Is Canales digging his own grave?

[mrcompletely11]

6 minutes ago, joeyxfresco said:

I’d love to get a seasoned OC or Assistant HC for Canales. I feel like he’s doing a good job he just needs someone next to him to help him around some of the non-coaching parts of the gig that he may not quite get yet. People forget that a lot of McVays success came from having Wade Phillips to teach him how to be a HC

mike mcdaniel come on down

[strato]

Just about everyone I have ever seen that was a first time HC, mostly successful coordinators, said there was stuff they couldn’t have imagined. 
Canales only had one season as a coordinator. A steep learning curve should be expected. Help in the form of a mentor would have been a good idea. 

[SetfreexX]

On 10/28/2025 at 11:30 AM, raleigh-panther said:

Don’t disagree 

He inherited Young

However, consider the decision to not get a better backup QB and practice squad QB falls squarely  on him   He is both HC and OC 

it isn't like he doesn't see Dalton everyday for  the past 2 years 

Who was there to be had that is CHEAPER, AND ALSO BETTER than Dalton...

[amcoolio]

1 hour ago, strato said:

Just about everyone I have ever seen that was a first time HC, mostly successful coordinators, said there was stuff they couldn’t have imagined. 
Canales only had one season as a coordinator. A steep learning curve should be expected. Help in the form of a mentor would have been a good idea. 

He has former head coaches on staff. Capers and Caldwell

Edited 4 hours ago by amcoolio

[SmokinwithWilly]

12 minutes ago, SetfreexX said:

Who was there to be had that is CHEAPER, AND ALSO BETTER than Dalton...

It's not just about being cheaper. Dalton was washed last year. So saying who's better is just a lame argument because it's not even trying to do anything. Who was available? 

Daniel Jones at 14m

Jacoby Brissett @ 6.25m

Jameis @ 4m

Flacco @ 4.25m

Rudolph @ 3.75m

Lance @ 2m

Or we could have tried to trade for Howell, who though he played badly his one season starting in Washington was behind a sieve of an offensive line with no running game. 

There were options. We didnt have to go with Dalton, but he was comfortable and no challenge to Bryce or a threat to the starting job which is what I think Tepper ultimately wanted. 

Even if we didnt get better than Dalton, judging by what we saw Sunday, would it have been much worse? So we lose by 40 instead of 30. 

 

[jtm]

I wasn't a fan of the Canales hire, but the Panthers didn't exactly have people lining up to coach this dumpster fire under Tepper.  I think Canales is doing a decent job with a talent depleted roster and not much cap room.  It is pretty crazy how many rookies and 2nd year players that have key roles with this team.  

[strato]

54 minutes ago, amcoolio said:

He has former head coaches on staff. Capers and Caldwell

Capers is Evero’s guy. I don’t what about Caldwell. Is he even in tne building? 

[strato]

26 minutes ago, jtm said:

I wasn't a fan of the Canales hire, but the Panthers didn't exactly have people lining up to coach this dumpster fire under Tepper.  I think Canales is doing a decent job with a talent depleted roster and not much cap room.  It is pretty crazy how many rookies and 2nd year players that have key roles with this team.  

I think we are at the point where people are looking for reasons. 

[Jon Snow]

51 minutes ago, strato said:

Capers is Evero’s guy. I don’t what about Caldwell. Is he even in tne building? 

Caldwell is a holdover from the Reich experience. 

[Chaos]

I’m all for giving Dave more time for roster maturation and whatnot, but he has already shown me he’s more rah-rah and less nutsack. 
 

If being liked and being fair to the players matters more than holding guys accountable and not fuging with what’s working, then he could still screw us up even with pro bowl talent everywhere. 
 

Gus Fring said it best “never make the same mistake twice”

[strato]

25 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

Caldwell is a holdover from the Reich experience. 

And why is a mystery to me. 

[HaricotVert]

Dave Canales just feels like a guy marking time.
He’s not a “bust your ass and chase perfection” Landry type, and he’s not a “you’re a good man, now let’s find your best self” Rivera type either. He doesn’t inspire greatness, but he doesn’t tolerate outright laziness either.

He’s basically football’s version of middle management, competent, steady, and fine at keeping things from collapsing, but not the kind of leader who changes a culture or puts a team on his back. You get the sense ownership hired him to keep the lights on while they figure out what’s next.

In short, he’s not the problem… but he’s never going to be the solution either.

[strato]

Seems to be his game day and lineup issues most people are unhappy with. 

[raleigh-panther]

5 hours ago, strato said:

Just about everyone I have ever seen that was a first time HC, mostly successful coordinators, said there was stuff they couldn’t have imagined. 
Canales only had one season as a coordinator. A steep learning curve should be expected. Help in the form of a mentor would have been a good idea. 

Aren’t there two former HCs on staff, Capers and the former WF…Lions HC