Mr. Scot

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I'd agree, though I do have some legitimate beefs with some of his decisions. This, for example... I didn't know Blackshear was the leaves leading kick returner, but that info just makes this decision look worse than I felt it already was.

Ben Albright mentioned hearing that Sean McDermott's seat is "warm".

There is one conceivable possibility... If there's an older tackle currently available, a guy who might not have been able to play a full season but could still have enough to play six game, you could potentially bring that guy aboard and ask him to finish up the year on the left while moving Ekwonu inside the guard. Preferably, this would be a guy who operated in a West Coast / zone blocking scheme before. Before anybody asks, no I haven't looked at the free agent list. I'm just spitballing.

Jerry Richardson's biggest issue was that he put too much faith in the wrong people, a frequent end result of which was people being put into positions they weren't really qualified for (Marty Hurney being a prime example). David Tepper's biggest problem seems to be too much faith in himself.

I'm gonna need the account number 🫥 (maybe a debit card number, expiration date and three-digit code)

That's where I've had a question about Fitterer. I know per his own statements that he was pretty heavily convinced on Bryce Young. Reich was long rumored to be interested in Stroud or even Richardson. There are definite coaching mistakes that I believe Reich has made, but if he was overruled on his choice of quarterback, that's an issue.

Forget who mentioned it, but the point Kyle Bailey made about Tepper potentially wanting to avoid a repeat of last year's interim situation could be important here.

I've seen that suggestion made before.

I feel like that would make more sense in our current scheme.

I've long had the impression that Tepper became enamored with Young when they went to dinner and Young impressed him by breaking down a play from his college days. Tepper raved about that moment like it was something he'd never seen before, and he probably hadn't.

Since we've seen some criticism of the "All-Star Staff", I decided to take a look at the individual position coaches to try and evaluate how they're doing. To be clear, this is going to be a very surface level analysis. I'm not going to deep dive too much, and I'll be open to debate on these analyses in general. Starting with... Quarterbacks Coach Josh McCown The chief question for pretty much all of these positions is going to be have the players improved, and that makes this one hard to evaluate. Bryce Young has definitely shown signs of improvement over the course of the season, but it's also true that some things aren't getting better. The question is how much of that do you attribute to coaching as opposed to where some see physical limitations, others see the fact that he's not getting protection add some see both. This is probably the toughest call of any of them. My take: I think McCown could very easily be doing a good job because a lot of the problems that are occurring are things that are above his pay grade, but there is a debate to be had. Runningbacks Coach Duce Staley This one's a little less ambiguous. The most obvious effect of Staley's coaching is improvement on the part of Chuba Hubbard, especially in the area of receiving. A lot of us had written Hubbard off at the start of the year but now he's arguably the best all around back we have. On the flip side you have Miles Sanders, but I don't think his issues can be laid at Staley's feet If for no other reason than that I doubt Sanders has been fully healthy at any point this season. Wide Receivers Coach Shawn Jefferson Here's another one that's a little tough but for a different reason. The quality of player that's been handed to Jefferson for the most part isn't great. That said, is effect can be seen in the improvement of guys like Jonathan Mingo, Ihmir Smith-Marsette and arguably even Adam's Theilen who's having a great year not just for someone his age, but for a receiver in general. Terrace Marshall hasn't shown much of course, but I think that says more about Marshall than it does about Jefferson. Tight Ends Coach John Lilly Yet another where it's tricky. Hayden Hurst hasn't shown up much, but is that coaching or has Hurst just fallen off. Tommy Tremble, on the other hand, came in to this year feeling like an afterthought but now is starting to look like a legitimate tight end. Ian Thomas of course is what he always was, so...it's a toss up Offensive Line Coach James Campen And here we go with probably the second most difficult evaluation. The line hasn't performed well this year, but as has been much discussed, they're not in a system that suits them, especially Ekwonu. Then you have to throw in the injuries as well. Again, I think the real problems are over Campen's head but I won't be surprised if he winds up a sacrificial lamb. Defensive Line Coach Todd Wash Moving over to the other side of the ball, we could start to see more positive looking results. You could make a pretty good argument that Derrick Brown has never looked better than he has this season. Likewise, other players on the line that nobody thought that much of have shown up at times when we needed them. Linebackers Coach Peter Hansen The player who most likely would have been Hansen's star pupil got taken out in week one, but the guy who arguably has been his star pupil Is one of the few Panthers who's been recognized as a player of the week. Like Derrick Brown, Frankie Luvu is playing some of his best football. That makes Hansen look pretty good as well. Outside Linebackers Coach Tem Lukabu On the outside though Is an area where some might see underachievement. Brian Burns has had flashes, but hasn't looked like the star player he was expected to be this season. If this was going to be the season where he made his "next step", that hasn't happened. The question becomes how much of that is coaching and how much is the fact that there's really been no major threat opposite him. Hard to say. Safeties Coach Bert Watts Again, a mixed bag. Xavier Woods and Vonn Bell have had good moments, throw some might say Bell has done less than they thought he would come in. You also have Jeremy Chinn who hasn't looked quite the same since his rookie year (it could be argued that he's out of position as a safety). Cornerbacks Coach Jonathan Cooley And finally, another area where it's difficult to be certain because few positions on the team have been hit as hard by injury is this one. Of the players that have been in, we're not seeing a lot of turnovers generated. Is that on coaching or just on the fact that what would be our best players aren't seeing the field? Bottom Line Some good, some not so good, not a whole lot that I could see as glaringly bad. But all in all, hard to evaluate in several areas because of issues that are larger than what position coaches can affect. As mentioned though, this is more of a general eye test evaluation than it is a deep dive so I'll be interested to hear how others see these spots.

I get the impression that's what happened after Matt Rhule failed.

There are some who do. And Tepper will if he truly wants to be successful. If what matters most is his ego, then we'll continue to be bad.

There's also the soccer team, Tepper Sports and his other enterprises.

They probably do. Several other teams might as well.

Between the use of a racial slur on a scout and general sexual harassment, I feel pretty safe in saying he definitely alienated a pretty solid portion of the fanbase on a deeper level.

I don't think you are.

I actually think most of the position coaches are doing their job. It's the stuff going on above their level that's bad.

That's a pretty good point, honestly.

Tone of this sounds... ominous.

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