panthers RB coach fired. chud and mcD are safe. (whew?)

[Mr. Scot]

If Matsko were to be replaced, I'd see Hal Hunter of the Chargers as a more likely replacement than Castillo.

[Mr. Scot]

This is a stupid move. Settle is taking the fall for Chud.

Maybe.

My conspiracy theory is that Settle could be getting dropped to make room for an old Rivera colleague with more experience, maybe someone like Tim Spencer.

[SCP]

Haven seen much in two seasons. Three backs that haven't been able to do much.

As laughable as it sounds now, people were calling our o-line a strength heading into 2012. We had three 700+ yard rushers in 2011. I think the stupid ass play calling early on made our line look like pure sh*t. The plays were taking too long to develop with Chud's over use of the read option. Then in the second half we had backups to backups starting in the middle. They performed as expected, good enough to temporarily fill in but not start. That's a credit to Matsko IMO.

[Floppin]

Positional coaches are responsible for scheme implementation in relation to their specific position. Just like how Norman lining 10 yards off falls on his position coach and on himself, so does anything the RB's do (or don't do) fall on their position coach. While their problems may very well have been scheme related, the coaching staff may have felt that they weren't being coached how to run the scheme properly by their position coach.

[Montsta]

May have ranked decently in rushing, but without Cam's yards, we had to have been near the bottom.

[Bronn]

May have ranked decently in rushing, but without Cam's yards, we had to have been near the bottom.

also doesn't hurt to pile on 210 from one guy in the last game... lol

[TylerVagyler]

Maybe.

My conspiracy theory is that Settle could be getting dropped to make room for an old Rivera colleague with more experience, maybe someone like Tim Spencer.

It would make sense if Rivera is looking to bring in an old friend. But it's still a questionable move, in my opinion. We finished 9th in rushing yards, 3rd in rushing TDs, 9th in yards per game, and 9th in yards per attempt. All of this came during a season where we had a depleted OL, questionable play calling that hurt the RBs, and injuries at the RB position.

I know a good chunk of those stats came from Cam, but I just don't think this firing makes very much sense.

[CardiacCats]

This will make a monumental difference

[Ivan The Awesome]

McDermott should stay. He turned that d around.

[CatMan72]

Where is Jim Skipper???

I was gonna say... Skip was just fired by the Titans so I bet we're clearing room to bring him back.

[CatMan72]

We should fire Chud and hire Turner as OC.

Why pay the apprentice when you can have the master at this point?

[TylerVagyler]

This will make a monumental difference

The only reason I say anything about this firing is because I believe it should be Chud instead. This is team's way of making us feel like they're doing something.

[Mr. Scot]

It would make sense if Rivera is looking to bring in an old friend. But it's still a questionable move, in my opinion. We finished 9th in rushing yards, 3rd in rushing TDs, 9th in yards per game, and 9th in yards per attempt. All of this came during a season where we had a depleted OL, questionable play calling that hurt the RBs, and injuries at the RB position.

I know a good chunk of those stats came from Cam, but I just don't think this firing makes very much sense.

There is some practical logic to it as well though.

Settle has a total of five years experience coaching at the pro level, and that includes the last two with us.

Among Rivera's former colleagues, there are guys who have been coaching pro runningbacks since 1991 (Ollie Wilson) and 1997 (Ted Williams). Oddly enough, Tim Spencer has the least experience of that crowd, having only coached since 2004, but his first three were on the same staff as Rivera.

[Kakarot]

Don't have much to say about this fire; everything that's needed to be said has been said. All I know is we really need to get someone on this staff who has some previous coaching experience to help Rivera out with clock/time management, etc. that's what I want to see.