Panthers hire Reich.

[ChoppedWood]

Carolina was playing well to end the year and seemed to be turning the corner making a late run at the playoffs.

If they regress, the fans are going to point to him as the reason.

He did not get screwed here- he screwed himself here.

[Hoopsdoc]

Originally Posted by ChoppedWood

Carolina was playing well to end the year and seemed to be turning the corner making a late run at the playoffs.

If they regress, the fans are going to point to him as the reason.

He did not get screwed here- he screwed himself here.

He was scapegoated here. That’s just reality.

That he was the first coach hired and Carolina hired him after interviewing Sean Payton says all you need to know about what the league thinks of him as a coach and who was at fault for what happened in Indy.

[rm1369]

Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc

He was scapegoated here. That’s just reality.

That he was the first coach hired and Carolina hired him after interviewing Sean Payton says all you need to know about what the league thinks of him as a coach and who was at fault for what happened in Indy.

Reich made one mistake that appears to have been unforgivable to Irsay and a certain segment of the fan base - he believed He could fix Wentz. Ballard and Irsay get constant reasons or excuses for their failures at QB. Reich took the weight of all of their failures with his one failure. Colts fans will likely wish they had Reich back. Especially if Saturday “wins” the job.

[Puck]

He coached Peyton Manning And I am sure PM gave his endorsement

Some of you are aver the top with criticism. Its stupid

[Dewey 5]

Originally Posted by Puck

He coached Peyton Manning And I am sure PM gave his endorsement

Some of you are aver the top with criticism. Its stupid

Peyton also endorses Brian Callahan. Irsay is still going with Saturday.

[ChaosTheory]

Panthers are excited, as they should be. Must've thought he was the best guy available this offseason signing him so quick. Curious what they plan on doing at QB.

Panthers scoring ranks the past few years have been: 20th, 29th, 24th, 20th

Colts scoring with Reich before the Twilight Zone happened: 9th, 9th, 16th, 5th

[Chromeburn]

People on Twitter laughed when I said he would get hired again quickly.

[Kray007]

Originally Posted by rm1369

Reich made one mistake that appears to have been unforgivable to Irsay and a certain segment of the fan base - he believed He could fix Wentz. Ballard and Irsay get constant reasons or excuses for their failures at QB. Reich took the weight of all of their failures with his one failure. Colts fans will likely wish they had Reich back. Especially if Saturday “wins” the job.

A couple of things. Not only did he say that he could fix Wentz, but he persuaded the team to ship a first and a third round draft pick to Philly in order to acquire the Quarterback who, even the most blind observer could see, was irretrievably broken. The following year, he was at it, again, getting Ballard to ante up a 3rd round pick for Matt Ryan.

Between those two bozo’s, Jim Irsay shelled out the better part of $60 Million in hard, cold cash.

In addition, for whatever reason, he didn’t seem able to recruit and retain a high quality coaching staff. When Eberflus and Siriani left, they took the cream of the coaching staff with them. At the end of the day,you have to ask yourself if you want a head coach who can’t attract a better offensive coordinator than Marcus Brady?

[rm1369]

Originally Posted by Kray007

In addition, for whatever reason, he didn’t seem able to recruit and retain a high quality coaching staff. When Eberflus and Siriani left, they took the cream of the coaching staff with them. At the end of the day,you have to ask yourself if you want a head coach who can’t attract a better offensive coordinator than Marcus Brady?

So let me get this straight. He had two assistants hired away to be head coaches, yet one of your arguments is his inability to attract and retain a staff? Even knowing that Eberflus was inherited that’s a fucking laughable take.

But I get it - the team had great players that just weren’t properly coached. The outcome of the season had nothing to do with Ballard being Ballard with the OL. It’s pretty obvious it was strictly coaching considering how well they did under Jeff Saturday…..

[Hoopsdoc]

Originally Posted by rm1369

So let me get this straight. He had two assistants hired away to be head coaches, yet one of your arguments is his inability to attract and retain a staff? Even knowing that Eberflus was inherited that’s a fucking laughable take.

But I get it - the team had great players that just weren’t properly coached. The outcome of the season had nothing to do with Ballard being Ballard with the OL. It’s pretty obvious it was strictly coaching considering how well they did under Jeff Saturday…..

I was just getting ready to post this. How in the hell are you gonna penalize Reich for losing two guys to head coaching positions? Fucking ridiculous.

And there’s no way of knowing how good Brady was. Literally NO ONE was going to be successful with that offensive line.

Brady was fired because Jim needed someone to blame for Ballards failure. When that didn’t work, he fired Reich and brought in Jeff Saturday. We all saw how that worked out. Historically bad team that also happened to be the laughingstock of the league.

Vince Lombardi himself would have won less than 5 games with a line that couldn’t run block OR pass block.

That shit is 100 percent on Ballard.