One thing I would like to point out

[YourLastThought]

15 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I know the relationship between pressure and desperate decisions. Desperate decisions rarely work out. Tepper should've put on his big boy pants and owned up to his mistake and fired Rhule. Instead we're basically going into Fox's lame duck season 2.0 except the coach has the full power to tank the future of the franchise trying to save his job.

Folks, it's ugly and it's likely to get uglier before it has the chance to get better.

Not really sure why you got crapped any at all on this response as it's totally true.

Edited February 18, 2022 by YourLastThought

[LinvilleGorge]

17 minutes ago, YourLastThought said:

Not really sure why you got crapped any at all on this response as it's totally true.

The folks who sling poo are generally poo posters.

[ladypanther]

17 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

My worry with Tepper is that he seems to believe he's one of these guys who can just big ball his way through the world, do things any way he wants and still be successful.

Agree, good observation.

[X-Clown]

On 2/17/2022 at 9:47 AM, frash.exe said:

rhule needs to get a division title this year if he wants to have a future in this organization beyond 2022. with tom brady, drew brees, and sean payton all retired or otherwise out of the division, the NFC South hasn’t been more wide open since the mid 2000s.

This is what really bothers me right now. Our division rivals are so weak right now. But the way we have screwed everything up since axing Rivera and Cam, the Falcons probably win 7 games to take the division next year and get blown out by the 3rd place team in the NFC West in the playoffs. 

[Carl Spackler]

On 2/17/2022 at 9:00 AM, Zod said:

Tepper never came out and publicly endorsed Rhule for this season. He could have easily done so, and helped get some of the pressure off Rhule. That didn't happen. Tepper wants the pressure on Rhule. And you know the relationship between pressure and heat.... 

Tepper doesn't care. He makes money either way. Probably hasn't talked to anyone in the FO in months.

[raleigh-panther]

I have to believe there were some contractual terms that seemed untenable to Tepper  to pull the trigger in getting rid of Rhule after two years 

it is impossible to believe that Tepper would tolerate this much blatant incompetence 

the mere fact that Rhule was enamored of Darnold should have been red flag number 1 

I also have to think that he has to be careful as who would want to come here to succeed Rhule

as the saying goes ‘past is prologue’ … unfortunately  

Edited February 18, 2022 by raleigh-panther

[tiger7_88]

On 2/17/2022 at 9:00 AM, Zod said:

Tepper never came out and publicly endorsed Rhule for this season. He could have easily done so, and helped get some of the pressure off Rhule. That didn't happen. Tepper wants the pressure on Rhule. And you know the relationship between pressure and heat.... 

Ahhhhhhhhhh... so he wants to give the direct implication of pressure on Rhule, but he doesn't have the courage to it publicly?

Yeah, sounds about right for that douche.

[tiger7_88]

On 2/17/2022 at 2:07 PM, Mr. Scot said:

My worry with Tepper is that he seems to believe he's one of these guys who can just big ball his way through the world, do things any way he wants and still be successful.

Obviously, that's not working as an NFL team owner. Nor is it likely to.

There are owners in the NFL, nowhere near as rich as Tepper, that would make Tepper's codsack shrink into his abdomen on sight.

Tepper is all talk.

[tiger7_88]

On 2/17/2022 at 2:11 PM, PNW_PantherMan said:

It's like when you disregard the instructions to assemble furniture or something, thinking you already know what it takes.  Then after an hour realizing that you really don't know how to put this thing together and go dig the instructions out of the packaging you threw away.  We need Tepper to have that a-ha moment.

That a-ha moment turns into an oh-poo moment if you had to use wood glue.

[tiger7_88]

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Edited February 19, 2022 by tiger7_88

[ncstatekwi]

Silence means everything.....

Edited February 19, 2022 by ncstatekwi

[ncstatekwi]

It is odd that we are seeing Fitty and Morgan out and about, but we have yet to really see Rhule anywhere at all....

[jayboogieman]

21 hours ago, Carl Spackler said:

Tepper doesn't care. He makes money either way.

I agree with this. The value of the team has increased, so his investment has paid off.

[jayboogieman]

19 hours ago, raleigh-panther said:

it is impossible to believe that Tepper would tolerate this much blatant incompetence 

No, it's not impossible. Just because Tepper claimed he wants to win when he bought the team doesn't make it true and is just PR talk. Did you think he would say he was ok with losing and risk driving off his customers?