going to jump off a cliff after a three game losing streak. There are still 11 more games to judge where we are at as a franchise.

I'm not peddling some dumbshit Sunshine Squad optimism, just saying we are in the midst of a season and we need to get the full picture before we start being definitive about anything. If we keep getting worse and worse as the season progresses, I am absolutely on board with the "Fire Rhule" bandwagon. But, maybe we still end up as a 6-9 win team and are relatively still on schedule for where we should be.

[bythenbrs]

1 hour ago, Chaos said:

With this O-line?  Alright Matt, I'm your huckleberry.

Sad as it sounds, I'd argue that the current O-line is better at zone blocking for the run game than pass protection.  Maybe.

[TLGPanthersFan]

Changing your offense 6 games into the season shows there are bigger problems the throwing 40 times a game. 

[BIGH2001]

1 minute ago, kungfoodude said:

That was a bad game yesterday, no question about it. But, I am not going to jump off a cliff after a bad game and I am not going to jump off a cliff after a three game losing streak. There are still 11 more games to judge where we are at as a franchise.

I'm not peddling some dumbshit Sunshine Squad optimism, just saying we are in the midst of a season and we need to get the full picture before we start being definitive about anything. If we keep getting worse and worse as the season progresses, I am absolutely on board with the "Fire Rhule" bandwagon. But, maybe we still end up as a 6-9 win team and are relatively still on schedule for where we should be.

You’d be happy with 6 wins?

[Wanderlai]

6 games in and the leader presses the panic button. Yep this is going real nice. 
 

[Snake]

I like the idea but will Brady be able to make it creative enough to work. 

[TheRumGone]

18 minutes ago, CarolinaNCSU said:

QUICKLY losing faith in Rhule as a coach.  Dude may can build a program based on motivational speaking skills and get players to trust him...but doesn't mean he knows what he's doing when it comes to X's and O's. 

He’s never been an x and o coach. He has said that time and again. He leaves that to coordinators. He’s basically just a corporate manager. 
 

I still like rhule and think he can be successful but he needs to find a franchise qb or it’s just not gonna work out.

[4Corners]

Normally I would be pissed about Coach Drool leaking the game plan but we are playing the Giants so I don’t think it matters. 
 

this has Tepper written all over it. Change the offense or I will change you.