Jump to content

  • Welcome!

    Register and log in easily with Twitter or Google accounts!

    Or simply create a new Huddle account. 

    Members receive fewer ads , access our dark theme, and the ability to join the discussion!

     

Raiders owner regrets not hiring successful interim head coach. How long until we see the article about David Tepper regretting not hiring Steve Wilks?

hepcat

By hepcat,
in Carolina Panthers

 Share

Recommended Posts

Bear Hands Grand Master

Bear Hands

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, CRA said:

Being wrong on Frank doesn't make Wilks right.  They both were the wrong pick. 

At this point, hell, I would've been fine with experimenting on Kellen Moore over what we've endured with Reich. 

After Ben Johnson decided to stay and reports came out we weren't set on Steichen, it all started to smell so wrong.  And we were all sold eventually by the coaching staff, not so much the HC himself.  It was a long sell, but eventually everyone got hyped because of the parts around him, never Reich himself. 

I really think Frank thought he could execute some cool swan song of a coaching stint here before retiring in 4-5...he should've just taken a break for a season.  You can tell he just looks drained.  

Just uninspiring and deflating...like the games we're watching haha

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Bear Hands Grand Master

Bear Hands

Posted
Posted

Outside of Ben Johnson and Steichen, the interviewed field dwindled down to Kellen Moore, Mike Kafka, Ken Dorsey, Frank Reich, & Ejiro Evero...(Campbell and Wilks were never happening)

That's honestly not the best lot to choose from.  

Just speculating -- I gotta wonder if really, Steichen didn't want to be here rather than the rumors that he didn't vibe with Tepper.  I mean, after being a big field, the pickings got slim quickly.  Seemed like our lovely Tepper/Fitt unit jumped on the only guy left that made them feel comfortable.  They didn't want to gamble on the others that weren't on the Ryans/Gannon/Steichen/Johnson coordinator-level hype.  There was Reich just sitting there with his "plan" and they didn't want to look lost after the SB still interviewing and not knowing who to go with.    

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Brooklyn 3.0 Grand Master

Brooklyn 3.0

Posted
Posted

We don't know, can't know, and will never know. Wilks has been a head coach before and wasn't great. He's now not a head coach and is moving down to the field because the 9ers D is a letdown this season. Yes, he got us some wins here, but so has every coach that's coached here. Some of you guys are like a battered wife lol. Happy with the smallest little thing. Get back to us when Wilks is a head coach again and leads his team all the way year after year. And yes, he's still better than what we have now.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
X-Clown Mentor

X-Clown

Posted
Posted
On 11/9/2023 at 6:59 PM, Bear Hands said:

Outside of Ben Johnson and Steichen, the interviewed field dwindled down to Kellen Moore, Mike Kafka, Ken Dorsey, Frank Reich, & Ejiro Evero...(Campbell and Wilks were never happening)

That's honestly not the best lot to choose from.  

Just speculating -- I gotta wonder if really, Steichen didn't want to be here rather than the rumors that he didn't vibe with Tepper.  I mean, after being a big field, the pickings got slim quickly.  Seemed like our lovely Tepper/Fitt unit jumped on the only guy left that made them feel comfortable.  They didn't want to gamble on the others that weren't on the Ryans/Gannon/Steichen/Johnson coordinator-level hype.  There was Reich just sitting there with his "plan" and they didn't want to look lost after the SB still interviewing and not knowing who to go with.    

My theory:

Tepper chose what he thought was a middle ground between the two sides of the fan base on what they wanted. One faction wanted Steve Wilks, the other faction wanted an offensive mind to develop a new QB. One of the things that people loved about Wilks was that he was a Charlotte guy, and had ties to the franchise from the past. He picks Frank because it’s a guy with a background in offense and is a former panther so both boxes are checked.

Pretty sure he wants a Time Machine to go back and fix that one. 
 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • PMH4OWPW7JD2TDGWZKTOYL2T3E.jpg

  • Topics

  • Posts

    • Proudiddy
      Fvck Bryce Young

      By Proudiddy · Posted

      Idk man, I think it’s necessary.  There’s people working 9-5s everyday that get told poo about what they aren’t and what they’re not capable of and they’re working for scraps.  These guys are making millions.  People are watching and invested because their team and fandom is a part of their identity and a big source of pride.  When someone like Bryce comes in and is given chance after chance after chance after proving he is not worthy of the position he’s being gifted, and he continues to be the biggest reason above any that we are losing, yeah…  I think it’s fair to call a spade a spade.  Am I saying Bryce the person is trash?  Bryce the person is a piece of poo?  Absolutely not.     I came up in an era, especially in basketball, where if you were fuging up people heckled the poo out of you.  I played in rec leagues as a teen where the fuging parents were calling kids trash and yelling poo like “TURNOVER!!!  TURNOVER!!!”  “CANT DRIBBLE!”  “CANT SHOOT!”  And that’s adults screaming that poo to kids like we were in the fuging Rucker lol.🤣🤣🤣  I went on to play basketball at a collegiate level and with professional players in different settings.  What those experiences as a kid taught me was to see if there is any merit to what people are saying, and if there is, then work my ass off til they can’t say that anymore.  Come back better, tougher, harder.  And I did.  If kids can figure that poo out, an adult calling another adult who is bad at his job while making millions and millions of dollars will be just fine.  
    • TheBigKat
      I'm 43.... I've lived half my life if I am lucky... will we ever have another team that we will fall in love with?!?

      By TheBigKat · Posted

      I have tried to like this team, lord knows I have tried. BY9 is a nice young man, if I had a daughter he can take her to prom, but he ain't QB1 and he's not Cam or Delhomme Chuba is a average RB, he isn't Stephen Davis, he isn't J-Stew McMillan has the makings of a good WR, but he isn't 89/Moose D. Brown is a great player, but if the game was on the line I want Kris Jenkins       I miss this brand of football, even in the bad Jake games the games were entertaining It has been nearly 8 years now of watching numb football
    • SmokinwithWilly
      I’m not sure people understand how fuging bad it is

      By SmokinwithWilly · Posted

      I'm not so sure. Something about the whole Frank/Bryce situation seemed off from day 1. Bryce didn't fit Frank's QB mold as well as Stroud, then he basically gives up when Bryce is named starter in preseason but gets virtually no reps in games. Then he looks completely unprepared and Dalton steps in in Seattle, has a decent game under immense pressure, and it's right back to Bryce. All his mechanics are terrible and he's having the worst rookie season ever and Frank doesn't bench him?  You dont have to be a conspiracy theorist to know Bryce wasn't ready to be a day 1 starter. Everything with Bryce, then coaches, and the FO seemed forced. 
×
×
  • Create New...