The are in the market for a new offensive coordinator. On Tuesday morning, the Panthers fired Mike Shula, who had held the job since 2013. They also fired Ken Dorsey, who replaced Shula as quarterbacks coach when Shula was promoted to OC in 2013. have relieved offensive coordinator Mike Shula and QB coach Ken Dorsey of their duties Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) According to Joseph Person of the and several subsequent reports, the Panthers' plan to . Kyle Quincey Women Jersey When coach Ron Rivera fired Mike Shula today, he had a target in mind: Long-time OC Norv Turner, who was out of football last year. Would be an upgrade if that comes together. Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) Source close to Panthers OC situation tells me Norv Turner is indeed a major target in search as reported by just now, but there are additional names involved as well. Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) Rivera himself played it coy when asked about who he had in mind for the position." , Zach Parise Men Jersey " he said, per the team's official website. "There's some ideas that I've sat down and talked to Marty Hurney about. We discu sed and are going to work through this plan we have and going forward. I said the biggest idea is looking for somebody with a different perspective on how to get us where we want to be."For what it's worth, Turner makes sense as a candidate because of his connections to Rivera. Prior to taking over with Carolina, Rivera worked as Turner's defensive coordinator in San Diego for three seasons and as the linebackers coach for a year. Turner has as much experience as anybody in football at calling offensive plays. However, there are some reasons Kyle Quincey Men Jersey to be skeptical that he is the answer. First of all, he hasn't had that much succe s of late. Norv Turner hasn't coached a top 15 offense since the 2011 Chargers. Scott Kacsmar (@FO_ScottKacsmar) Here's a look at where Turner's offenses (head-coaching years marked with a star) have ranked in yards gained, points scored, and Football Outsiders' offensive DVOA over the years.YEARTEAMYARDSPOINTSDVOA1991DAL9741992DAL4221993DAL4221994WAS1713241995WAS1818161996WAS9821997WAS1615141998WAS1517131999WAS2212000WAS1124122001SD1114172002MIA1512112003MIA2417172004OAK1718142005OAK2123152006SF2624232007SD205142008SD11232009SD10442010SD1242011SD6652012SD*3120242013CLE1827262014MIN2720222015MIN2916162016MIN282326As you can see, none of Turner' Andrew Hammond Women Jersey s offenses have ranked inside the top 15 in yards, points, or DVOA in any of his last five seasons as a play-caller. In 26 years calling plays, his offenses ranked in the top 10 in yards eight times, points 10 times, and DVOA nine times. They ranked in the bottom 10 in yards, points, and DVOA five times each, most of those within the last five Greg Pateryn Men Jersey years. Turner could have learned some new tricks during his time away from the game (he resigned as OC in November 2016) and being able to use , , , and could reinvigorate his offense, but it's no sure thing that the Panthers would be getting the early-1990s or mid-2000s .