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The Panther have made THE HIRE to never lose a game again

Posted on 5/18/26 at 6:58 pm
Posted by bstaceyau19
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2022
1499 posts
Posted on 5/18/26 at 6:58 pm
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This is THE MISSING LINK to the Super Bowl for Carolina.

Woe to the Saints!!!!!! I'm now terrified.
Posted by WheyCheddar
Member since Aug 2024
1738 posts
Posted on 5/18/26 at 7:09 pm to
Much as we like to mock him, Carl has had a long and successful (in some places) NFL career.

I still don’t want that bozo looking mfer anywhere near this team again though.
Posted by Hetfield
Dallas
Member since Jun 2013
9933 posts
Posted on 5/18/26 at 7:25 pm to
I had no idea he was still alive much less actually getting another NFL job. I was hoping to never hear that name ever again.
Posted by goatmilker
Castle Anthrax
Member since Feb 2009
76812 posts
Posted on 5/18/26 at 7:32 pm to
'tater' in the house!
Posted by Mr Happy
Member since May 2019
2780 posts
Posted on 5/18/26 at 10:01 pm to
quote:

Carl has had a long and successful (in some places) NFL career.

I'm not saying you're wrong, but for me this is hard to believe after his time in New Orleans.
Posted by Laaz2750
Los Angeles
Member since Aug 2008
8500 posts
Posted on 5/18/26 at 11:26 pm to
Legit assumed he was dead
Posted by Friendly Satan
Member since Nov 2024
1780 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 6:05 am to
frick Carl Smith—his “offenses” wasted the Dome Patrol years
Posted by LSUChamps03
S. Louisiana
Member since Feb 2006
3253 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 7:00 am to
Saints offense ranking under Smith: (pts/yds)
1986 - 19/21
1987 - 2/14
1988 - 18/16
1989 - 6/11
1990 - 22/22
1991 - 8/15
1992 - 10/14
1993 - 11/21
1994 - 9/19
1995 - 20/19
1996 - 29/29

Actually surprised at the scoring offensive ranks during CS’s tenure as OC. Very inconsistent though. 1991-1994 was actually a decent run.

Whatever the rankings, it never felt like we were upper tier on offense.
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
34466 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:04 am to
Always thought Carl Smith looked like the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang...



Posted by percy
Member since Nov 2013
365 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:24 am to
When he was with the Saints we called him "poodle head".
Posted by Weekend Warrior79
Member since Aug 2014
22063 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:31 am to
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Always thought Carl Smith looked like the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang...

Either that character scarred you for life, or you have an amazing memory (at least for movies ).

Great pull
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
34466 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:35 am to
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that character scarred you for life


Pretty much....

I was 4 when Chitty Chitty Bang Bang came out, and my parents took us to see it. That dude scared the shite out of me...

Like the witch in Wizard of Oz...
Posted by CBandits82
Lurker since May 2008
Member since May 2012
59285 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 9:38 am to
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I had no idea he was still alive much less actually getting another NFL job. I was hoping to never hear that name ever again.

Posted by bstaceyau19
New Orleans
Member since Jun 2022
1499 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 10:54 am to
quote:

Actually surprised at the scoring offensive ranks during CS’s tenure as OC. Very inconsistent though. 1991-1994 was actually a decent run.

Whatever the rankings, it never felt like we were upper tier on offense.


Go re-watch those games on YT. Bobby Hebert was an incredibly accurate passer for his era and didn't make a lot of mistakes. But his talent was wasted here. The gameplan was dull and they had neither the runners nor the receivers to make anything happen. Mora and Finks and Company did not know how to evaluate and draft skill position players. The offense looked lethargic at all times

Bobby was a much better QB than say Jim Everett, whom we saw both as an opponent and later a Saint. But, in LA, he had Ellard and Anderson to throw to and that made a huge difference.

Carl Smith was a big reason for this lack of production.
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
80742 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 10:54 am to
quote:

Actually surprised at the scoring offensive ranks during CS’s tenure as OC. Very inconsistent though. 1991-1994 was actually a decent run.

Whatever the rankings, it never felt like we were upper tier on offense.

Carl Smith was a scapegoat because nobody wanted to admit that Bobby was a middling qb and Jim Mora wanted to lean on defense and win 20-17.
Posted by clamdip
Rocky Mountain High
Member since Sep 2004
21932 posts
Posted on 5/21/26 at 3:49 pm to
quote:


I was 4 when Chitty Chitty Bang Bang came out, and my parents took us to see it. That dude scared the shite out of me...

I watched it again with my kids a couple of years ago, and had completely forgotten that nightmarish character. All my horrors from seeing him when I was a 5 year old were recalled.
quote:

Like the witch in Wizard of Oz...

The monkeys, bro.
Posted by LSUAlum2001
Stavro Mueller Beta
Member since Aug 2003
48741 posts
Posted on 5/22/26 at 9:08 am to
quote:

Actually surprised at the scoring offensive ranks during CS’s tenure as OC. Very inconsistent though. 1991-1994 was actually a decent run.


It was at that point our opponents realized that pressing our WRs at the LOS would stonewall our offense.

Smith never adjusted.
Posted by SuperSaint
Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'
Member since Sep 2007
151191 posts
Posted on 5/23/26 at 8:35 am to
Can’t believe he is still around.

I have fond memories in my youth of my dad and uncles cursing at Carl smith through the TV on sundays
Posted by BengalShark
Member since Jul 2017
4431 posts
Posted on 5/23/26 at 11:31 am to
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Woe to the Saints!!!!!! I'm now terrified


Posted by S
RIP Wayde
Member since Jan 2007
173448 posts
Posted on 5/23/26 at 12:49 pm to
He looks like a mashup of John Fox, Bill Parcells and Will Ferrell or something.
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