http://catcrave.com/2010/11/08/a-dear-john-letter/ A Carolina Panthers Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and more. Sat, 29 Dec 2012 14:52:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://catcrave.com/2010/11/08/a-dear-john-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-4927 Eric Quackenbush Thu, 11 Nov 2010 04:50:21 +0000 http://catcrave.com/?p=3773#comment-4927 Good points, D. Allow me to perhaps shed a different light on your point about Fox being fired and how it wouldn't accomplish anything. Most likely, you're probably right that it might not accomplish a whole lot on the field. However, let's just say it's Ron Meeks who is named interim head coach. Meeks seems to be rather level headed and not someone who is well...stuck in his ways. We would likely see some Fox similarities in relation to play calling, but I do believe we'd see a coach who gives these young guys the time to make mistakes on the field without jerking them around. I think with that change, a new attitude and one that isn't so damn negative right now would help boost team morale and maybe eek out a couple more wins. Who really wants to play for a coach who doesn't -- to be curt -- give a crap? Sure, we can blame Richardson for saving money instead of trying to put together a winning team, but it doesn't give Fox an excuse to act like a child who didn't get his way. A good coach would have worked through this season and left everything on the field. Instead, Fox would rather give up and it shows in his post game pressers and in his actions on the sideline. Fox is a tumor to this team right now, and I personally don't see how a change could make things worse. Maybe they won't be better, but perhaps a different coach in the interim would neutralize some of the bad vibes. Good points, D. Allow me to perhaps shed a different light on your point about Fox being fired and how it wouldn’t accomplish anything. Most likely, you’re probably right that it might not accomplish a whole lot on the field. However, let’s just say it’s Ron Meeks who is named interim head coach. Meeks seems to be rather level headed and not someone who is well…stuck in his ways. We would likely see some Fox similarities in relation to play calling, but I do believe we’d see a coach who gives these young guys the time to make mistakes on the field without jerking them around. I think with that change, a new attitude and one that isn’t so damn negative right now would help boost team morale and maybe eek out a couple more wins. Who really wants to play for a coach who doesn’t — to be curt — give a crap? Sure, we can blame Richardson for saving money instead of trying to put together a winning team, but it doesn’t give Fox an excuse to act like a child who didn’t get his way. A good coach would have worked through this season and left everything on the field. Instead, Fox would rather give up and it shows in his post game pressers and in his actions on the sideline. Fox is a tumor to this team right now, and I personally don’t see how a change could make things worse. Maybe they won’t be better, but perhaps a different coach in the interim would neutralize some of the bad vibes.

]]> http://catcrave.com/2010/11/08/a-dear-john-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-4925 Dkes Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:51:48 +0000 http://catcrave.com/?p=3773#comment-4925 Great job as always GK. I'm not sure though that sending Fox away now accomplishes anything. I mean...sure it makes us, the fans, feel better. But does it actually improve the locker room or the play on the field. I guess you would just appoint an interim coach from the staff. Most likely, Ron Meeks. What does Ron Meeks as interim HC do to improve the current offense? I dunno. Much as I hate to say it, I think we might be best served by just riding this one out. The reality of it is that we have no way of knowing if canning Fox mid season would actually help. The players are still playing hard and haven't given up like the Cowboys did. Maybe you're right and a Ron Meeks run team (in the interim) would make a few personnel changes that would benefit the players long term. *shakes head in disgust* I really don't know. Great job as always GK. I’m not sure though that sending Fox away now accomplishes anything. I mean…sure it makes us, the fans, feel better. But does it actually improve the locker room or the play on the field. I guess you would just appoint an interim coach from the staff. Most likely, Ron Meeks. What does Ron Meeks as interim HC do to improve the current offense? I dunno. Much as I hate to say it, I think we might be best served by just riding this one out. The reality of it is that we have no way of knowing if canning Fox mid season would actually help. The players are still playing hard and haven’t given up like the Cowboys did. Maybe you’re right and a Ron Meeks run team (in the interim) would make a few personnel changes that would benefit the players long term. *shakes head in disgust* I really don’t know.

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