Jay Roosevelt

One thing I will say about Canales is that the more I learn about him the more I like him.

Canales is probably a better candidate than a lot of people realize. I wasn't familiar with him before this season but he's got a solid resume and has worked wonders for Baker Mayfield. He also was Geno Smith's QB coach in Seattle when he revitalized his career so he certainly seems to know how to get the most out of his QBs, even if they've struggled prior to working with him. And let's not forget how Russell Wilson fell off a cliff as soon as he left Seattle. Did no longer having Canales as his QB coach play a role in that? Hard to say, but it's at least a possibility.

Not liking the Raheem Morris talk. We just got burned hiring one retread, now we're considering another one?

The league would never allow that to happen. The zebras would be working overtime to make sure they didn't sniff a Super Bowl.

Slowick.

Slowick FTW.

I don't care that Slowick was Stroud's O.C. I'm just a huge fan of his offense in general. Whether it's Bryce Young or whatever QB we draft in 2025 having a coach like Bobby Slowick that brings such a dynamic offense to the table will be a HUGE plus.

Was it Raheem Morris or was that yesterday?

Still on the Slowick train.

Center should be looked at in free agency and if not then in the draft, yes.

No more retreads, period.

Personally I'm going with Sean McVay. Great offensive mind who brings energy to the team and has shown the ability to win with various levels of talent. He really impressed me with his coaching job this season. That Rams team had no business being as good as they were. I legitimately thought they'd be in the mix for a top-5 pick.

Title speaks for itself. If the Panthers could have any head coach in the NFL (available or otherwise) who would be your choice? Keep in mind everything else stays the same. Same roster, salary cap situation, ownership, draft picks, etc. Who you taking?

This is true. But he's shown that with the right scheme and talent around him he can thrive. Can Bryce? I certainly hope so but we'll never know if we don't get this head coaching hire right.

Not my first choice, but we could do much worse, IMO.

I was as big a Bryce Young supporter pre-draft as there was on this board. But yeah, it's clear at this point we should have taken C.J. Stroud. That said, I'm not as doom and gloom on Bryce as some here either. I do think he can eventually be a franchise QB for us, but at this point I don't see how he'll ever be as good as Stroud. All we can do now is find the best coaching staff possible and try to surround him with as much talent as possible and hope it comes together. And if it doesn't work out then it's back to the draft board. Such is life in the NFL.

If we're going to hire a defensive HC I'd prefer to just promote Evero. He's honestly the most promising of the defensive options, IMO.

Nick Sirianni is a Frank Reich guy. Reading all the stories today about dysfunction between Jalen Hurts, Sirianni and the O.C. Brian Johnson regarding the direction the Eagles offense seems eerily similar to what our offense experienced this season. Makes you wonder if the apple perhaps doesn't fall far from the tree.

To be fair he's far from the only owner to do this.

Everyone talks about the S2 score. I barely remember that being brought up before the draft. I must have not been paying attention.

Yeah, I see where you're coming from. But I certainly hope our choices don't come down to Ken Dorsey and Dan Quinn

True, but if you look at the teams that have hired head coaches since 2017 (the year both McVay and Kyle Shanahan were hired) there definitely appears to be a trend of younger, offensive-minded coaches out-performing older, more experienced and/or defensive-minded coaches.

I get that logic, but we've seen a lot of younger offensive coaches get HC jobs that "weren't ready" in the eyes of many who have become great head coaches. Sean McVay, Mike McDaniel, Zac Taylor, Matt LeFleur and Kevin O'Connell just to name a few. If anything it's been the older/more experienced coaching hires that have struggled in recent years.

Slowick. Slowick. Slowick. Slowick.

Again I ask: is it too much to ask for both?