“The owner is an issue to me,” Ryan Clark, a former Pro Bowl safety, said Monday morning on ESPN show Get Up. ”When you have a superfan as an owner who wants to play with the team like it’s a toy, you have a lot of issues.”
“This is probably the best thing to happen to Frank Reich, because now he’s going to have the guaranteed money to go away,” former NFL head coach Rex Ryan said Monday on Get Up. “I saw a man that literally looked like he aged 10 years. And this is what happens when you make the wrong decision on the first pick and set your team back so much.”
It’s a (darn) joke is what it is,” Mike Golic, former NFL defensive lineman and ESPN radio host, said on DraftKings’ GoJo and Golic live internet show Monday morning. “Frank Reich doesn’t even get a year? That’s a joke. Your organization … guess what, you’re not getting better when you keep changing the landscape like this this quickly.
“Unless there’s something that was going on in the locker room, I will not understand this move at all. You have now stopped the progress and will now go backward bringing in a new coach and a new system.”
“Not sure I quite understand what David Tepper is doing here,” former ESPN host Trey Wingo said in a video posted to X, formerly Twitter. “Yeah, it’s been a bad season, and you have a rookie quarterback. Maybe you’re upset that you picked the wrong rookie quarterback, we’re seeing that from what CJ Stroud is doing. But I’m not sure firing Frank Reich is going to fix any of the problems the Carolina Panthers have right now.
“Seems like a panic move, and something he’s done on more than one occasion.”
“And this is what happens when you make the wrong decision on the first pick and set your team back so much.”
So that’s it, after hearing the past almost 2 years from the media that Bryce Young is the only correct pick for #1 overall, we’re just going to pretend not a single person actually believed that? I’m sorry, but this is stupid as fuck. None of the media gets to “sit back and dust their hands” of this by pretending they always believed it was Stroud
It honestly pisses me off listening to the NFL insiders and “experts” criticize the firing of Frank Reich. These were the same “experts” praising this staff at the beginning of the season and praising the offseason signings that we had. It’s very clear that they don’t watch this team each week and are just talking out of their ass.
We’re 1-10 in a league where results matter. I like Frank as a person, but if he’s such a great coach where are the adjustments? I get we have a bum roster, but if that becomes apparent to you in the first few games then don’t keep doing the same thing over and over again and expect different results. Try something new, change your schemes. And to top it all off, our rookie QB looks unconfident and uncomfortable out there. I could 100% live with the 1-10 record, or justify another season for Frank, if Bryce was putting up good numbers and we were just having unfortunate luck, but he hasn’t cracked 250 yards in a single game and is getting hit on damn near every play. That’s 100% on coaching and he 100% deserved to be fired. The only person more deserving of being canned is Fitt, and hopefully that one comes soon
Something worth noting and what many here have lost track of, Reich was a well respected figure in the NFL, it’s why many here loved the hiring despite the warnings from several Colts fans about his shortcomings. Tepper is a… We’ll say “divisive” owner that doesn’t have a lot of clout yet within the NFL and the Panthers have never really been a well-respected organization in general, so I’m not surprised most outlets are standing so firmly with Reich here despite what actually watching every game he’s coached for us would tell you (And let’s be real most have only seen chunks probably).
These are all some idiotic quotes. Anyone who watches the games can see Bryce is NOT the problem - it’s the coaching and personnel around him. And keeping this coaching staff and trotting Bryce out there every week to get killed would have been idiotic. Tepper made the right move by moving on quickly before we permanently scar Bryce.
Look, we can say all day that the trade up to get Bryce was stupid, that it would’ve been better to have the #1-2 pick this next draft with a much better QB class, etc. etc. I’m not even sold on Bryce myself - I think it remains to be seen if he’s the guy. But unfortunately we are where we are, and we need to invest in and protect Bryce as our QB1 and get him some good coaching/scheming. Firing Reich is a small step in the right direction.
Hire Wilks, try to keep the DC and maybe the OC too and let’s keep pounding!