Worst NFL Coaching Hires of All Time

[Ricky Spanish]

Rhule lost to Joe Judge and had a worse overall record coaching than Both him and Patricia:

• Rhule -.289
• Judge - .303
• Patricia - .314

[electro's horse]

5 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

That list certainly reeks of serious recency bias.

yeah they need to specify that it's the modern era. in the 50s you'd have owners fire the coaches and run things themselves not infrequently.

that said it's pretty hard to argue against urban. Every moment of his coaching tenure was hysterical. im sure its exaggerated i still laugh when I think about him asking if they could just also get kyle pitts in the draft and was completely sincere about the question.

[NAS]

56 minutes ago, Ricky Spanish said:

Rhule lost to Joe Judge and had a worse overall record coaching than Both him and Patricia:

• Rhule -.289
• Judge - .303
• Patricia - .314

Not to mention the 7 year contract which makes it 10x worse

[Ricky Spanish]

19 minutes ago, NAS said:

Not to mention the 7 year contract which makes it 10x worse

And the roster control and poo drafts that resulted from it.

[bandu]

LoL you all are just looking at records & fail to realize or mention in 2001 draft George Seifert drafted Dan Morgan in the 1st round & Kris Jenkins in the 2nd round & Steve Smith Sr. in the 3rd round ...just saying

[UnluckyforSome]

7 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

That list certainly reeks of serious recency bias.

Lot of bad names being left off that list for whatever reason.

[electro's horse]

1 hour ago, bandu said:

LoL you all are just looking at records & fail to realize or mention in 2001 draft George Seifert drafted Dan Morgan in the 1st round & Kris Jenkins in the 2nd round & Steve Smith Sr. in the 3rd round ...just saying

we actually don't know who drafted who. the panthers had a weird FO structure 2001 between Hurney, Jack Bushofsky, Mark Richardson, and Seifert. Hurney was the Director of Football Operations. They didn't have anyone with the title of General Manager. Bushofsky retired after 2003, Seifert was fired and Richardson...well.

At the time Jenkins was considered a reach and didn't really do much during his rookie year. He could barely stay on the field. Everyone thought he was just fat, but it turned out he actually had undiagnosed sleep apnea. He got a cpap after his rookie year and then was maybe the best defender in the NFL for two years before he started blowing out his knees. Also how can you forget Panthers legend Chris Weinke who was also in that 2001 draft. Panthers were undefeated in 2001 before 9/11, just saying. 

Anyway, we'll never know for sure who made what decision and how the power was distributed. Based on how things shook out over the next couple seasons, I'd suspect Hurney had more of a say than anyone else in that draft. He earned a lot of goodwill with that Super Bowl and a LOT of rope with Richardson.

Edited October 11, 2024 by electro's horse

[CPantherKing]

1 hour ago, bandu said:

LoL you all are just looking at records & fail to realize or mention in 2001 draft George Seifert drafted Dan Morgan in the 1st round & Kris Jenkins in the 2nd round & Steve Smith Sr. in the 3rd round ...just saying

Seifert had a good 1st year rebuild and had a decent 2nd season with all the injuries and internal coaching drama. 2001 was an implosion from the injuries, coaching drama and the Jeff Lewis investment.

Imagine Patrick Jeffers, Muhsin Muhammad, Steve Smith, Wesley Walls, Tim Biakabatuka and William Floyd if they were to stay healthy with a solid QB. Dameyune Craig was the best option at QB in 2001, but he was before his time.

[electro's horse]

14 minutes ago, CPantherKing said:

Imagine Patrick Jeffers, Muhsin Muhammad, Steve Smith, Wesley Walls, Tim Biakabatuka and William Floyd if they were to stay healthy with a solid QB. Dameyune Craig was the best option at QB in 2001, but he was before his time.

im not sure i could handle that much LSD

[WhoKnows]

8 hours ago, ProcessBlue2 said:

Seifert was competitive even during his 1-15 season like 7 games or something was decided by 6 pts or less. Our offense in 1999 was one of the best we have ever had. 

Reich wasn’t a great hire, but was at the mercy of Bryce last year. Chances are with Andy, Reich was 3-8 or 4-7 not 1-10. 
 

Rhule’s first season helped him off the list. We weren’t as bad as we are now that year and a lost a few close games. Whatever he was building, plummeted in 2021.
 

I miss 2020. We played the 1 seeds in both conferences and had a chance to win both games. We are so far from that now. Heck, 3-4 games into 2021 and this forum was discussing the potential seeding and playoff bye weeks. We threw the playoffs out the door on Young’s first pass, lol.