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WR coach Fred Graves and LB coach Warren Belin are fired

Gazi

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Marguide Newbie

Marguide

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well, the original DBs coach (meeks) wasn't his guy. his guy was wilks, and he did a pretty good job, tbh.

No doubt. I really like Wilks and think he was a great pickup.

It's just very unusual to see that many firings on a staff in a short period of time, and makes you wonder what is really going on. The ST coach apparently had philosophical differences with Rivera. It has been reported there were chemistry problems with the offensive coaching staff. It just sounds like everybody isn't on the same page, and that does not reflect well on the HC imo.

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No doubt. I really like Wilks and think he was a great pickup.

It's just very unusual to see that many firings on a staff in a short period of time, and makes you wonder what is really going on. The ST coach apparently had philosophical differences with Rivera. It has been reported there were chemistry problems with the offensive coaching staff. It just sounds like everybody isn't on the same page, and that does not reflect well on the HC imo.

Eh, it isn't like any new HC magically hires a staff year 1 and everything meshes....takes time to really build something and have all the right coaches IMO.

Plus, some of it could be there were guys Ron wanted prior but now he might can go get.

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No doubt. I really like Wilks and think he was a great pickup.

It's just very unusual to see that many firings on a staff in a short period of time, and makes you wonder what is really going on. The ST coach apparently had philosophical differences with Rivera. It has been reported there were chemistry problems with the offensive coaching staff. It just sounds like everybody isn't on the same page, and that does not reflect well on the HC imo.

it's not unusual for there to be a good bit of turnover on the staff after a couple losing seasons. lots of time the order comes from upstairs.

it was probably required for rivera to keep his job.

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I kinda find myself wondering if they might promote Ricky Proehl to the full time WR coach slot.

That said, reading the Panthers.com article, I think the "different direction" Rivera might want to go in has to do with more coaching experience at the pro level. He definitely has some options for that at RB Coach with guys like Tim Spencer, Ollie Wilson and Ted Williams. There's also Charlie Joiner to possibly be had as a receiver coach.

Linebackers? Only guys I could find with much experience there among the recently freed staffs were Bob Babich of the Bears (unlikely given history) and Mike Caldwell of the Eagles. Caldwell's an interesting option, not super long in the experience department but connections with both Rivera and McDermott via the Eagles. Also ended his playing career as a Panther.

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Eh, it isn't like any new HC magically hires a staff year 1 and everything meshes....takes time to really build something and have all the right coaches IMO.

Plus, some of it could be there were guys Ron wanted prior but now he might can go get.

That's been my take.

Been checking up on Rivera connections among coaches that are looking for jobs right now.

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