Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Curing the Panthers

I wrote my column today about 4 quick fixes for the Panthers. Now don't misunderstand -- this isn't a long-term solution. And it pre-supposes that Carolina won't be firing coach John Fox or benching QB Jake Delhomme anytime soon (although I advocated Delhomme being benched, at least temporarily, following the Dallas game).

These aren't about overhauling the car with a new engine; this is about making enough repairs to at least get it back on the road at all. The short version of the column: More DeAngelo, more 8-man fronts on defense, getting Jason Baker to punt the ball out of bounds on every play -- stuff like that.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

No matter what you say or I say Scott, its the "given" in your column that matters. John Fox. Same OLD, Same OLD. Insanity is to do the same OLD stuff and expect different results. I guess we all are insane to even expect ANYTHING out of this team. There is no short-term fix. If a car's transmission is down or the brakes are gone, there is no short term fix either. You replace the defective parts. There will be some downtime (re-buliding time) but that will be worth it. This team needs to be rebuilt with new fresh players and a new coaching staff. PERIOD.

Anonymous said...

um.....Dude what the heck are you talking about. The Cats don't need to do any major rebuilding like you are suggest. Get a QB that isn't a liability and sure up our D-line and ST and there you go. Our offense can be great and our defense could be much better with a starting caliber DTs in the league. I think this team has the ability to go the distance with one offseason of picking up some key players on the D-Line.

Anonymous said...

BREAKING NEWS! This just in...

The Carolina Panthers suck for life.
Witnesses say the Panthers are the worst football team ever. We have word that the Panthers are changing their name to the Carolina Kittens.

Stay tuned for more breaking news here..

Anonymous said...

Carolina Kittens! The Detroit of the south. Go kitty cats you guys suck!

Anonymous said...

Pink Panthers will at least beat the Redskins

~ The Arrdvark