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On the radar: Rip Scherer


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By Pat Yasinskas

There’s a chance some of you have never even heard of Rip Scherer. If you haven’t, go ahead and put him on your radar.

He’s the quarterbacks coach for the Carolina Panthers and that could ultimately put him in a position to influence whether John Fox, who is in the last year of his contract, stays or goes.

With such young quarterbacks, Rip Scherer will have to do a lot of teaching in training camp.Scherer joined the Panthers last year after long-time quarterbacks coach Mike McCoy took a promotion with Denver. Scherer wasn’t able to solve the problems that started for quarterback Jake Delhomme at the end of the 2008 season, but I don’t think you can hang that on Scherer. Whatever Delhomme’s problem was, it was something within him. Delhomme’s gone now.

That means Scherer is starting with essentially a fresh slate. Matt Moore is the only quarterback with any experience and he’ll go to camp as the heavy favorite to open the season as the starter. The Panthers have high hopes for second-round draft pick Jimmy Clausen, but it probably would take a horrible preseason by Moore and a great one from Clausen for there to be a switch at the top of the depth chart. Rookie Tony Pike and Hunter Cantwell will be battling for the No. 3 job.

That’s a lot of youth and that means Scherer will have to do a lot of teaching. After a lengthy run as a college assistant, Scherer worked as head coach at James Madison and Memphis and first worked in the NFL in 2005 when he joined the Cleveland Browns, where he learned the same system coordinator Jeff Davidson now runs in Carolina.

There is no doubt Moore and Clausen have some talent, but it’s going to be up to Scherer to get them “coached up’’ quickly. With a very strong running game, a good offensive line and wide receiver Steve Smith, steady, mistake-free play could make a quarterback a big success in this system. Scherer’s job is to have Moore and/or Clausen ready.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth/post/_/id/10945/on-the-radar-carolina-qb-coach-rip-scherer

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Sooo...the QB coach is supposed to...coach the QB's? That's basically what he's getting at?

in the 1st paragraph, it says he could influence whether Fox stays or goes. basically saying he would be a candidate for the head coaching job if Fox does leave.

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in the 1st paragraph, it says he could influence whether Fox stays or goes. basically saying he would be a candidate for the head coaching job if Fox does leave.

Wow I think your reaching there. I believe he just meant that whether he excels at his job or sucks (the qb's are great or suck) will have a great bearing on whether Fox keeps his job. For example, if the QB's suck, we suck, the season sucks, John Fox gets fired...suck

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Wow I think your reaching there. I believe he just meant that whether he excels at his job or sucks (the qb's are great or suck) will have a great bearing on whether Fox keeps his job. For example, if the QB's suck, we suck, the season sucks, John Fox gets fired...suck

good point...

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Scherer would be maybe the fourth or fifth guy at best on the list of our current coaches as candidates for the head job. In other words, not in a million years.

I really like Meeks I wonder how he feels about being a head coach and how the colts felt as well. I know that other guy was guaranteed the job for a long time but I'd be a little curious.

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I really like Meeks I wonder how he feels about being a head coach and how the colts felt as well. I know that other guy was guaranteed the job for a long time but I'd be a little curious.

If we were to promote from inside the organization I think Meeks would be the popular choice. I also wouldn't be upset with Davidson.

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Yes it is a slow offseason, but he has a legitimate reason to write this article. Rip Scherer will have a spotlight on him, even if it's among coaches, on how well he teaches these new guys how to play. Like mentioned, it's now a clean slate.. let's see if he's really good at his job.. not just that he has a job and what he technically does at that job.

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