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Fitterer might stay simply because Tepper clearly dislikes people that actually know what they are doing in terms of football. My guess is Tepper likes people that make him feel like the smartest guy in the room, no matter the room. Scott Fitterer no doubt will be a +1 if he stays for Tepper anytime Tepper decides they need some group think on his football team.

My stance is the same as this time last year. I want a HC/GM paired up. Same page. Same philosophy. Same vision. Same timelines. I’d hire them at about the same time and I would prioritize my HC first. Then setup him up with a GM that would look to be a great compliment and that would work well with him. Which a is 180 of what we just did with Fitt and Frank. Exceptions to that but my stance is largely just that. I got no real thought on who I want as GM yet because I don’t know who I want as my HC. And I prioritize HC over GM. I think a HC and GM need to be similar in how they view winning in todays NFL. Where the emphasis needs to be. And I really think we have a culture issue at this point. I mean we don’t have it. So the pairing and match of the two is important.

that’s you saying you are okay with his dismissal for stabbing Frank in the back….its not you accepting or acknowledging the poo job he did as a GM here. Which leads you to fantasizing about how Fitt really is still good and it would totally work if he kept most of GM duties with a new name. IF ONLY he hadn’t stabbed Frank in the back lol.

The guy that stood up to confront him was 100% a Jags fan. Angle shows the Jag emblem on the front of his hat. Can’t really tell who he technically threw it at though.

you seem to think because someone can’t find a direct word for word quote of you saying something they can’t summarize your stance lol. I didn’t misrepresent how hard you dug into Fitt defense coming into this season. Everyone knows that. I haven’t seen you ask for the incompetent clown to be fired. Only you theorize about how the Fitt actually is a great at many parts of the job and that it could work with him staying….and retaining a large portion of his GM duties lol. At some point you think you could walk away from all your bad positions. You always got to keep one foot on the bag though.

He chooses to believe it because he dug in so hard for Fitt when everyone was telling him Fitt was garbage and should have been gone with Rhule. Which clearly he should have been. It gives him a Fitt isn’t that bad argument. It would totally make sense to keep the old bad GM in a cherry picked role still doing GM duties. Some how we would still have great GM candiates just lining up to apply and walk into another Panther mess lol

Yep, you can’t overhaul the entire scouting department overnight. But you can gut and replace all the decision makers at the top. I agree Morgan has to go with Fitt.

it's just word play. I call it what you don't want it called. I call it how I think a new GM coming in would view things. It's already not attractive. But if Fitterer stays and keeps the bulk of his GM duties.....what does that make him in reality? Especially for all those already employed here? You then alluded to the 49ers assistant GM as the perfect comparison for the plan (which it's a bad comparison as I showed).

my offer stands, when you are ready to come to grips on how wrong you were....I'll be here....

Noted. OP was off to a good start about finding a new GM. Then folks started sh-tting it up by talking about how actually Scott Fitterer should actually just retain most of his duties as GM. Which really derails the whole new GM talk.

So....you have no argument. Gotcha. You could of just said that. It's less words. I knew Miles Sanders was a bad add and not as billed. I talked about that a lot. I knew the WR corps Scott put together wasn't good enough. I talked about that a lot. I knew the parts we put together didn't fit. I talked about that a lot. I knew Bryce was going to play small ball all year, slow WRs and opposing defense would eat it up and sit on our pass game. I talked about that a lot. I knew Scott Fitterer was a bad GM and wanted him gone a year ago. I talked about that a lot. Of course, I talked about all that before week 1 ever kicked off. Maybe I'm just a lucky guesser. Which could be true.

we could bring back Ron, Marty and Cam Newton all for 1 season....and win more games than we did this year. And that's just Cam playing straight read option with Chubba and never passing.

I mean, it is pretty useless to talk to me and present an argument that Scott Fitterer should remain employed in Carolina. I don't disagree with that. Because it's silly, really. So again, what really good GM.....would want to take a job where the really bad GM remains and is retaining a bulk of what is his job? I've yet to here the argument on that. I have heard how sweet Scott Fitterer is though.

Marty Hurney was a much better GM than Scott Fitterer. And if you only judge them 3 years into the job....Marty Hurney was on another planet. Marty actually even gave the illusion he was good early on.

I mean, you still attempting to defend Scott Fitterer in Carolina is definitely more emotional than logical. "I'm still right guys, Scott Fitterer is really good at some things!!".

that's not similar. Peters worked his way into the role of being Lynch's assistant. And is called such. He wasn't some leftover from a bad prior regime that simply got to keep duties.

average people, don't want to be internet celebrity for a week and deal with all the bad that comes with it.

kicking game being the difference maker. Patriots have more TDs.

it's the NFL in 2024 though. I think your argument would be 100% spot on years ago. Players don't get the time they used to get. Plus you have to factor in the new HC angle. I don't see how Bryce can suck again next year and get a year 3 as our starter. New HC will be done with Bryce. New HCs got no time for the prior eras guys. And no one gets the time they once did. Coaches nor players.

NFL owners don't care Tepper threw a drink at someone. Lot bigger sins than that have been going around the owners circles. They also don't care Tepper is bad at his job....and they probably love that Carolina has turned into a place where you can get great deals.

I mean, the title can be whatever you want. But if he retains all his duties but except for 1 carve out....it is what it is. How folks in house going to few that? Not sure why we want to make the new GM job any more unattractive than it already is. We should just hire a competent GM. A competent GM doesn't need a proven bad GM doing half his job. Plus, our next GM/HC are going to be tasked with building a culture here. Removing any sign of the Fitterer era Panthers.

I mean, y'all are advocating for Fitterer to be co-GM. That's what keeping all his current duties are excluding player personnel is. Good luck finding a good GM to come in here. It's basically advocating for a similar approach Tepper/Fitt thought up for our new HC....but this time for the GM spot. We got an all star front office now!

well, I still say a competent GM can come in and handle everything. We don't need to carve out part of their job and give it to Tepper's lap dog. Job is already unattractive enough. That's just one more body in house to side with Tepper and not stand against him. And Fitterer would really owe Tepper for that. so yeah, it could happen. Everyone IMO should be 100% against it.

I mean, they can fine him. But no one is going to be talking about Charlotte/Tepper much once the Bucs game hits 0:00. NFL talk is about clicks, playoff talk is all that is going to be going on. Wasting your time on Tepper after the season is over isn't where the money is for the talking heads. I think if it happened earlier this season, Tepper would have been forced to deal with it. Instead you get a week of no comment and Tepper just ignores it publicly.

why keep a problem? him being "nice" just doesn't sell the argument. maybe the new GM shouldn't have to deal w/ a leftover horrible GM that also is a David Tepper lapdog? I'm sure a qualified GM can take care of whatever folks want carved out for Fitterer to pointlessly have and keep.