Inside Info: Players Love Rhule.

[Mr. Scot]

It's not difficult to believe. He's an extremely charismatic guy.

The biggest determining factor in his success will be how good a coach he is on gameday, but being able to make guys want to run through a wall for you is an extremely positive thing.

[LinvilleGorge]

3 hours ago, BrianS said:

Believe it or not, the whole waiting to snap the ball has thought behind it.  Early in the season, we were not doing this.  In fact, I remember a handful of posts here commenting on it.  However, what was grossly obvious early on is that we were getting KILLED in time of possession.  Our defense was spending far too much time on the field, and our defense isn't super talented.

What I've noticed as the season has progressed is that we are getting slower to snap the ball, but our ToP is greatly increasing.  I think this is our coaching making an adjustment to try to protect our rather fragile defense.  Certainly there are a few instances where it's clearly a  mistake, however the overall trend I believe is intentional and fit to a purpose.

Yep. We want a fast paced high flying offense. As the coaches started to understand the limitations they had at the ball throwy position (trying not to trigger the sensitive folks here) we adapted to slow things down when we realized we weren't going to be able to out up big point totals.

[Cary Kollins]

Wait did this guy also play Cam in madden??

[shaka]

I don't think its just charisma... 

"I think I always operate in the why. I try to always communicate what we're doing and why we're doing it," Rhule said. "I think people know that I'm not one of those 'my way or the highway' type guys. The players have a lot of say in our program and I try to listen to them. If you're someone who explains why and is always willing to listen to players and take suggestions, I think players feel an ownership in the program. We try to do those things. At the same time there's a standard for what we all need to do."

 

The culture being built here from an outsiders perspective is awesome.  I know a lot of people have wondered if Rhule's style will work on professionals.  This little glimpse believes me to think that it will.  I've had lots of jobs.  The ones I loved working at were with managers and senior staff that listened to my input.  I'm not saying they took my ideas and ran with them.  A lot of times they said "shaka you're a fuging idiot that won't work.  here's why."  I was never invested more in an idea or a project then during those moments.  

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nfl-insider-notes-rookie-coach-matt-rhule-putting-his-own-stamp-on-things-with-panthers-picks-and-more/ar-BB1bq90J

[shaqattaq]

4 hours ago, BrianS said:

Believe it or not, the whole waiting to snap the ball has thought behind it.  Early in the season, we were not doing this.  In fact, I remember a handful of posts here commenting on it.  However, what was grossly obvious early on is that we were getting KILLED in time of possession.  Our defense was spending far too much time on the field, and our defense isn't super talented.

What I've noticed as the season has progressed is that we are getting slower to snap the ball, but our ToP is greatly increasing.  I think this is our coaching making an adjustment to try to protect our rather fragile defense.  Certainly there are a few instances where it's clearly a  mistake, however the overall trend I believe is intentional and fit to a purpose.

I understand that, BUT, the issue at the end of this game was that the play didn't get in fast enough. I'm all for the QB milking time off the clock, as long as he's able to do it standing at the line making reads.

[MasterAwesome]

4 hours ago, BrianS said:

Believe it or not, the whole waiting to snap the ball has thought behind it.  Early in the season, we were not doing this.  In fact, I remember a handful of posts here commenting on it.  However, what was grossly obvious early on is that we were getting KILLED in time of possession.  Our defense was spending far too much time on the field, and our defense isn't super talented.

What I've noticed as the season has progressed is that we are getting slower to snap the ball, but our ToP is greatly increasing.  I think this is our coaching making an adjustment to try to protect our rather fragile defense.  Certainly there are a few instances where it's clearly a  mistake, however the overall trend I believe is intentional and fit to a purpose.

Not sure what time frame you're referencing, but our average TOP was roughly 3 minutes longer in the first 6 games of the season compared to the last 6 games.  Maybe their strategy has adapted to intentionally snapping the ball slower because they want to keep the defense off the field, but our TOP certainly is not trending upwards as the season goes on.  Obviously a lot of this is unintentional, for example when you have a stretch of 3 games where you force a total of 2 punts.

[MHS831]

He is a young Pete Carroll.

[ForJimmy]

I mean 4 wins is solid with this roster.

[Mr. Scot]

2 hours ago, shaka said:

I don't think its just charisma... 

"I think I always operate in the why. I try to always communicate what we're doing and why we're doing it," Rhule said. "I think people know that I'm not one of those 'my way or the highway' type guys. The players have a lot of say in our program and I try to listen to them. If you're someone who explains why and is always willing to listen to players and take suggestions, I think players feel an ownership in the program. We try to do those things. At the same time there's a standard for what we all need to do."

The culture being built here from an outsiders perspective is awesome.  I know a lot of people have wondered if Rhule's style will work on professionals.  This little glimpse believes me to think that it will.  I've had lots of jobs.  The ones I loved working at were with managers and senior staff that listened to my input.  I'm not saying they took my ideas and ran with them.  A lot of times they said "shaka you're a fuging idiot that won't work.  here's why."  I was never invested more in an idea or a project then during those moments.  

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nfl-insider-notes-rookie-coach-matt-rhule-putting-his-own-stamp-on-things-with-panthers-picks-and-more/ar-BB1bq90J

To be fair, Ron Rivera did that too.

[Khyber53]

7 hours ago, SOJA said:

This is the single most encouraging thing this season is that I believe we've got a gem in Rhule

also Jeremy Chinn 

also Brian Burns

And Zach Kerr.

And Robby Anderson.

And Curtis Samuel.

And DJ Moore.

And CMC (when healthy).

And Mike Davis (out of nowhere).

And Shaq Thompson.

And Taylor Moton.

And quite a few others guys that are starting to develop into solid players thanks to quality position coaching.

You know, it's looking like someone is putting together a heck of a team here. 2021 is going to be so much better. You can just see it developing right before our eyes.