Protect the Bank? More like Sell the Bank. The Panthers are 15-25 at home since Tepper bought the team.

[hepcat]

Protect the Bank? More like Sell the Bank. Is it any wonder why Bank of America stadium routinely fills up with opposing teams fans? Since David Tepper purchased the Panthers, the team has been atrocious at home. 15-25 since 2018, and an even more mind numbing 10-22 since 2019. 

The Panthers are an embarrassment to the Carolinas right now. David Tepper was the worst possible thing to happen to the team. The Panthers just cemented their 5th straight losing record under his ownership. So much for that promise of “sustained success”. He kept one half of that promise, sustained. Sustained LOSING. 

Sometimes a new owner completely turns a team around. Like the Patriots and Bob Kraft. Before Kraft, the Patriots were a clown team that couldn’t give tickets away in the early 90s. They were moments away from moving the team to St. Louis. But, Kraft turned the team into one of the best franchises in NFL history. 

The opposite is true of David Tepper. He took a relatively competitive Panthers team and turned them into a perpetual bottom feeder. He hired a wildly unqualified college coach to a ridiculous contract, fired him after 2.25 seasons because he was obviously a joke, and now the team is a mess that might take years to clean up.

And while opposing fans filling up Bank of America stadium has always been a staple of the Panthers franchise, it seems to have gotten worse under Tepper’s ownership. Tepper likely took the fact that Charlotte is a transplant city into account when he bought the team. It allows him to keep a steady profit coming in from opposing team fans despite the fact the team had an abysmal home record under his ownership and Panthers fans are finding better things to do with their Sundays than come watch the Panthers lose. 

If Tepper whiffs on the next head coach, which is pretty likely given his track record of failure as an NFL owner, the Panthers will cement their place as an NFL punching bag where opposing fans can enjoy a home game away from home. 

[Snake]

Yup but tbh we have sucked everywhere under him. 

[jayboogieman]

[BIGH2001]

He’s an idiot who deserves lots of smoke. He better not fug up the next coaching hire or he’ll be approaching Dan Snyder status. 

[jopie87]

15-25 has to be miles better than the road record though....right?

[jopie87]

24 minutes ago, BIGH2001 said:

He’s an idiot who deserves lots of smoke. He better not fug up the next coaching hire or he’ll be approaching Dan Snyder status. 

I think Dan Snyder status is reserved for straight up bad people.

I'm a billion miles away from N.C., is Tepper seen as a straight up bad human or does he just kind of suck at the team owner thing?

[Snake]

28 minutes ago, BIGH2001 said:

He’s an idiot who deserves lots of smoke. He better not fug up the next coaching hire or he’ll be approaching Dan Snyder status. 

I'm pretty sure not even Snyder has lost 100mill on a busted practice field. 

[hepcat]

17 minutes ago, jopie87 said:

15-25 has to be miles better than the road record though....right?

Away record is 12-27 since 2018. Panthers are f*cking garbage since Tepper took over. 

[rayzor]

Worst. Security. Ever.

[Jon Snow]

11 hours ago, hepcat said:

Away record is 12-27 since 2018. Panthers are f*cking garbage since Tepper took over. 

They were trending hot garbage when he bought the team. He just hasn't changed that trajectory. If anything he's accelerated it.

[countryboi]

We were trash when Tepper bought the Panthers, Tepper has only hired on coach, that guy has been fired, and we are still in that season. We get it you don't like him but this feels like an argument for 3 seasons from now. 

[top dawg]

Well, Rhule...

[hepcat]

9 minutes ago, countryboi said:

We were trash when Tepper bought the Panthers, Tepper has only hired on coach, that guy has been fired, and we are still in that season. We get it you don't like him but this feels like an argument for 3 seasons from now. 

I do disagree with how bad the team was when he bought it. He bought a 11-5 wildcard playoff team. The main f*ck up has been the QB and head coach, which are obviously the most important positions on the team. 

But saying the Panthers were trash when he bought them is incorrect. 

[hepcat]

20 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

They were trending hot garbage when he bought the team. He just hasn't changed that trajectory. If anything he's accelerated it.

Trending trash, maybe. But it’s not like John Fox and Ron Rivera inherited ideal situations either. Fox inherited a 1-15 team and Rivera inherited a 2-14 team. Rhule by contrast inherited a team that was 2 seasons removed from a playoff appearance.