Which assistants would you keep?

[Mr. Scot]

For context, this is a general question outside the one of who we get as next year's coach. What I'm wondering is how many members of our current staff fans would prefer to have remain aboard.  I know some might automatically say "none" but I think most would look at at least one or two.

Starting off, here are the coaches with no significant connections to Matt Rhule outside their tenure with the Panthers:

Offensive Coordinator Ben McAdoo
Wide Receivers Coach Joe Dailey
Offensive Line Coach James Campen
Assistant Offensive Line Coach Robert Kugler
Defensive Line Coach Paul Pasqualoni
Pass Rush Specialist Don Johnson
Special Teams Coordinator Chris Tabor

Chris Tabor and James Campen (and by extension his apprentice, Robert Kugler) are guys I expect pretty much everyone wants back. Beyond those guys though, it starts to get a little hazy.

Where it gets even hazier is when you look at the guys who were more connected to Rhule. Two (Sean Ryan and Al Holcomb) really only have a shoestring tie to the fired coach. Others are far more extensively attached.

The list of Rhule adjacent coaches, with an explanation of their connection, follows:

Quarterbacks Coach Sean Ryan
- Was on the Giants staff with Rhule for a single season

Defensive Coordinator / Assistant Head Coach - Defense Al Holcomb
- Same connection as Ryan; graduated from Temple but long before Rhule got there
 
Assistant Quarterbacks Coach / Pass Game Coordinator Matt Lombardi
- Was with Rhule at Baylor for two recent years but was with the Dolphins at the time Rhule got the Panthers job

Runningbacks Coach / Assistant Head Coach - Offense Jeff Nixon
- Baylor guy who followed Rhule to the Panthers, also one year with Rhule at Temple for a total of four years, does have significant NFL coaching experience

Tight Ends Coach Kevin M Gilbride
- Was on staff with Rhule three years at Temple and one with the Giants in the 2000s; his dad was also a Rhule colleague in New York

Assistant Defensive Line Coach Terrance Knighton
- Played for Rhule three years at Temple; never coached with him (or much at all really) till Carolina

Linebackers Coach / Defensive Run Game Coordinator Mike Siravo
- Served under Rhule for seven yars at both Temple and Baylor in addition to one earlier year at Temple before following him to the Panthers

Cornerbacks Coach \ Director of Player Evaluation Evan Cooper
- Second longest tenured Rhule guy stretching back to 2013 minus a small break; also followed Rhule from Temple to Baylor to the NFL; considered a "right hand man" and one of Rhule's closest lieutenants
    
Strength and Conditioning Coach Jeremy Scott
- the third staff member to follow Rhule through all three of his most revcent stops over the past seven years before joining the Panthers

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NOTE: I don't really expect many (or possibly any) of the guys on this list to get votes to stay but you never know

[Ornias]

Campen and Tabor. 

[jb2288]

Campen 100%

[TheSpecialJuan]

none, start with a fresh and sexy set of new assistants 

[jayboogieman]

None. It'll be the new coach's decision and I wouldn't try to force him to keep someone no matter how good or bad the preconception of them is. If the new HC decides someone has earned more time in the Carolinas, that's on him. If he decides they have to go, that's on him too.

[WaterBoy]

8 minutes ago, Ornias said:

Campen and Tabor. 

[Mr. Scot]

9 minutes ago, jayboogieman said:

None. It'll be the new coach's decision and I wouldn't try to force him to keep someone no matter how good or bad the preconception of them is. If the new HC decides someone has earned more time in the Carolinas, that's on him. If he decides they have to go, that's on him too.

I get that,but unless a new guy brings along a better OL coach, I'd love to keep Campen.

[rayzor]

16 minutes ago, Ornias said:

Campen and Tabor. 

[Mr. Scot]

19 minutes ago, Ornias said:

Campen and Tabor. 

This is what I expect to be near universal.

Did make one mistake: Probably should have included Steve Wilks as an option to keep (assuming he doesn't get the head coaching job).

I'd also argue for Al Holcomb as a linebacker coach.

[4Corners]

Anybody that was friends with Ruhle, and was unqualified when hired can GTFO 

[ladypanther]

31 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

This is what I expect to be near universal.

Did make one mistake: Probably should have included Steve Wilks as an option to keep (assuming he doesn't get the head coaching job).

I'd also argue for Al Holcomb as a linebacker coach.

After being HC...don't think Wilks could be an assistant here. Too messy.

[Mr. Scot]

6 minutes ago, 4Corners said:

Anybody that was friends with Ruhle, and was unqualified when hired can GTFO 

Mostly agree, but I could potentially argue for a couple of guys.

Jeff Nixon is a guy I know Rhule is personally close to, but he's actually got a pretty good amount of NFL experience away from Rhule. Throw in too that he's the guy most directly involved with D'Onta Foreman and Chubba Hubbard.

Similar story with Kevin Gilbride. He's got a decent resumé without Rhule. I can see someone keeping him around.

Of the two, I'd be more into keeping Nixon.

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, ladypanther said:

After being HC...don't think Wilks could be an assistant here. Too messy.

Might depend on who we hire though.

Shane Steichen, for example. He and Wilks we're colleagues back in San Diego.

[ladypanther]

9 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Might depend on who we hire though.

Shane Steichen, for example. He and Wilks we're colleagues back in San Diego.

Tough for the players who got loyal to Wilks.