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Breer on Wilks/Fitterer/Harbaugh

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• The Panthers-Saints game won’t draw a rating tomorrow, but how Carolina plays could impact the carousel. Interim coach Steve Wilks has done an admirable job, keeping his team in the playoff mix until Week 17, and owner David Tepper is conscious of the climate in his building—the locker room is solidly behind Wilks, who has enabled a reworked coaching staff to build a hard-edged identity behind a punishing run game over the second half of the year. If Wilks stays, it’d have to be with a detailed plan for the offense. The Panthers, after firing Matt Rhule, spent a good amount of time researching young offensive coaches, an indication on where Tepper was leaning with his search. Wilks could bring in someone such as Philadelphia QBs coach Brian Johnson—if he gets the job. I know Carolina people believe a good showing Sunday at New Orleans could well impact Wilks getting that shot.

• As for Carolina GM Scott Fitterer, I’ve heard he’s been involved in laying groundwork for finding the next coach, so I think Tepper will keep him (I know he likes him) and his personnel staff, particularly if Wilks is the guy. That one scenario where I think there could be a new GM—if Tepper gets smitten with a coach like he did with Rhule in 2020, and that coach has leverage to push for his own GM.

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• A couple other GM names connected to Harbaugh would be ex-Jaguars, Eagles and 49ers exec Tom Gamble, and Ravens director of football research Scott Cohen (or maybe someone from Baltimore’s personnel department such as Joe Hortiz). So … does Harbaugh leave Michigan? The program is in good shape, and he has a really good team coming back. But NCAA sanctions are looming, and those calls to the Panthers were made, I’m told, because of his curiosity over that job, which says to me he’s really thinking about it.

https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/01/07/nfl-coaching-carousel-buzz-rumors-sean-payton-jim-harbaugh

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I wasn't aware that calls to the Panthers were made; I assumed it was the other way around. If his agent contacted the Panthers, that adds a little fuel to Harbaugh actually becoming the guy. Of course, the conversation may have been pretentious, or not. Harbaugh is so eccentric. 

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1 hour ago, UNCrules2187 said:

That one scenario where I think there could be a new GM—if Tepper gets smitten with a coach like he did with Rhule in 2020, and that coach has leverage to push for his own GM.

This would basically indicate that Tepper didn't learn a damn thing from the Matt Rhule disaster.

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1 hour ago, top dawg said:

I wasn't aware that calls to the Panthers were made; I assumed it was the other way around. If his agent contacted the Panthers, that adds a little fuel to Harbaugh actually becoming the guy. Of course, the conversation may have been pretentious, or not. Harbaugh is so eccentric. 

My guess would be the reason that call was made was because we have an opening.

I'd be willing to bet calls were made to the other teams that have already fired their coaches as well.

(Denver had reportedly been in touch)

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1 hour ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Option 3 please

you dont want ... correction WE dont want Gamble. Gamble was the hot name when we hired Gettleman... pretty sure he was a finalist for the role with Ed Dodds iiirc. Gamble finally got his chance with Chip Kelly and destroyed the Eagles draft picks and roster. Then Gamble continued to bounce around the league getting fired every other year. The guy rode Harbaugh's coat tails... 

 

I was a HUGE fan of Gamble before we elected to not hire him, and watching him fail franchise to franchise... well sometimes you got to call a spade a spade.

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15 minutes ago, TheCasillas said:

it's a single person's wild card scenario theory. I doubt that comes to life.

Don't believe it will. Just sayin'...

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you dont want ... correction WE dont want Gamble. Gamble was the hot name when we hired Gettleman... pretty sure he was a finalist for the role with Ed Dodds iiirc. Gamble finally got his chance with Chip Kelly and destroyed the Eagles draft picks and roster. Then Gamble continued to bounce around the league getting fired every other year. The guy rode Harbaugh's coat tails... 

I was a HUGE fan of Gamble before we elected to not hire him, and watching him fail franchise to franchise... well sometimes you got to call a spade a spade.

I'm gonna be interested to see what kind of discussion occurs between Harbaugh and the Colts. Harbaugh might be able to get along okay with Chris Ballard, but I'm not so sure about Ed Dodds.

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