Careful .. .this take is HOT

[Jeremy Igo]

[arbnranger]

This guy really had his finger on the pulse. 

Sounds like a real Discharger 

[d-dave]

Got to love knee jerk reactions =)

I'm glad Gettleman had the patience to let Rivera and Cam shake things out.  Just imagine the kind of dumpster fire we would be if we fired coaches left and right....

[OriginalPantherDan]

6 minutes ago, d-dave said:

Got to love knee jerk reactions =)

I'm glad Gettleman had the patience to let Rivera and Cam shake things out.  Just imagine the kind of dumpster fire we would be if we fired coaches left and right....

This is exactly right. If you hire the guy you are convinced is the guy, then you have to show him some loyalty and an opportunity to put it all in place. To fire coaches every year, as the bottom-feeders invariably do, is to tell everyone in the organization: I don't know what I'm doing, but I sure as hell won't take the fall for it, so I'll fire the coach again. A long-range plan with a stable staff is what Carolina has, and that's why they are where they are now. Hats off to Gettleman, since he had the vision to see this through. 

[PanthersGOATFan336]

[brainless wuss]

Really insightful.  Gettleman approached the management team in a similar fashion as when scouting college talent.

The Carolina Panthers'Strategy:  Don't Fire People

http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-carolina-panthers-dont-fire-anyone-1454455696

 

“I had this crazy idea that there were smart people already in the building,” Gettleman said that day.

Two years on, Gettleman and the head coach he inherited, Ron Rivera, have led the Panthers to an NFC Championship and a berth in the Super Bowl, where they face the Denver Broncos on Sunday. One reason they got there is a decision Gettleman made upon assuming the role in 2013 to avoid “five or six months” of upheaval by keeping the entire organization intact.

“People think that firing people is always the answer,” Gettleman said this week. “And I’m sorry, I think everyone should have an opportunity to do their job.”

[em_daht]

38 minutes ago, d-dave said:

Got to love knee jerk reactions =)

I'm glad Gettleman had the patience to let Rivera and Cam shake things out.  Just imagine the kind of dumpster fire we would be if we fired coaches left and right....

Then we'd be the Browns.....and we all know how well they are doing at the moment. But don't get me wrong though, I was thinking Rivera wasn't the answer either.  

 

I guess that's why I'm an IT analyst instead of a football GM. 

[Cary Kollins]

'Discharger' is strong 

[Udogg]

Sounds sort of like "Shula is the worst offensive coordinator ever".   AmIrite? :)

 

Knee jerk reactions aren't always wrong.  Just as showing patience isn't always the best answer (see Manziel). Good GM's seem to know the difference.  Bad ones don't.  

Imagine if Dave G would have waited to sign Cam at the end of this year instead of last? 

[TheWiz]

42 minutes ago, Udogg said:

Imagine if Dave G would have waited to sign Cam at the end of this year instead of last? 

At this point it's looking like we got a steal no?

[shaqattaq]

2 hours ago, d-dave said:

Got to love knee jerk reactions =)

I'm glad Gettleman had the patience to let Rivera and Cam shake things out.  Just imagine the kind of dumpster fire we would be if we fired coaches left and right....

Nuff said!

[Mr. Scot]

How'd you dig that up?