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I was fooled too, Rhule sold us some snake oil

I have a hard time believing that Tepper will keep Rhule for another year. It’s like a stock that you bought high and have to sell low. It stinks to take a loss but makes even less sense to waste more precious time with Rhule.

Mods please delete, just noticed already was posted in another thread

The headline to Friday’s article from Joseph Person of TheAthletic.com implies that Panthers coach Matt Rhule will return for a third season. The second paragraph sends a far different message. “[S]ources say owner David Tepper is unhappy and embarrassed after the $16 billion hedge fund manager gave Rhule a seven-year, $62 million deal to outbid the New York Giants for his services,” Person writes. Terms like “unhappy” and “embarrassed” don’t exactly amount to a guarantee that Rhule will be retained for a third season. Another adjective applies to Tepper — brilliant. That quality may cause him to regard with appropriate skepticism any and all efforts by Rhule to recruit his assistant coaches and players to send the message that everything is working (that messages comes through clearly in Person’s article), and that Rhule’s past turnaround efforts at Temple and Baylor have struck gold in year three. The same instincts that helped Tepper make billions will cause him to analyze and scrutinize any effort by Rhule to get the owner to keep him around for a third season. Will a third season matter? That’s the question Tepper must resolve. Person explains, citing league sources and insiders, that Rhule’s limited NFL background (he had one year as an assistant offensive line coach with the Giants, in 2012) is hurting him in his current job, especially since he has final say over all football matters. Also, some think he keeps too many of his college players on the roster, making it less of a meritocracy in Carolina and more of a who-you-know situation. Then there’s this. Rhule reportedly boasted in a team meeting that he could get one of the top college jobs and make more money, but that he wanted to be in Charlotte. What will Tepper think of that? Will he now wonder whether, if the team turns it around in 2022, a college program will throw millions at Rhule, and he’ll take it? Of all the things that went wrong this year, the sudden and abrupt firing of offensive coordinator Joe Brady on a Sunday afternoon, a full week into the team’s annual two-week break, stands out. The decision has never been fully explained, and it reeks of dysfunction. Maybe the team chose Cam Newton over Brady. If so, well, Newton hasn’t done much after that to show that he was the right choice. Or what if Rhule simply caught a vibe that Tepper possibly would consider making an in-season change? Firing Brady wiped out perhaps the most viable in-house option to serve as the interim head coach. However it plays out, things aren’t going well in Carolina. And if Tepper truly is “unhappy and embarrassed” about the decision to give Rhule such a huge contract two years ago, how can the possibility that Rhule will decide to rectify his mistake after the current season ends (or maybe even sooner) be completely ignored? Tepper seems to be very direct and straightforward. His current silence is noteworthy. As Week 18 approaches, it could quickly become deafening. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/01/01/report-david-tepper-is-unhappy-and-embarrassed-by-the-contract-he-gave-to-matt-rhule/

I think 80% of us do love the Panthers regardless but that doesn’t mean we can’t be angry or disappointed

I think Tepp keeps up with all of it

I don't think any of us would be surprised if Rhule was retained for next year, we're just hoping that Tepper treats this like any other investment decision, puts his ego aside and cuts his losses early.

If I was an NFL scout, the number one trait that I would look for in a QB is the ability to recognize a pass rush and ability to beat the blitz. Huntley seems to be able to do both.

Would you trade for him and what would it take?

This. We have something good going with these two. Coaching is the problem

The way I see it, if Rhule somehow wins 1 or 2 more games, he will probably be given another season. If they finish 0 - 3 down the stretch, I think he will be let go.

I am surprised this station still exists, they're terrible

On a related note Will new interview rule trigger a wave of firings? For the first time ever, NFL franchises will be permitted to officially commence interviewing assistant coaches from other teams with time left in the regular season. As of Monday, December 27, the window opens on virtual interviews. There’s an important catch. The teams that will be interviewing assistants from other teams must have a vacancy, or the coach must have been told that he’ll be gone after the season ends. Will this spark a wave of firings beginning, frankly, as soon as today? Two teams, the Raiders and Jaguars, already have a head start. Other teams, if they know they will be making a change, may decide to get a head start of their own, by firing the head coach sooner than later. So if they’re going to do it next Monday, why not clear the decks now? Four weeks ago, a Pulitzer-winning reporter claimed that Bears coach Matt Nagy would be fired after the Thanksgiving game at Detroit. If the Bears have decided to make a move after the season (whether they should is a different issue), why wait? The more realistic possibility would be to make the move after the Week 16 games, setting the stage to embark on interview efforts on Monday morning. This timeline, however, creates an awkward and antsy and not-so-Merry Christmas for plenty of coaches and their families, who will now be bracing for the axe to fall earlier than usual. Regardless, the window is opening. Who will be the first one to be thrown through it?

Good article https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/lists/matt-nagy-david-culley-joe-judge-matt-rhule/ Rhule should probably send Urban Meyer a nice floral arrangement — were it not for Meyer’s historically awful mis-steps, we’d be talking a lot more about how Rhule has mangled things with the Panthers, and proven to be in over his head as a longtime college coach with very little NFL experience (Rhule was the Giants’ assistant offensive line coach in 2012). Like Judge, Rhule was handed a weird quarterback situation, and he made it weirder. Like Judge, he blamed his offensive coordinator (Joe Brady) for the offense’s issues, fired that offensive coordinator, and saw no improvement after that move. And like Judge, he has a 10-20 record after nearly two seasons at the head of things. Rhule’s commitment to a two-quarterback system with Cam Newton and P.J. Walker — a conceit that has never worked well whenever anyone in the NFL has ever tried it — should be the last straw for owner David Tepper, who needs to get rolling on Rhule’s replacement

Matt Rhule’s head is too large for his body. Not an NFL head coach, better suited for mediocre college programs

It’s a 3-5 year process assuming you’re seeing progression not regression week after week. He needs to fire him and move on

Saints - they have a great head coach

We picked up Darnold's 5th year option haha

Exactly - we have no room to make fun of anyone's QB situation

I present to you Brian Kelly and his fake southern accent Mike Bundt (@Mike_Bundt) Tweeted: Brian Kelly making his welcome speech at halftime of the Ohio/LSU basketball game tonight. https://t.co/Jk3bjAvrh8

Jack of all trades, master of none? Right now it looks like he sucks at everything - offense, defense, special teams

Please go! https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article256221007.html

Jets fans are elated, their second round pick looking better and better

I think it was easy to infer from Tepper that he really wanted them to draft a QB but Rhule convinced him he could work with Darnold.