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The curious case for Mike Shula as an NFL head coach

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The Carolina Panthers’ much maligned offensive coordinator, Mike Shula, has been the most common whipping boy when the Panthers offense struggles. When considering Shula’s success and lack thereof, it seemed as though the Panthers were one of the better opening teams but struggled to finish offensively. I decided to delve deeper into this theory, and what I found was quite interesting.

Our very own film junkies, Canadian Panther and Billy Marshall, seem to be fans of Shula’s scheme overall and cite his situational play calling as his downfall as opposed to play design. Since most teams script their first 15 plays or so, I decided to compare the scripted play success to the success when Shula is ad-libbing.