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Competency Trumps Continuity

Zod

By Zod,
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BigBoss Newbie

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Well, where is the continuity?  What part of this offense looks like Chud's offense?  The terminology may have remained the same, but nothing about this offense on the field looks like our previous offense.

 

So there has been NO continuity? Good grief wasn't that the entire point of keeping Shula? The entire point of this thread?

 

Yeah actually it does. I don't know what team you watch on Sundays. I'm seeing read options, I'm seeing zone reads and so forth and it's happening with the Carolina Panthers.

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Tons of coaches wanting a shot to audition themselves as an OC.

 

This is such an invalid argument. Any time a coordinator position opens up, there are tons of people interested. The problem is the panthers were very focused in their search, mainly loser retreads. How about giving a young upstart a chance.

 

Needless to say I disagree. Sometimes not taking a promotion is the best step long term for a career. I've read where a OC or DC has declined an interview for a HC job because they didn't feel they were presented with an opportunity to succeed and given the tenuous between Rivera and JR, I know I wouldn't of had a warm fuzzy feeling about the job/opportunity myself.

 

I'm certainly not defending Shula as I felt it was a terrible choice but do you really think JR's phone was ringing off the hook for the position given his handling of Rivera and Fox. If you felt you only had one chance to show everyone what you could do, would you really have wanted to come here this year to prove it knowing that Rivera could be a fired at any time and with him, would go your one opportunity. 

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 It might have been a money thing...since the team was in such bad shape financially after the 2012 season, he might have just mortgaged the season to see if Rivera could finally put it together while Gettleman cleaned up the cap so a new head coach to have some flexibility to bring in some of his own players.  Time will tell.

 

The Panthers have never been in bad shape financially. JR and partners continue to make a ton of money in spite of the poor product they have given us.

 

And you may not know this, but coaches don't count against the salary cap. Jerry's never had a problem spending on players. It's with coaches he seems to take the cheap route, and it seems to be a philosophical thing rather than just not wanting to spend the money.

 

So no, our "financial" situation had zero impact on the promotion of Shula.

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