Poll: What grade would you give John Fox for his nine seasons with Carolina Panthers?

[Jangler]

Yeah, we have had a good team for the most part. The problem is Fox always played down to the competition and never had killer instinct.

[SorthNarolina]

Well if you go season by season and also use a GPA calculator...

2002: Very difficult assignment, so what looks like a C- is more like a B+.

2003: Losing the superbowl still puts you in the top 6% of your class. A +.

2004: A lot of injuries but way too many winnable games. C.

2005: NFC championship game appearance so I would put up an A-. We fought through some injuries and somehow made the offense work without a running game most of the season or a #2 receiver. Losing Jenkins and Fields was big too.

2006: 8-8 a pretty terrible season not a ton of excuses, losing Jake wasn't a loss because we would have played terrible anyway. C-

2007: 7-9 We had 4 different starting quarterbacks but again something about that season wasn't right. C.

2008: They mortgaged the future for immediate success and it worked. #2 seed but a booty spanking in the playoffs. B-

2009: A clusterfug of bad decisions, some that we born in 2008. D+

2010: JR is done with Fox so he shuts the team down for a lockout and we expectedly sucked. JR reminds me of a professor that gives assignments impossible to get A's on unless you are a child prodigy.

So I say Fox gets a C- for this season since JR gave him an assignment most would get an F on. He's a good coach overall. He's avoided terrible seasons and has had some pretty good ones along the way. You can do a lot worse if you look for a 2002 to 2010 record of success.

Using a GPA calculator he gets a C+ from me. 4 good years, 4 bad years and one push gets you there.

[KillerKat]

A 73-71 record and coaching a team for 9 years without stringing together back to back winning seasons, to go along with many other faults of the coach, equals a D from me.

[Catalyst]

Probably about a C.

[Cavscout]

c+

[ThPantherFan]

C is good. He's an average coach.

[Stroupe-a-loop]

I go with a B.

[njpanther]

C-

[err456]

I give him a C+, call 7-9 respectable if you want but my expectations are more like 9-7 being respectable.

The problem I have with Fox is he had talent to be 9-7 or better almost every year.

[Snake]

I give him a I for incomplete. There is a lot left to be desired with fox.

[thefuzz]

C-

Could be better Reid.

Could be worse Kiffen

[JungleCat]

C

It'll be interesting to see if he'll be better or worse some place else.

[DaCityKats]

d, never having back to back winning seasons. as well as never making any adjustments and never taking responsibilty on some issues.only reason he did not get a f is bc of the super bowl, and nfc championship apperance.

[Wanderlai]

C-