Have your say: Which candidate for Head Coach do you want in Carolina?

[therealmjl]

I just don’t think Johnson has the body of work for a HC gig right now.

[panthersphan]

Surprised no Kafka love yet... his years in KC have me intrigued.

[raleigh-panther]

1 hour ago, CRA said:

give me Ben Johnson.  That's the type guy we should of gone after when we let Ron go. 

*requirement is he hires a DC that was former HC or something along those lines.  I want my green HC to have someone on staff that has been through it all. 

Yep. Mine as well

for the Oanthers to not insist on, and provide those things, is a formula for failure 

no more buddies…I want competency 

[Mr. Scot]

18 minutes ago, panthersphan said:

Surprised no Kafka love yet... his years in KC have me intrigued.

It's the Reid question.

His coaching tree is better than Belichicks, but it's also had some fairly notable failures.

Edited January 13, 2023 by Mr. Scot

[LinvilleGorge]

I voted Steichen but I honestly don't have a super strong opinion on this. He or Johnson would be my top two but I just want a great coach. Whoever it is I'm just gonna hope they're great.

Same with QB. I really don't want Will Levis but if we draft him then I'm just gonna hope I'm wrong and that he's a future HOFer.

[jfo89]

I’m hoping for Steichen after seeing how Herbert and Hurts looked under him. I’m fine with Johnson but I prefer to get a coach from a winning team.

[ForJimmy]

21 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I voted Steichen but I honestly don't have a super strong opinion on this. He or Johnson would be my top two but I just want a great coach. Whoever it is I'm just gonna hope they're great.

Same with QB. I really don't want Will Levis but if we draft him then I'm just gonna hope I'm wrong and that he's a future HOFer.

Yeah right now I'm leaning Johnson and AR (unless we can get Stroud without a huge cost of assets), but if it's Levis I will hope I was as wrong as I was about Herbert in Oregon.  Levis definitely has some arm strength like Herbert and a quick release.

[TheProcess]

1a - Shane Steichen

1b - Ben Johnson 

Slightly Steichen because I like what he's done with Herbert and Hurts, like that he also has experience as a defensive assistant, and I think he brings Brian Johnson with him as OC and has connections to fill out a strong staff

[razorwolf]

1a) Shane Steichen

1b) Ben Johnson (May have less experience as OC, but have been mentored by some coaches that’s coached up some very good QB’s)

Both Steichen and Johnson alter play calling to personnel that’s what I like about both of them. I believe their most HC ready of the young OC’s!

2) Steve Wilks- If he finds the OC that complements his style of play

[razorwolf]

IMO 

Ben Johnson and maybe he can convince Duce Staley to sign on as OC!

[Kentucky Panther]

Johnson. Offense or bust. Tired of conservative coaching from Wilks 

[Carl Spackler]

Ben Johnson does not have enough experience to be an NFL HC and while he will at some point, whoever hires him now will regret it.

[Matthias]

Man, I'm looking at Ben Johnson's credentials, and really the only thing I'm seeing is his success with the Lions this year.  Hats off to him with the overall job he did, but let's be real, it's not like he tore the league wide open.  His team did finish around 500.  Yeah I would have to see a little more offensive success than just this one year.

I've also seen people wanting him majorly because of that Packers game.  Come on, Aaron Rodgers is on the down side of his career with the Packers.  If that were the old cats, the Lions would have been washed.

Edited January 14, 2023 by Matthias

[Mr. Scot]

2 hours ago, Matthias said:

Man, I'm looking at Ben Johnson's credentials, and really the only thing I'm seeing is his success with the Lions this year.  Hats off to him with the overall job he did, but let's be real, it's not like he tore the league wide open.  His team did finish around 500.  Yeah I would have to see a little more offensive success than just this one year.

I've also seen people wanting him majorly because of that Packers game.  Come on, Aaron Rodgers is on the down side of his career with the Packers.  If that were the old cats, the Lions would have been washed.

The Lions defense was sh-t.

Johnson getting interviews is justified. The fact that a few teams have also asked to interview Aaron Glenn is what I find baffling.