Is it worth the trade off?

[Mr. Scot]

Consider this for a moment.

If the Panthers had beaten the Cardinals then beaten the Eagles and gone on to the Super Bowl, then at this very moment Mike Trgovac would still be the defensive coordinator.

Add in that with this season ending in a Super Bowl appearance, it's a lot less likely that there would have been any significant coaching changes next season. Thus, we'd probably have headed into next year with Trgovac too, and possibly all the departed underlings as well.

So which outcome would you prefer?

A) Make it to the Super Bowl and keep the prior staff for the foreseeable future since there'd be no reason to rearrange a winning staff

Get bounced from the playoffs and have a major coaching shakeup that likely alters the future dramatically (for better or worse)

[carpanfan96]

Change is good cause it's change "end sarcastic voice" now do we win the super bowl or not????? if so yes I'd take the crappy staff for one more year or two, if not then no, I'd take the change.

[Urrymonster]

Chances are that we would be picked clean if we won the superbowl, especially if we performed well in that time. I would expect Trgo to pick up one of the final remaining head coaching positions and certainly expect Davidson to be gone.

[BlindSite]

I've been saying this for years. For what Trgovac is, he was by far, better than at least 60% of the coordinators in the rest of the league.

[Cyberjag]

The only option a true fan would want is A.

[ladypanther]

Mr. Scot.....you need some sleep. Super Bowl, no contest.

[pnthrfrk]

they always did say "winning cures everything". i think we all would agree...

[MyDrunkardNC]

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[JungleCat]

Our team would be world champions instead of an "also ran" that threw a good season away. Yeah, give me the Super Bowl.

[Debil]

Consider this for a moment.

If the Panthers had beaten the Cardinals then beaten the Eagles and gone on to the Super Bowl, then at this very moment Mike Trgovac would still be the defensive coordinator.

I don't agree with you there at all. Historically, teams that are very successful often lose their coaching staff to other teams looking for "good" talent. Look at the 2004 Pats for an example... in just one year after a Super Bowl, they lost both their OC Charlie Weis, and DC Romeo Crennel (this is why they stuck out in my mind). They also lost several assistant coaches, including Jeff Davidson.

So in essence, even if we had won the Super Bowl, I think it even more likely that we would not have kept our current coaching staff, including Mike Trgovac.

[Badbak]

If we had won the Super Bowl that would mean that we didn't have the coaching meltdown that was witnessed in the Arizona game. That would make keeping the coaching staff in tact easier to take. Sal Sunseri might have left to go to Alabama any way and I'm sure seveeral of the others would have jumped at new and better positions. We would have had a turnover either way. Since we sisn't win the SB I'm glad we had the mass exodus. Change is good, especially when the status quo isn't getting the desired effects.

[pantherclaw]

Superbowl.

[Boltergeist]

I don't agree with you there at all. Historically, teams that are very successful often lose their coaching staff to other teams looking for "good" talent. Look at the 2004 Pats for an example... in just one year after a Super Bowl, they lost both their OC Charlie Weis, and DC Romeo Crennel (this is why they stuck out in my mind). They also lost several assistant coaches, including Jeff Davidson.

So in essence, even if we had won the Super Bowl, I think it even more likely that we would not have kept our current coaching staff, including Mike Trgovac.

It depends on what market is left, which after the Super Bowl, isn't that much. Most teams try to get their jobs filled, likely passing up on the favorites, if they're still active. Had the Vagies came out of the NFC, Spags wouldn't be in St. Louis now - Chip Rosenbloom preferred Frazier. Jim Schwartz probably wouldn't have been the Detroit guy if the Titans were still alive.

[Carolina Husker]

Umm, Super Bowl for sure.