Snow

[therealmjl]

This ain’t it chief 

[imminent rogaine]

Dat boi Phil Snow bout to run roughshod on the league. Ripping and tearing. Slanging D without discretion. Whatcha gonna do when THE Phil Snow comes for you?

[MMA]

4 minutes ago, ellis said:

 

I like his attitude and personality but I’ll wait and see.

[Mr. Scot]

I think they're trying to make him look scary...

 

[Mr. Scot]

"I haven't won a game as a head coach without him as my defensive coordinator."

- Matt Rhule

[ellis]

I think there will be more announcements over the next day or two. I wouldn’t be shocked if Luke gets a gig somewhere within the organization here in the next few days. Then again, who the hell knows. Things happen.

[panthers34]

Can we all agree to give these coaches a couple years before we start calling for their heads?

I know it’ll be hard for some of you to not want them fired after a couple preseason games 

[Waldo]

Not a lot of wow factor but could work out well. Doesn't apear he will be gone in a couple of years even if he is wildly sussesful. Hopefully we have our Monte Kiffen.

[TheRumGone]

I’m questioning it only because if Snow doesn’t translate to the NFL it’ll be hard for Rhule to fire him. But we literally have no idea how this is going to work out.

[Mr. Scot]

A little bit of philosophy...

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When asked to describe his defensive philosophy, Snow leaned forward and paused. It was like throwing a fastball right down the middle to a power hitter.

"Everybody talks about playing hard, but they don't," Snow said. "A lot of people say they do it and they don't even come close. There is a lot of preparation that goes into doing that. So, that's No. 1.

"No. 2 is how physical you've got to play the game. You can't be good on defense if you are not physical. They told me going in that you can't play defense in the Big 12. But by Year Three, we were running to the football and we were playing real fast and physical."

Once Baylor eliminated little mistakes that led to big plays, Snow said the defense really turned the corner. And takeaways and sacks came as a byproduct of the effort Snow demanded. In 2019, Baylor finished second in takeaways (30), third in interceptions (17) and eighth in sacks per game (3.31).

"If you look at any good defense, they sack the quarterback and they create turnovers," Snow said. "That was the last stage of becoming good at both Baylor and Temple. The goal in college was 40 sacks. We did it at both places and won 10 games when we did."

So what will the defense look like under Snow in Carolina? Expect a variety of looks.

"We'll do quite a bit," Snow explained. "If the offense knows exactly where you are going to be, they are too good. You have to have some disguise and be able to move around to different fronts and coverages.

"And if you don't affect the quarterback and make him hold the ball. Take Drew Brees in our division. He gets rid of the ball in 2.5 seconds – well, you are not going to hit him, right? If you can't make him hold the football, how are you going to beat him? So you have to be multiple enough to challenge the offense. That's the goal."

Yes, the X's and O's are important, but here's one thing Snow can't stress enough: It's not necessarily what you do, it's how you do it.

"I'll say this – the system won't be why we win," Snow said. "It's going to be because of how fast and physical we play."

Panthers.com

[Tepper's Chest Hair]

Just now, TheRumGone said:

I’m questioning it only because if Snow doesn’t translate to the NFL it’ll be hard for Rhule to fire him. But we literally have no idea how this is going to work out.

Won't lie. Part of that excites me.

Tired of knowing it will work out as "something around 8-8".

[Paa Langfart]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

"I haven't won a game as a head coach without him as my defensive coordinator."

- Matt Rhule

 I don't like the sounds of that on a number of levels

[lightsout]

Literally every DC in the history of the game started from a point where fans thought "who is this guy? He has no experience".

Let the guy at least field a defense before we start going on about how he has no NFL experience. Football is football. Coaches coach. Nobody stays coaching for that many years without knowing a thing or two about what they're doing.

[TheRed]

I'll take a wait and see approach like everything else with an incoming new staff.

Fans are obviously going to look at the fact he doesn't have that much NFL coordinating experience but it isn't the end all be all. He has worked in the league before. It's really more about approach, reaction, and ability to adjust than anything else. When we hired Sean McDermott as our DC he had just left Philadelphia after navigating through some tumultuous times and you see how his defenses were for us and where he ultimately is now. You just never know how something will work out. This could blow up in our faces or it could pay off big. There have been plenty of coaching vacancies opening up the last several years, and varying degrees of NFL experience hasn't necessarily made an enormous difference in success for each situation.