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Chatty baddy!

Also, the CANES are 3/3 on the power play!

PP hard AF right now!

Was wondering what the "refs you suck!" chant was about... This feed is choppier than a New Jersey wave pool!

Whip out the PP!

Dominated the 1st period! Let's keep it going for 40 more minutes...

I have yet to see a single analyst suggest that we might send Pyotr back to Chicago.

We could also bring in a 3rd team just to retain some of his and/or Freddie's salary.

Five Potential Landing Spots... Freddie, Jack and a 1st? ... more? IDK but adding Patches and Kane to the lineup makes my pants tight!

Maybe we should add, "Do you think our defense could've performed better if you didn't fire everybody?" to Tepper's list of questions for Wilks...

Fair

Who else on the current staff would you prefer he had picked? He only had 4 guys to choose from!

To be clear, you are probably correct... But, we don't really know. Maybe Bidwell told Wilks he had to bring some of that sweet Panthers magic with him and McCoy and Holcomb were the only ones who hadn't already jumped ship to Buffalo. The two men are definitely close. They are both direct disciples of the Chosen Ron. They have worked together for most of their careers. I highly doubt that Wilks would ask Holcomb to accept a de facto demotion. But, Tepper might... Wilks must go through the interview process just like everyone else. After coaching 12+ games for the team, what other questions would Tepper have for the man, other than, "If you were the HC from day 1, what would you have done differently in 2022?" and "If you are HC in 2023, how would you fill out your coaching staff?"

I think it's fair to wager that Wilks would keep him on staff in some capacity. I don't think he would necessarily be handed the DC position, though. Wilks has been working his entire life towards the goal of becoming a successful NFL HC. He has been around the league long enough to see how the game works. He has also had the chance to learn from the mistakes he made putting together his first staff.

And he was an assistant in CLE while Wilks was OC. Then Rhule hired Holcomb in 2020 while Wilks went to the college ranks. They are not tied at the hip...

Ron Rivera and Frank Reich

Holcomb was a Rhule hire... Yes, he has a long history working with Wilks. But, he was here for 2 years before Wilks was rehired this past offseason. Everybody is assuming what Wilks would do with very little information to go off of.

IDK why everyone acts like Wilks could not put together a quality staff. Dude has been coaching in the league for almost 20 years. He has built his resume learning from 2 different major coaching trees (Lovie & Norv) and is universally respected around the league. You could point to his staff in AZ in his one year as HC. But, when the dying geriatric owner is a positional coach and the OC is fired a month into the season, it is safe to assume that Wilks didn't have final say over his own staff. Add in the fact that 2 of his former bosses are on the hot seat this season, and the recent failure of all the wunderkind OCs as head coaches the past few seasons, and the talent pool that Wilks has access to this offseason will be deep. I'm not necessarily sold on Wilks as HC next season. However, I don't believe he would have any trouble filling out a quality staff of coaches.

Been a while since I could bust this one out...

A huddler is dead now... show some respect!

I confirmed it with @Jeremy Igohimself. I drove to his secret abandoned underground Huddle Prime (or whatever that paid sub was) bunker under the site of Tepper's failed practice facility on Christmas Day. Zod made me hot cocoa with little marshmallows and told me that Juan was banned for life. He said that an IP ban wasn't enough, so he got ahold of his contact in the NSA to send in the drones to take out the threat of Juan for good. When he finished knitting me these mittens he sent me on my way.

A Juan post is like an onion article at this point. If you fall for it, it's your own fault. #CheckYourSources #InternetLiteracy #BringBackJuan

At least they are trying something to fix the PP...