From http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm

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"COACH CHIN PLOTTING HIS RETURN? A league source tells us that there is already talk in league circles that former Steelers coach Bill Cowher is planning his potential return to the NFL. Per the source, Cowher already has spoken with multiple teams about filling a potential vacancy in 2008. The source also says that one of Cowher's demands will be full control over the football operations. The teams, the source says, are believed to be the Browns, Redskins, and Panthers. Another league source confirms that Cowher has had at least one private discussion with Redskins owner Daniel Snyder about the possibility of replacing Hall of Famer Joe Gibbs, if Gibbs calls it quits after the 2007 season. We're also told that Cowher has begun the process of discreetly lining up a personnel executive to run the front office, subject to Cowher's final say on all roster moves. Per the source, the list includes Steelers director of football operations Kevin Colbert, Steelers business operations coordinator Omar Khan, Chiefs executive vice president and COO Denny Thum, and Saints vice president of football administration Russ Ball. Is any of this surprising? Yes, but no. With Cowher expected to be the hottest commodity on the coaching market come January 2008, teams that think they might have a coming opening would be stoopid not to commence the process of seeing what it would take to get him. Money is a key component in this regard. We've yet to hear anything about Cowher's expected salary, but we suspect he's hoping to get at least as much as Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren (who is in the $7.5 million to $8.5 million range), given that Cowher beat the Big Show in the Big Show less than 18 months ago. "

6/19/2007 10:49:42 AM

Wow if the Panthers have ANY shot at Cowher, Fox needs to go.

And Carolina is my second favorite NFL team.

6/19/2007 10:51:51 AM

ftw

6/19/2007 10:55:04 AM

red fucking skins

gibbs has one good season then back to neckcar

6/19/2007 11:01:54 AM

COWHER WILL BE THE CLEVELAND BROWNS HEAD COACH IN 2008

BET ON IT

6/19/2007 11:08:14 AM

Foxie isn't going anywhere unless the Panthers tank this year.

Granted, the Panthers aren't title contenders, but given their easy schedule and above-average talent, they'll make the playoffs and Fox will stay on board.

6/19/2007 11:08:42 AM

Id love to see Cowher with the Panthers...almost enough to make we want to see that tank. Id still rather see them win, but if not Id rather see a tank than a much more likely 7-9 / 8-8 / "we'll get em next year" type season.

6/19/2007 11:12:55 AM

yeah, I think the only reason he would go to the Panthers is cause he wants to stick around his family in North Carolina

the Redskins are probably willing to dish out a ton of money for him, but his interest is probably not too much beyond that

he played for the Browns from 1980-1982 and got his coaching break with the Browns from 1985-1988, and I do believe that he has said in interviews before that he would like to coach in Cleveland again.

of course, he could still come back to his alma mater

6/19/2007 11:15:24 AM

fucking a.....one of my buddies that refs highschool bball games met him last night and said he was the man. This guy is a Clemson fan non the less. He didn't get in any football convo with him but if we get him for the Panthers that would be fantastic. 4-5 years in Charlotte then home to coach the wolfpack!

6/19/2007 11:21:43 AM

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"red fucking skins "

6/19/2007 11:28:57 AM

The Skins make the most sense.

6/19/2007 11:37:55 AM

fuck the skins

6/19/2007 11:39:04 AM

I thought he was NC State's next head coach

6/19/2007 11:45:10 AM

Fire Fowler!

6/19/2007 11:49:47 AM

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"Wow if the Panthers have ANY shot at Cowher, Fox needs to go. And Carolina is my second favorite NFL team"

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"Id love to see Cowher with the Panthers...almost enough to make we want to see that tank."

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"but if we get him for the Panthers that would be fantastic."

I hope you people don't consider yourselves Panther fans.......short of a less than 5 win season, there is no way Fox should go. Cowher won 1 SB in like 15 years as the Steelers Coach....he's not any better than Fox.

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"Granted, the Panthers aren't title contenders"

Says who?

6/19/2007 12:02:41 PM

i agree, Cowher is a great coach don't get me wrong but there is no justification to remove Fox. Fox's results speak for themselves.

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"Inheriting a team coming off of a 1-15 season, Fox has directed Carolina to two playoff appearances, two NFC Championship games and a Super Bowl appearance. In those four seasons, the Panthers have averaged more than 10 wins a year, and Fox has compiled a 41-30 overall record. In doing so, he also has story. The 41 wins in four years more than double the Panthers total in the previous four seasons (20), and his impact was immediate. In his first season, Carolina improved its record by six games, from 1-15 in 2001 to 7-9 in 2002. The six-game improvement was the best in the NFL that season and the best jump for a rookie head coach since the League instituted the 16-game schedule in 1978. "

6/19/2007 12:17:25 PM

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"Says who?"

Says common sense and an unbiased view.

There are at least 4 AFC teams which are head and shoulders above the Panthers in terms of talent.

6/19/2007 12:22:32 PM

Good thing we're in the NFC then. And I'm quite satisfied with Fox.

6/19/2007 12:31:34 PM

1 Superbowl in 15 years, best coach ever!

6/19/2007 12:35:33 PM

lol

6/19/2007 12:37:22 PM

I've been saying that he's going to coach the browns since he retired. I remember saying it in a previous thread and treetwista pretty much laughed at me

6/19/2007 12:59:58 PM

yall have got to be shitting me

6/19/2007 1:01:57 PM

^^i'm still laughing cause its not gonna happen

IF he comes back, regardless of his previous asst coaching with the Browns, it will be for a contender...he's not gonna coach the Browns for the next 15 years until they finally make the playoffs

6/19/2007 1:04:59 PM

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"opening would be stoopid not to commence"

Lost all validity. They dont even spellcheck these rumors because there is nothing credible to them. This was probably ripped off some schmucks blog and pasted on profootballtalk.com

6/19/2007 1:29:23 PM

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"Says common sense and an unbiased view. There are at least 4 AFC teams which are head and shoulders above the Panthers in terms of talent. "

sounds alot like our prospects before the '03 season to me.

6/19/2007 1:29:29 PM

if he goes to the panthers it will be as a defensive coordinator,
fox aint goin nowhere

6/19/2007 1:51:41 PM

we've got a damn good D-coor. too. Plus, cowher's ego is to big to be a d-coor.

6/19/2007 1:59:10 PM

Jerry Richardson doesnt seem like the type of person who would just fire a quality coach like Fox for somebody like Cowher...maybe Belichek

Let alone we just got a new offensive coordinator who has yet to coach a single game

6/19/2007 2:46:31 PM

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"stoopid"

6/19/2007 2:49:18 PM

^^yeah, i find it hard to believe that anyone that matters from the panthers has talked with him about the job.

6/19/2007 2:53:34 PM

Joe Gibbs is a puppet

6/19/2007 2:58:24 PM

he better not go to the fucking browns

6/19/2007 4:41:02 PM

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"Joe Gibbs is a puppet"

yep just like bowden

6/19/2007 4:43:56 PM

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"I hope you people don't consider yourselves Panther fans.......short of a less than 5 win season, there is no way Fox should go. Cowher won 1 SB in like 15 years as the Steelers Coach....he's not any better than Fox."

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"i agree, Cowher is a great coach don't get me wrong but there is no justification to remove Fox. Fox's results speak for themselves."

these quotes ftw. all of you saying Cowher should come in and boot Fox out really know nothing about the NFL

6/19/2007 5:38:45 PM

as a steelers fan, if he's going anywhere but steelers, it better not be the browns...

i'd be ok with the redskins but he would run that shit and not snyder

panthers, meh i guess, then maybe theyd see what its like to win a super bowl

6/19/2007 6:10:10 PM

definitely wouldnt go to the panthers, we already have a solid defensive minded coach who's led us to a division title, NFC Championship, and Super Bowl in 5 seasons...enjoying the same successes of what Bill Cowher generally had his first years, granted Cowher went i believe the 6 seasons in a row.

Foxy is fine

cowher will taint his career if he goes to a shitty team that will take years to rebuild and I seriously doubt he would stick it out with a team like that

6/19/2007 6:19:53 PM

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"panthers, meh i guess, then maybe theyd see what its like to win a super bowl"

I think they'd be much better off with who they have now. Let's not act like Cowher is some master of winning Superbowls. Yeah, he had an awesome run of good regular seasons, but generally he was a choke artist come playoff time. Sure, he won one, but that was after a fluke play in the Colts game combined with a Superbowl with the most lopsided refereeing.... ever.

6/19/2007 7:21:11 PM

i really like Fox, i would hate to see him go. hopefully cowher coaches the nfl for another 6-8 yrs, wins another superbowl or two and then comes to state when o'brien is ready to leave.

not gonna happen, but at least it's something to dream about.

6/19/2007 8:08:28 PM

shit i hope he doesn't take colbert from the steelers.

6/20/2007 4:22:26 AM

Browns baby

6/20/2007 10:01:56 AM

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"Browns baby"

6/20/2007 10:21:01 AM

anybody tracked his plane yet?

6/20/2007 10:26:10 AM

I cant imagine a scenario where foxy would be shown the door after this season. He's done too much for the panthers to be treated in such a way. I would love to have cowher if we didnt already have a great coach.

6/20/2007 12:13:15 PM

i think we should drop it

this is dumb thinking he goes to the Panthers

and we should tank for a Coach?? wtf?

6/20/2007 1:02:36 PM

Giants.

6/20/2007 1:10:44 PM

^could be.....they're going to tank this year, and coughlin will be gone. But he might not want to be in NY.

6/20/2007 1:23:09 PM

hes coming to ncsu right?

6/20/2007 1:26:44 PM

I say these are all rumors and he doesent go anywhere next year...

if he does.... redskins.... no way fox gets the axe this soon...

6/20/2007 3:21:39 PM

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"Cowher won 1 SB in like 15 years as the Steelers Coach....he's not any better than Fox. "

Haha you are kidding right? Fox has underachieved every year but one so far.

Cowher's teams never had that much talent yet they found ways to win....Look at his Super Bowl team, it had less talent than this past years' Panthers team. Delhomme is terrible but even he is better than Ben Roethlisberger.

6/20/2007 3:50:53 PM

^ wow. thats going to be a real popular take....

6/20/2007 3:56:08 PM