Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper has often said, when referring to his attempts to rebuild the team into a playoff-caliber squad, that “Rome wasn’t built in a day.”
But Tepper abruptly decided that Matt Rhule wasn’t the right head contractor to build the shining city that the owner envisions but has never been able to make happen. Tepper fired Rhule Monday, less than a third of the way through the coach’s third season as the Panthers’ head coach. Steve Wilks will serve as the team’s interim head coach for the rest of the 2022 season.
Rhule leaves the Panthers with an overall record of 11-27 over his 38-game tenure, with his final game the 37-15 home loss to San Francisco Sunday where, again, boos and calls of “Fire Matt Rhule” were heard in the home stands.
