Sounds like Scott Fitterer will continue as Panthers GM in '23

[JawnyBlaze]

Of course he is. Tepper said as much in his presser and I think Fitterer has done a good job so far. Not perfect, but good. And who knows how much of those bad contracts are due to Rhule having more power and demanding they get done by any means necessary. He definitely deserves a shot to show what he can do without the inverted power structure of having a coach over him. 

[Waldo]

I was hoping for a consultant to help train Tepper. I'm fine with Friterer getting a shot but he hasn't sepperated himself from the stink here that he helped create. Yes that was what he was hired to do and that isn't a good selling point on why he should stay under the new expanded role. 

I need to see him recoup draft caputal without deluting what we have left. If he can't do that then I hope he is dumped. Regardless of positives it would be great to clear the room, bleach it, paint it and fill it with all different people. It is that bad.

[Toomers]

2 minutes ago, Basbear said:

texans may trade for him, raiders another. I thought the anderson move put them in the green for 2023, theres a couple reports stating that. Cap is a mess tho, again I asked, boss walks into your office below his and tells you "resolve the contract deal with robbie, ok, I dont care just get it done and him in the building".  Whos fault is it??

 

Rhule - " marty taught me one thing, you never know how the year plays out, so keep spending money on those loser players".

Finnsererr- "Consider it done"

 

Its clear Finnesererer wanted a GM job and when one out of the 31 opened- He even called Pat stewart to get him a interview, that was after tepper/rhule spent 2 weeks with little but the guy form 49ers and jeff ireland(whom i wanted). 

If hes staying that means he must have gained some power and maybe even a raise....

  And that’s an acceptable top of the resume for the guy who is making the decisions that will decide the next 5 years of the franchise? Good luck with that. 
 

    Those other GMs weren’t going to sign on to be a.yes man to Rhule. Fitterer did Now he should be rewarded for it? 

[onmyown]

Not a fan at all.

But I suppose a GM picking the coach is better than the fired GM’s coach picking the new GM. Even if you do keep said new GM.

Tepper can’t get out of his own way though. A proper rebuild should not include Fit and I have a suspicion this will be yet another blunder I will point to saying I was against when poo hits the fan.

[Mr. Scot]

15 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

If you are planting the flag for fitt doing a good job by getting late round picks then holy fug it’s not even worth discussing with you.  

Could be worse. Imagine if my whole argument was based on guilt by association.

Now that would be weak sauce.

[ForJimmy]

53 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Apparently the Panthers are...

Tepper is. You trust Tepper?

[ForJimmy]

Just now, onmyown said:

Not a fan at all.

But I suppose a GM picking the coach is better than the fired GM’s coach picking the new GM. Even if you do keep said new GM.

Tepper can’t get out of his own way though. A proper rebuild should not include Fit and I have a suspicion this will be yet another blunder I will point to saying I was against when poo hits the fan.

Tepper has already said he wants an offensive minded young coach. There is no way Fitt gets to pick one without Tepper’s input.

[Basbear]

4 minutes ago, Waldo said:

I was hoping for a consultant to help train Tepper. I'm fine with Friterer getting a shot but he hasn't sepperated himself from the stink here that he helped create. Yes that was what he was hired to do and that isn't a good selling point on why he should stay under the new expanded role. 

I need to see him recoup draft caputal without deluting what we have left. If he can't do that then I hope he is dumped. Regardless of positives it would be great to clear the room, bleach it, paint it and fill it with all different people. It is that bad.

Still no matter what, tepper needs to put a top secret move and hire a 008-like firm to find a GM. Gets the results and make up your mind to keep Finssererer or hired one of the ones you want. 

I do not think this can be done without Finssererer finding out tho, thats a issue. 

That Rhule stink is OP my friend....

[DMathematics]

Good luck getting a coach worth a damn!

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, ForJimmy said:

Tepper is. You trust Tepper?

Ya got me.

I've been posting on Panthers fan forums since before I bought the team because I knew this day would come.

[TheRumGone]

I read something about Tepper spending a ton of money on revamping the scouting department and systems. So that’s probably why fitterer is going to stay because he was heavily involved in that.

I don’t really like him staying but I don’t hate it.

[ForJimmy]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Ya got me.

I've been posting on Panthers fan forums since before I bought the team because I knew this day would come.

[Toker Smurf]

1 hour ago, Hoenheim said:

Only thing I don't like about him is him trading away picks constantly. Would've been real nice to have ALL of our picks this year since we're going to be picking so high. Could say the same for last year. 

Unless Corrall ends up being qb of the future somehow trading up for him particularly was bad. Same with that cursed CJ Henderson trade. At some point you just need to eat your mistakes and try again next year not keep burying yourself deeper in a hole.

I assume, at least some of, that was Rhule because he needed to win now. 

[MillionDollarCam]

25 minutes ago, stbugs said:

Your last statement is my concern. We’ve seen Darnold, Mayfield and Corral. Do you really want to just give Fitterer a shot at a QB or do you feel confident he’ll draft the right one? I certainly don’t. Russell Wilson was drafted by Schneider and Carroll even said Schneider convinced him to take Wilson.

If you think about it, how many QBs has Fitt even been involved with drafting? How many coaches has he been involved in hiring?

@Mr. Scot even posted an article from Person about how Rhule had Fitterer sign off on the Darnold and Mayfield trades. Either he’s a yes man or he’s not any better.

Well Fitterer has hit on his first round picks (I’m not going to place the blame on him for Horn’s inability to stay healthy)… the jury is certainly out on his remaining picks.

The main issue for me is the impatience of the organization as a whole. All of these trades scream quick fix… I’m not in the meetings so I have no way of knowing if that was a Rhule thing or a Fitterer thing. I’m leaning towards Rhule because the ability to come in an turn things around quickly was what Rhule was known for.

Now that Rhule is gone, we are already seeing the Panthers recoup picks.

Overall, I personally feel like Fitterer was dealt a tough hand in working with Rhule and did the best he could. I’d be shocked to see the Panthers continue to trade away draft picks for under performing players hoping to turn them into competent football players.

Some will argue that Fitterer shouldn’t have taken the job if he didn’t want to work under Rhule, but the bottom line is that you don’t turn down that type of promotion… you just hope you outlast the other guy.