Potential Head Coaches

[Mr. Scot]

Peter King's the only person I know of to mention him, and I think he was just talking off the top of his head.

Possible, I suppose, but I don't really think it'll happen.

[Brandon]

Peter King's the only person I know of to mention him, and I think he was just talking off the top of his head.

Possible, I suppose, but I don't really think it'll happen.

I didn't figure that anyone was talking about him. It'd be a long shot but the fact he hand crafted his own offense makes him potentially very valuable as an OC, that sort of creativity is extremely rare in pro football these days. When it comes down to it most of the pro offenses stem back to 3-4 basic designs and the only real differences are playcalling and personnel. I doubt JR or Hurney would lean that direction as they are more conservative but JR has surprised us in the past.

[Mr. Scot]

And another... :eek:

Jerry Simmons has been the Panthers Strength and Conditioning Coach since 1999, so obviously he was here when Harbaugh stopped by in 2001.

The surprise though, is that this wasn't their first meeting. Harbaugh played one season for the Baltimore Ravens, starting 12 games in 1998. Simmons was serving in the same capacity with the Ravens at the time. He and Harbaugh were both out of Baltimore the following season, with Harbaugh going to San Diego and Simmons joining the Panthers.

Harbaugh fans might want to go back and read his profile again. The "Panther Connection" area has been pretty heavily rewritten based on tonight's searches. I actually expected to find at least a few connections with other candidates, but there was only one (Mike Heimerdinger worked with Panthers LB Coach Richard Smith for two years in Denver).

[Cavscout]

And another... :eek:

Jerry Simmons has been the Panthers Strength and Conditioning Coach since 1999, so obviously he was here when Harbaugh stopped by in 2001.

The surprise though, is that this wasn't their first meeting. Harbaugh played one season for the Baltimore Ravens, starting 12 games in 1998. Simmons was serving in the same capacity with the Ravens at the time. He and Harbaugh were both out of Baltimore the following season, with Harbaugh going to San Diego and Simmons joining the Panthers.

Harbaugh fans might want to go back and read his profile again. The "Panther Connection" area has been pretty heavily rewritten based on tonight's searches. I actually expected to find at least a few connections with other candidates, but there was only one (Mike Heimerdinger worked with Panthers LB Coach Richard Smith for two years in Denver).

You must drink a lot of coffee :-)

I would consider Heimerdinger as a candidate for HC if it were not for the cancer treatments

[Mr. Scot]

You must drink a lot of coffee :-)

I would consider Heimerdinger as a candidate for HC if it were not for the cancer treatments

Dr. Pepper, and I sometimes suffer from insomnia

Added a long list of teammates from Harbaugh's playing career too. Included some fun guys to remember like Jeff Mitchell and Paul Butcher.

In any case, learned a lot today. And thinking about a possible brighter future helps me forget that we lost today to the Browns.

(or at least it did until now)

[Kurb]

Stickied for awhile

[Dpantherman]

I just thought of something. I do NOT think Cowher is coming here, but if he did, He could be given the power he wants while still keeping Marty Hurney. It could be one of those Shannahan type deals, where the GM stays put, and Cowher gets the title of Head Coach and VP of Football Operations (we don't currently have one...). Just a thought.

[Kurb]

Cowher ain't happening.

[Dpantherman]

i know Kurbie :biggrin:

[davos]

On the upcoming list, Clarence Shelmon interests me. Anyone know any info about him? The stuff I could find on the web isn't that extensive.

I was curious to see what type of input he has in the SD offense since Norv is such an offensive guy. Anyone?

[Dpantherman]

Norv is the offensive guru with the history of good NFL QBs...Shelmon is pretty much a running game coordinator. Norv calls the plays.

[Mr. Scot]

Occurs to me that Grimm would make for an unusual situation in that his son plays for the Bucs

[rayzor]

there is just nothing appealing to me about grimm coming here. other than the fact that he's a HoFer and has coached the oline for two teams that made the superbowl.

i also think the title of "assistant head coach" is something that people put too much stock into.

i'd rather have rob ryan than russ grimm and i don't particularly like either one.

also, i'm of the school of thought that richardson and hurney are going to be looking for more of a young dynamic/salesperson type personality for the job (not that it will be the sole qualifier). russ grimm just isn't that. i wouldn't exactly call him an offensive minded coach either. he's OL. he might know something about blocking schemes, but thats not a whole lot different from being a defenisve minded coach.

[Guild]

It isn't a whole lot different from Jeff Davidson either Ray.