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Luke Kuechly HC (Not Joking Faks)


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10 minutes ago, rebelrouser said:

College coach with very little pro experience=failure

established but over the hill coach who didn't want BY=failure

hot OC that has a scheme that doesn't fit BY=failure

Why not hire a radio announcer with no coaching experience? 

 

Trying to be funny? Dude was next level HOF player. He will be HOF. 

Cerebesl and physical, both 99th percentile if not 100th

And yes is on the radio  poo….  

 

Turning back to the subject, after some listening to opinions and thinking about it, I would regretfully withdraw my support for the idea  

If he failed it might mean estrangement from the team and fan base. Can’t allow that to be in play. 
Not that I think he would fail. I don’t, but it could happen and would be messed up. 

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Obviously a crazy jump straight to HC, but he's the one guy I'd think could (eventually) do it. There would be rough patches, but put a former HC on his staff to help. 

Ron would want no part of Tepper again, and doubt Wilks would unless one of them just did Luke the solid of a lifetime. 

Build a time machine, keep Wilks as HC, hire Luke as his LB coach, transition to DC, and now he'd be ready. 

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In spite of what anyone says about the player-to-coach pipeline, what's undeniable was Luke was already the coach, defensive coordinator and playcaller when he was on the field. He would be a natural DC, and arguably HC. 

I've been in favor of this move since his retirement, and I'd love to see it happen.

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10 hours ago, Proudiddy said:

Yeah, same.  I would want Luke to and have every sense that he would be an incredible HC.  But, there’s a reason Luke retired when he did.  He saw the bullshit coming with Tepper.  When he brought Rhule in, Luke was like, “I’m good.”  I’m sure he already saw the meddling, the meetings, etc.  I remember having the feeling from him discussing his retirement that it wasn’t just his health.  He seemed deflated.  There’s also a reason he has only come back on his terms.  As a play by play/color guy, he doesn’t have to kiss Tepper’s ass like Smitty does.  He strictly handles the X’s and O’s and shares what he sees.  If Tepper ever quit being a fuging idiot, then yes, of course, but I don’t see that happening.

No, he retired because he'd had multiple concussions and was literally scared to play with the reckless abandon the position requires. 

He's on record with that, by the way. He felt he was letting his teammates down so he walked away. 

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1 hour ago, Captroop said:

In spite of what anyone says about the player-to-coach pipeline, what's undeniable was Luke was already the coach, defensive coordinator and playcaller when he was on the field. He would be a natural DC, and arguably HC. 

I've been in favor of this move since his retirement, and I'd love to see it happen.

He’s just a radio guy lol. 

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30 minutes ago, rebelrouser said:

Zero coaching experience to NFL head coach? Dumb.  

Maybe had you put it that way instead of dismissing the guy as a ‘radio’ I wouldn’t have pushed back. I get that.

At the same time, he knows the team, he is brilliant at film diagnosis, highly disciplined and would have the instant respect of any and all players in that locker room. Coaches too probably. It is hard to overstate how good he was and that includes the mental side. 

I wouldn’t bet against him. Give him a couple of seasons to get the job down. 
I shouldn’t say every, but I bet it is every… OC or DC that got a HC gig has said they weren’t ready for everything that goes with being a HC. Totally different than the job they had been doing, because now they have to deal with everything and they didn’t even know what that was when they started. 


edit: I guess a point I am trying to make with him is, you can work your way up through jobs but when you get promoted the job is not just a higher level of the job you were doing, it is a different job requiring new skills. 
The failed HC ranks are full of great coordinators for that very reason. 
I resist the dogma of you can’t be good at that unless you were good at LB coach or DC. 
To me, Wilks wasn’t a real good DC but he somehow understood that HC job intuitively. 

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5 minutes ago, HPPantherzfan said:

The real take away from this is just how lucky these kids are to be coached by 3 Panther greats, and how great is it that those 3 are volunteering their time like that to reach and teach kids through football.  Pretty awesome IMO.  

 

yeah 100%. We are losing kids from football too, to non American games like ahem,soccer. 
Nobody gave a damn about soccer when I was a kid. Long time ago. 
So it’s good they are doing that for that reason too 

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