Are the Panthers playing afraid?

[cranky]

They question if the Canales is coaching "scared". They wonder if he's afraid of messing up and they question why Tet has all the dropped balls (remind you of another rookie?)

Just the first 4 minutes are on the panthers

[cranky]

 

[CRA]

3 minutes ago, cranky said:

They question if the Canales is coaching "scared". They wonder if he's afraid of messing up and they question why Tet has all the dropped balls (remind you of another rookie?)

Just the first 4 minutes are on the panthers

I think the odds of losing are so high, that Canales clearly plays not to lose if things even go remotely our way in a game.  

[LinvilleGorge]

3 minutes ago, CRA said:

I think the odds of losing are so high, that Canales clearly plays not to lose if things even go remotely our way in a game.  

Seems like it would be cause for going balls to the wall. I mean, you're probably gonna lose anyway so go down swinging and try to give yourself a chance, right? If you play super conservatively with a bad team you're gonna get your ass kicked 9 times out of 10 unless the other team pulls a Falcons and just hands the game to you. The bigger the talent discrepancy the more aggressive you're forced to play. That's why I loved watching those '00s Boise State teams. They knew they didn't have the talent to compete with the big dogs just playing hat on a hat football so they'd go out there and just run video game poo and they did it with delusional confidence and it was just pure fun to watch. LOL

[ProcessBlue2]

The team itself is very soft. Non-physical. It has slowly gotten worse since 20/21. As much as it pains me to say it, Rhule’s team was more physical than Reich’s or Canales’. I think it has gotten way worse since DC got here.

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, ProcessBlue2 said:

The team itself is very soft. Non-physical. It has slowly gotten worse since 20/21. As much as it pains me to say it, Rhule’s team was more physical than Reich’s or Canales’. I think it has gotten way worse since DC got here.

It's an unpopular opinion but I actually think Phil Snow was a damn good football coach.

[ProcessBlue2]

“The first time he spoke to the Carolina Panthers, John Fox told his new team it simply was not tough enough to win in the NFL”. 
 

is echoing in my brain. 
 

 

[carpanfan96]

5 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

It's an unpopular opinion but I actually think Phil Snow was a damn good football coach.

Phil Snow is a damn good defensive coach. 

Edited 1 hour ago by carpanfan96

[Doyle]

God I miss Fox ball.  We had no idea how good we had it.

Edited 1 hour ago by Doyle

[cranky]

Soft, lack of urgency, no intensity all apply.

As an example this pic shows 3 panthers around the punt returner and yet he still runs it in for a TD. Basically everyone was just waiting around for something to happen as opposed to making something happen. I think it pretty much sums up the Panthers as a team at this point.

[Khyber53]

If the contest requires that you physically impose your will on the opponent, you can't win if you are afraid of ruffling their feathers.

This is the most wussified I have ever seen this team. There's no fight, no grit and it's even worse now than it was under Rhule.

[L-TownCat]

9 minutes ago, ProcessBlue2 said:

“The first time he spoke to the Carolina Panthers, John Fox told his new team it simply was not tough enough to win in the NFL”. 
 

is echoing in my brain. 
 

 

I’m not sure this new generation would even respond to having their manhood challenged.  I could see it becoming an HR issue before it motivated anybody.

[frankw]

The overall vibe I get from Dave Canales on gamedays is he not a head coach. He's just running the offense and hands off with everything else.

At the same time it's challenging to guage specifically where the lack of consistent intensity and aggressive football stems from when the go to defacto leader of the team is quiet unsure of himself and lacks the necessary physical tools to succeed at this level.

[CRA]

7 minutes ago, L-TownCat said:

I’m not sure this new generation would even respond to having their manhood challenged.  I could see it becoming an HR issue before it motivated anybody.

I mean, the Harbaugh brothers, Campbell,  Vrabel, etc are all coaching.  The NIL era kids really haven’t made it to the NFL yet