Football teams, both college and pro, always work back channels to gauge interest when they have a coaching vacancy. That is what the Carolina Panthers are doing, and apparently, one of those back channels the franchise is focused on is the FOX Sports payroll.
Jay Glazer appeared on FOX Sports Radio Thursday night and told Jason Smith that the team reached out to him to see if Sean Payton would be interested in being the team’s next head coach.
“What Carolina is trying to do right now is they’re trying to load up on all these draft picks to make their job agreeable and approachable to a new head coach,” Glazer said. “They already reached out to me. ‘Hey, would Sean Payton be interested?’ I don’t see Sean going there, no, I don’t. A guy like Sean, they do want to go big next year, they don’t want a defensive coach, they don’t want a college coach, who can they get offensively? They’d love a guy like Sean.”
According to Glazer, he advised the team to take any offer from a team willing to give up significant draft compensation for any current Carolina players. He said when coaches look at openings, many of them are more interested in what they can do with draft picks than they are in talent selected to fit another coach’s playbook.
Sean Payton is in his first season at FOX Sports. He was a hot commodity amongst networks last season when he left the New Orleans Saints. Many have speculated that he is already eager to get back on an NFL sideline.
Glazer said he did talk to the coach about the conversation he had with the Carolina Panthers. Fans won’t be happy with what the FOX NFL Insider learned.
“He ain’t going there. So Carolina Panther fan, Sean Payton is not going to be your next head coach! But they literally did reach out to me to ask Sean about his interest. Then I asked Sean and I told him the interest. Carolina Panthers, Sean Payton will not be your next head coach!”
