Feb 4, 2000 Shula fired as OC...

[JawnyBlaze]

I didn't hate the retention of Rivera when it was announced. I preferred someone else, but I swallowed my bitterness over his mishandling of this team and I was willing to give him another shot. After this horseshit move though, I'm fuging done with him. We had a couple of vacancies to fill and we could have brought in proven, talented people to fill those vacancies but because of Rivera's insecurity of his job we promoted from within. We promoted part of the failures to continue the failing. I'll never give up on the Panthers but I have fuging given up on Rivera.

[Way Truth Life]

13 years ago, Steve Smith was a nobody. Give em a chance..

Everyone that saw Smith play knew he was going to be special. Not being given a chance and then succeeding when given the chance is not the same as sucking and then 13 years not sucking....that rarely happens.

[Darth Biscuit]

idk how relevant his prior stint at OC is, but that's all we have to look at... So criticism based on that is legitimate to me.

I don't pretend to know how he's going to do... I hope he does well, but it doesn't seem like the right move for the team.

[Lilsmitty09]

Everyone that saw Smith play knew he was going to be special. Not being given a chance and then succeeding when given the chance is not the same as sucking and then 13 years not sucking....that rarely happens.

Exactly...when given a chance, he succeeded. Yeah Shula got a chance, but it was with who at qb? Shawn King? He had a better relationship with Cam (who is 3/4 of our offense), than chud did,,

[raleigh-panther]

We might as well hope for the best.

If the Panthers get a decent o-line, and gives Newton a little time, its not going to matter much.

If he fails, Rivera fails and the lot of them will be gone this time next year and we will most likely have a high draft pick.

If he succeeds, well, then we will have something winning NFL teams have, continuity.

Gettleman absolutely must fix those lines.

[raleigh-panther]

We might as well hope for the best.

If the Panthers get a decent o-line, and gives Newton a little time, its not going to matter much.

If he fails, Rivera fails and the lot of them will be gone this time next year and we will most likely have a high draft pick.

If he succeeds, well, then we will have something winning NFL teams have, continuity.

Gettleman absolutely must fix those lines.

[iamcline]

The Bucs had no QB that year. I mean seriously...Clausen is the equivalent to Shaun King.

[Argus Plexus]

Typical Panthers. Maybe this time will be different. We do have Cam, after all.

[KendrickPanther]

Alabama fans are some of the most loyal, informed, and passionate fans in the world. They hate Mike Shula more than Cam Newton. That really tells me all I need to know.

Look, I'm not saying we are going 3-13. We might even make the playoffs. But I feel like that is our ceiling. If we play out of our minds and catch breaks we can make the playoffs with this roster and coaching staff. But we don't stand a chance against other playoff teams. There is a clear separation of class between our staff and those playing this weekend.

[rscott94]

I live in Bama and I assure you all they are mocking us without end right now.

Ian Rapoport ‏@RapSheet

Covered Mike Shula as play-caller at Bama. Stunned he is an NFL coordinator. But that was 6 years ago. Interesting to see what he's learned

That is coming from this guy...

[rayzor]

We might as well hope for the best.

the story of every panther offseason with very little to show for it.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

I lived in Tampa Bay

bant

[Actionman0z]

Chip Kelly?

[Guild]

Just in case I am saying it first.

FIRE SHULA!!!1!

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