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We'll use this thread to discuss all things Carolina Panthers during the offseason.First order of business would be whether Fox should be fired,then what are our priorities in the draft.

Personally I think this season's failures were more about our personell and injuries,but I don't think Fox did a very good job.In fact I think he deserves to be fired simply for not going to Moore when Vinny and Carr were bothing sucking horribly.I'm not sure that we should fire Fox until you tell me who is going to replace him,but I certainly don't object if you assume we replace him with something better.

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Fox has had excuses for our failures every year he's been here but I think this year's might be the most legit because of the humongous disappointment Carr was and Delhomme going down. I think he'll get another year but I really would love to see the chin in Carolina

Definitely need to find a #2 receiver somewhere

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Richardson just came out a couple days ago and said Fox and Hurney are both coming back for sure. Our first rounder is #13 and we definitely need an upgrade at WR, FS, LT, were probably going to need to look for replacements for Wahle, and we need to figure out if McClover/Johnson are good enough to take Rucker's spot as he is probably going to retire

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I thought Rucker was making noise like he'd rather play closer to home in either DC or Baltimore...If he's gone and Peppers plays the way he played this season it'll be a catastrophe...Of course we'd get a significant discount on the guy who wants to be the highest paid defensive player in the league.

Once again I would like to see us get a stud at Offensive Tackle.If I thought it was a possibility I'd be looking to see who the biggest stud FA offensive lineman is.Of course those guys make a lot of money and we're shelling out a lot of money for a mediocre team right now.

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RUMOR Monte Kiffen is in talks with Carolina to become their defensive coordinator

Now this is from The Huddle but the guy that posted it is rather reliable so I'm just going to run with it because it's not like I have any credibility anyway but apparently Monte Kiffin showed up in Carolina to talk about becoming their defensive coordinator.

Have been hearing it for a few days now from different directions, so I thought I would post it.

Kiffin very well may be using this as a negotiating tool to get more $$ in Tampa, but his camp has spoken to the Panthers to gauge interest, and apparently there was some. The Panthers do not plan on firing Trgo unless there is a big upgrade available, in which case they will act quickly.

St Pete Times reporting that it appears less likely that Kiffin leaves due to the USC situation, but does recognize it is about the money...

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22733819/
I saw this on the ESPN scroll last night I think.The Bucs weren't stupid enough to let him go.Actually the big speculation was that his son Lane(the new Raiders coach) was going to hire him.
Too bad it's not true.That would have been terrific.We'd have hurt the bucs and helped ourselves.Might have helped us get some of his players too,I think guys like playing for him.

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Damn too bad that would have been a great hire

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Panthers sign Kickoff Specialist

I've sort of wondered why we haven't done this in the past.As great as Kasay is kicking FG's he's always been terrible kicking off and it seems to have gotten worse this past season.It's a big part of why we suck covering kicks,right up there with the fact that we suck at covering kicks.

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Well the Skins just fired Greg Williams....God only knows why except that he's probably pissed at them for not giving him the headjob.He's probably going to get a head coach job,but I'd love to see him coach our defensive.He's really had terrific defenses everywhere he's been.If we were going to fire Fox he'd be a good candidate if you wanted continuity.His philosophy wouldn't be a drastic change in course.Richardson's recent comments about wanting to run the ball and stop the run would seem to indicate that he's not looking for more of the same from the team.

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Rucker has decided that hes coming back in 2008 hes a free agent though so he might be playing elsewhere

Also, Dan Henning was just hired as offensive cordinator of the Dolphins lol

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Looks like the Panthers are looking to dump DaShaun Foster to save 4.75 Million.If we could get a high draft pick for him I guess it wouldn't be horrible,but I don't think Williams is going to be able to produce so well without a quality backup.If we just cut him to save money and don't find a replacement it's going to hurt us badly.

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http://www.charlotte.com/panthers/story/512431.html
Panthers cut David Carr and bring back Muhsin Mohammed...They're also going to sign Stephen Davis so he can retire as a Panther.It's too bad he's not six years younger.He's exactly what we need to go along with DeAngelo...Pretty much what we're looking for by the reports I've read.

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Were supposedly interested in Randy Moss too. I don't think we have the kind of money needed to get Moss here but it would be pretty amazing to see that passing attack

Thank god Carr's gone I was begining to think we weren't getting rid of him

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Per ESPN's NFL Live Dwayne Jarret has been charged with DWI.WHen you've caught six balls for 73 yds this is not a good career move.

Secondly David Carr is supposedly close to signing with the Giants as Eli Manning's backup.Think of the millions of people who could learn to hate his inability to make a decision in the greater NYC metroplitan area.