Mr. Scot

I'd agree, it ain't just us.

He has a history, but there's belief he wants John Idzik as his OC and QB coach would be a lateral move.

This won't shock anyone either...

As expected...

Never got any indication that number one was anybody other than Ben Johnson, though they were said to be high on Callahan. Person reported that the Canales hype "heated up" over the past few days, apparently after the Callahan hire.

Re: Evero...

Always good to see ya, dude Everyone should read this fella's Panthers blog page. He knows his stuff.

FYI: I've send Kris Richard mentioned as an option on the defensive side.

That you, Mags? Hey, dude

Unknown. There are, evidently, some bad feelings there at least. Carroll reportedly didn't want to step down.

So did Kevin Kolb and AJ Feely. (the Andy Reid effect)

That is, sad to say, a genuine possibility.

They'd have to be willing to let him out of the position...and there is at least some indication that they might be.

I genuinely hope so. Mind you, Dan will still have to prove he knows what he's doing too. What scares me is I remember him advocating for the Panthers to sign Michael Vick back in the day.

The "change" I want to see from Tepper is him butting his ass out Canales doesn't really strike me as having the leverage to do that unless Morgan backs him. We'll have to see if that happens.

Depends on the people doing the hiring. The Steelers have been pretty good with that, which was one reason why I was hoping Tepper would consult with Kevin Colbert. The Eagles have also been good at it lately, although they've also created a toxic environment that hinders the ones they hire. Others, like us, don't really seem to have a whole lot of logic to the process. We're just hiring whoever impresses us in an interview. Maybe they'll be good, maybe they won't.

I might not go quite as far as you but I will say I don't think hiring a coach primarily because of one particular player is a good strategy. What happens if that player doesn't work out? Even if he does, what if others don't? Plus you'd like to expect that the coach will be around longer than the player.

Word was Reich did.

Ah, the irony