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Cryptical Envelopment said:
Rhule’s decision to hire Brady — who was college football’s “it” coordinator after helping lead Joe Burrow and LSU to the 2019 national championship — will go in the loss column for Rhule when Tepper is making his pros-and-cons list.

Rhule gave Brady a three-year contract — believed to be worth about $2 million annually — to call the Panthers’ offensive plays, despite the fact he’d never worked with him and the then-30-year-old had never done so in a full-time capacity at any level.

Brady arrived in Charlotte as a package deal: A couple of months after he was hired the Panthers signed quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, who had spent a year together in New Orleans when Brady was a low-level offensive assistant for Sean Payton.

Bridgewater and Brady were close, although that didn’t stop Teddy Two Gloves from throwing Brady under the bus. Bridgewater indicated Brady was late getting a play called during a critical moment at Minnesota last year, then dumped on Brady last offseason by telling the “All Things Covered” podcast the Panthers didn’t practice the two-minute or red zone offenses.

With Christian McCaffrey missing all but three games, the Panthers finished 21st in the NFL in total offense and 24th in scoring offense in Rhule’s first season, although they were just the fifth team in league history to finish with four players with 1,000 scrimmage yards.

But Tepper made it clear he was not a fan of Bridgewater, so they jettisoned him to Denver in favor of Sam Darnold — an ill-fated decision that falls squarely on Rhule and general manager Scott Fitterer. Darnold’s promising, three-game start turned out to be a mirage, but Brady’s offense wasn’t much to look at, either.

Nor was it Brady’s decision to start free agency last March by signing a couple of low-graded, mid-tier offensive linemen in Cam Erving and Pat Elflein. Still, Brady didn’t help himself, despite his reputation as an offensive wunderkind.

By all accounts, Brady is a smart, hard-working coach. But he seemed overmatched on game days, from his inability to make effective halftime adjustments to poor game management. The Vikings’ example cited by Bridgewater was far from the only time the Panthers seemed to be struggling to decide on a play, while Robby Anderson was livid when Brady didn’t start running double moves when the Eagles’ defensive backs were sitting on routes in a Week 5 loss this season.

And while the Panthers have had a top-3 defense all year, Brady’s offense entered Sunday ranked 28th in total offense and passing offense, which was supposed to be his specialty.
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Pretty classic example of jumping up too soon. He tried to learn on the job. It happens. The question is if he can correct the mistakes and grow as a playcaller and in his game prep. He's 32.

Obviously, this is an extreme example (and for effect), but here's an article about Belichik's mistakes at Cleveland: https://www.brownsnation.com/what-went-wrong-for-bill-belichick-in-cleveland/

Whoever interviews Brady should dig in to how he responds to adversity. He'll clearly get another shot.
 
LuCane said:
Pretty classic example of jumping up too soon. He tried to learn on the job. It happens. The question is if he can correct the mistakes and grow as a playcaller and in his game prep. He's 32.

Obviously, this is an extreme example (and for effect), but here's an article about Belichik's mistakes at Cleveland: https://www.brownsnation.com/what-went-wrong-for-bill-belichick-in-cleveland/

Whoever interviews Brady should dig in to how he responds to adversity. He'll clearly get another shot.
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ALOT of coaches have come up short their first go around. I hope we seriously kick the tires here. He's a young, innovative guy who still has to prove his worth.
 
dycane said:
Joe Brady is not getting a college head coaching job. He’ll be an analyst for a year or jump on as OC somewhere. He was stupid to go to the NFL so soon in that position. Way too green for that. And way too green to be a head coach. That’s how you torpedo your career.
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It's never stupid to accept a NFL position.
 
dodaniels said:
It's never stupid to accept a NFL position.
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Of course it could be and was for him. It exposed him. He was in over his head. He lost some shine. And if he fails at his next job, he will have a tough time rehabilitating.
 
LuCane said:
Pretty classic example of jumping up too soon. He tried to learn on the job. It happens. The question is if he can correct the mistakes and grow as a playcaller and in his game prep. He's 32.

Obviously, this is an extreme example (and for effect), but here's an article about Belichik's mistakes at Cleveland: https://www.brownsnation.com/what-went-wrong-for-bill-belichick-in-cleveland/

Whoever interviews Brady should dig in to how he responds to adversity. He'll clearly get another shot.
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dycane said:
Of course it could be and was for him. It exposed him. He was in over his head. He lost some shine. And if he fails at his next job, he will have a tough time rehabilitating.
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What better place to come rehab than down home in south florida with TVD and co.
 
2018 LSU
69th in total offense
38th in PPG

Burrow:
2,894 pass yards
16 TDs
5 INTs


2019 LSU (Brady arrives)
1st in total offense
1st in PPG

Burrow:
5,671 yards
60 TDs
6 INTs

Brady brought in as passing game coordinator to help their dinosaur OC.
Revamps offense to spread.
Calls all their redzone plays that year.
Takes Burrow from bum to Heisman winner, top draft pick.
Breaks almost every SEC record in existence.
 
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