The evolution is in process

[panthers55]

One of the many huddle complaints about Ron is that he doesn't do anything unless he has to and that he never looks at the coaches or himself just blames the players.

This was a good read and gives me optimism for the upcoming season. And answers a few questions 

https://amp.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article225934655.html

[thefuzz]

You have a coach with 6 Lombardi's that changes everything about his team/scheme from week to week, then you have the coaches like Ron who stubbornly make any changes at all.

Brutal to watch.

[LinvilleGorge]

I'm just skeptical. I'll believe it it when I see it.

It seems like Ron always has to think hes on the verge of being fired to change anything he does and as soon as he's back to feeling comfortable he goes back to same old Ron.

[kungfoodude]

We will be successful next year because it ends in an odd number. Boom. Change is in the air!

[raz]

so he's a d coordinator who doesn't understand how lb's and and the d backfield interact.  wow.   

article sounded like 'old man yells at clouds and recites ancient people philosophy at them'

[PanthersBigD]

I knew as soon as someone posted this, the usual suspects would be in here to gripe about it. It's refreshing to hear him admit what we've seen. I'm optimistic about next season. With something as inconsequential as football, why the heck would you waste your time feeling otherwise?!

[Cookie Lyon]

It's been almost a decade with Rivera's same old outdated philosophy. I don't believe anything that comes out of this man's mouth. He's stuck in his ways and will never change.

[Waldo]

Ron is clueless and this is fluff. If Ron was such a great coach, he wouldn't have to pitch his next big idea at how to fix his team. He would just adjust and adapt, it would be real cool if he could do that in a game. This sounds like a BS sales pitch. I expect Ron to evolve into another kind of dinosaur as the meteor lights the sky a pretty color of red death for him and his kind in this organization.

[Tbe]

So it took him all season plus weeks of introspection to figure out what was wrong?

No wonder we can’t make intelligent in game adjustments.

[carpanfan96]

Wont take long to find out if they are going to a multi front look. watch free agency, who they cut and then who is brought in draft prospect wise. 

[Panthera onca]

Unfortunately it just seems like Ron, while a nice guy, just isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer.

[Panthera onca]

His line of reasoning is that because our loss to a crappy Lions team wasn't a blowout that no changes or adjustments were necessary. Who in their right mind thinks that way?

[LinvilleGorge]

13 minutes ago, Panthera onca said:

Unfortunately it just seems like Ron, while a nice guy, just isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer.

The guy knows defensive football. Most people don't like being forced out of their comfort zone. It's not that he's dumb, it's just that he's nothing special as an NFL head coach. It honestly takes a special head coach to be able to flow and adapt with the evolutions of the game as they happen.

[thefuzz]

28 minutes ago, Waldo said:

Ron is clueless and this is fluff. If Ron was such a great coach, he wouldn't have to pitch his next big idea at how to fix his team. He would just adjust and adapt, it would be real cool if he could do that in a game. This sounds like a BS sales pitch. I expect Ron to evolve into another kind of dinosaur as the meteor lights the sky a pretty color of red death for him and his kind in this organization.

My thoughts exactly.

A while back I posted what I would be doing were I Tepper.  That was lock Ron and Marty in a room and go over every single move in the offseason and every game piece by piece and have them explain their moves....in DETAIL.

Sounds like something like that happened and some marching orders were sent down from above.  This is Ron trying to convince Tepper through the media that he really is going to embrace change and really dig down in the analytics of successful football.

This is a sales piece from Ron, and moreso from the Panthers.  The fans are slowly turning on Tepper, and he knows this.

Fan apathy is real.