What Wilks needs to do to win the Job?

[Doc Holiday]

Keep pounding, and Finish the fight!

long time Panthers fan here and I’ve probably been on this board longer than some posters have been alive at almost 19 years? (scary thought).
 

I’ve seen seasons like this before, under Fox, and under Rivera. The Panthers after an abysmal start, pull together some wins late in the season, get the fanbases hopes up, only to fall short in the end at the very end.  It’s an unfortunate script I’ve seen several times in my time as a fan, and if Wilks wants to stay, he needs to change that script by finishing the fight. 
 

Under Ron Rivera in 2014 we had our only successfully completion of a year like this, we made the playoffs with a record of 7-8-1, that was a hell of a season and not exactly in a good way, but it was also the season that launched the Panthers into the Super Bowl the following year, because in part after that abysmal season, not just the Panthers fans, not just the coaches, but the Players themselves believed they could get through anything after that session, there is no amount of coach speak that can truly make a player believe other than living through something like that. That belief lead to the 2015 season and the most dominate team in Panthers history, and one of the most dominate teams in the last decade in the NFL. 
 

What Wilks needs to do if he wants to keep this job is separate himself from a history of raising hopes only to fall short in the end. He needs this team to keep pounding! believe in themselves and finish the fight! If he can get this team to the Playoffs, not only does he deserve the job going forward but would have completed the most epic turnarounds in team history.

keep pounding!

[Call Me James]

Nothing. Tepper going to look to make a splash hire again

[JawnyBlaze]

To outright take the job without any competition? Win the Super Bowl. To be the favorite but kick the tires on a couple others? Win a playoff game. Be legitimately considered for the job? Make the playoffs. 

Edited December 13, 2022 by JawnyBlaze

[TheSpecialJuan]

Win every game left on the schedule 

[Panthers Fan 69]

Well how Wilks has positioned us, playoffs and the job is his. With how our team is playing and we somehow collapse these next four games Wilks is not it. 
 

so the answer is 4 games. 4 more games. 

[mc52beast]

You’re saying Wilks can’t lose another game with a QB room made up of Sam Darnold and PJ Walker? I say it’s his job if we beat the Aints and Bucs.

[Aussie Tank]

Make and win already 2 playoff games. Cake walk division shouldn’t mean much. Causing an upset once in the playoffs yeah could be just luck but back to back playoff wins against better sides that’s the mark of a coach who can game plan 

[TheSpecialJuan]

I think Tepper and Fitterer really like him and believe in him and want to make love to him 

[TheRumGone]

If we actually win a playoff game he will definitely be hired.

You can say the division sucks but the difference in how this team was playing under rhule to what we’ve looked like now is extremely noticeable outside of the Bengals game. We just aren’t built to compete with teams like that right now. Id be happy for wilks but still hesitant about the hire because this is an offensive league. The best hope would be we build something similar to what the Bills have done under McDermott.

Edited December 13, 2022 by TheRumGone

[Castavar]

35 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

I think Tepper and Fitterer really like him and believe in him and want to make love to him 

[TheBigKat]

If he shepherds this team into the playoffs then you hire him and pair him with an OC looking to make a name for himself

[LinvilleGorge]

Win the division and at least be competitive with a chance to win in the wildcard round (while not making egregious game management decisions). And sell Tepper on how he's going to fix the offense. Because as bad as Tepper has been as an owner I think he does realize this is an offense driven league.

[MHS831]

Think about it--we are one DJ Moore helmet removal and a late Saints collapse from having 6 wins and being alone at the top of the S

[GOAT]

magical wildcard playoff run