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I’m having a flashback of Byron Bell at left tackle

The old Fox draw play on third and long would work better than what we see now

That was not Jackson…it was 20…Griffin

Nine points seems insurmountable

It is amazing at just how bad Fitterer has been. The scary part is he is still the GM. The unknown is if Tepper is forcing the decisions but even so Fitterer is still quilty for not pushing back. This guy makes a lot of money to build a team and each year the team has gotten worse. Tepper can keep hiring and firing coaches but if the team lacks talent that is on the GM and scouts.

Now do Fitterer: 2021: Horn 2022: icky 2023: Young Ironic part of the 2020 draft. It was rumored that Hurney wanted to trade up for a QB….Herbert. But was voted down by the brain trust they thought Teddy was the answer. Also rumored that Rhule wanted Henderson. So Hurney picked Brown.

These team has more holes than draft picks so I think free agency is key. Unless they trade Burns. WR, LB, DL, TE, OL for sure. Also would like to see some QB competition.

I am sure someone will take/want the job. The question is will any top candidates want it. He will have to build the team via free agency vs draft. The new HC needs to be a strong leader and be able to stand up for his program and decisions against Tepper. For whatever reason it does not appear Frank was able to do this. Rhule was just not an NFL coach.

I was listening to ESPN radio this morning with Greenie. They were talking about the best HC openings. Carolina was last…and not even close. They were joking they would rather coach Coastal Carolina than the Panthers. Primary reason- the owner. Tepper has a terrible reputation and all of the recent Hunger Games talk has made it worse. The number one problem with the Panthers is Tepper. I think it is telling that he fired Frank but not Fitterer. Fitterer is the GM and has been for over 3-years. This team has significantly less talent now than in 2020. Each year the team has gotten worse and that is a bi-product of bad decisions made by the Panthers leadership. Fitterer must be in tune with Tepper or he would have been canned with Frank.

Chuba was open vs Thielen

84 was open in the end zone

Not convinced any coach would have been successful this year with the team as is and then having a meddling owner involving himself in football decisions. And having coaches going to Tepper and Fitt reporting as spies against the HC. The “Hunger Games” environment would affect any HC especially a rookie HC.

Unfortunately this is true

Duce surely will tell him to stay away from the Panthers. Duce was a coach at Detroit prior to the Panthers so they know each other. We hear gossip. Duce knows the truth.

It would great to be mediocre again! I fear it will be years before we see mediocrity again.

That is a throwaway pass that goes into the ground. He does those often when flushed out of the pocket. He does not look downfield.

One reason why Frank is gone. Pretty sure he was one of the coaches pushing to let Young sit. Guessing our lovable owner was against that.

Review the Panthers since Tepper bought the team and it is easy to see the problem with the Panthers was not Frank. It started long before he became the HC. The only surprising thing to me is that Frank did not see this while he was interviewing.

Tepper can’t win football games so he tries for media highlights instead. Why not go for Bill Parcells while you’re at it. Belicheck is not the answer. I sure hope our impulsive and impatient owner goes in a different direction

If Tepper keeps Fitterer than he might as well just hire one of the current coaches to be the new HC and keep everything else the same. If he not replacing the GM and not hiring someone to oversee everything than there is no point of making any more changes. It will fail and a year from now we are talking about another new HC and another losing season.

Ideally they can trade Burns and get back in the 1st for some badly needed starters. Obviously a WR, TE, O-line for offense. Also competition at QB. Young needs to earn the job. On defense, need D-line and LB. Need to resign Luvu. Secondary is actually pretty good as is if they can resign at reasonable deals. Henderson has looked good this year….not sure what is going on with Chinn.

Dalton threw for 300+ yards plays 2 TD’s in his one start with this same “terrible offense with no playmakers’

Bigger question is what do the Panthers think of Young and do they trout him out as the starter next season with no contingency plan like this year.

Nothing will get fixed as long as Tepper and wife are actively engaged and influencing football decisions. They can’t hire the right coaches, GM, staff, and etc because they have no clue. Every decision they have made has been wrong…..

Many of us wanted Young benched after seeing Dalton run this same putrid offense in Seattle and made it look presentable. That was the most points the Panthers scored this year. Frank was in a no-win situation with being forced to play Young and also try to win.