Should Dave Canalas be on the HOT seat??

[Mage]

Hard to say.

People keep talking about how Tepper has a trigger finger, but it isn't a Tepper thing.  Look at how many HCs currently have lasted 3+ years.  It ain't a whole lot. 

It is very difficult to make it to a 4th year with 3 straight losing records.  If that were to happen again, I could see him being let go.  But I don't think he's necessarily on the "hot seat", as in I don't see any way he's fired midseason, and those are the types of HCs I would consider on the hot seat.

[strato]

If the team starts out losing and it doesn’t turn that seat will get warm this year.
I don’t anticipate disaster but at the same time don’t have am overly optimistic forecast. Course we are not even into the team building for 2026 yet. 

[Panthero]

I think as long as the Panthers are competitive with Canales they should keep him. Pepper needs to repair his/the teams image as a place prized free agents aren't hesitant to consider. Just dont do any crazy poo for a few years. 

[Khyber53]

After last season, it was the same question. And the answer most people came to was "If he doesn't make the playoffs, he's gone."

He made the playoffs. No matter how it was done, we made it to the playoffs.

He's safe. He's going to have a chance to keep working this out, even if next season isn't a playoff one. 

I think we'll do better next year than we did this season. There's something being built here.