Question about Sam Mills

[mountainpantherfan]

I was thinking about the current coaching situation the Panthers are in and was wonder what other people's opinions were about a thought I had.

Does anyone think that if Mills had not gotten cancer and eventually died that he would have taken over as DC in 2004 and then became the head coach at some point during Fox's stint as HC? Was he that good of a coach and/or did JR have him on a fast tract?

Just wondering what other people think...

[The_Cannon]

I know he was very important to the franchise as testament to him having the only non management statute outside the stadium(and probably will be for a while). He was a good player and coach and it is very possible that he would have been promoted to DC I'm not sure if he would have become HC though.

[Mr. Scot]

It was definitely possible.

[KillerKat]

I think it would have been a very likely scenario

[mountainpantherfan]

Mr Scot and Killerkat

Is Fox still the coach after the 07 season if Mills was available?

[KillerKat]

Well probably would've been DC after Turdo left (maybe sooner than '09) and then most likely would've been the Head Coach next season. Thats what I think.

[Sam Mills Fan]

He never had any interest in being a head coach.

[Guest DrewBreesIsGod]

Sam Mills was a man among boys...

[brandon_87]

Singletary eat ur heart out lol

[magnus]

he declined to interview as DC in 2003. The job wasn't available in 2004, so I don't know what that date was supposed to signify. So, regardless of living hypotheticals he didn't feel he was ready.

[Mr. Scot]

Mr Scot and Killerkat

Is Fox still the coach after the 07 season if Mills was available?

There were other, more well established options available in 2007 too.

If Richardson didn't dump Fox for them, it's hard to believe he'd have dumped them for Mills.

[ItsNotGonnaBeAlright]

The team certainly rallied against him. Hell, "keep pounding" is still a phrase heard thrown around by Panther fans today. Anyone who can inspire that kind of unity and legacy would go far in a coaching career me thinks.

[GRWatcher]

he declined to interview as DC in 2003. The job wasn't available in 2004, so I don't know what that date was supposed to signify. So, regardless of living hypotheticals he didn't feel he was ready.

Del Rio left us for the HC job in Jacksonville in 2003, that's why they were interviewing for DC. Beginning of the Turdovac era.

[Gazi]

There will never be another Sam in t his world. A man amongst boys, a player whose integrity and character got him a statue outside of BOA stadium.

Yes, Singletary can only wish he was half the LB and man that Sam was