Carolina Panthers: Embracing the new age of leadership
By Alex Duran
Why be happy?
Let’s put this into perspective: the Panthers just hired an offensive-minded coach who has a fairly solid and young offense to work with. Assuming that Cam returns there will be three (arguably four) offensive leaders for the head coach to rely on for motivation and cooperation. Did I mention they’re all quite young?
Assuming Olsen is done in Carolina, coach Rhule’s summer project will be to develop another positional leader, a tight end who can excite Panther fans and make the job look easy.
It’ll end up being a hot competition for someone to step up and rally his cohort of tight ends with just enough competitiveness to push the group, but also enough charisma to earn everyone’s respect. The offense doesn’t necessarily need that person to be exactly like Olsen, but that person will have to prove to the coach Rhule that they can be an exemplary player for the next few years.