Interim Head Coach

[hepcat]

If Fox is fired during the season, which I think isn't too far of a stretch, who will step up as interim head coach?

My guess would be Jim Skipper, one of the longest tenured guys on the coaching staff and to my knowledge, the assistant coach. He's considered one of the best position coaches in the league and might have a slight chance to end up the next head coach for the Panthers (wouldn't hold my breath though)

Some other interim head coaches might be Ron Meeks. I can't see Davidson stepping up to that position. I think Skipper would be it almost no questions asked.

[Ruff]

I would think that it would be Ron Meeks or Jim Skipper, but I'm not sure.

I wouldn't mind seeing Brian Baker or David Magazu.

[methodtoll]

Fox will not be fired midway through the season because there would be no point of doing that since he will be gone at the end of the season anyways

[CLTPanther]

Why fire someone who you have to pay 5 mil to anyway when you don't know if there will even be a season next year?

[brian032]

No point in firing Fox in the middle of the season. It'll probably more of a nuisance on the team than anything else. Not like things are already bad to begin with though.

[hepcat]

You fire a coach midseason if the team is just out of control and like 2-9 or something. Gotta do it at that point just to show the organization and fans that degree of losing will not be tolerated, even if you've been here 9 years.

[CLTPanther]

I'd say it would be more of a possibility, but with no CBA in place, there really is no point at all in firing a coach mid season.

[Ruff]

I don't think he's very likely to be fired, but, there is the possibility that Fox resigns. He's a very proud man, and I don't think he's taking too kindly to starting 0-3 for the second straight season.

[hepcat]

I don't think he's very likely to be fired, but, there is the possibility that Fox resigns. He's a very proud man, and I don't think he's taking too kindly to starting 0-3 for the second straight season.

I think he could resign as well. He's only tarnishing his reputation and losing out on millions if he pilots the Panthers into the ground this year.

[CLTPanther]

So you think he'll quit his job in the middle of the year knowing he will be in the job market again next year?

[Ruff]

So you think he'll quit his job in the middle of the year knowing he will be in the job market again next year?

Honestly? Yeah. I think that he believes that there is a job waiting out there for him now. (Cleveland wants him, and everyone knows of the good standing he has with the Giants Front Office.)

[hepcat]

So you think he'll quit his job in the middle of the year knowing he will be in the job market again next year?

Why not? He's got a lot to gain. He could find himself coaching the Giants who would win a lot of games under a different head coach than the hard-lined Coughlin. That team clearly needs a different kind of coach, but they have loads of talent.

[CLTPanther]

The NY market would tear Fox apart if he continues to coach like he has the last 6 years or so. As for Cleveland, he may end up there, but they are the perennial losers so I wouldn't think he'd be that giddy about it.