Reasons he should stay:
Continuity
Yes the season is going poorly. Far worse than expectations predicted. At the same time it’s important to remember this is only Fox’s second season in charge. It’s hard to get a roster and schemes in place that fast and have success. Typically head coaches need about three years before true results are seen. Constantly changing head coaches can lead to stunted growth of players.
Experience
People need to understand that this isn’t the first rodeo for Fox. He’s been a head coach in the NFL since 2002. He has more experience at the job than the majority of other coaches active. He’s experienced lots of winning, but also plenty of down years. At the very least he has common sense and understands what is wrong with a team, and more importantly how to fix it.
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Connections
One of the most underestimated values of a head coach is not so much what he knows, but who he knows. Fox has proven to be among the best in football in terms of connections with coaches. That is a big reason why he’s constantly able to build such strong staffs as he did in Carolina and Denver. Remember that three of his former disciples are current head coaches as well (Adam Gase, Mike McCoy and Jack Del Rio).
Motivator
Criticism regarding his game awareness and play-not-to-lose approach are fair and warranted. At the same time it’s also obvious that Fox gets his players to play. That is not a cliche. He is a motivating head coach. Even in the toughest of circumstances he finds a way to get the roster he has to give an honest 100% effort in every football game.
Eye for talent
One does not get to two Super Bowls with two different teams without understanding what good football players look like. John Fox has proven that across his 14 years on the head set. During that time his teams have drafted some outstanding talents including potential Hall of Famers like Julius Peppers and Von Miller. The saying goes in the evaluation business that the eye gets better with age. So in this case Fox may have an edge.