The Next Head Coach

[Purity-Control]

Mike Nolan

Absolutely Not, 17wins over 4years, you watch that team how they played under Nolan now under Singletary with pretty much the exact same roster and its night and day.

+ Fans get irritated by Fox's wind up monkey clapping on the sideline, Nolan was Siefert esq in his utter lack of emotion standing there with his had over his mouth poised in his suit like "The Thinker"

Others hit it on the head Nolan is one of those great Coordinators not HC material A LA Dom Capers

[scpanther22]

Save you the trouble: Our new GM?

Thanks

[scpanther22]

i put jimmy raye on the list of GMs...

[jramsey4]

Save you the trouble: Our new GM?

I would love to see yours. Love your work.

[rayzor]

i just reread this thread and i'm surprised no one mentioned jim harbaugh.

to me he is one of the top choices out there. for those who are wanting QB to be a priority, who better than a former first round QB to run the team. he comes from good bloodlines and has a lot of experience as a player and some really good experience as a coach.

[fredlane34]

we have a great head coach.the players are not playing consistant.some are playing too tight,and thats the bottom line

[2plankingpanther]

Mike Nolan

Absolutely Not, 17wins over 4years, you watch that team how they played under Nolan now under Singletary with pretty much the exact same roster and its night and day.

+ Fans get irritated by Fox's wind up monkey clapping on the sideline, Nolan was Siefert esq in his utter lack of emotion standing there with his had over his mouth poised in his suit like "The Thinker"

Others hit it on the head Nolan is one of those great Coordinators not HC material A LA Dom Capers

That means w/Nolan as coach,the Panthers would be averaging around 4-12 a season,yeah sign him up real quick,forget about Cowher!

[Woodie]

A couple of things:

1) I wouldn't bet the farm on the idea that JR will go with a DC simply because that is what he has previously hired. First of all, we really don't even know for certain that going defense is his preference. If at the times we were looking for a HC he felt the DC crop provided the best HC potential, then is may be nothing more than a coincidence. Also, with the problems this team has had with consistency since it's inception, even if his preference is defense, he may decide to go in a completely different direction than he has previously. Bottom line, I think he looks for the best candidate, and won't limit his options to just one side of the ball.

2) While I'm not sure I want Cowher as our next HC, I think it is ludicrous to minimize his impact on that team by giving too much credit to LeBleau. Don't get me wrong, I think Dick LeBleau is a great DC, but don't for a second think Cowhers fingerprints weren't all over that defense. He's always had a good defense that played pretty much the same way, no matter who was DC. And for the record, the Pittsburgh system is Cowhers system. So you can't credit the system without giving Cowher due credit.

3) During his chat, Yas mentioned Mike Mularkey as a possibility for HC, and the more I think about him, the more intrigued I am. Sure, things didn't work out great with Buffalo, but I really like what he is doing with Atlanta. With the exception of a young star at QB, we are very similar, and think it would be an easy transition. Of course, he would need to bring in a strong defensive mind, but that goes for any new HC.

4) IF we do end up bringing in Cowher, we could pretty much expect to make the switch to a 3-4 (don't want to bring up that arguement, only stating it since it is Cowher's preferred system). So, in the event BC is hired as HC, we would obviously need to find a guy to run the system, and one guy that will likely be available and has had great success as a 3-4 DC is Wade Phillips. While I hate him as a HC, he is a very good DC and should thrive along side a HC with as strong a presence as Cowher has. And since WP will almost certainly be fired by JJ, I could see him as a good fit here...again, assuming we hire Cowher and go 3-4.

[monstercat]

I just hope Jerry Richardson takes his time and does this right. Don't jump on the first name that the fans scream out...assuming Fox gets fire in the first place, that is. You know, he just might surprise everybody and turn this thing around.

[scpanther22]

I just hope Jerry Richardson takes his time and does this right. Don't jump on the first name that the fans scream out...assuming Fox gets fire in the first place, that is. You know, he just might surprise everybody and turn this thing around.

I agree..so many people are screaming cowher but i would rather have a up and coming corridinator

[magnus]

A couple of things:

2) While I'm not sure I want Cowher as our next HC, I think it is ludicrous to minimize his impact on that team by giving too much credit to LeBleau. Don't get me wrong, I think Dick LeBleau is a great DC, but don't for a second think Cowhers fingerprints weren't all over that defense. He's always had a good defense that played pretty much the same way, no matter who was DC. And for the record, the Pittsburgh system is Cowhers system. So you can't credit the system without giving Cowher due credit.

LeBeau setup the Zone blitzes. He did it before he was with the Steelers, and Cowher hired him to get it.

And the Steelers have been running the 3-4 before Cowher, since 83.

3) During his chat, Yas mentioned Mike Mularkey as a possibility for HC, and the more I think about him, the more intrigued I am. Sure, things didn't work out great with Buffalo, but I really like what he is doing with Atlanta. With the exception of a young star at QB, we are very similar, and think it would be an easy transition. Of course, he would need to bring in a strong defensive mind, but that goes for any new HC.

Mularkey would be a bad fit. If you're looking for offensive minds, you can find better.

Another downside to offensive coaches - they tend to want to focus more on offense. Some call their own plays. All distractions.

[RockyTopVol]

I think Ron Rivera would be a solid option.

[Mr. Scot]

i just reread this thread and i'm surprised no one mentioned jim harbaugh.

to me he is one of the top choices out there. for those who are wanting QB to be a priority, who better than a former first round QB to run the team. he comes from good bloodlines and has a lot of experience as a player and some really good experience as a coach.

It's the college coach thing. Saban and Petrino have made it pretty hard for them to get NFL jobs in general, but might be even harder with the Panthers. As far as I can recall, the team has never even interviewed a college coach.

1) I wouldn't bet the farm on the idea that JR will go with a DC simply because that is what he has previously hired. First of all, we really don't even know for certain that going defense is his preference. If at the times we were looking for a HC he felt the DC crop provided the best HC potential, then is may be nothing more than a coincidence. Also, with the problems this team has had with consistency since it's inception, even if his preference is defense, he may decide to go in a completely different direction than he has previously. Bottom line, I think he looks for the best candidate, and won't limit his options to just one side of the ball.

Gantt had an article about this a while back, but you can also pick up a lot by looking at the team's history.

It's not just that defensive coaches are all the team has ever hired. It's pretty much all they've ever even interviewed. The only coach I can think of that Richardson has considered who wouldn't have been purely considered a defensive coach would be Joe Gibbs (when the expansion first started).

It seems pretty clear it's Richardson's philosophy. And honestly, he's not alone in that line of thinking.

[magnus]

Jerry did talk to Spurrier, didn't he?

Dodged a bullet there.

Anyway, I like Harbaugh. And he's got it in his blood. I don't want to take away from his brother, but I'd feel like Jim would be a legit candidate if he came from the same circles his brother had - coaching with Reid, Johnson, Ryan. Jim doesn't have that background, or those networking ties.

A lot gets made of the good ol boy network, but that gets you the best assistants. Harbaugh has pro contacts, but he's not coming from the pro game. He'd have to pull a Mike Nolan type hire on defense and IMO he'd have to show a strong plan with an experienced pro coordinator and QBs coach. I don't like HCs that call their own plays, I want a coach who has a good feel for the game to call things at times but I don't want that guy involved in one side of the team.

(one interesting thing about Harbaugh is he has Greg Roman, who was a coach with us from 95-2001, on staff at Stanford as Running Game Coordinator. He also worked with the Ravens and the Dom Capers' Texans, so he has 10+ years pro experience at only 36 years old)

On the topic of the Harbaughs, Reid, and so on, keep in mind that back when Reid was hired, he was one of a very small group of head coaches that had never been a coordinator (Herm was another). Now you've got the Singletary, Harbaugh type guys, and that's becoming a big trend.