Coach John Fox shifts blame to Panthers' 'personnel people'

[R0CKnR0LLA]

Fox can STFU.

He saw what was happening in the offseason. He saw who we drafted. He knew what team he was going to have to work with. Richardson gave him the option to opt out of the last year of his contract and go look for work elsewhere and he chose to stay.

[Kettle]

Fox can STFU.

He saw what was happening in the offseason. He saw who we drafted. He knew what team he was going to have to work with. Richardson gave him the option to opt out of the last year of his contract and go look for work elsewhere and he chose to stay.

i believe this is true too. seems he didn't want to take the year off

[natty]

Who in their right mind would opt out of 6 million?

Anyone who thinks this is a John Fox team is delusional.

[Jangler]

I still say this is going to hurt the Panthers in the long run. If Fox is so respected around the league. They are not going to believe him as his voice gets louder after each loss? Because I thinks it's a safe bet to say the Panthers will not win again. So as the weeks go by and be blames the Organization instead of himself. Who will they believe? One thing you could never say about the Raiders is "they didn't try to win this year." But guess what, you can say that about the Panthers Organization. I know they are winning now, but get ready for a Tom Cable type coach and a long ride at fixing the reputation of the Panthers.

[Kettle]

i'm scared

[Brooklyn Bully]

I side with Foxy on this one.

We've been saying for weeks now that this crap is more to do with Richardson and Hurney. Hurney can't say that though. Richardson says nothing. Hurney every now and then gets grilled by fans on WFNZ. Richardson may make a few phone calls to fans. But neither gets direct questions every week right after tough a tough loss like Fox does.

Fox finally snapped and said something he shouldn't have. I thank Fowler for making this already known story more public. Maybe now JR will pull a Jerry Jones and open his mouth. Fox said multiple times in his presser that he's "not getting into that" in terms of players we may see soon and that we'll have to ask the person in charge of stuff like that if you really have to know. Bitter? Sure. Angry? Sure. Telling the truth? Looks like it.

[Stroupe-a-loop]

He has a right to be upset, but he knew what this season was going to be and he decided to stay and take the money. I actually like the guy a little better now that he is getting upset and lashing out a bit. He could just smile, take his paycheck, and wait until January. At least he cares enough to get frustrated.

[Kettle]

i definitely would not have opted out of a multi-million dollar contract.

[panthers55]

I still say this is going to hurt the Panthers in the long run. If Fox is so respected around the league. They are not going to believe him as his voice gets louder after each loss? Because I thinks it's a safe bet to say the Panthers will not win again. So as the weeks go by and be blames the Organization instead of himself. Who will they believe? One thing you could never say about the Raiders is "they didn't try to win this year." But guess what, you can say that about the Panthers Organization. I know they are winning now, but get ready for a Tom Cable type coach and a long ride at fixing the reputation of the Panthers.

Most folks have been saying all year that Richardson gutted the team to save money. So Fox saying it isn't news. I also think that most folks recognize that it isn't something we do all the time like some of the perennial bottom feeders. They know that once the CBA is signed, Richardson will open up the wallet. Truth is that if we had done well this year it would have encouraged JR to consider going on the cheap and dumping veterans routinely for cheap younger talent. The fact that it blew up in his face and we are awful has to give them pause and make then reconsider the youth movement stategy moving forward. I expect we will keep more veterans next time and bring in more free agents. Otherwise I think we could see a bad team for several years.

[Mr. Scot]

Pretty much tells you the Fox/Hurney "package deal" days are over.

[Stroupe-a-loop]

Pretty much tells you the Fox/Hurney "package deal" days are over.

Now that would be a fun feud. "I just want to put the blame on the personnel people except for my boy Marty Hurney. That guy is the tops, but seriously everyone else involved is a grade A moron."

[Peppers90 NC]

Fox can STFU.

He saw what was happening in the offseason. He saw who we drafted. He knew what team he was going to have to work with. Richardson gave him the option to opt out of the last year of his contract and go look for work elsewhere and he chose to stay.

Fox finally snapped and said something he shouldn't have. I thank Fowler for making this already known story more public. Maybe now JR will pull a Jerry Jones and open his mouth. Fox said multiple times in his presser that he's "not getting into that" in terms of players we may see soon and that we'll have to ask the person in charge of stuff like that if you really have to know. Bitter? Sure. Angry? Sure. Telling the truth? Looks like it.

Fox basically confirms what everyone here has said to an exaggerated extent, and now these no-life nerds till wanna throw their little rocks. We should definitely be called the carolinapantieshuddle.com

[Snake]

The bucs got rid of there head coach and almost all there vets last year and still seemed to win 3 games and score more points. Seems to me like its the coaching that is failing not the players. Im gonna assume when Davidson runs 2 run plays that get stuffed and then comes back with a 2 WR set its the players fault.

Lets face it. Fox cant win without outstanding talent on both sides of the ball. The reason for that is he is a avg coach. Nothing great about him.

[Mr. Scot]

Does he have final say on the player decisions? No.

Does he have input? Historically, yes.

But as much as he wants to bellow about the players, if the stories of the coaching staff half-assing their jobs this season is true that falls squarely on Fox's shoulders and no one else's.

And for the record, buck passing isn't exactly a hallmark of great leadership.