Poll: What grade would you give John Fox for his nine seasons with Carolina Panthers?

[Happy Panther]

C+

[Cold Cat]

C beacuse of his early sucesses. i.e. taking us to a superbowl.

[Happy Panther]

I think if you line up all the head coaches who have ever coached Fox would be way higher than the average taking into account wins, playoffs, longevity, intangibles and even winning percentage

[David Duke Is a Bad Person]

C-

[panthers55]

Compared to Capers and Seifert- He gets a B+. Compared to the best in the business, C-. Compared to who we get next, I'll get back with you in a month or two.

[Mr. Scot]

I'd likely go B- myself.

Some definite high points, but inconsistent.

[pstall]

c +

[Razzy]

B-

More successful in his time than most coaches, but his inability to adapt kept him from realizing this teams full potential.

[Highlandfire]

C and the only reason it is that high is we got to a superbowl and almost won it.

[KillerKat]

Fox's overall record of 73-71 (.510 win percentage) is also pretty bad when you compare it to other coaches within the same range of win percentage.

Out of all the NFL coaches in history in the .500's range in win percentage, here are the other coaches that have 5 or less more wins than losses (They also have a better win percentage than Fox) Range is .516-.526:

Brad Childress (.526)

Mike Holovak

Jim Fassel

Art Shell

Ron Meyer

Steve Mariucci

Bum Phillips

Jack Del Rio (.516)

These are the coaches in the .500 range that are below Fox. Range: .500-.508:

Ken Whisenhunt (.508)

John Ralston

Weeb Ewbank

Wally Lemm

Buddy Ryan

Charlie Winner

Pete Carroll

Red Hickey (.500)

That list reeks of mediocrity.

Notables within the .500 range that have a better win percentage than Fox and also more than 5 wins than losses. Range is .540 - .594 :

Jon Gruden (.540)

Jim Mora

Dennis Green

Jeff Fisher

Tom Coughlin

Brian Billick

Lovie Smith

Wade Phillips

Mike Shanahan

Mike Sherman (.594)

Here are the most successful coaches in the .500 range. Range is .556-.575. However, besides Jimmy Johnson, they have coached way more games than Fox which is why they're in the .500 win percentage range yet still have a higher percentage which just shows how great they are:

Jimmy Johnson (coached 2 more games than Fox - .556 win percentage)

Mike Ditka (216 games coached)

Marv Levy (255 games coached)

Chuck Noll (342 games coached)

Bill Parcells (303 games coached)

Hank Stram (238 games coached - .575 win percentage)

[DC Amp]

Overall a respectable B-

[iamcline]

I give him a B.

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

C, about as average as you can get.