Dan Morgan has seen new-look Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales up close for some time now.

Through the first two weeks of OTAs, Canales is already leaving a lasting impact on nearly everyone on the team. 

Recently, Morgan spoke to Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer on what he has seen in Canales. The general manager had to say high praise for the first-year head coach.  

“He’s like a young Pete in a lot of ways,” Morgan said of Canales. “He’s enthusiastic every single day about his job and makes everyone around him better just because of the energy that he brings and his love for football. It’s really contagious and really similar to how Pete was.”

If Canales is anything like Pete Carroll, the Panthers made the right decision. 

Carroll is a Super Bowl-winning coach. That doesn't come around often. 

Canales has a similar approach in how he wants to relate to players and have open communication with the guys on the roster.

"It's just the consistency he has; he has a very calm presence," second-year quarterback Bryce Young said of Canales. "He's someone that has a conversation with you and talks with you, good, bad, or indifferent. You can tell there's an emphasis on teaching. He wants to teach; he wants to make sure that he communicates. It's not just a, oh, that's a bad throw, or you missed; it's constructive. If you miss something, he gives you something tangible of, hey, let's get our base in order, let's focus on our, whatever it may be. 

"We're definitely trying to be very detail-oriented, trying to look at small things, and that's what, especially this time of the year, is about. Obviously, it's new, but right now is when you want to be handing out the details, you want to be looking at the little things. There are little nuances that are different from last year to this year that I'm learning and getting reps in, and I think he's doing a great job of making sure that we can, when there's something small, now is the time to correct it, to do it over again, to make sure we get it right so that we can build those good habits."

Canales learned under Carroll while he was in Seattle. Much of that knowledge has stuck with him a few years removed. 

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