Schotty - Panthers?

http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/01/08/906411/panthers-look-for-an-offensive.html


CHARLOTTE -- The four Carolina Panthers head coaching candidates we know about at the moment are all defensive coordinators.

But that doesn't mean that's all the team is looking for.

Team officials, including owner Jerry Richardson, have said an offensive coordinator and a quarterbacks coach were nearly as important as the head coach.


Richardson also said that the four guys we know about (Rob Ryan, Perry Fewell, Ron Rivera and Greg Manusky) would be joined by at least one more head coaching candidate, which likely points to someone involved in the playoffs.

Narrowing the focus to the 12 teams still alive, here's a look at some guys the Panthers could be waiting on, and how they might help:

♦Brian Schottenheimer (37, offensive coordinator, N.Y. Jets).

Marty Schottenheimer's son has been lingering on all the usual-suspects lists for the Panthers for more than a year.

He has done a good job babying a kid quarterback (Mark Sanchez) through some rough waters, and that kind of experience would be useful with Carolina.

His background is at the quarterback position - he was Danny Wuerffel's backup at Florida - but he is his father's son, and the strong, conservative principles of Marty-ball aren't dissimilar to what offenses have done here in the past.♦Cam Cameron (49, offensive coordinator, Baltimore).

He would probably be a lot higher on a lot of lists if he hadn't help make such a mess of Miami in 2007 (1-15, though drafting Ted Ginn Jr. was the real killer).

With a background in both college and the pro game, his reputation around the league is of a guy who knows how to get the most out of his quarterbacks and make them better. He was the coordinator in San Diego during the Brees-to-Rivers years, and that's not a bad line on the resume.

The only question people have is whether he's ever going to be more than a coordinator and be able to move up a chair. Dan Henning had a long run that way, and maybe that's Cameron's career progression.

♦Jim Zorn (57, quarterbacks coach, Baltimore).

Much like Cameron, one ill-fated job mars an otherwise solid reputation.

The Redskins hired him as a coordinator, the job he probably should have kept, but he ended up in charge. Like all Redskins coaches, you can't pin the failure on him as much as on the organizational dysfunction that dooms Washington. It wasn't fair to him, but he'll rebound.

If the Panthers hire a young defensive coordinator to be the head coach, he might be the kind of guy they need.

♦Bill Musgrave (43, quarterbacks coach, Atlanta).

Students of history would have a field day with this one, as Musgrave up and quit his post as Panthers offensive coordinator in Week 6 of the 2000 season. Now, was George Seifert a mitigating factor in that youthful decision? Perhaps.

But in the decade that's passed, the boy genius label may have faded, but the intellect hasn't. The now-middle-aged coach is widely respected for his grasp of the West Coast principles, and maybe he's ready for another shot at the big chair.

♦Mike Martz (59, offensive coordinator, Chicago)

He's under contract with the Bears through next season, so he has to be a head coaching candidate if the Panthers want him. The question is whether they do.

Having Martz on staff has always been a dance with the devil, because relationships have never been his strong suit.

What you can't question is the work he did with St. Louis in the good old days, as well as his recent reclamation of Jay Cutler.

♦Tom Clements (57, quarterbacks coach, Green Bay).

Won a national title at Notre Dame as a quarterback but played as a pro north of the border. A Canadian Football League Hall of Famer, he won two Grey Cups.

After leaving the CFL, he went back to school for a law degree and practiced for five years before getting back into coaching under Lou Holtz. He has bounced around the NFL in recent years, but it doesn't take a long look at the progress of Aaron Rodgers to see this guy knows what he's doing.

♦Marty Mornhinweg (48, offensive coordinator, Philadelphia).

Perhaps he's far enough removed from his stint as head coach in Detroit to be given another chance.

Working under Andy Reid with the Eagles has been fertile ground for future coaches, as the offensive wisdom flows like a spring there.



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This article is alos talking about for HC - going a different route than the D minded coaches.

I am not going to say he would or would not - I do not think anyone can tell what is in his mind - I will say that Carolina is a far better organization than the Bills and being an NC resident the area has a lot more to offer than living in Buffalo.

I am surprised that anyone would even consider him a candidate, though this article is just speculation. I know the Panthers are looking for a young inexperienced (cheap) option for HC.

 

Re read the first few sentences - the article is about the Head Coaching position and that right now the known candidates are all defensive coaches but that they will include an offensive minded one in the mix before it is said and done.
Specualting Schotty may be one of them.

I actually think that Rob Ryan may end up with Panthers.