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Interesting Take on John Fox at the height of his Panthers Career(Post SB appearance)

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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs03/columns/story?columnist=clayton_john&id=1720970

Pretty interesting read. I keep searching for things to see if Fox has been consisitant in his coaching practices and what experts thought of him as well as players thought of him and his coaching style. Here are some excerpts:

(Read the whole article and give your thoughts:D) Keep in mind this is 2003-4 season

Belichick versus Fox is a chess match. Though they share a background with Bill Parcells, Fox coaches more like Parcells than Belichick, who was Parcells' right hand man for decades.

"The Panthers put out their starting 11 and they don't substitute very often because they know they have guys who know how to play," Weis said. "They don't take their front four out very much. They mix in a couple of guys to give them a little rest. They have their three linebackers on the field most of the time, and they leave them in a lot when they go nickel. They don't substitute a lot in the secondary either."

Unlike Parcells, Fox doesn't play mind games. He's a motivator who makes things fun for his players.

"You enjoy coming to work every day because Coach Fox makes work fun," Panthers linebacker Dan Morgan said. "He has a bunch of sayings, more sayings than any coach I've been around. And he's a funny guy. If you mess up, you are going to know about it, but if you are good, you are going to know about it."

Morgan and his teammates say their style of defense is similar to the style of the Ravens.

"Our defense allows you to fly around to the ball," Morgan said. "You put pressure on the quarterback. We run a lot of Cover 2 and we have different kinds of Cover 2, but we mix in enough stuff that you never know what we are gong to."

Which makes Super Bowl XXXVIII a guessing game. Belichick has the edge because he has the team coming from the better conference this season and has beaten more good teams. Opponents consider him a fox. Just don't count out the other fox (John). His players also believe in him.

I highlighted a lot of the things I found interesting.

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