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I’ll preface this by saying that the GM and owner are more at fault for the current mess in Carolina than Frank Reich is.

That being said, trust me as a fan of his former team that he needed to go as well. My main reason for this is that he just shouldn’t have been hired in the first place. His best years with the colts were when he had Andrew Luck in 2018 and Philip Rivers in 2020. Both of them were good QBs that didn’t need development at that stage of their careers. Reich is the ideal HC for if you have an established pro bowl level QB so that he can scheme the rest up. He’s not the guy to develop a rookie QB whether he had Stroud or Young.

To further go into this year, Bryce Young has shown zero development. The offense seems to be doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results as evidenced by Kenny Moore getting him for 2 pick sixes. I know the roster is lacking talent all over the place but you’d think maintaining a scheme for 11 straight games would at least see some improvement in executing it and looking better even in defeat. The panthers pretty much look like the Colts did at the end of his Indy tenure.

I want to again go back to my first point. You don’t hire a retread unless that coach has proven he can consistently get his team in contention (think Mike Tomlin). Reich didn’t mess up the roster, he just wasn’t a good hire in a vacuum

Charger fans and non-charger fans alike have said that Brandon Staley is the head coach because ownership is too cheap to can him so I guess that explains why he’s still there.

That being said why is Ron Rivera still Washington’s head coach??? That game yesterday was horrible since we all know Sam Howell is legit plus the Commanders have Eric Bienemy who can be an interim head coach as a way to make his case for HC the rest of the year and going forward

It’s clear as day that these guys are cooked as far as HC potential goes.

The Panthers looked the same against the Cowboys as they have all year. I’m a Bryce Young believer but Reich isn’t doing shit to develop him. It wouldn’t surprise me if the locker bailed on him at this point.

Brandon Staley did his usual job of playing down to competition and then losing to said competition. His presser was like watching Ryan Leaf yell at the reporter. He calls the defense but the defense is why they lose. Those reckless penalties are killers too

Point is it would make sense for both these coaches to get fired now but do you guys think that’ll happen?

Edit: I’m definitely in the camp of Staley should’ve been canned after the playoff loss. Mainly just wondering if losing to Green Bay was rock bottom enough

I’m obviously posting this because my team lost due to shitty ref calls in the last 30 seconds of Sunday’s game (Manute Bol couldn’t have caught that pass) but I’m also talking about the Kenny Pickett magical first down that was short and the Christian Wilkins hit on Jalen Hurts as he threw the ball that was roughing the passer apparently. All 3 of these were worse than the replacement ref nonsense of 2012.

Refs are getting away with bad calls because coaches would rather challenge things like spotting the ball and their WR catching in bounds or just catching a pass which is strategically better anyway because refs should be expected to get their calls right and not swing the momentum of a game off of their penalty flags (unless the penalty is clearly what they’re calling). Reviewing penalties will help the refs get it right if the league office is involved.

I know the old saying goes “play well enough to not let the refs decide” or something but there’s been an increase in games decided by crap reffing giving teams 15 yards free or setting them up at the 1 for something that shouldn’t have been called. Fred Vanvleet was spot on with NBA refs doing the same stuff and showing their biases

I do want to end by saying Cleveland outplayed us enough to earn the win especially Myles Garrett