blame the officers, not the soldiers

[Baschski]

stop pretending that the Panthers are a super bowl winner with just five new white dudes in head sets.

That's our problem right there. We need to find some black dudes to wear the head sets.

[CRA]

you guys know that every single fanbase of a bad team believes this right

2 yrs is all it takes w/ good coaching to go from the gutter to playoffs in today's NFL pending you don't play in a stacked division.

[Catdaddy]

This is a backwards thread. The officers tell the soldiers what to do. Our soldiers suck!

[The Faceless]

So does Jerry get to be court-martialed for treason?

[Snake]

you guys know that every single fanbase of a bad team believes this right

Some bad teams become good every season. Why not us?

[frash.exe]

Sweet a panthers55-esque quote

[Mr ocho nueve]

it is the truth. Replace Fox w/ a good head coach and the change will be significant. Fox has always been a DC pretending to be a HC. It has caught up to him.

haha yea just like Moore is a backup QB pretending to be a starter:hurray:

[mav1234]

it's not as if this is our first year where we've sucked in recent memory, so are you really surprised people are calling for a change?

I didn't want Fox gone at this time last year, but I do now.

[bleys]

Wait....

They are professional football players, right? They need external motivation for what exactly?

everyone needs motivation.. a sense of purpose.. even if you make millions, we see it all around the league..

professional athletes are still human beings.. they aren't robots..

I get your point, but I don't think that mentality applies in a situation that looks as bad as this..

[Mr ocho nueve]

ITs simple.

We need Jake.

[88 Bronco]

ITs simple.

We need Jake.

Come on, Moore and Clausen have thrown enough INTs

[FreeDrinkMafia]

It's not a matter of blame; officers are responsible for the actions of those who obey them. Soldiers OBEY. These players, can obey in their own way. Your analogy offends me.

[Cat'sGrowl]

It's absolutely the coaching/managements fault.

You'd have to be nuts to pin this on the players.

The management of this team has been bad.

Our philosophy has always been to run the ball and stop the run.

This isn't a bad philosophy to have-if you have the personnel to match it.

We don't.

Let's look at some other teams in comparison, shall we?

The Pats have been the best managed team of the past decade, they've got multiple SB titles in the past 10 years, and they're still near the top-they're only now finally starting to enter their downfall (and they're still a respectable team while doing it)

How have they done this?

Adaptability. They coach based around the type of personnel they have, and to go with it, they've signed players who were adaptable.

Remember early in the Pat's "glory" years? They were a team with a philosophy very similar to our own. However, once they started losing those players, and gaining players that didn't fit their philosophy-they changed it. They weren't stuck in their way.

The thing is though, poor adaptability can be countered with good recruiting.

Look at the Colts.

They've always been Pass the Ball-Stop the Pass oriented, and they've been able to stay successful because they are able to draft and sign players that fit that philosophy (Having one of the best players of all time hasn't hurt either).

We haven't done these things, and now, it looks like, it's our turn to take our year in the suck.

[88 Bronco]

But the players didn't execute