If the Carolina Panthers based their head coaching search solely off the opinions of their players, Steve Wilks probably would have been the runaway choice. But that’s not how this works.
On Thursday, the team announced the hiring of Frank Reich—who, obviously, beat out Wilks for the position. The loss for and of Wilks will undoubtedly hit the locker room right in its heart, as the 52-year-old won over his guys throughout the course of his inspiring 2022 interim tenure.
