rayzor

Why so much hype over this guy?

Sorry, my well of hope ran dry with this last off-season. Didn't have much in it anyways, but i went in all the way. Until I see results, all I can see is the same poo we've always seen. I'm not buying any more hype or hope without results (wins) first.

Fixed

When the narcissist is caught in a mistake, his first and main natural instinct is to think, "I can fix this and I can do this myself. I messed it up and it's up to me to fix it", only trying to do things on their own their way is what got them fugged up to begin with and they will always spiral out of control because they think they can fix it. Self reflection is only going to result in him thinking he can get it right this time and doing more to try and get it right. He isn't capable of getting himself out of the way. He's just going to do the same thing again this time, just try to be nicer about it.

If he doesn't get an HC gig and he doesn't get fired, he's going to be here.

Chump change. But could you imagine how embarrassing it would be to have Tepper throw the bank at him only to take less money somewhere, because that's what's gonna happen.

fitt should be fired right after the season. i would be surprised to see that happen. he's tepper's yes man.

when fox was at his peak he was the best. i do think he got lazy with his coaching starting in 2007. melt down at end of 2008 was due to as much fox as it was jake. but yeah, i agree when fox came in he was far more aggressive and did much more with less. rivera got lucky with cam and luke.

job #1) realize i'm not an expert job #2) hire an expert job #3) tell the expert what you want to accomplish job #4) let the expert do their job job #5) stay out of the way

All of this. And use an ad blocker.

I'd rather have him come out of retirement and hit the field than be GM.

Tepper doesn't want a football coach. He wants a life coach. He wants a slick talking motivational speaker/preacher and a "well spoken" QB with good manners you can take home to your grandmother.

Who is going to be picking this competent HC and GM?

I'm not even mad anymore. It's just the most ridiculous thing any professional sports team has ever accomplished. The biggest fail. That's our legacy now. These last 6 years, that's who we are. Not just failures. Epic failures.

There's no way Fitt or anyone in this front office should still have a job. Worst team in the league by far (which, considering the level of sick not just in division, but in conference is quite an accomplishment) and you traded away your first pick....you sold the farm for the first pick and the coaching staff you hired smell of the hunger games, then your head coach gets fired and the whole coaching staff you spent mega millions on us a getting fired too? Wow what a failure. Probably the worst failure in the history of the league. I know it's on Tepper, but the heads that roll on this (and there will be) dont belong to the owner and his wife.

Longer than I'm interested in waiting.

Lol Do it Tepper

I don't care anymore. Go ahead tep.

He wants to be involved in it all, and that's the problem. And he's also gotten/earned a bad reputation for being a difficult guy to work for. He's not going to be able to hire the best GM or HC. Partly because they'll have options for better situations (and ours sucks). But he also will be the same guy making decisions he has been. He doesn't know what he's doing. It's all trial and error. We're hoping the blind squirrel finds a nut. And then he's going to be involved in the process. And his involvement messes stuff up. Just being present and having opinions he makes known regularly is a problem because he's influenced by those who have his ear. He's present, but his presence doesn't help

And that's the problem. It's the power of influence people have over him and the authority he gives them. Which wouldn't be a problem if he hired better than he does. He's getting caught up in the emotional crap. He bought the program building poo of Rhule and then the good guy pastor hype of Reich. He has a type. He wants emotional influencers as coaches. And then the draw was Bryce being basically a sweetheart personality. A good kid with great manners that you would feel good bringing home to mama. It's not just Fit. It's everyone who he allows to have his ear and then he gets involved in the decision making or in the process and he'll try to influence it set expectations based on the couple of people who has his ear at the moment.

It's not like we have been a great draw anyways.

The big problem is he wants to succeed too much, but he thinks it's on him to ensure it happens and the more he fails, the more he feels he has to fix it or make sure he fixes it. What makes it even harder is he's no smarter than many fans. You look at that thread that talks about what we would do to fix the team and I could see him in there going , "yeah! This is what I need to do!" Not that he would read any and take suggestions, more that his mind is working the same way most of ours do....thinking that he knows more about how to run/fix a team than we actually do. It's ok for us, because we're just dumb fans dreaming. It's not ok for him because he's just a dumb fan who owns a team and wants to run it. And what makes it even worse is this is something he's obsessed with and he's not going to be able to let go or back away. he'll hire and get involved in every aspect and he'll listen to and be influenced by too many voices (including his wife). Hire a president of football operations who knows his poo, then give him the authority to run the team and then back the hell off.