What top HC or OC would want to come here?

[Jmac]

Without a top QB in the draft and important positions to be filled, will $$$ and control be enough to lure top talent here?

What makes this place attractive to candidates with the ownership and front office that they have?

Rumor is now that Tepper may be looking towards Pittsburgh for an answer....Payton is not going to come here.

I just don't see the allure to coach here.

[Mage]

Getting a HC job is hard and in the grand scheme of things, pretty damn rare when you think about it.

Sure, a guy like Sean Payton can afford to turn down an opening because he's established.  But 90% of candidates can't afford to do that.  I wouldn't concern myself over who the Panthers could attract.

[Panthercougar68]

People ask this question and do this every year. The perfect “head coach opening” rarely exists and those submitting to interviews know what they are signing up for.

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

Every team that is in the market for a new HC is bad, besides the Chargers.

[jayboogieman]

There are only 32 NFL HC gigs in the world. If a guy wants that job, it's not like there is a lot of choice. And as others have said, these candidates know they're going to a bad team.

[cardiackat88.]

Eric Bieniemy? 

I say him specifically because for years now, people have been up in arms about why he is not a head coach somewhere.

I have always thought it was possible that he didn't interview well. It is also not too hard to imagine that he is more than happy with his cushy job in KC.

Anyways, he has a great resume and may be a really good hire.

[uncfan888]

Lol. There's 32 jobs and the only ones that open are bad ones. We're just as attractive as the rest of the poo hole teams

[CL1022]

Doesn’t this question almost counter the tanking argument? Like, if we lose out and get the 5th pick, “we’re a joke” so no coach wants to come here. But if we go a respectable 8-9, seem competitive, then no coach wants to come because we don’t have a high enough pick to get the QB they want? 

[Jon Snow]

60 million and a 7 year contract should attract some pretty good candidates.  The issue will be with who's sifting through the candidates. 

[onmyown]

4 minutes ago, cardiackat88. said:

Eric Bieniemy? 

I say him specifically because for years now, people have been up in arms about why he is not a head coach somewhere.

I have always thought it was possible that he didn't interview well. It is also not too hard to imagine that he is more than happy with his cushy job in KC.

Anyways, he has a great resume and may be a really good hire.

Uh what? Try googling ‘beinemey’s past’. If he was not a minority he wouldn’t even have a job depending if you want to keep it real or not.

 

[rayzor]

[Panthercougar68]

I’ll throw a counter argument, you get to be a head coach in the worst division of football.

[onmyown]

All bad teams need a HC. That’s not an issue. The worst thing about coming here is dealing with an owner who has NO clue and does dumbass poo like chase after Watson and trades all your poo away. Among a billion other things.

As Sean Payton said, a good coach with options will not go to a dysfunctional franchise or sometime like that. 

That was after he was asked the same question about bad teams and gave the same, any team needing a HC will need help.

So it’s not being bad it’s being dysfunctional and the panthers are a literally, living and breathing example of that.

Edited December 19, 2022 by onmyown

[RJK]

I’m starting to lean towards Reich but I’m open to any of the young OCs