45catfan

If Rhule's retained, I am not renewing my PSLs. I'm going to enjoy the conversation when the organization calls me and asks why. Yes, they actually call if you are severely late with you PSL payment. I won't be rude, just VERY, VERY frank.

If Rhule is retained, I'm not sure I'll watch any games next year. Tepper cannot read a room. The sad part is if this doofus wins more than 5 games next year he can point to progress and justify a year 4. At that point I'll tune out until he's no longer on the Panthers. I hated the hire to begin with because history is not on the side of college coaches making the leap to the NFL. A simple internet search by Tepper about college coaches busting big time at this level and he would realized he was not making a wise choice.

Personal opinion or actual knowledge of the situation?

Tampa's entire roster comes down with Covid and has to forfeit? Yeah, that's the only likely scenario for a win.

If Rhule is here after January, Tepper needs to fire himself. This team has unquestionably regressed. Building implies structure, a foundation for bigger things. The team looks disinterested. That will happen when you only have two wins since week 3. The dude is out of his League, literally. He should be able to land on his feet back in college and "actually" build something there. Rhule is a lost cause in the NFL.

My point exactly. This is the weakest QB draft class in several years.

If we lose out and the Giants and Bears somehow win one more game, we pick 5th. We should have our choice of the #2 LT prospect.

New coach, rebuilding, no identity. Yes, they have a few pieces on the OL, but that is far from their only issue. My point was no matter how good a rookie QB prospect is, bringing him into the scenario like I listed (in our case horrible OL too) is setting the guy up for utter failure. That's why I can't wrap my head around these people pounding the table for a QB. My only thought is: QB=Super important, therefore it's the automatic default option, especially to those that don't follow the draft process.

In about every mock I've seen we are taking OT or QB, probably split 2/3 OT to 1/3 QB. QBs either being Pickett or Corral. Several mocks have Neal, Ekwonu and Cross gone in the top 7; we get OT #3. The Jets and Giants get OT #1 and #2. There's not even a consensus #1 QB and they are all over the place. So tell me again, if mocks are having the top three LTs snatched up in the first 7 picks and some mocks don't even have a QB going in the top 7, why are we even having this discussion?

Cam isn't likely to get bites elsewhere, so a two-year deal may work. If Rhule is canned, he should be willing to come back. We are paying Darnold whether he's here or not, so might as retain him. Let the two battle it out.

There's a reason I stayed out of that thread.

The court presents Trevor Lawrence as evidence. /case closed

Can be as quick as two seasons. Heck, I'm even okay with a losing record next year with a new HC as long as he can clip 5 wins and not tank after the League gets film on his team.

Bump, at this point we need 42 more votes to show how badly this fan base wants him gone. If it ends up 100-1, then it's obvious dude has completely lost this fan base.

Just wait until the Bucs embarrass us at home, then pull the trigger. It's only two games left then. The interim coach then tells the whole team they are being heavily evaluated for next season--whomever that HC may be, so the final two games aren't complete dumpster fires and the guys still play hard.

*cough* Josh McDaniels *cough* Seriously, the list is very short. I remember when Bill Cowher's name kept being brought up for job openings several years after he left the Steelers, but he always declined.

Rhule thinks he's being set up as the scapegoat. No dude, your players aren't intentionally sabotaging the season to spite you. You suck as a coach and they deserve better!

That's my only rationale as to why Rhule is still here. If Tepper fires Ruhle, his only two HCs he canned in-season. That's not very attractive to potential candidates.

Rhule has cast is vote, lol! Ok bud, it's not 100% landslide poll, but your goose is cooked!

He's a day 3 prospect at this point, we've got plenty of those picks to burn on a project QB.

Even so, doesn't mean the conversion actually happens. Did Rhule own up to the stupidity of going for it on your own 49-yard line so early in the game? No, probably not.

No, that's the reason I didn't use direct quotation marks. However, calling out the QB for holding onto the ball to long as he's running for his life most of the day kinda implies that.

Preach it brother!

Can we get to 99% this week? Rhule can only vote for himself once.

Yep, the "give the man a fighting chance' and/or 'we don't want to be the Jets/Browns constantly changing head coaches' people will chime in. Honestly, it's probably less than 10% of the fan base at this point though.