Fox # 1 NFL Coach On Hotseat?

[Brooklyn Bully]

Promoting Davidson would be one of the dumbest things this team could ever do...so look for it to happen.

[CRA]

Hasn't he developed one of the best rushing offenses in the league year after year even with a severely limited passing attack and qb?

credit goes more to Williams and Stewart for that. Put those 2 RBs on any team in the NFL and the offensive coordinator would have a top notch running attack.

Davidson's play calling is also suspect (at least last year). You can go to a handful of games and question it.....take Miami last year. Run game was beasting and he opts to switch things up and go to the biggest liability in the NFL (at the time) and air it out.

maybe that is Davidson...maybe Fox. Whatever it is, offensively there is no coach imo who is impressing the league by what is going on here lately.

[SCP]

I think the Panthers are on the coaching hot seat, not Fox. After Fox and his staff leave, we are going to be hard pressed to find a new coach worth a crap.

[CRA]

I think the Panthers are on the coaching hot seat, not Fox. After Fox and his staff leave, we are going to be hard pressed to find a new coach worth a crap.

Charlotte is a nice area, it is a hassle free job, and the roster has loads of talent. Plus, the CBA won't be an issue when we are looking to hire and historically JR is not a cheap guy unless he has a reason to be (CBA). Carolina won't be that hard pressed. It is a pretty sweet gig unlike a lot of scenarios where teams go looking for coaches.

[ElkinPanthersFan]

Its just a shame that we didnt do that this year and get a new HC in so we come out of the CBA going in the direction the coach wants to rather than having to wait until all of that is over. Could have already had a year of players adjusting and possibly two drafts worth of the new head coaches players.

[panthers55]

Its just a shame that we didnt do that this year and get a new HC in so we come out of the CBA going in the direction the coach wants to rather than having to wait until all of that is over. Could have already had a year of players adjusting and possibly two drafts worth of the new head coaches players.

Don't know why we wouldn't want Fox. One of his best coaching jobs ever was in 2004 when he took a group of guys who were young and inexperienced and finshed 6-2. He and his staff are perfect for this group. They are positive, enthusiastic coaches good with fundamentals and the basics. Exactly what our guys need.

[SCP]

Charlotte is a nice area, it is a hassle free job, and the roster has loads of talent. Plus, the CBA won't be an issue when we are looking to hire and historically JR is not a cheap guy unless he has a reason to be (CBA). Carolina won't be that hard pressed. It is a pretty sweet gig unlike a lot of scenarios where teams go looking for coaches.

I'm talking more along the lines of finding a good candidate as opposed to the quality of the job. Forget Davidson and Cowher, who are some solid candidates? Leslie Frazier....

Can't believe we are talking about this before game 1 has even arrived.

[ElkinPanthersFan]

Charlotte is a nice area, it is a hassle free job, and the roster has loads of talent. Plus, the CBA won't be an issue when we are looking to hire and historically JR is not a cheap guy unless he has a reason to be (CBA). Carolina won't be that hard pressed. It is a pretty sweet gig unlike a lot of scenarios where teams go looking for coaches.

I have to agree with CRA here. The media, for one, will not grill a coach at all compared to many of the other NFL cities around this country. NY, Dallas, SoCal, Chicago, NE, and Philly. Peppers is going to find this out in Chicago while he is so media shy.

If you take out the metro areas and look strictly at city population, Charlotte is the biggest city in the Southeast and 18th in the US. It's not like living in Kansas City.. The weather for most of the year is not bad either and other than occasional snow or terrible thunderstorm mother nature is pretty kind.

[PantherBob]

One of his best coaching jobs ever was in 2004 when he took a group of guys who were young and inexperienced and finshed 6-2.

Two words.....cupcake schedule. Panthers only played 1 team with a winning record the 2nd half of 2004 (who we lost to). We had more than enough to talent to defeat those pathetic teams even with injuries. One of the most overrated coaching jobs in NFL history.

[trump]

I think most of our success in recent years, especially on the ground, has been a result of our players' ability rather than scheme or coaching.

^^^

This, Fox doesn't give players the best chance to excel with his style of play.

Our receivers rarely catch the ball in space, it's usually a check down or their in a jump-ball situation up the sidelines.

Of all the receivers we've had sense Fox has been here I can't believe none have the ability to get open...even lot's of the catches steve smith's has are in heavy traffic, this is the scheme as much or more than a player's inability to get separation.

And a lot of D.Will and Stewart's big runs are due to their vision and ability not because of John Fox's game planing/scheme.

[ElkinPanthersFan]

Don't know why we wouldn't want Fox. One of his best coaching jobs ever was in 2004 when he took a group of guys who were young and inexperienced and finshed 6-2. He and his staff are perfect for this group. They are positive, enthusiastic coaches good with fundamentals and the basics. Exactly what our guys need.

You mean the same team that basically started the Super Bowl squad plus Mark Fields who came back from Hodgkins? Smith broke his leg in game 1 vs Gb, Jenkins went down but I believe it was Moorehead that tookover in the middle, and Davis injuries that finally derailed his career? Deshaun "Fumble" Foster was hurt. Goings had a few years in the NFL when he took over after four rbs had went down. Gamble,Wharton started as a rookies and Colbert was forced into it as Steve was hurt. Other than that, 19/22 from the Super bowl squad started that first game.

It was the year that Delhomme almost singlehandly threw them into the playoffs with Muhammad. He'd repeat this in 2005 with Smith.

[Razeyfingers]

Ya know, I understand both sides of this argument but the bottom line is that Fox is a proven coach who can not only turn a team around but also take a team to the superbowl. The one thing that never ceases to amaze me is how fans react to not winning rings. His record shows that he wins games and even with talent he's had many other teams have had even more talent and done less.

Again, I think football is a game of odds and momentum. . Fox is a good bet. Like P55 said, not great, but good. . consistent. He's the type of coach you would want to play for because he's loyal as well.

Im not sold on the fact that Fox is gone but Ill admit that I can be naive like that when we're talking about MA TEAM. I think it sounds more viable that JR does indeed have a replacement already ready to go. Although, I doubt its going to be Davidson. Never has JR gone with a coach that young and inexperienced.

[HPPantherzfan]

I think the Panthers are on the coaching hot seat, not Fox. After Fox and his staff leave, we are going to be hard pressed to find a new coach worth a crap.

Wait Wut?

:smilielol5:

[ElkinPanthersFan]

Well, with the passing of Cowher's wife.. I could see him coming back to the game. He left to spend time with her and her cancer. I do not think he wants to be an analyst forever but he took over the position to stay close to football, but be able to spend more time with his wife. I think Cowher comes back somewhere. Considering the relationship Richardson has with Rooney and Cowher liked the Pittsburgh system, I could see him working out here just fine.

However, it is all a crapshoot.