Reich New Head Coach

[*FreeFua*]

6 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

why was it his job to stop the carousel from spinning?  Irsay wanted Wentz gone and ballard wanted Ryan.  The fug was reich supposed to do?

Yeah… I know it was reported that he lobbied for Wentz but we also don’t know what the alternative would have been. So Reich may have wanted the guy he knew versus an unknown. 

Was it reported somewhere that Ballard wanted Ryan? Because it was beyond obvious Ryan was toast 

At the end of the day this hire makes sense for where this franchise is at. Ideally Reich finds himself a young innovative OC to team up with. Both the Panthers and Reich have been spinning their wheels in mud at the QB position the last several seasons. I truly believe that comes to an end this year and they do whatever they can to go get their guy

[PantherOnTheProwl1523]

 

[PantherOnTheProwl1523]

 

[mrcompletely11]

Just now, *FreeFua* said:

Yeah… I know it was reported that he lobbied for Wentz but we also don’t know what the alternative would have been. So Reich may have wanted the guy he knew versus an unknown. 

Was it reported somewhere that Ballard wanted Ryan? Because it was beyond obvious Ryan was toast 

At the end of the day this hire makes sense for where this franchise is at. Ideally Reich finds himself a young innovative OC to team up with. Both the Panthers and Reich have been spinning their wheels in mud at the QB position the last several seasons. I truly believe that comes to an end this year and they do whatever they can to go get their guy

wentz didnt do badly in indy

 

Pretty sure Ballard was the gm that went and got ryan.  They thought their roster was in "win now" mode and they could squeeze 2 seasons out of him.

 

All in all this is a great hire to reset us to respectable.  

[LinvilleGorge]

35 minutes ago, ncfan said:

From a Colts Beat Writer

 

 

I don't doubt he's a good coach. But this tweet highlights my concern. At his previous stop he couldn't solve the very key issue we currently find ourselves in.

[NorthTryon]

15 hours ago, ClawOn said:

Hmm. Sounds like a GM decision 

Mmmmmmm yes, sounds like it would've been one in Indy, but it was attributed to him and his wishes repeatedly upon his dismissal.  

[mrcompletely11]

3 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I don't doubt he's a good coach. But this tweet highlights my concern. At his previous stop he couldn't solve the very key issue we currently find ourselves in.

Why is that his job?  The one guy he wanted had a relatively good year but the druggie owner went bonkers

[*FreeFua*]

2 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

wentz didnt do badly in indy

 

Pretty sure Ballard was the gm that went and got ryan.  They thought their roster was in "win now" mode and they could squeeze 2 seasons out of him.

 

All in all this is a great hire to reset us to respectable.  

What Reich was able to get out of Wentz was impressive. If you look at the seasons Wentz had the year prior and after 2021… it’s hard to imagine that dude ever throwing for 27 touchdowns with only 7 interceptions in 2021

[mrcompletely11]

Just now, *FreeFua* said:

What Reich was able to get out of Wentz was impressive. If you look at the seasons Wentz had the year prior and after 2021… it’s hard to imagine that dude ever throwing for 27 touchdowns with only 7 interceptions in 2021

He just really really poo the bed against the Jags.  And the owner lost his mind over it.  We may have finally gotten lucky and taken advantage of another team doing stupid things.  Feels good once its not us doing the dumb poo

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[Call Me James]

11 minutes ago, *FreeFua* said:

What Reich was able to get out of Wentz was impressive. If you look at the seasons Wentz had the year prior and after 2021… it’s hard to imagine that dude ever throwing for 27 touchdowns with only 7 interceptions in 2021

He wasn't good weeks 10-17.  If he were good they'd have kept him.

 

 

[OldNorthPowell]

27 minutes ago, RJK said:

Taylor is arguably the best RB in the NFL when healthy and I’m not the only one saying that. I left Quentin Nelson off the original list because you clearly don’t know ball, but the colts oline has been pretty publicly praised over Reichs tenure in Indy. 

Household names and solid players are two different things. They lacked talent at key positions. That is all that matters. QB, DEs, LBs. It does matter that Reich was able to win as many games as he did with this knowledge in place. Agree to disagree but I won't stoop to intelligence insults.

[PanthersATL]

Almost anybody being considered would be an upgrade over what we started last season with.

The good news is that the Owner didn't go digging around for another set of inexperienced college-based folks, or give away the keys to the house just because somebody thinks they should have 100% control.

What would you say Tepper learned from his Baylor experiment?

Reich + Wilks would be a great combination if we could do it. It probably won't happen.  With either one at the helm, we at least have a Coach that has proven NFL experience. 

[ladypanther]

28 minutes ago, PantherOnTheProwl1523 said:

 

Go for it Falcons.  Aurthur Smith will be looking for a job this time next year.