Mr. Scot

He's also the person most responsible for the team being bad

He had time to throw and way more clean pockets to throw from. We couldn't protect Young at all.

Kudos to Smith-Marsette and the new guy, Strachan for showing up in the game. Not a lot of positives otherwise, but they gave us some nice moments.

Said a while back we can't protect Young because we have no run game and a line that isn't suited to pass blocking a WCO. Fell victim to it again tonight, with the additional problem of a banged up defense being almost completely unable to generate any pass rush. Bagent had plenty of time to sit back and make reads. Young? Under duress from damn near start to finish. Icing on the cake? A horrible decision to go for a 59 yard field goal. Frank will have to own that one Still a chance to win some games if the defense gets healthy, mind you. But unless something major changes with the OL, the offense is largely kaput. Said it elsewhere: If there's a sacrificial lamb chosen, it could wind up being James Campen. He won't deserve it because he didn't choose to run a scheme that didn't fit the personnel we have, but I won't be surprised if he bears the blame. Bigger firings may be possible but I don't know if that happens. We'll see.

Did exactly what I expected...ans it worked (ugh). OL is just not working in this scheme.

Don't know that it will, but that was a horrible decision and he'll have to own it. If I were guessing on anyone getting fired now or by season's end, I'd probably say James Campen. He doesn't deserve it, though. It isn't his fault they decided to run an offensive scheme that his guys weren't suited for. But if you're looking for a scapegoat, my guess is it'll be him (probably his assistant too).

Steve Smith was asked to speak about the Panthers on pregame...said a lot of the same things and cited this as a rebuilding year.

Would you suggest that nothing can change from here on out? It's one thing to say that you don't think anything will change, but can you rightly tell me that it can't?

We haven't even finished the first season. Lots of things can change down the stretch.

Still, way too soon to know that.

Yep. Fowler is a columnist, not a reporter. Also worth noting that the verbal skirmish between the two of them was initiated by Tepper.

Appeal to "Trust me, bro"

Have said before my first choice would be Kevin Colbert. His resumé is impeccable and he's known to Tepper.

Even if he is, it wouldn't make him wrong. As far as this story goes, he isn't.

I've already said that I don't want Tepper making any decisions, including a choice of who to fire. He shouldn't make a single decision until he brings on a consultant that knows what they're doing.

Would that make you trust David Tepper more?

Also a big Stroud fan, but yeah...

With David Tepper making the decisions? Hell no!

In as much as it's a reflection of who he is, i do. As far as the soccer side, I don't know Jack sh-t about it but there are people on here who do. I'd defer to them for any analysis on that front.

Stephen Holder is a long time Colts beat writer who's considered a pretty credible source. He's the one who said a few weeks back that it was "well-known around the league" that Tepper heavily influenced this year's quarterback draft decision. If that's true, Tepper really isn't in a position to blame anyone else but himself for problems related to that choice.

The absolute biggest obstacle between the Panthers and success is David Tepper's ego.

I'm not dead certain of that. Granted, it gets more possible as the season goes on because they have to play fewer games.

FYI: Richard Sherman echoes the same sentiments in his segment on GMFB.

Another volley in the rivalry between Fowler and Tepper... Excerpts: David Tepper fell out of love with another head coach Wednesday, which is more or less an annual occurrence. If a coach manages to last three full seasons under Tepper, I’m going to buy that man a beer and ask him how in the world he did it. This time Tepper — the mercurial, impatient, gregarious and occasionally infuriating billionaire owner of both the Carolina Panthers and Charlotte FC — got rid of Christian Lattanzio, which means the Queen City’s Major League Soccer team has now played for two seasons and gone through two coaches. One head coach a year is about the average for the Panthers, too, if you count the interim coaches, which I do because it’s technically accurate and definitely more fun. ... I was out of town Wednesday morning, taking my 16-year-old daughter on a trip to visit a couple of colleges. When I heard that Tepper had fired another head coach, my first reaction wasn’t surprise. There have been too many of them for that. I just asked, wearily: “Which one?” Tepper really wants to be handing out championship rings some day. Instead, he keeps handing out severance packages. Of course, it’s Tepper’s money, he has more of it than most of us put together, and he can do what he wants with it. What’s frustrating is that Tepper either keeps choosing the wrong guys to lead his teams or he wouldn’t know a Bill Belichick or Don Shula if one appeared at his doorstep tomorrow. ... With a fully engaged Tepper, the Panthers have gone 30-60 in 5-plus seasons. They haven’t had a winning season, they are losing two games out of every three and they haven’t made the playoffs. Charlotte FC did make the playoffs this year, very briefly, but also has had two losing records in two seasons. Maybe it’s time for Tepper to try something different, particularly with the Panthers. The team believes it has found its quarterback now in rookie No. 1 pick Bryce Young, whom Tepper predicted in April would lead the team to “Super Bowls.” Yes, it was plural. ... So the Panthers’ big problem has been “solved,” even though the results aren’t showing that yet. But if that’s the case: Tepper can just sign the checks and otherwise stay out of football. Just run the business side. Just for one season. For the soccer team, help hire the head coach. And then let that team find its footing on its own. Because what’s going on now, with FET (Fully Engaged Tepper) for both the Panthers and Charlotte FC? It’s just not working. Not even close. ... A year ago, when Tepper and I had that awkward televised exchange in which he came off as somewhat abrupt, I wrote in a column that I didn’t want or need an apology from him. I just wanted him to become a better owner. I’m still waiting. I bet you are too.

Wouldn't go that far. Rivera had other issues, arguably the biggest of which was that he didn't do a great job of staffing.