Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales is one of the people Seattle Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith credits with the late-blooming development of his NFL career.
The Carolina Panthers have tried to follow a familiar pattern since David Tepper took over the franchise. While he came from the Pittsburgh Steelers organization Tepper has clearly attempted to model his team after the, who were at worst a fringe playoff team all 14 years Pete Carroll was their head coach.
It's the work that Canales did in that final year with the Seahawks that must have convinced the Panthers that Canales was the right choice to bring the, who floundered in his rookie year under Frank Reich. That season Geno Smith changed seemingly overnight from being a mediocre backup QB into one of the NFL's most accurate, aggressive and clutch performers.
A lot of people deserve credit for Smith's late-blooming development, incuding Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson, but Smith also singled out Canales for speaking life into him. Watch. Geno credits Pete Carroll, Russell Wilson, and Dave Canales for their unrelenting positivity and belief in him during his journey of overcoming adversityLast year as their offensive coordinator Canales helped steer the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' ship in the right direction, getting formerIf Canales can help engineer a similar turnaround for fellow first overal pick Bryce Young, the Panthers will be relevant again sooner rather than later.
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