What would y'all think of hiring Ken Dorsey as HC next year?

[RJK]

He doesn’t have enough experience yet but also as a HC he won’t have the time to develop Willis. 

[Khyber53]

First, as an organization and a fanbase, we have to quit chasing the next Cam Newton. Really. He was the unicorn and he was lightning in a bottle. I love Cam, but we put so much energy into developing him, exalting him and turning him into our entire game plan that we really killed the team over the long haul.

And yes, 2015 was magical and it came to a tragic end with Superman broken to the point where he'd never be the same again.

Hiring a coach purely to recapture that magic, or worse, to manufacture that magic isn't going to work. We need to hire a coach based on his ability to build a professional football team, a whole team. One who understands that the QB may well be the last piece of the puzzle placed on the table. And that piece has to not just fit but also tie together/strengthen the whole thing.

KC was already a solid team when they drafted Mahomes. Seattle had laid the groundwork before they took a mid-rounds flier on Wilson. Buffalo was tough and gritty before Allen. Heck, you can even say the Patriot way and mindset was already in place before Brady emerged out of nowhere. 

Good coaches do that, and all of those teams have excellent coaches and the staff to build and maintain foundations. Can Dorsey do it? I don't know, he's just getting his first shots at the coordinator level. While that's a much better resume than our current doofus, it's still not a proven track record either.

Maybe he's the guy, maybe he's not. But we get some time to see what he can do based on Tepper's lack of guts. If the guys around Allen keep playing like they have been, then maybe Dorsey does have the chops. We'll certainly be able to take a peek behind the scenes due to our Buffalo connections.

 

[TheCasillas]

On 2/24/2022 at 11:38 AM, rippadonn said:

Scott Turner.

Interesting.

[Mr. Scot]

23 hours ago, rippadonn said:

NOW we see why JR never hired a college coach.

Richardson did interview Steve Spurrier before hiring John Fox.

Word was that the interview went hysterically bad, but Spurrier sucked in the NFL so it turned out okay.

 

 

Tepper probably would have given him a record breaking contract.

[PNW_PantherMan]

34 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Richardson did interview Steve Spurrier before hiring John Fox.

Word was that the interview went hysterically bad, but Spurrier sucked in the NFL so it turned out okay.

 

 

Tepper probably would have given him a record breaking contract.

I remember being disappointed we didn't get him. 

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

I remember being disappointed we didn't get him. 

A lot of people were...at first.

[rippadonn]

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

Richardson did interview Steve Spurrier before hiring John Fox.

Word was that the interview went hysterically bad, but Spurrier sucked in the NFL so it turned out okay.

 

 

Tepper probably would have given him a record breaking contract.

That would have made more sense that giving Rhule what he did. At least Spurrier had won something.

[CPantherKing]

Ken Dorsey reminds me of a young Bill Walsh

[mc52beast]

Why are we talking about new HC’s? Panthers could take the South with 6 wins, Rhule stays forever and gets a statue.

[SizzleBuzz]

On 2/24/2022 at 6:17 PM, rayzor said:

Cam and Smitty were not a good mix in that locker room, btw...

Why?

[rayzor]

1 hour ago, SizzleBuzz said:

Why?

2 alpha males and they clashed. Literally. Smitty and Cam got into it in the locker room and had to be separated. It was well discussed after Smitty went to Baltimore. 

[kungfoodude]

I kind of like the idea of hiring Byron Leftwich. Weakens our divisional at the same time as(hopefully) bolstering us.

I think he could put together a good staff, too. 

[Aussie Tank]

We need a leader of men. 

[rayzor]

On 2/24/2022 at 1:55 PM, Khyber53 said:

First, as an organization and a fanbase, we have to quit chasing the next Cam Newton. Really. He was the unicorn and he was lightning in a bottle

A million times this