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Matt Rhule entered the NFL as one of the most coveted coaching prospects available. He didn't even make it two-and-a-half years with the team that hired him.The Panthers Devin Mesoraco Jersey announced on Monday that after just 38 games with the team. Defensive coordinator Phil Snow, who worked with Rhule at Temple and Baylor, was also let go.Carolina was off to a 1-4 start in 2022 and was coming off a 37-15 home defeat against the 49ers. The game was an ugly lo s during which San Francisco fans effectively took over Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte to make it a home-like atmosphere.That, coupled with the boos that had showered the Panthers amid Baker Mayfield and the offense's struggles earlier in the season, was enough to make Carolina owner David Tepper pull the plug on the Rhule experiment.Tepper was involved in a tense exchange with a reporter during the team's pre s conference on Monday after being asked when exactly he came to the decision.Things got a little me sy at the end between owner David Tepper and reporter Scott Fowler at the end of the pre s conference. Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) But why exactly did the Panthers fire Rhule? It wasn't just because of one game. It was about his disappointing tenure as a whole, as the former Joe Morgan Jersey college coach simply never was able to deliver consistent results during his two-plus years in Carolina.NFL POWER RANKINGS: When Rhule was hired by the Panthers, he was lauded as a coach with strong offensive acumen and knowledge of analytics. He helped build the Temple and Baylor programs into winners, and Tepper believed that Rhule could be a succe sful team builder and coach at the next level.That never quite panned out. The Panthers got off to solid starts in Rhule's first two seasons, going 3-2 in 2020 and 3-0 in 2021, but they cratered down the stretch. Rhule posted a career record of 11-27 in 38 games with the Panthers and his .289 winning percentage is 260th among the 289 people to coach at least 30 NFL games.In Monday's pre s conference, Tepper lamented the lack of a "culture of winning" within the franchise over the past few years.Panthers owner David Tepper asked about trading vets, says, "I think that we have to figure out how to get a culture of winning here, which we haven't had in a long time in this place ... I don't think it ever had a real culture of winning." Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) Part of the reason Rhule's Panthers struggled so much was his team's offensive performance. The Panthers were marred by poor quarterback play throughout his tenure with the team, and Rhule could do little to coach up the players he had at the position.Rhule had five different starting quarterbacks during his three years with the Panthers. They were as follows:Teddy BridgewaterPJ WalkerSam DarnoldCam NewtonBaker MayfieldEach year, the team trotted out a new Week 1 starter Bridgewater in 2020, Darnold in 2021 and Mayfield in 2022 in the hopes that the i sues they had at the position were fixed. Each year, the situation got worse, as Bridgewater's pa ser rating ranked higher than any of the Panthers' other Week 1 starters by a wide margin.YearQuarterbackPa ser ratingLeague rank2020Teddy Bridgewater92.122nd2021Sam Darnold71.930th2022Baker Mayfield71.932ndAs such, it's no surprise that Rhule's top-performing offense came in 2020. But even in that season, the Panthers sported only a below-average offense.YearYardage rankScoring offense rank202021st24th202130th29th202232nd24thSo, with Rhule failing to deliver wins and failing to coach up the team's offense, parting with him was an easy choice for the Panthers. In the words of Tepper, things eventually reached a "tipping point."David Tepper said "we got to the Johnny Bench Jersey tipping point." Steve Reed (@SteveReedAP) Now, they will look to the future and begin thinking about who will be the team's sixth coach in franchise history.MORE: The Panthers have promoted the team's defensive pa sing game coordinator/secondary coach Steve Wilks to the head coaching position. Wilks is in his second stint with the Panthers and served as the Cardinals' head coach for one year in 2018. Since then, he has served as a defensive coordinator with the Browns and Mi souri before returning to the NFL.Carolina will be able to begin its search for a long-term replacement for Rhule effective immediately. However, it cannot interview coaches currently under contract with NFL teams; it will have Reggie Sanders Jersey to wait until after the 2022 regular season to do so.As such, if the Panthers want to interview candidates for their coaching job immediately, they will have to start with retread coaches who are currently not in the NFL. Sporting News' Vinnie Iyer lists along with seven other potential candidates.IYER: Rhule entered the NFL as one the most hyped candidates available during the 2020 hiring cycle. That's part of the reason that Tepper and the Panthers gave him a seven-year, $62 million contractto leave Baylor and come to the NFL.The deal was unprecedented at the time considering that Rhule only had one year of NFL experience as an a sistant offensive line coach. The pact was said to have , but in the end, they will be Yasiel Puig Jersey the ones having the last laugh. The Panthers will be on the hook for roughly $40 million owed to Rhule over the last four-plus years of the deal. Yes, the Panthers are indeed on the hook for the $40 million owed to Rhule for the duration of his contract. However, there is a way for them to get out of paying it.Per NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, Rhule's guarantees from the Panthers will be offset by what he makes at any future job he takes.BENDER:Rhule will likely be a top candidate for many college programs given his succe s at Baylor and Temple, so that will defray Carolina's cost to move on from Rhule, if they even have to pay him at all.My understanding of the contract of former coach Matt Rhule: Carolina is on the hook for this season, but the salaries for the ensuing seasons are offset by what his future college job pays him. Rhule gets all $40M, but Panthers likely only pay this year of it. Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) So, Rhule's contract doesn't nece sarily have a in it, per se, but the Panthers did protect themselves within the seven-year deal's construction.