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Who are David Tepper’s football mentors or influences?

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I’m sure many of you have watched a lot more videos of David Tepper than I have. Has he ever divulged who (if anyone) his mentors or influences are when he became a new NFL owner? Who does he lean on or confide in for advice and guidance?

Tepper was sold to the fans as a “new breed” of owner who was going to do things differently and shake up the NFL world. And he has, to his credit, been true to his word. The contract he gave to Matt Rhule completely reshaped the salary structure for new head coaches given the ridiculous contract Tepper gave Rhule. The problem has been that nothing he has done has made the team better. Nothing. 

So my question is, if Mr. Tepper insists on continuing to involve himself in the decisions of the team on the field, how is he getting better? What are his resources to improve his own performance? The owner has no one to answer to aside from the fanbase not showing up or paying to see the games. But he’s fortunate that visiting fans are so abundant in Charlotte that the stadium will almost always be full either way. So unfortunately the fans can’t really hold him accountable that way either.

If he’s mentioned anyone, literally anyone, who he has a relationship with as a mentor to improve his NFL ownership, I’d be curious to know who it was. 

Because to me as a fan, if the owner is going to be going out to interview the coaches, and be involved in the decisions of the potential draft picks, and it keeps failing, he’d better show the fanbase how he’s going to get better at his job or get out of the way. Otherwise it’s just insanity doing the same thing over and over again and expecting the results to change. 

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2 minutes ago, 4Corners said:

Yep. I’m not saying Polian can’t offer some good advice on a few things, but my God every single roster move and coaching move has been underwhelming and at times awful. 

Seriously. Even Vonn Bell has been underwhelming.  Every single move this past offseason looks like a miss. Mingo, DJJ, Zavala, that FSU S, Miles Sanders, Chark, it's endless.  

BP had good moments in his career but I'm pretty sure he even acknowledges he's a bit past the times when it comes to eval.  He probably offers good insight when it comes to operational stuff and how to deal with stuff situationally, but I doubt he's offered player intel.  We've got an entire scouting dept. for that.  

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