Next level analysis, Rhule is playing chess, given he likely knows he is out of his league at this point. He is on contract for tens of millions more dollars. It stands to reason, given his go to comments “I can go to another college program and make more money”, that maybe he is angling to get fired without cause enough to void his guarantees in his contract. Media and fan outrage are an embarrassment but likely no real grounds to void the guarantees in his contract. Rhule knows at some point he can get it to the point of no return and Tepper will have to act. This will be at the end of next season when we have totally tanked, and we have better draft capital and likely much less competition from other NFL teams for top coaching talent. At that point Tepper pulls the trigger and Rhule maximizes his earnings from the Panthers and likely goes back to the college realm, essentially double dipping getting paid as an NFL coach on guarantees that were bought out and a multi-million dollar college salary from a mid major or lower tier Power 5 school. As Denzel said in training day, “Boom, checkmate!”……