The reviews are in for the Carolina Panthers’ hiring of Norv Turner as their new offensive coordinator, and they’re mostly mixed.

Some think Turner is a sharp offensive mind who deserves the respect of the NFL community and could do great things with the Panthers’ pieces. Others seem to think Turner’s style is too similar to Mike Shula’s, and not enough will change.

For what it’s worth, former Carolina fullback Mike Tolbert thinks Turner can get the most out of quarterback Cam Newton. Here’s what he had to say on WFNZ, according to Jourdan Rodrigue at the Charlotte Observer.

Tolbert previously played under Turner in San Diego, where the Chargers had a top-five scoring offense from 2007-2011.