Comments on: Chudzinski departure makes Panthers (more of) a mess

By: pantherstimes

pantherstimes — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:04:13 +0000

@fuglyflorio

See Lovie Smith this year
See Bruce Arians last year

By: tarheelpirate

tarheelpirate — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:53:10 +0000

@nfloracle

Get to steppin’. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. No fan base in America wants people like you representing them.

By: ncarolinarn7

ncarolinarn7 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:49:48 +0000

Thank Jerry Richardson for having more money than vision. ** groan **

By: keeppounding

keeppounding — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:54:19 +0000

You write about the 7-9 panthers like they were the 2-14 jaguars. It’s getting old.

By: nfloracle

nfloracle — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:30:36 +0000

Move over Jets… with the Panthers in 2013, there’ll be a new circus in town.

I was a Panthers fan for a lot of years, but started to shift away when the Big Cat went insane and sandbagged John Fox’s last year and then went berserk giving huge contracts to guys on the downside of careers that weren’t that stellar to begin with.

With Richardson’s latest decisions (I can hardly call rehiring Rivera before hiring a GM), I think it’s time to move away from a franchise that appears to be sliding down a nasty slope with nothing below but a cliff and a subsequent two mile drop into oblivion.

By: habsfanatic

habsfanatic — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:06:53 +0000

How do you coach to land a head coaching job without using the tools you’re given? What does that really mean? Both RBs are good but everyone knows that the franchise will only go so far as Newton takes them and his development is obviously critical. He played much better down the stretch which I think shows that Chudzinski managed to find a way to help Cam get going.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:59:48 +0000

I’m a huge Panthers fan and I am so excited by the news of Chud’s departure. I cannot believe what I am reading in this article because Chud was awful last year. Our offense had absolutely not rhythm or continuity last season and I blame Chud. Every time we ran that stupid read option play I wanted to throw the remote at the TV screen because it got us nothing. Cam is a great runner but his designed runs never produced anything and were awful plays to call. Not only were they awful plays to call but they were seemingly our “go-to plays” in every game, just as the quick pass to Smith was the go-to play in the Fox years. The defenses read the play every time and for whatever reason our idiot OC couldn’t figure out that it wasn’t working. Chud was great in year one, just as he was great with the Browns in 2007, but awful this year just as he was in year two with the Browns in 08. I don’t know what the Browns were thinking in hiring him but I am really glad they did. I can stomach another year of Rivera so long as I don’t have to see the offense run by Chud. The Panthers have many weapons on offense and we got nothing out of them last year. I hope D-Will stays because he showed us at the end of the season that he should still be our featured back. Stewart gets hurt too often and isn’t nearly the playmaker D-Will is. D-Will only appeared to have a bad season because Chud never gave him the ball, playmakers can’t make plays when they don’t have the ball and D-Will is the kind of player that gets better with every touch. I don’t know who we will pick up as a new OC but I have to believe he shows up on Sundays with better game plans than Chud did. Good luck Browns fans, but don’t be surprised if you blow up next year then fizzle out and do nothing in 2014.

By: steelerben

steelerben — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:40:36 +0000

While Carolina isn’t in as bad a shape as the Jets or the Jags, because at least this team has a quarterback on the roster, they are still in a messy situation.

It certainly isn’t too late to show Rivera the door and bring in a new Head Coach. It isn’t like all the pretty girls have dates to the prom already, so there’s a lot left out there to replace them. And maybe this gets Coach Cowher off the set and back on the sidelines. Whisenhunt and Mularky are both sans jobs now, and that’s a roster that is ready to compete.

By: larrydavid7000

larrydavid7000 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:28:19 +0000

Once again a franchise going no where can they get off the tread mill. one step forward then 2 step back. Ha Ha Ha .

By: chitownjeff

chitownjeff — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:17:47 +0000

Big win for Carolina!! Chud will be toast three yrs from now in Cle. Now Rivera can go get a guy to run an adult offense and maximize Cam’s arm…I would get a dual QB coach too..Chris Ault does make sense..

By: phredross

phredross — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:11:07 +0000

It’s still not too late for Rivera to go; the regular season ended less than 2 wks ago—better to admit it now than make us suffer thru another season of uninspired football.

By: captainspangled

captainspangled — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:07:45 +0000

lol Panther fans are ecstatic this guy is gone. He was a horrible coordinator. Cost this team games last year, and when you go 7-9 costing games costs playoffs. Praise the Lord this doofus is gone.

By: sportsmeccabi

sportsmeccabi — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:03:09 +0000

Get that Nevada guy.
Galt I think his name is.

By: fuglyflorio

fuglyflorio — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:36:55 +0000

“What NFL team’s offseason doesn’t involve hires and fires?”

Winning teams ?

By: firstand4ever

firstand4ever — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:32:35 +0000

Fair or not, assistants that could come in and take on the oc responsibilities in Carolina are going to see the job as just a 1 year job because Rivera will not survive another losing season.

By: pantherstimes

pantherstimes — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:22:32 +0000

Of the teams in the NFL, Carolina is not the one I would call a mess. A franchise in a state of flux maybe, but certainly not a mess. That just seems like lazy reporting on your part Darin. On the contrary, Carolina seems to be on the right path. What NFL team’s offseason doesn’t involve hires and fires?

By: dldove77

dldove77 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:15:49 +0000

The change in events should – but won’t – lead to Rivera getting fired this week. He was brought back with the understanding his coordinators would remain. Now that Chud is leaving, it’s best to end this mess and move on in a new direction.