Give Fox some love

[CatfanMO]

Ok, maybe love is the wrong term to use for this situation. I am actually starting to feel sorry for Foxy. It is like he is playing an online match of Madden and is down by 50 in the 2nd quarter. Only this time, he can not quit the match. He is playing a shitty hand that was dealt to him and is keeping his cool rather well. I think that he is showing some true character and is going to do well with another team. JR is the villain in this city. Flame away.

[The Saltman]

I dont feel sorry for a guy that is getting paid 6.5 mil to coach a football team. Yes he got thrown into the wolves with this shiitty team. But I havent seen any kind of adjustments, anykind of sound gameplan or any type of willingness to prove Jerry Richardson wrong. When he looks for a job he obviously will be able to tell the next owner or GM what kind of shiitty card he got dealt but the guy doesnt even seem like he is trying. I have no sympathy for the guy.

[PantherBrew]

Ill coach for 20 years to get paid 6.5 million one time.

[Jangler]

Lemonade

[CatfanMO]

I dont feel sorry for a guy that is getting paid 6.5 mil to coach a football team. Yes he got thrown into the wolves with this shiitty team. But I havent seen any kind of adjustments, anykind of sound gameplan or any type of willingness to prove Jerry Richardson wrong. When he looks for a job he obviously will be able to tell the next owner or GM what kind of shiitty card he got dealt but the guy doesnt even seem like he is trying. I have no sympathy for the guy.

Maybe sorry is the wrong term to use a well. Maybe I am taking about 90% of the blame I had towards him and moving it all to JR.

[The Saltman]

I do blame JR ofcourse but I dont feel sorry for John Fox.

[CharlotteBeer.com]

I think the word you're looking for here is "pity."

[MHS831]

FOX is a good guy and he should be proud of the work he did here. However, his game management was poor and he was inconsistent. Look around the league; we could have done much worse. I give him a B- and thanks for a few special seasons.

[Pimpdaddy]

The only reason he hasn't quit is because he has to pay duh rent on dis mufka...

CRIB

[panthers55]

FO xis the same coach who had us going 12-4 in 2008 and even 8-8 last year. The difference is what JR did to handicap the team and strip away any veteran leadership.

Fox was dealt a ceappy hand and is doing the best he can. He has made halftime changes in several games for those folks still pay attention. I don't necessarily feel sorry for anyone making 6 million dollars nor do I pity him because I would trade places in a heartbeat.

Still I agree with the OP that he was given a crappy team to coach and frankly said if Clausen was starting we would be a world of hurt given Moore would be injured and we would be on a losing streak. So while not surprising it definitely sucks and most of the credit or blame doesn't belong with Fox.

[grateflday]

Do not feel sorry or bad for Fox at all. First he was given permission this offseason to look for another HC job and would be released from the last year of his deal if he found one he wanted. Granted, he didnt want the Bills job and there probably wasnt another one he preferred over staying here so he decided to stay, coach this team and finish out his contract. He was given an out and didnt take. I also blame Jerry for just not firing him!! But I understand why he didnt. I also think its possible he already knew or had an idea who the next HC was/is going to be and that person either wasnt available yet or wanted to come back in 2011-12, but possibly would have if Fox did leave.

I also dont feel sorry for Fox because, whether true or not, he is not at least playing some players that are supposed to or may be the future!! Is Amanti Edwards THAT bad that he still cant return punts, or kickoffs, or play slot wr some during a game? or the not playing Pike over St.Pierre. It is bad enough having to watch this garbage, its worse with a lame duck coach who has no desire to really game plan, change things, or do anything different.

I dont really care anymore this season, I stopped a couple of weeks ago and am now officially on the lose out bandwagon and secure the #1 pick. That being said, I will still be there next Sunday and wouldnt mind if somehow we could know that Cincy beat Clevland :-)