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Maybe Tepper learned something...

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We will see if Tepper has learned anything. Canales is the type of coach the Panthers should have hired in 2020. A young up-and-coming coordinator with some leadership traits to roll the dice on developing into a long term head coach. He was not my preferred hire but I will admit this team could do worse. At the very least, Canales is young and intelligent. 

On topic, I’m encouraged to hear that Canales can hire his own staff. Because the thing that will make or break his Panthers tenure is who he has around him (like Ron Rivera said, hiring people who will tell him what he NEEDS to hear, not a feedback loop), and keeping David Tepper out of his business. The latter might never happen and continue to derail every head coach the Panthers have until Tepper dies or sells the team. 

Slightly off topic, what sucks about all of this is that the Panthers needed to embrace a complete tear down and rebuild after Rivera was let go and all the veterans from that era left or retired. What happened between Rivera’s firing and the hiring of Canales is a master class in how to destroy an NFL franchise. The amount of resources they spent trying to find an answer at QB after cutting Cam Newton is flat out embarrassing. Pair that with letting talented players leave for no return and trading away the team’s best offensive players, and the result is the worst stretch of seasons in franchise history. And the Panthers own the worst winning percentage in all 4 major US sports since 2019.

David Tepper deserves every bit of the shade thrown at him and he should be thoroughly embarrassed. The damage done to the Panthers fanbase will take a long time to repair. He missed capturing an entire generation of new Panthers fans and jettisoned many others with the teams poor performance and decisions. But if he hits on Canales and the team starts winning, things will get better quickly. 
 

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19 hours ago, Peon Awesome said:

The problem hasn't been Tepper stubbornly refusing to learn from his mistakes. Tepper's time has been a string of mistakes followed by a 180 shift that still fails. For instance, he hires a college coach with almost no NFL experience with a staff with almost no NFL experience, and then proceeds to hire Frank Reich, a highly experienced coach who assembled an experienced legitimate NFL staff. He was criticized for holding onto Rhule too long, so then he fires Reich midway through his 1st season. He also went  from a couple retread veteran QBs to going all-in for a rookie. 

I think Tepper has shown he's willing to adapt. Just seemingly every move has stunk. I mean, if we take this example and let's say Canales fires Evero and replaces him with an absolute dud of a coordinator, I'm not going to applaud Tepper for being hands off. Bottom line, we need results, no matter how we get them.

Yeah every move he makes is an immense overcorrection from the previous failure. 

Although I'm sure Rhule being here conditioned him to make every veteran/older coach sound amazing.  

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