Is he a bad HC? He had a .569 winning percentage before these last 2 seasons where he had an end of the road Matt Ryan and the shitshow going on in Carolina. That's a better winning percentage than Marv Levi, Chuck Noll and Jimmy Johnson just to name a few. Granted, that was after only 4 years of being a HC for Reich but still. He wasn't horrible.
And wasn't the Panthers coaching staff all about Stroud before the draft and it was Tipper who wanted Young? I remember McCown telling Stroud they'd play some hoops or something to that effect when they officially got Stroud to Carolina. You can dismiss owner meddling like that all you want, but it does matter. Hell, look at the Texans. It got pretty bad when Cal was being influenced by OB and the pastor. Now that that influence is coming from somewhere else (many believe it's Hannah) it's night and day difference.
A coach can't really do his job if an owner steps in and overrules football decisions of that coach.