First Impression of Coaching Staff

[Port City Cat Fan]

Like the profile pic. Miss those guys.

[pantherclaw]

Are we seriously having this discussion in preseason?

Can't judge anything from preseason.

Always liked rivera.

Never care for our defensive cord, but confident that rivera will help him out when needed.

Don't know enough about chud besides he likes tightends. Tae that however ya want.

How anybody expect immediate improvement/results, is beyond me. Takes 3 years to learn a WCO efficently.

While we have talent at the DT position, they are young, and will make mistakes early.

It could easily be mid season before we see any major results.

Am sure we'll see flashes before then, but nothing consistent.

If things gel well by then, we could see a strong secong half of the season.

[Guest Jacob3-89]

Edit: I completely forgot what I was saying. Vicodin is wonderful

[Cat'sGrowl]

I'm loving this coaching staff so far.

[Jangler]

Edit: I completely forgot what I was saying. Vicodin is wonderful

[Mother Grabber]

The staff and players have been working together for a matter of weeks. It is way too premature to be making any kind of assessment as to their effectiveness.

[Double34Trouble28]

The staff and players have been working together for a matter of weeks. It is way too premature to be making any kind of assessment as to their effectiveness.

I wasn't talking about their long term effectiveness. I said "first impression"

[Dpantherman]

I am really not as concerned with the 'passion' a coach has as much as I with the competence/outcomes. Billachick is 1 of the least 'passionate coaches, but 1 of the winningest coaches ever.

After I wrote it, you can tell how worried & frustrated I am, b/c it sound negative. I just don't see much reason yet, to be excited by this coming year...so far my biggest fear will be that we are again the laughing stock of the league or division (honestly).

That being said &....ASSUMING...that we are actually seeing the type of coaching that we will be seeing during the regular season:

- I like the mentoring (but only if ultimately effective, on the field).

- I am concerned that the offense has not showed the ability to get into any rythym in passing, running or sustaining drives consistently.

- I am concerned that the (near elite) OL, has look sub-par.

- I am concerned that they have favored putting the ball in the air more than running. Our running game 'should be' our strength & if we established a running game 'first', then Cam would not have DLs bull rushing & pushing our OL into him while throwing, & the WRs would be able to get at least a little seperation.

- I am glad that Rivera has not whole-heartedly defended the DL play & that they picked up Balmer (it is also a negative that they did plan better to begin with though).

- The poor DL play has made the LBs & DBs look worse than they are (unless coaching has made them even worse than last year & we have Davis back). This are has to do with roster decisions & coaching. We need more DLs, CBs, a least 1 effective WR other than Smitty & 1 or 2 effective OL backups too. These decisions are made by a coach in conjuction with a GM (so I wonder about his player assessment 'before' the season starts....I understand this off-season was abbreviated, but all teams had that).

- Special teams (returns have not been all that special).

- We are in the "bottom of the league" (pre-season, of course) for: OFFENSE: passing, rushing, receptions & total yards. DEFENSE: total yards, yards rushed on us, TDs against us, towards bottom in INTs.

- Neither of the 2 young QBs are looking sharp & Andreson is really getting no reps if he has to be the immediate backup, so won't have the timing with WRs....Clausen should not be our backup, unless he can be successful & we can garner some trade value for him.

- I was a proponent of Rivera & still have high hopes, but the product on the field has caused more concern than confidence at this point. After re-watching the Cincinnati game (who other teams have embarrassed...we made them look world-class * Dalton look unstoppable) I am interested to hear the positive objective postives of Rivera & the coaching staff. Good question/thread!

I sure hope my concerns are not justified during the regular season; we cannot have another season of excuses. Go Panthers!

Where have you been all offseason?

[Khyber53]

Not to be a wet blanket, but I'm seeing a slide from where we were last season, so far. But it is really hard to judge anyone based on the pre-season, we won't see real game planning or real competition until week 1 of the regular season.

But honestly, right now, I'm thinking, and worrying, that we've got Mike Singletary v 2.0 here. Let's hope he keeps his pants on.

[rico6]

I won't fully judge Mcdermott until we shore up that DT situation, until then.. as of now he gets a pass with me, due to how aggressive and passionate he's been with our players.

Rivera won't get any judgements from me until I see an entire, no holds barred played game.

9/11 will be that game.

[Davidson Deac II]

The coaching staff is a rookie staff. Some of them may have worked together, but as a whole, they have never worked together. And Rivera is a rookie head coach. He has to learn his job just as Cam Newton does. He gets the same amount of slack as a rookie qb does. I expected us to struggle this year, and I still expect it. Just want to see some improvement, especially in the last 8 games or so.

[mav1234]

Right now, and keep in mind it's only the preseason and I hope I'm wrong, I've been overall a bit disappointed.

It's not just the fact our defense looks awful, or our offense looks inept.

It's also the lack of discipline...

but I'm going to give this coaching staff a bit more time before I say anything more really. I'm hoping for the best, anyhow.

[Mother Grabber]

I wasn't talking about their long term effectiveness. I said "first impression"

I was commenting more on the long discussions of things that people are concerned about. You can't get concerned about execution when they haven't had much time to work on it, yet. I don't like our pooty execution either, but I'm not going to get concerned about it just yet.

[malik]

i cant fault em, they had like 2 weeks to prepare?