Should Dave Canalas be on the HOT seat??

[raleigh-panther]

Dave as an OC is no fireball

his offense, bottom of the NFL the last two,years

year 3 has to be much better

i find it concerning that instead of bringing in a bright offensive mind, or fresh approach. He brings in yet another other bromance from Seattle and Pete Carroll

Dave is good in  a CEO kinda role but I’ve seen nothing that screams  ‘star OC’

i almost feel like his play calling has cost them a couple of games and in some of the others, the players did their thing 

 

[strato]

15 minutes ago, raleigh-panther said:

Dave as an OC is no fireball

his offense, bottom of the NFL the last two,years

year 3 has to be much better

i find it concerning that instead of bringing in a bright offensive mind, or fresh approach. He brings in yet another other bromance from Seattle and Pete Carroll

Dave is good in  a CEO kinda role but I’ve seen nothing that screams  ‘star OC’

i almost feel like his play calling has cost them a couple of games and in some of the others, the players did their thing 

 

I think you might be selling Bevell a little short. He was with Miami  working for one of the better offensive minds in the league which isn’t nothing. He is a better sounding board than Idzik I would bet.  
 

not arguing about the rest of it or Canales, just saying. 
 

[strato]

1 hour ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

If I remember correctly, one of the hire conditions was that Bryce had to be the guy. That probably greatly limited candidates. Coaches have to be allowed to control who they can play or move on from if they're not cutting it. That applies to Bryce or any other QB. I'd hate to be stuck with Josh Rosen for a starting QB just because he was a top 10 pick. 

Yeah man. Here it is you are in January 2024. One coach  run off over Bryce. Job is now open. 
 

You are a coach with interest from multiple teams. You look at Bryce’s 2023 performance, and maybe note Tepper’s volatility, what are you thinking?  Scary situation or great opportunity? 
 

People should not lose sight of why we have a Dave Canales here.  Getting any iind of decent results from him is a win. 
 

 

[Tomcatn]

On 2/12/2026 at 8:59 PM, Jon Snow said:

He should be. But his reason for being here is not solely dependent on making something out of Young. His main job is to win football games and he's not doing to well without help. What he does next season will make or break him as a coach here. 

Maybe the Bevell hire will help. Time will tell

[DeAngelo Beason]

18 hours ago, strato said:

It would be a shame if Canales’ HC opportunity was tied solely to Bryce’s success or failure. It’s like summiting Everest with an asthma inhaler in place of oxygen. Or something. 
 

At the same time, I was thinking the other day about all the people talking about how Seattle got the great young coach, and the same for Jacksonville, or Ben Johnson, and thinking well you folks are not considering why we ended up with a Dave Canales in the first place. It was not all because they didn’t want to work for Tepper. 

100% correct.  I think any of those "good" coaches that may have hypothetically been candidates for us wouldn't consider the job not just because of Tepper, but because of the catastrophe they'd be inheriting at the QB position.  

[raleigh-panther]

1 hour ago, strato said:

I think you might be selling Bevell a little short. He was with Miami  working for one of the better offensive minds in the league which isn’t nothing. He is a better sounding board than Idzik I would bet.  
 

not arguing about the rest of it or Canales, just saying. 
 

Just concerned about the dynamics and the ongoing obsession with the time on Seattle….why is Idzik still here…no idea what he does 

 

[strato]

46 minutes ago, raleigh-panther said:

Just concerned about the dynamics and the ongoing obsession with the time on Seattle….why is Idzik still here…no idea what he does 

 

That’s why Bevell is a good move. Idzik might not be chopped liver, he is just inexperienced and even less ready to be the play caller than Canales.

I still say the playbook is limited which is a hinderance to calling plays, I would imagine. 
 

Anyway Beavis lol… no Bevell, got to consecutive SBs as an OC and won one with 48 points or something. Should have won the second one. And had several more good years there. 
 

They were the team we had to learn how to beat it took us til the third year I think before we could go into Seattle and successfully compete.
 

That is glass half full thinking, yep, but that is head and shoulders over what we have had here for a while. Certainly now.  
 

In addition..

It was Canales’ boss. He knew more then , I would bet he knows more now. I can’t look at this as anything but a potential positive thing. 

Hell he might be the guy that can look at Dave and say what the fug are you doing? And Dave will listen. I think I can hope for that.  Maybe not.  
 

 

Edited 19 minutes ago by strato

[frankw]

56 minutes ago, raleigh-panther said:

Just concerned about the dynamics and the ongoing obsession with the time on Seattle….why is Idzik still here…no idea what he does 

I think the Bevell hire has more to do with adding actual veteran head coaching experience to the staff than anything else.

But I do wholeheartedly agree that the obsession in general with Seattle needs to come to an end. I mean we plucked the one guy there to be our GM who turned out to be our worst GM in franchise history in just a few short years and that's really saying something given our history there. Clearly trying to mimick Seattle in any way has not been productive.

As far as Idzik many of us have asked the same question but at this point in time it doesn't really matter anymore because Canales is either going to lead this franchise to a winning record or he will be shown the door.

Edited 9 minutes ago by frankw