Is Fitterer the right guy?

[NJPanthers89]

I’m starting to have my doubts that he is the right guy for the job.  This team is very poorly assembled and the draft choices recently leave a lot to be desired.  Taking Horn over Surtain, Icky over Neal, and passing on Pickett just to trade a ton for Bryce the following year look like terrible moves.  Paying Miles Sanders?  Hayden Hurst?  I mean they are telling us to temper expectations then why the barrage of signings acting like you can win.  He obviously has no feel for where the team is at, that cap space could have been carried over.  
 

I don’t think Bryce is the problem, and I think he’s going to be a fine system/game manager QB.  But that rarely wins you anything in the NFL.  At best he turns into Drew Brees which is possible but unlikely.  His deep ball needs a lot of work, it’s looks awful right now.  If Fitt believed in Reich and the “brilliant coaching minds” around him they should have went with Richardson and seen what they can turn him into.  Instead Bryce will be just good enough like Garrapolo and Cousins where we we make the playoffs, but will all complain about him every year because he’s holding us back.  

Hateto say it but Tepper getting involved in the coaching search and draft likely contributed to Fitterers demise and killed this team for the foreseeable future.  I think in two years Fitt and Reich are both gone and we are forced to start over once again.  Hopefully by then we get our Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll.

[rdog157h]

Dude it’s preseason, chill.

[CRA]

He should have left with Rhule.  Fitt was part of too much bad and questionable stuff to of survived. And didn’t have the resume history to be given the benefit of the doubt.  
 

 

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

I never bought the hype for Fitterer, but I'm willing to let this play out.

[NJPanthers89]

I know Fitt likes to be collaborative with his coach, but most coaches are terrible GMs and just want “their guys”.  Miles Sanders is not a good running back, he totally took advantage of having defenses worried about Hurts last year.  But Reich wanted his guy so we overpaid.  
 

At what point does Fitt build his own team and not try to make everyone happy all the time.  That was the one good thing Gettleman did was not give a F about what people wanted, it was all business and building the team he envisioned.  What is Scott’s vision because I don’t see it or any plan whatsoever.

[Rubi]

I think it’s more Rhule’s fingerprints still all over the team. Tepper referred to him as CEO coach during his short time here. 
Horn being hurt all the time isn’t anyone’s fault, his talent is undeniable thus far when he’s actually been on the field. Icky is going to be the LT for 10 years if he can stay in the field, he’s got all the tools to be a good tackle. 
 

Trading away the draft capital + DJ Moore is going to delay the rebuild behind Bryce . I think he’s going to be good. I don’t think his ceiling is as high as Cam’s but I think he will be a consistent pro QB. 
 

The TE room needed someone that is a pass threat. Been missing this since Olsen. I am concerned about Miles having groin issues so early and his contract isn’t anything crazy. Yes a little rich vs the rest of the RB market but the team is much better cap room shape moving forward 

I don’t have an issue with the aggressiveness to get this team on track. I wonder if anyone knows or can find an article on the chances of success that a team has after trading an arm and a leg to move up to get a QB at number 1 like we did. I would think it’s almost better to let the draft come to you or just wait another year to get a QB but what do I know..

[The Natural]

I stopped reading when you implied not using a first round pick on Kenny Pickett was a bad move.

[Martin]

4 minutes ago, The Natural said:

I stopped reading when you implied not using a first round pick on Kenny Pickett was a bad move.

I did the same after saying we should have taken Neal who struggled at RT all of last year for the Giants. I could have seen an argument for Cross, but Neal…

[4Corners]

Trading up for Matt Corrall over Sam Howell. BIG TIME swing and miss. 

[CRA]

5 minutes ago, The Natural said:

I stopped reading when you implied not using a first round pick on Kenny Pickett was a bad move.

I mean the technical right call was always drafting Fields and not Horn.  That’s what a rebuilding team with no QB should have done in that window.  Then you never go down the Baker road.  You never give up firsts and talent to go up to draft a kid a couple years later.  You probably still have CMC and Moore. 

but it’s cool.  Matt Rhule likely wouldn’t have been fired and would have been given more time and he was always going to be a bad NFL coach.  One we would have had to of moved on from and thus Fields in the end. 

Hopefully the Frank era becomes about building smart going forward. 

[Eric4280]

Man this doom and gloom over preseason struggles is crazy. Guys. Go outside, take a walk, have a pint. Why do we need 35 angles put into threads.

[TheCasillas]

I hate that huddle has become a place where people can just dump their insecure foundationless thoughts. 

[BlackPanther22]

3 hours ago, NJPanthers89 said:

I’m starting to have my doubts that he is the right guy for the job.  This team is very poorly assembled and the draft choices recently leave a lot to be desired.  Taking Horn over Surtain, Icky over Neal, and passing on Pickett just to trade a ton for Bryce the following year look like terrible moves.  Paying Miles Sanders?  Hayden Hurst?  I mean they are telling us to temper expectations then why the barrage of signings acting like you can win.  He obviously has no feel for where the team is at, that cap space could have been carried over.  
 

I don’t think Bryce is the problem, and I think he’s going to be a fine system/game manager QB.  But that rarely wins you anything in the NFL.  At best he turns into Drew Brees which is possible but unlikely.  His deep ball needs a lot of work, it’s looks awful right now.  If Fitt believed in Reich and the “brilliant coaching minds” around him they should have went with Richardson and seen what they can turn him into.  Instead Bryce will be just good enough like Garrapolo and Cousins where we we make the playoffs, but will all complain about him every year because he’s holding us back.  

Hateto say it but Tepper getting involved in the coaching search and draft likely contributed to Fitterers demise and killed this team for the foreseeable future.  I think in two years Fitt and Reich are both gone and we are forced to start over once again.  Hopefully by then we get our Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll.

Horn over Surtain, sure even though I still think Jaycee has top 10 corner potential. Neal was worse than Ickey though last year  and Pickett hasn’t shown anything to suggest they should’ve taken him over Ickey last year. 
 

I think Fitt has flaws for sure in that he has to hit on the later rounds more often but idk. I don’t think top end talent is the issue here as much as it is finding quality depth guys, which is a league wide issue in a lot of ways. I think Fitt’s leash is getting shorter but I’m not calling for his job over preseason.

[frankw]

6 minutes ago, TheCasillas said:

a place where people can just dump their insecure foundationless thoughts. 

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