Mr. Scot

Stomach issues Haven't changed on that front. Still don't want Tepper doing anything at all without hiring a consultant. Firing Campen wouldn't require Tepper though. That'd be Reich's call. It would also be unfair, but...

I don't think he's an abject idiot, but he simply does not understand football. That's not necessarily a problem...unless he thinks he does. I fear that's where we're at, and I don't know if there's a way out anytime soon. My biggest worry is the next stupid decision will come far sooner than anything good.

If your biggest hope is that a guy who has no clue what he's doing (yet still insists on being hands on) will one day somehow luck into doing the right thing, you have no hope. Tepper needs to take himself completely out of the equation. The only guy I can see him trusting enough to do that with doesn't work here right now, but he could.

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.