Tom Brady has weighed in on the Carolina Panthers‘ firing of its former head coach, Frank Reich, as he warned the NFL franchise that one of the keys to success in the league is continuity.

On this week’s episode of his SiriusXM podcast ‘Let’s Go!’, Brady, who’s mostly only played under one head coach – Bill Belichick – in his 23 seasons in the league, was asked about what instability brings to an NFL team, considering that Reich was fired after just 11 games, not even lasting a full season in Carolina.

The 45-year-old, seven-time Super Bowl champion said: ‘I think the important part about firing and hiring and all this is continuity is the key to the NFL, and business.

‘The more you have continuity, the more you can build on things over the course of years. If you look at football in particular, it’s hard to cover the amount of situations that come up every week, in a game, start of game, end of quarters, how do you use your timeouts, end of halftime, critical third-down situations, critical red area plays, situation football.’

‘All these things need to be built up, these reps in practice, talked about in meetings time and time and time again.’

Tom Brady has compared learning a new head coach’s playbook to learning a new language

The Carolina Panthers fired their former head coach Frank Reich after just 11 games this season

Brady went on to compare learning a head coach’s playbook and strategies over the course of a full season (18 games) to ‘trying to learn a language.’

‘What if every year you had to switch the language?’ he asked the podcast’s host and sports journalist, Jim Gray. ‘… It’s really hard to build up any of that consistency and continuity.’

Former Cardinals wide receiver and 2018 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year, Larry Fitzgerald, who crossed paths with Reich in Arizona in 2012, couldn’t hide his love for his former coach on the show.

‘I obviously love Coach Reich,’ said the two-time NFL receptions leader (2005, 2016). ‘He’s played a huge role in my growth when he coached me at receiver in Arizona.

‘He’s had a tough couple of years, obviously in Indianapolis and now in Carolina. I didn’t think that he was going to lose his job as quickly as he did, but it’s a tough business and he’s got an owner there that has really high expectations. You know, it’s sad to see…

‘It’s interesting, you looked at, where Carolina was last year? They had Steve Wilks in the building. All the players seemed to really like him. They really were pushing him to stay there. Mr. Trepper went in the direction to hire Coach Reich, and they find themselves in the same position that they were a few months ago.’

Panthers owner David Tepper said he wants a head coach around for 20-30 years on Tuesday

Chris Tabor has been appointed as the interim head coach of the Panthers after Reich’s firing

As Reich as their head coach, the Panthers were 1-10, with the team in possession of the worst record in the league.

Since Tepper bought the NFL franchise in 2018, he has gone through Ron Rivera, Matt Rhule and Reich. Add interim coaches Perry Fewell, Steve Wilks and now Chris Tabor. That gives Tepper more coaches than years in charge.

Quarterbacks coach Josh McCown and running backs coach/assistant head coach Duce Staley also were fired Monday after Tabor took over.

‘My reputation away from this game is for extreme patience,’ Tepper said Tuesday. ‘I would like to have someone here for 20-30 years.’

The Panthers were coming off an 11-5 season under Rivera when Tepper bought the team in 2018. They’re 30-63 over the past five-plus seasons.

‘There’s a lot that goes into what the success on the field is, roster, scheme, how you practice,’ Tepper said. ‘Obviously, we can be better in all phases because the product on the field isn’t good enough right now.’