Is J-Rich setting Fox, err us, up?

[Mr. Scot]

For the last time: This thread is about setting Fox up for success. Setting the fans up for an extension of Fox. No where in the post have I said that rRichardson is setting Fox up to fire him. To the contrary

Damn! You guys need to read before you draw conclusions. I expect more from some of you guys.

You assume I was responding to you. There's been other speculation in this thread.

For the record, I'm not that big on conspiracy theories in general. In my experience, the simple explanation turns out to be the correct one more often than not.

[top dawg]

You assume I was responding to you. There's been other speculation in this thread.

For the record, I'm not that big on conspiracy theories in general. In my experience, the simple explanation turns out to be the correct one more often than not.

Pardon me if I assumed in error, though I have really been the only one speculating in the thread so far. Some seem to agree with me in reference to Fox's exension, while others have outright said they believe he's gone, save for a miracle season.

I am not big on conspiracy theories either, though I don't think that this thread is about conspiracy theories. It's more about Richardson's loyalty, practicality and fundamental belief in Fox, regardless of what the fans and the media say.

I wouldn't be surprised if Fox is locked up before the end of the season if we have a winning season. But, that's just me.

[Mr. Scot]

Pardon me if I assumed in error, though I have really been the only one speculating in the thread so far. Some seem to agree with me in reference to Fox's exension, while others have outright said they believe he's gone, save for a miracle season.

I am not big on conspiracy theories either, though I don't think that this thread is about conspiracy theories. It's more about Richardson's loyalty, practicality and fundamental belief in Fox, regardless of what the fans and the media say.

I wouldn't be surprised if Fox is locked up before the end of the season if we have a winning season. But, that's just me.

I could only see that if it's 1) a dominant season, not just a winning one and 2) we win at least the first playoff game in convincing fashion. Not sure I see either of those two conditions happening.

Fox technically had a "winning" season two years ago, but it ended in disaster. I don't think duplicating that performance would be good enough.

I take it at face value. Jerry Richardson - and Danny Morrison - are giving him a year to prove he's worth keeping.

[HSCBandit07]

I don't know if anyone has brought it up but this all makes a lot of business-sense. Problems with CBA, lame duck coach, spending too much, etc... Jerry is setting this Franchise up to look very pretty on the other side of this. Think about it. Lots of cap space, young talented team, decent atmosphere. Every coaches dream when entering a new coaching job. Every managers dream when entering a new management position. The panthers will get any coach/gm/players they want. We might even have some success before then as well.

[HSCBandit07]

Coaches/managers have their work cut out for them this year though. We will see if they deserve to come back