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What has Matt Rhule accomplished?

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Matt said at his recent press conference that the team has made a lot of progress, he just wishes everyone else could see it. I'm going to try to give him the benefit of the doubt.

What is that progress? What has Matt Rhule accomplished as head coach of the Panthers?

I'm trying to think of his accomplishments and reasons why he should be justified a third season as head coach.

There aren't many cultural reasons to keep him. The culture was already good among players under Rivera. If anything, the player culture has to be worse. I've never seen a team give up as easily as Rhule's Panthers do.

Team performance doesn't show any progress. The team doesn't have a signature win. The offense is probably the worst in the NFL. 

Where credit is due, I suppose the defense has talent. The focus has clearly been on rebuilding the defense, and the defense seems to be in marginally better shape than in 2020. The issue with that is, many key players are free agents next season.

Am I missing something? What has Matt Rhule accomplished in his two seasons that shows progress and justifies keeping him for a third season? There has to be something I am missing...

 

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3 minutes ago, hepcat said:

Matt said at his recent press conference that the team has made a lot of progress, he just wishes everyone else could see it. I'm going to try to give him the benefit of the doubt.

What is that progress? What has Matt Rhule accomplished as head coach of the Panthers?

I'm trying to think of his accomplishments and reasons why he should be justified a third season as head coach.

There aren't many cultural reasons to keep him. The culture was already good among players under Rivera. If anything, the player culture has to be worse. I've never seen a team give up as easily as Rhule's Panthers do.

Team performance doesn't show any progress. The team doesn't have a signature win. The offense is probably the worst in the NFL. 

Where credit is due, I suppose the defense has talent. The focus has clearly been on rebuilding the defense, and the defense seems to be in marginally better shape than in 2020. The issue with that is, many key players are free agents next season.

Am I missing something? What has Matt Rhule accomplished in his two seasons that shows progress and justifies keeping him for a third season? There has to be something I am missing...

 

You can’t say in one press conference “you are what your record says you are” and then say “we have made a lot of progress but you just can’t see it” in the next 

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Making more money in one year that would take at least 8 people to make in their whole lifetime.....and with no success or capability to show for what he was paid. 

Imagine pitching someone on your ideas and plan...........for that kind of money and you are completely out of your league. 

In real life it would be like a general practitioner saying they can do open heart surgery without any further training. 

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I think Rhule's two drafts have been pretty good.  He has added a bunch of young talent to this roster.

Unfortunately, however, Rhule is not doing anything to help develop this young talent.  In fact a lot of them aren't even playing.   And Rhule is not  putting in schemes or game plans to maximize their skills and give the team a better chance to win.   Otherwise the team would be much more competitive.   So Rhule is really making the least out of the one good thing he's done.  

And that's not saying Rhule's drafts have been perfect.  In retrospect going Horn over a LT was probably a strategic mistake (as good as Horn may turn out to be).  But overall there are some good young players on this team.   

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