Mr. Scot

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.

Well, as opposed to appealing to my own authority over people who actually know what they're talking about, nah. Mind you, this is especially true coming from someone who's demonstrated that they don't know what they're saying

Granted, but there were other choices. One of the areas where I've started to question Frank Reich is depth chart decisions. I can't definitively say that there's somebody better than throckmorton on the roster right now, but I am wondering if he's not just getting to start because he's got a little more experience than some others..

I'm sure you don't

Nope. Just pointing out that the throat of Hayden Hurst was pretty much what you describe. And no, I don't think that was the only one we've seen this season.

It's pretty silly

See, here's where there's a basic misunderstanding... I'm not propping him up. I'm saying there hasn't been enough time to rightfully evaluate him given the situations. You've got two years under Matt Rhule followed by a total coaching shift and a rookie quarterback. We're basically in the first season of Reich/Fitterer as a combo, and throw in additions like Adrian Wilson who came in too late to have much of an impact on this offseason but could be important next year. Throw in that the guy making the decisions is an owner who has no clue what he's doing and I'm just not up for resetting things all over again.

Guys like Jim Rome and Colin Cowherd have dumbed down sports talk to such a ridiculously low level that hot takes and impatience are the norm. You've got people who actually think it looks smart to have a "take" on something immediately without seeing how things play out.

You must not have been watching last game then.