Panthers fire Blackburn, Okam, and Meyer

[BrianS]

1 hour ago, ichigo1057 said:

I mean, Rhule is responsible for it as well but we are talking about the same Special Teams coach that didn't have any form of backup plan in case the kicker got hurt. Even worse, it was revealed that our Punter literally had no experience placekicking which means unlike many other teams they didn't even take a tiny bit of time to practice just in case poo happened. I can see the firing for sure.

This is not unusual.  You know the previous punter that Rhule brought in?  Charlton?  Yea, he never place kicked either . . . even in high school.  Just a punter.

If you've never kicked before, I really understand.  It's the same thing right?  Man, it could not be more different.  Like, Deonte Brown under center different.

Finally, a backup plan?  Really?  Neither of these kickers was even on our roster in week 1.  Blackburn had his hands full getting two bottom of the barrel specialists to perform at an acceptable NFL level.  WHICH HE DID.  Where was the time to get either ready to do the other job?  They were NOT GOOD when they arrived here, otherwise they would have been on a roster.

This just reeks of "same old Rhule" looking for anyone to blame other than himself.  He needs a "win" to make himself look good.  That's all this was.

[ichigo1057]

25 minutes ago, BrianS said:

Finally, a backup plan?

Damn right a backup plan. You should ALWAYS have a plan in case something happens to the kicker. It just felt oh so wonderful hearing the announcers joke and laugh about us as they showed us holding on the field tryouts and then settled for a WR to kick the ball. Like I said, they BOTH get blame for that poo since it is the coaches job to think of and be prepared for these types of situations.