Who was our best game day coach?

[Jon Snow]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Honestly I don't think we've ever had one.

Our staffs have always seemed like we go into game day with a game plan that either works or doesn't. In-game adjustments have never seemed our forte.

What adjustments? Our philosophy has always been we run what we run and it's up to the opposing teams to stop it. If they then oh well, "it is what it is". "Missed opportunities" was why we lost.

[Panthers Fan 69]

Simple answer.  Fox made it to 2 NFC championship games and a superb owl. Ron made it to 1 nfc championship and a superb own. Ron squandered the greatest roster this team has ever had.  
 

Fox is the winner. Case closed shut it down. 

Edited August 30, 2022 by Panthers Fan 69

[Waldo]

We are still waiting for one to be hired. Maybe next time?

[Khyber53]

The cool answer I want to give is Capers, because he did some amazing stuff with the league's cast offs. However --

I've got to give the award to John Fox for his Super Bowl run and two NFC title game appearances. He simply did not have the personnel that Rivera did and somehow he still made it work. Peppers and Smitty were HoF players to be sure, but Rivera had Cam and Luke to balance that out. 

Fox coached comebacks regularly, ones that we had no way of winning. Rivera, ehhh, not so much. He either beat you with his gameplan coming in or he didn't beat you at all.

[CRA]

1.  Riverboat Ron

2.  Desperate John Fox

3.  John Fox

4.  Ron Rivera

5.  Dom Capers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.  Matt Rhule

7.  George Siefert

[Castavar]

1 hour ago, Khyber53 said:

The cool answer I want to give is Capers, because he did some amazing stuff with the league's cast offs. However --

I've got to give the award to John Fox for his Super Bowl run and two NFC title game appearances. He simply did not have the personnel that Rivera did and somehow he still made it work. Peppers and Smitty were HoF players to be sure, but Rivera had Cam and Luke to balance that out. 

Fox coached comebacks regularly, ones that we had no way of winning. Rivera, ehhh, not so much. He either beat you with his gameplan coming in or he didn't beat you at all.

Yep, which is why once upon a time we were the "Cardiac Cats". It was like the total opposite with Ron. With Ron it felt like even a 10 point deficit was insurmountable.

[NAS]

1 hour ago, Castavar said:

Yep, which is why once upon a time we were the "Cardiac Cats". It was like the total opposite with Ron. With Ron it felt like even a 10 point deficit was insurmountable.

It worked both ways with Fox. We were almost never out of it, but we also played down to competition and tried to run out the clock in the third quarter 

[broncoitis]

Henning?

[OneBadCat]

Ron was basically John Fox with a set of nuts. 

[Jon Snow]

Just now, OneBadCat said:

Ron was basically John Fox with a set of nuts. 

I was going to say ample chest.

[Gash]

12 hours ago, TheCasillas said:

No one will unseat Seifert. The guy didnt even give a fug. There probably isnt many on this message board that actually had to sit through his tenure here, be thankful. 

I did. Season tickets. Spot on.

[bdog505]

Fox called time out in Philly nfc champ game to bitch out officials !

[Bob NC]

19 hours ago, CRA said:

I think Fox and Rivera were about the same. Solid coaches.  Who both had stretches of really solid coaching specifically in seasons were things started to go south or were forced to dig out of holes they basically put themselves in.   

Yes, they both did their finest coaching after mathematical elimination.

[dave-o]

The dip sh!t that had seats behind ours thought he was the best game day coach...