BREAKING NEWS: Trgovac gone, Lewis leaves for Seattle.

In one week and a half after the meltdown against Arizona in the divisional game, Panthers defensive coaches embarked on a mass exodus of Charlotte. It looked something like this:

This is both good news and bad news. The good news, well, let's start with Trgovac leaving.

Trgovac never took the D to it's full potential and had more than enough talent. One by one, most or all of them had good stats when you single them out, but they didn't mesh as a unit. When Fox and Hurney didn't give a shit about improving anything coaching-wise in the offseason, and actually offered a two year extension on Trgovac's contract (yea, what Panther fan could live through that?) it was Trgovac who declined and wishes to explore different opportunities. ...Yea, good luck with that Mikey, I'm sure there's a strong market in the NFL for half-witted defensive minded cretins with a propensity to shift his unit into cruise control when the team has a 3 point lead. You won't be missed.

Now for some partly bad news, is that even the better position coaches left the team. Ken Flajole, linebackers coach, directly worked with linebackers Will Witherspoon, Mark Fields, Thomas Davis, Jon Beason, and always seemed to field at least an above average core of linebackers, even when Dan Morgan went out with the annual injury. People like Chris Draft even had 100 tackle seasons.

Sal Sunseri was another one of the better position coaches in the league. His D-Line unit was one of the most dominant from 2002-2005. I always had a high opinion of him.

The other guys, Lewis, and on the offensive side of the ball, Mike McCoy, I was never too keen on. Chris Gamble was the only player to improve under Tim Lewis, who spent a few years with the Giants dealing with fans disgruntled with his soft zone coverage. I'm actually glad he left for Seattle even more so John Fox couldn't promote him to D-Coordinator, a likely move had he stayed, since the last time a defensive coordinator left Fox promoted that imbecile Trgovac.

And Mike McCoy, well, he didn't do shit to make QB play better. Even Delhomme makes the same dumb mistakes he did 5 years ago. There's been no improvement. Rip Scherer is a real upgrade.

My only hope now is that John Fox has the balls to go and get a staff who's formula works. Sean McDermott tops my list of potential acquisitions. Considering Steve Spagnuolo was only a position coach when he came from the Eagles to go to the Giants and notched them 20 spots up in total defense the next year, he can be even better for us, since McDermott's had tremendous success as a secondary coach and linebackers coach in Philly. He's even been an assistant head coach, and is only being held back because Jim Johnson's the defensive coordinator.

Stay tuned for more developments.