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And there is a lot it can't cover up also. Nothing about a job with the Panthers sounds great. Millions vs working for the Teppers and their dysfunction? Only a young guy would tough that out to try and keep his career off life support.

He should. There should be an easy 3 game window before the film adds up. If not then it will be a complete pooshow.

Sounds like he didn't get along well with the FO either. This sure sounds like a pissing match between him and people in the organization and he was an old hand that had a guaranteed contract who knew how this all ends. He took the 'please fire me approach' and I would have too.

I would have taken the money over coaching either team too. The HC doesn't usually run the team so it's not like he hired and payed himself. Getting out of a contract with that much cash is a solid move for him and his, especially given the situation. He did a bad job but it was also a bad job.

He was the OC but the HC built and ran the offense. He never called the plays from what I have read.

Great way to guarantee a house cleaning in '25. Whatever, 2024 is a wasted year already.

The Panthers don't have a Franchise player. They have a few good players, Brown is one, but nothing more.

The truth is they picked the wrong staff and the wrong QB. It's now Bryce's time to salvage his situation but I have little faith it just ends up with a new QB and hopefully new HC/GM combo in '25. Maybe that will be the Teppers' year to pull a York.

Look to KC or Philly and not Alabama for an offense. Those teams have won recent NFL championships. Hell even Bryce didn't win a championship running the Alabama offense as a starter in school.

It is now. The guy chose $9 mil a year of freetime over the next 3 years vs playing Bryce his way. I think that speaks for itself on many levels.

But he said he is patient... Good article, got a little hopeful at the end. He doesn't force stuff but he hovers and is involved. Same difference is the saying I believe. Doesn't understand football but he gets analytics so he understands bad pivotal calls which is how he is owner-ing. Sounds like Scott is safe as long as he remains football clueless. He should hire a consultant and take up another hobby. He has really built something terrible in Charlotte. It could take him a really long time to put something together that isn't complete failure. Nothing about Tepper sounds hands off so I don't know how you get to there but endless failure until he gives it a real shot.

People actually believe the best of that level is actually close to the level of the NFL. SEC blah blah blah. Giving good interviews got Rhule, Fritterer and Reich all hired and a bunch of scrubs drafted. It's a trend with Tepper. And it is moronic but it's also moronic to think running a team like a hedge fund is a good idea. Some old dogs learn new tricks and others don't learn while staying on the road. So far Tepper hasn't shown he has learned a damn thing from his mistakes.

It stinks but all signs point to more not less of the same.

The hard reset should have started in the FO. It's a bad sign that a poor performing GM is lined up to be kept. I see zero signs Tepper is ready for a hard reset. It appears to me he is just changing the parts that got in the way of what he envisioned in the offseason. Maybe in '25 we get that beautiful hard reset but it could very well be another 1 and done HC next year under Fritterer. (I also have zero faith that will end better than this year)

Comparing him to Lawrence just makes him look like a flat out bust. They only things that they have in common is being picked #1 and their rookie HC got fired mid season, one for his actions and the other for being apart of the Young trainwreck.

I'm not sure he will be the inverse of Wilks. Wilks did the ugly thing and simplified everything, to a painful degree. I think Tabor and Caldwell signed up to lean more on Bryce which is what Tepper would want. They are going to try and run the Alabama offense. I don't see that ending well and they could end up being Panther legends in all thw wrong ways.

The more I think about it the not trading Burns to the Rams trumps the CMC trade easily. We would still have our 24 #1st and Moore regardless of the QB. Now he is either getting way overpaid, walking or a franchise tag struggle.

They try so little when it's so easy. It's going to be a circus given the situation. When the pool shrinks realistically I am guessing a very sobering picture of the future.

It could be anything, we just don't know yet. Tepper is desperate and that could happen. I don’t think Tepper is ready to let go of his GM. His entire time as Owner he has kept a GM he knew for the new HC hire. He has no idea how to clean slate the process. I wish he would but he hasn't been comfortable enough to try yet.

I have a hard time beliving Johnson wants to come here when he has his pick. I agree about MacDonald and he seems more reasonable expectstion. Not excited outside of Slowik maybe. They would still have to sign up for the Tepper show. Who they can potentially get and who would come here is why I asked who the people the reporter was so excited and sure about. I get people would take the job but realistically there are 2 on that list i would like to see and I wouldn't hold my breath on one already.

Hoping for failure or just expecting more of the same? It's looking like a circus already. I would love to say Ben Johnson would save us but he already walked before firing the HC 10 games into his first season. That's hard to imagine even if I still wish it. Also the link never mentioned any names specifically. 'A lot of people'. Greg Olsen so far came out as one. So who are the other people? Harbaugh seems like an obvious name even if he had his call with Tepper last year that didn't go far. Lots of certainty yet not one name yet.

Yeah Rhule was the HC and was literally running him into the ground. If he wasn't traded he would have probably been ruined before this year even started. You can pick so many things that make Fritterer look like the trash GM he is but this one example is another drop in the bucket.

He couldn't even get a team facilities built in SC. It would actually be funny to watch him fug up an attempted team move. Maybe he would finally do something to be forced to sale along the way.

Me too but the picking their own GM is a deal killer apparently. I also have to laugh at Ben Johnson coming here after bowing out last year. Like the situation hasn't improved and he got a look under the hood and said 'no thank you' already.

His play is painful to watch and he has so little upside. Even if they build around him with compitence (not happening with Fritterer still here) he looks like he would lose a legit QB competition to a mediocre challenger. Hell I would watch games if Dalton was starting and that's freaking Dalton in his twilight playing years. Fan how you want or need to but he is not it to me.