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Breaking, Ian Rapoport: Fitterer Fired

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He shares an agent with former coach Matt Rhule, who had control of the 53-man roster during Fitterer’s first two years with the Panthers. So it was tough to know exactly who was responsible for some of the personnel decisions, although Rhule’s influence was obvious in some cases, like with all of his former Temple and Baylor players.

And while Fitterer’s ability to build bridges makes him well-liked in league circles and helped him establish a positive work environment with the Panthers’ scouts and personnel executives, there were times when being more resolute would have benefited him.

The decision to give wide receiver Robbie Anderson, a Temple guy and locker room cancer, a two-year, $29.5 million extension had Rhule’s hands all over it. When Anderson proved to be a one-year wonder as well as a malcontent, at least Fitterer was able to wrangle two late-round picks out of Arizona for him.

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7 minutes ago, Selltheteamtepper said:

Just a Tepper yes man fall guy. How is Thomas Brown is still on staff? He’s the coordinator of the worst offense in the league. 

Thomas Brown will not be on the staff next year, nor will anyone else hire him as an OC. He will go back to being a position coach for someone else. 

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3 minutes ago, Selltheteamtepper said:

Just a Tepper yes man fall guy. How is Thomas Brown is still on staff? He’s the coordinator of the worst offense in the league. 

Not just Tepper, it turns out: numerous picks and acquisitions were noted to be at the behest of coaches.

- Matt Corral, Ban McAdoo

- DJ Johnson, Ejiro Evero

- Robbie Anderson (and others), Matt Rhule

Our old friend Dr Flunky (or something) used to talk about collaboration being "The Appaloosa Way" (i.e. The Horsesh-t Method). Turns out that may have been what originally got him hired.

(and ultimately got him fired)

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14 minutes ago, Selltheteamtepper said:

Just a Tepper yes man fall guy. How is Thomas Brown is still on staff? He’s the coordinator of the worst offense in the league. 

All coaches at this moment are gone unless someone says otherwise. 
They aren’t going to announce OCs from a former staff are being fired. 
Brown is gone because the season is over. 

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1 hour ago, Mistuh Jones said:

glad he is gone but what bucket of sh!t do we have to look forward to now? 

2024 - bad football team with the right staff and a few players

2025 - OK team with an improving roster likely including a new QB

2026 - wild card maybe?

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When reviewing the draft picks, trades and FA signings, no one could say they see any difference between Scott making these decisions or a random poster on this site. Looking at the drafts under Scott and seeing how many of these guys are either starting or contributing show how bad he was. 

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3 minutes ago, TLGPanthersFan said:

All coaches at this moment are gone unless someone says otherwise. 
They aren’t going to announce OCs from a former staff are being fired. 
Brown is gone because the season is over. 

Sort of...

Teams don't generally fire assistants until they have a new head coach. New guy can then decide whether or not to keep them.

Given the toxic atmosphere surrounding this last staff though, I wouldn't be surprised if they're all gone.

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8 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

There's an argument to be made that the Thomas Brown hire is what doomed Frank Reich.

And it's not a weak one either.  While Reich was here, we averaged 15 points per game, with him gone we averaged 10.  Not saying Reich was the answer, but the staff just didn't have chemistry at all.

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