People seem to forget how effective he was at not only play calling, but making the most of the roster he had. Prior to the Randy Moss and Wes Welker acquisitions Tom Brady had no WRs of note, yet Weis was still able to call and design plays that would result in wins.

He would be the perfect fit to create gameplans that utilize our players’ strengths, not the ‘force a round peg into a square hole’ method that seems to be excecuted by Jeff Davidson.

My only concern: He LOVES Jimmy Clausen- and I would be concerned that his addition would entain trying to convince Hurney to trade the house to move up and draft him (provided Moore doesn’t work).

He would be a great OC to bring in. Of course, anything is an upgrade over Davidson, but in all seriousness — Weis would be a good addition to the staff.

I wouldn’t mind him here at all. We need someone with a terrific offensive mind and a good gameplan to utilize the weapons we have here on offense, and Weis might be able to do that. However, I seriously doubt the Panthers will go after him. We never really sign anyone of any popularity or stardom here in Carolina (minus perhaps K. Johnson).

I doubt Carolina would get into a bidding war for his services.

If Fox is still around and Davidson’s gone, it has a decent chance. Weis and Fox are apparently good friends.. In fact, Fox wanted to hire him back in 02 when he took over, but Weis stayed in NE.

if there is any chance he needs Clausen as his QB. Not worth trading up for that.

Otherwise… I’m still not a fan.
Yes, he’s better than Davidson (who isn’t?), but I’d look in another direction.

His system worked in NE because he had Brady.
I know he wasn’t just the OC in Notre Dame, but whatever he tried there failed.
Plus, if I remember correctly… his offense seems a bit too pass-happy for my likes.
We need a OC who realizes the strength is at RB (D-Will, Stewie, Goodson?), and gets them involved in as many ways as possible.

And I hope Weis comes. From Weis’ perspective, Carolina will offer him a chance to:

1) Choose and groom a QB of the future
2) Play for a solid organization that consistently (every other year) has a shot at the play-offs.
3) Work with J. Fox, supposedly the two are friends.

With Meeks on the Defense and Weis on the Offense, I would hope that the days of being “Out coached” by other teams would be behind us.

as my late-post-poll showed. He has great offensive “pedigree,” as such things go. I disagree that he would bring a “pass-happy” attack to Carolina. Fox would make sure that we’re still a power-rushing team. What makes that offensive scheme work, is the down field vertical play action pass. A good OC can set that up nicely. It would be nice, also, to have some innovation on that side of the ball. Meeks’ is certainly getting things done on the defensive side…now we need someone to revamp the offense.

Perhaps Weis’ friendship with Fox would provide a bit of ‘leverage’ in convincing him of a slightly less…. Foxy…. offensive gameplan, and “NEW THIS YEAR!!!!! 2010!!!!! HALF TIME ADJUSTMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!”

Skimmed the comments here, but I think I agree with the majority of the posts that I saw wanting him as OC but definitely not HC. I think he can be a great OC in this league.