Evan Mathis - Remember Him?

[Cyberjag]

It's truly amazing that with such a poor GM, an ineffective quarterback, and a distant head coach we've managed to compile the NFC South's best record since Fox has been here.

[DaveThePanther2008]

To me, this is the most concerning part:

How are you supposed to improve your performance if you're not getting any feedback? This ties in to what I've suspected the problem is: there is no accountability on this team, good or bad. Screw up and nobody says anything to you about it, do something good and nobody says anything about it, just show up and play and try to read Fox's body language to tell if he's happy with you or not. Sounds like he has the same "it is what it is" attitude with players that he does with the rest of us.

You need feedback? I would think if your running backs get 150 yards off your ass then you probably did a good job, huh? Or if your opponent SACKED your QB 3 or 4 times and was in the backfield all day you need to be told you played like poo. It isn't like you have an out of body experience when you are on the field and don't know what you actually did. PLEASE. You watch film before and after a game. You can't tell when you missed a block. WTF this guys are PROs they should know when the got beat and when they played well.

Go Panthers

[Raskle]

No... just no. It isn't feedback in a "Did I do a good job today Coach?" aspect. That would be as moronic as you paint it to be. Any decent worker in any business needs to know how they are being evaluated and by what parameters. What are opportunities that could be improved upon? How can they take their work to the next level? What are the little things that they can improve upon to ensure success?

Simple things like these can be studied, but an outside eye will always be better to your success. That's why CEOs that surround themselves with "Yes Men" do far worse than those who keep honest, constructive criticism around themselves at all times. Don't believe me? Steve Jobs is a perfect example -- until he switched from being a former to a latter, he was fired from the company he started. When he got a second chance, he lit it up, mainly due to listening to those around him and getting grades and feedback.

I wished at the time, we'd kept Mathis. Thought he was a good player that just needed something more, and it sounds like he got that from Marvin. I don't disparage Fox, and think he can still do well here, but he needs to start delegating more, adjusting more, and listening more. If his players say they want more feedback, give it to them. That's the biggest thing I got from this article. Seems Marvin listens, and Fox doesn't.

[Udogg]

They do get feedback. He was cut, that's called negative feedback.

[Raskle]

They do get feedback. He was cut, that's called negative feedback.

Imaginary rep.. that was funny