Evero?!?! Should he be on the Hot Seat

[DaveThePanther2008]

I have been very supportive of Evero because we focused on the offensive line last year. Then Brown went down, followed by Shaq and on and on. I believed that no one could have run a great defense with our 2024 roster and all the injuries.  This year we added some really nice pieces to the starting line up and several depth pieces but once the starters came out of the game our defense looked like 2024 all over again.   I recently read an article that has him stoking the fire on his hot seat.  

Has Evero lost his ability to run a defense?  Is his scheme not achievable?  I want him to succeed but I am getting worried everything we have tried to do this season will go for not if his scheme doesn't work. 

Thoughts?

[Waldo]

His only real success was running someone else's D and scheme with a soft decline. That's it. I have no idea what the team sees in him or why they brought him back in a year when they were building on the D heavily. Everything I have seen so far leads me to view this as a deadend. 

[TLGPanthersFan]

3-4 sucks. Has always sucked. But it doesn’t help he is a terrible defensive coordinator. 
He should have been fired last year but thankfully this is the last year on his contract. 
We will lose games because of his defense. 

[DaveThePanther2008]

6 minutes ago, Waldo said:

His only real success was running someone else's D and scheme with a soft decline. That's it. I have no idea what the team sees in him or why they brought him back in a year when they were building on the D heavily. Everything I have seen so far leads me to view this as a deadend. 

It's funny, there were several plays where 4 or 5 Panthers were all bunched up and knocked out of the play.  it was like watching Pee Wee football where all the kids are in one spot.  

I have been a supporter of Evero.  I believed he was given a bad deal with all the injuries but the Browns 2nd and 3rds made our 2nd and 3rds look like they didn't belong in uniform. 

[frankw]

Idk if you want to use the term hot seat but without a doubt he is out of excuses regardless of what transpires this season. His defense needs to be at least middle of the pack and we need to see better situational playcalling. If not it's time to move on.

[LinvilleGorge]

Of course he should be. Injuries and roster issues aside, when you field a historically atrocious unit you probably should be fired, at minimum on the hottest of seats.

[WUnderhill]

I don’t know why anybody ever thought he was good. I’m convinced the only reason he still has a job is the team hoping to get that compensatory pick if a minority coach gets promoted by another team. But he’s not getting HC interviews and so far the talk of him as a hc candidate has just been all talk by the media with no real substance. He’s never fielded a top defense as a DC, and the Broncos defense got better when he left, not worse. Our defense has only gotten worse with him as a DC, despite continuing to bring in guys that he wants, his ex players from other teams, DJ Johnson, etc. Go back and watch him put Fuller one on one with the opponents top receiver last year over and over. He’s closer to idiot than savant, imo.

[raleigh-panther]

His contract is up this year, I believe 

I suspect that will be his end here …hopefully    

I’m not a fan but my opinion doesn’t matter

Panthers can do far better 

 

Edited August 10, 2025 by raleigh-panther

[Dave Gettleman's Shorts]

1 minute ago, WUnderhill said:

I don’t know why anybody ever thought he was good. I’m convinced the only reason he still has a job is the team hoping to get that compensatory pick if a minority coach gets promoted by another team. But he’s not getting HC interviews and so far the talk of him as a hc candidate has just been all talk by the media with no real substance. He’s never fielded a top defense as a DC, and the Broncos defense got better when he left, not worse. Our defense has only gotten worse with him as a DC, despite continuing to bring in guys that he wants, his ex players from other teams, DJ Johnson, etc. Go back and watch him put Fuller one on one with the opponents top receiver last year over and over. He’s closer to idiot than savant, imo.

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we ended up letting a lot of players like Luvu, Burns, Chinn, and Vonn bell go and replaced them with players Evero hand picked with Fuller, Nick Scott, Dane Jackson, DeShawn Williams and Josey Jewell just because they knew his "defensive scheme". You can't say we were lacking in defensive talent and having the worst defense in the league when the players were brought in specifically for you and your defensive schemes.

[jb2288]

I think we either fire him mid season and promote Todd to DC or he does a good job relevant to what we have and we all see last year was due to having no talent on the roster. 

[DaveThePanther2008]

Initially I was ok with the first team defense.  A couple of plays were questionable but seemed like there was some improvement.  Then the replacements came in.  They are playing against the same caliber players.  Why are they getting pushed around like they are playing against the first team offense.   

Yeah, I get it, most of these guys will be selling insurance by week one.  Well so are the guys on the other side of the ball.  Our defense should be playing similarly. 

[Jon Snow]

It should be heating up for sure. At minimum he should be under the microscope going forward. 

[Panthera onca]

He is definitely on the hot seat. He's shown absolutely nothing.

[scpanther22]

You can't possibly look at how bare our defense was last year and think it was a fair shot but this will be a make or break year for him