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An analysis of what went wrong between Tepper and Rhule by Charles Robinson


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3 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

 

NFL history is littered with franchises that found themselves hypnotized by the track forward: focused ahead, insistent on plowing over one mistake after another. All the while, never contemplating whether they might have been opening a hole beneath themselves.

That has been Carolina for the past few years. Now Tepper has to find his way out of it.

 

That last bit there, that's some masterful writing and insight.

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Good read, always bothered me that Rhule came into the league with a manifesto to get Teddy. Giving him 60 mil and then cutting him after one season while repeatedly throwing him under the bus fractured my confidence in Rhule too.

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https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2022/10/13/23401627/carolina-panthers-fire-matt-rhule-david-tepper-next-steps

The ringer ways in.

 

Since Rhule’s hiring, the Panthers haven’t been anything other than a bad football team—a bad football team with a bad quarterback and a bad coach. Rhule was given free reign to mold the roster to his liking and multiple shots at finding a long-term solution at quarterback. But the roster isn’t any better today than it was when Rhule took over in 2020, and the quarterback situation is arguably worse. As the face of the whole operation, Rhule was an obvious scapegoat.

 

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2 minutes ago, CatMan72 said:

Good read, always bothered me that Rhule came into the league with a manifesto to get Teddy. Giving him 60 mil and then cutting him after one season while repeatedly throwing him under the bus fractured my confidence in Rhule too.

Two things to me if they are true.

1. Tepper initially trusted his GM and coach

2. The Teddy and sam failure raised massive red flags to him

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1 minute ago, Tbe said:

Stafford would not have performed well here. He threw the most INTs in the league last year, and that was with a better supporting cast and McVay as the coach.

Stafford also knew Rhule and co were terrible so it wasn’t going to happen anyway.

My gut tells me Stafford would have been on season ending IR at some point during that season.

We dodged a bullet

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3 minutes ago, Tbe said:

Stafford would not have performed well here. He threw the most INTs in the league last year, and that was with a better supporting cast and McVay as the coach.

Stafford also knew Rhule and co were terrible so it wasn’t going to happen anyway.

My gut tells me Stafford would have been on season ending IR at some point during that season.

It’s also been reported that Stafford did not want to play for the Panthers

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It is amazing how a billionaire (Tepper) and a multi-millionaire (Rhule) can make so many stupid mistakes.  I think most of us were shocked at the huge contract for Teddy, the dumping of him, and then the big trade for Sam (giving up a early 2nd round pick), along with guaranteeing his 5th year option.  Yet unbelievably, the Panthers actually did these things.  I could see Tepper moving the Panthers away from the Carolinas 'due to not being able to get a new stadium or new practice facilities'.  Not a fan of his.    

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