SI writers grade the Morgan hire and claim we may also hire one of the other candidates to work under Morgan….

[WarPanthers89]

I was reading sports illustrated grading of our Morgan hire, and noticed a few tidbits from the 4 write ups. Seems that we may hire one of the other candidates we interviewed to work under Morgan as well.

Schuyler Callihan: C+.

I think Morgan has the chance to be really good in this role. He knows what it takes to win in Carolina and knows this roster better than anyone they interviewed. However, I think going with an external candidate would have provided a cleaner slate. There are some rumors that one of the candidates they interviewed will join Morgan in the front office and if that goes through, then this grade gets rounded up.

Matt Alquiza: C+.

I’m not going to pretend like I know the inner machinations of the Carolina front office, but it’s odd to me that they’re retaining Morgan. On some level, he has been involved in the disaster that the last few years have been. On the positive side, he has personnel director experience in Seattle and Buffalo, two well run, successful teams. It seems as if they’ll hire somebody with financial acumen to pair with his football knowledge. It’s a structure that can work, but I’m dubious.

[WarPanthers89]

Side note: I have a feeling Morgan will absolutely crush his new role and make us a Super Bowl contender in no time. My reasoning for saying this? The Huddle seems to overall hate this move. Typically any moves we make that the huddle gets excited about, the opposite always ends up happening from FA signings, to draft picks, to office moves etc  

[jfra78]

Huddle told me everyone at SI was fired

[WarPanthers89]

2 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

Huddle told me everyone at SI was fired

The huddle never misses, although who is left may be regular posters on the Huddle that they have hired.

[3838]

Those dudes could have wrote up their "grades" while standing in the unemployment line..... just saying.

[Carl Spackler]

1 hour ago, WarPanthers89 said:

Side note: I have a feeling Morgan will absolutely crush his new role and make us a Super Bowl contender in no time. My reasoning for saying this? The Huddle seems to overall hate this move. Typically any moves we make that the huddle gets excited about, the opposite always ends up happening from FA signings, to draft picks, to office moves etc  

Absolutely. This was my first thought when I saw Dan was hired.
 

Do most people hate it? Then it might be good.
 

Do most people love it? It’s guaranteed failure. 

[WarPanthers89]

35 minutes ago, 3838 said:

Those dudes could have wrote up their "grades" while standing in the unemployment line..... just saying.

I definitely didn’t take the grade to heart because that ultimately means the same as a huddler giving a grade. I did find it interesting that two of the 4 mentioned us hiring one of the candidates that we interviewed to work under Morgan. It brings up an interesting conversation because many, Including myself did not want a candidate that was more of an “analytical” guy and it will be interesting to pair one of them up working under Morgan who seems like a traditional GM with scouting experience.

[frankw]

So I take it there will be minimal change to the scouting department overall after what has been some of the worst drafting in franchise history?

[Riverboat Ron]

1 hour ago, WarPanthers89 said:

The huddle never misses, although who is left may be regular posters on the Huddle that they have hired.

[Tbe]

51 minutes ago, frankw said:

So I take it there will be minimal change to the scouting department overall after what has been some of the worst drafting in franchise history?

Who knows, but that does look like the likely direction.

[Shocker]

1 hour ago, Carl Spackler said:

Absolutely. This was my first thought when I saw Dan was hired.
 

Do most people hate it? Then it might be good.
 

Do most people love it? It’s guaranteed failure. 

Sound reasoning…explains a lot about you actually 

[BrisbanePanther]

I mean most on the board hate Tepper too so...is Tepper good now?

[Mr. Scot]

4 hours ago, WarPanthers89 said:

There are some rumors that one of the candidates they interviewed will join Morgan in the front office and if that goes through, then this grade gets rounded up.

Joe Person mentioned that if we do create a new position, it would be subject to the Rooney Rule so we couldn't necessarily just say "Okay, you didn't get that job but you're the man for this one."

Unknown if that's true but it sounds correct...

[WhoKnows]

4 hours ago, WarPanthers89 said:

Side note: I have a feeling Morgan will absolutely crush his new role and make us a Super Bowl contender in no time. My reasoning for saying this? The Huddle seems to overall hate this move. Typically any moves we make that the huddle gets excited about, the opposite always ends up happening from FA signings, to draft picks, to office moves etc  

Sorry man, but in the past few years, the huddle has been way more right than the team’s moves. Did you hear about the trade offer we declined for Burns? Have you seen our drafting?

The team has been absolutely gutted talent wise and literally every decision the team has made has been wrong except some small exceptions. Feel free to point to any move the huddle hated that turned out to be a great move.