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honestly the biggest problem with keeping fitterer is that his seat has gotten kind of warm and he’s liable to do “save my job” things you start hearing there’s a voice in the organization pushing to rehire Steve Wilks and sign Derek carr there’s a pretty good bet who it is guys who feel like they’ve got to look like they know what they’re doing now aren’t taking big swings on potential superstar/bust QBs in the draft fitterer needs an 8 win season and he needs it now, can’t afford to let a rookie player do scandalous things like “develop” or “learn and grow”

“Steichen didn’t interview well” -the team realizing they aren’t going to get Steichen

yeah I cant believe I’ve talked myself into frank reich but here we are

I can’t think of anything that would deflate this fanbase faster than going through this hiring cycle with an emphasis on progression and revitalization and a commitment to joining the current NFL only to end up with Steve Wilks back as head coach to lead the panthers to ~.500 over the next three seasons i think I’d just be done. It wouldn’t even be a protest thing. I simply could not work up the enthusiasm to to watch this milquetoast blandmobile chug ahead again with the same formula that has perpetually failed to yield them back to back winning seasons I didn’t watch a down of panthers football between the ravens and final Saints game last season, it wasn’t intentional, I just had no desire to watch that ballclub. So the template is already there. Idk how many times this team try to do it the same way with the same insufficient results and still talk themselves into plodding ahead. ”but Wilks says he has a plan!” Lol

the eagles aren’t interviewing Steve Wilks either

imagine hiring a coach that everyone had a chance to interview and no one did

this team sabotages itself by not committing one way or the other they scoff and hiss at the idea of tanking but when wanna be treated like a primo landing spot for potential coaches with no viable path to a QB teams aren’t being evaluated on how many promising “defensive cornerstones” they have now-the coach in question wants a QB or wants a clear path to a QB. he doesn’t want to come in and “prove there are other ways to win” or to “build from the ground up” he wants a quarterback. this team won’t commit to being bad and has been too timid to commit to being good so they just flounder around and struggle in this awkward middle stage where nothing changes

it’s not the coach’s job to impress the players If the players wanted Steve wilks they shouldn’t have put up yet another losing season the players had a chance to have their say and they blew it and now they have will have to impress the new coach or they’ll be looking elsewhere for employment

lol damage control “ignore what happened today, the thing I want to be true is still true”

yeah wait I wanna know more about this

very short resume’ where he was insulated by some of the best offensive minds in football. not really confident in him tbh

it just feels like the 10-7, 6-11, 9-8, 4-13 road ahead would be set in stone for us

plus Sirianni and Taylor had legitimate, varied NFL resumes’ Outside of Steichen, the only other resume’ I like from an experience standpoint is Dorsey. and uh how do you guys really feel about ken Dorsey as head coach material

Bengals fans hate zac Taylor

how long have you been a fan of this team edit: just because there’s names left doesn’t mean there’s quality candidates left. Payton is a pretty safe bet but likely untenable, Steichen is the best remaining option.

starting to feel like they get stuck holding the bag, they need to start dialing in on Steichen. if they get stuck with anyone else it’s gonna suck all the wind out of the sails not that there was much of that left anyways

the information is that he has a plan

with Johnson going back I think Payton is probably the only chance they have for picking up an actual offensive innovator. i trust Steichen to develop a QB which is good enough with where we’re at, especially with a good staff, but I’m unsure that he’s some pioneer. feels like you’re getting into that second wave of guys who may just be guys.

I remember when he took over as DC and how brazenly dissatisfied with him we all were and how we were relieved he got poached for the Cards job

why not just hire John Fox?

he’s a pretty safe bet and the other candidates remaining really don’t inspire me with much confidence. Steichen I like but have some concerns with. hard to turn that down. they gotta be prepared for what comes with it though. You give up a future 1 you better come away with a QB this draft. if that means you have to trade Burns for a couple 1’s to move up and buy a high dollar pass rush in free agency you better do it. Can’t do half measures.

really don’t think we’re missing out on anything with Kafka tbh

yeah he’s definitely waiting for a great team with a great record to fire their coach

people watched the wild card game and formed such a rigid opinion of the body of work Brady had this season and actually post that opinion publicly

all of these culture win people suddenly want the team to draft a long term option newsflash that would be on the table if they were picking top 5