Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper said he ran out of patience with Matt Rhule's inability to get the franchise "over the hump." Tepper fired his second coach in four years on Monday, dismissing Rhule five games into his third losing season.
DRY UNTIL THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN ARRIVES. >> RIGHT NOW AT 5 AFTER A ONE IN 4 STARTS CAROLINA PANTHERS HEAD COACH MATT RHULE IS OUT IN CHARLOTTE AND HE IS NOT LEAVING ALONE. HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M GERALD OWENS AND I'M DEBRA MORGAN. ALSO LET GO FROM THE PANTHERS TODAY. DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR PHIL SNOW AND SPECIAL TEAMS COACH AT FULLY WRL'S PAT WELTER JOINS US LIVE TONIGHT FROM BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM WHERE PANTHERS OWNER DAVID TEPPER IS OFFERING MORE DETAILS ON HIS DECISION THAT. >> GERALD EVERETT, I WAS AT THE GAME YESTERDAY VERSUS SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO TAKE ONE LOOK AROUND THE STADIUM TO KNOW IT WAS TIME FOR A CHANGE. THIS WAS A HOME PANTHERS GAME. THE CROWD WAS FILLED WITH SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS RED ENDURING A 37 TO 50 LOSS FOR CAROLINA. A FEW PANTHERS FAITHFUL THAT STUCK AROUND WRINGING DOWN BOOS AND CHANTS OF FIRE MATT RHULE AS THE TEAM LOST THEIR 11TH GAME OF THEIR LAST 12. SO MATT RHULE FIRE TODAY AFTER GOING 11 IT IS 2 PLUS SEASONS HERE AT CAROLINA PANTHERS HEAD COACH. AND HE'S A GUY THAT WAS KNOWN FOR TURNING AROUND COLLEGE TEAMS DURING HIS 3RD SEASON. WE'RE IN THAT 3RD SEASON HERE. THINGS WERE GETTING BETTER. THEY WERE GETTING WORSE. OWNER DAVID TEPPER DECIDED TODAY THAT >> THE TIPPING POINT HAD BEEN REACHED SOMETHING HE SAID MULTIPLE TIMES DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT WRAPPED UP ABOUT 15 TO 20 MINUTES AGO WAS THAT THEY JUST WEREN'T GETTING OVER THE HUMP AK NOT WINNING ENOUGH. NOW WE BOUGHT THIS TEAM IN 2018 HAS ALREADY FIRED NOW 2 HEAD COACHES IS LOOKING AT A 3RD PLANS TO GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME AROUND. >> IT'S ABOUT TAKING CHANCES AND TAKING RISKS SOMETIMES IN LIFE. SOMETIMES YOU DO THINGS WORK OUT. SOMETIMES YOU LEARN FROM THOSE FOR US AS SHE TOOK THE GETS REACHED. IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT THE TIPPING POINT. >> WELL, STEVE WILKS IS THEIR INTERIM HEAD COACH IS A CHARLOTTE NATIVE LONGTIME PANTHERS ASSISTANT TEMPERED DID SAY HE WOULD GET A CHANCE TO EARN THE JOB. NOW ON WHAT TEMPERS LOOKING FOR A HEAD COACH. HE DIDN'T GET INTO SPECIFICS. FORMER SAINTS HEAD COACH SEAN PAYTON. THAT'S THE HOT NAME YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT. HE RETIRED A COUPLE YEARS AGO. THE SAINTS STILL HAVE HIS CONTRACT FOR 2 YEARS. SO IF THE PANTHERS HAPPENED TO BE INTERESTED IN HIM, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GIVE COMPENSATION TO THE SAINTS, THE HIGHER AND THAT IS FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. WE'VE GOT A LONG SEASON AGO. BAKER MAYFIELD IS INJURED. THE PANTHERS ARE TRYING TO FIND A COACH. THEY'RE TRYING TO FIND A QUARTERBACK. IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG YEAR HERE IN CHARLOTTE. >> AND THAT MATT RHULE STILL HAS A NUMBER OF YEARS LEFT ON HIS CONTRACT. YOU KNOW WHAT THE BUYOUT IS FOR HIM. >> THAT MIGHT HAVE HAD A FACTOR HERE. GENERAL, I HAVE A SPECIFIC LOOK AT HIS DIRECT CONTRACT THAT HE SIGNED A 7 YEAR DEAL HERE, WHICH WAS KIND OF AN UNORTHODOX SITUATION IN THE NFL AND TEMPER WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC LIKE A WOULD YOU DO THAT AGAIN? AND HE LOOKED AT IS LIKE, YEAH, YOU ITS SECOND HINDSIGHT, I PROBABLY WOULD MAYBE YOU CAN FOR MORE TO THE NORMS. BUT HE SAID, LIKE YOU JUST HEARD THERE, THE SOUND BITES SOMETIMES HAVE TO TAKE RISKS HERE TO BE AGGRESSIVE. MATT RHULE WAS A VERY HOT NAME WHEN THEY HIRED HIM. BUT I THINK THIS TIME AROUND EXPECTED TO GO FOR SOMEBODY WITH MORE NFL EXPERIENCE. THAT'S SOMETHING HE POINTED TO THAT THERE'S A TRACK RECORD OF WORKS IN THE NFL. THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS THAT COLLEGE COACHES DO NOT ALWAYS
