Mr. Scot

Telesco was actually with the Panthers scouting department in the beginning (1995-1997). He's got a pretty good reputation, but no connection to David Tepper that I know of.

Pretty heavy rumors about him going to the Commanders...

I'd say it also has to do with the question of who we can get (and who we can't)

On coaching...

Or try to make a big splash. I've wondered if he might try to make Catherine Raiche the NFL's first female GM for PR reasons. Whether or not she's good? Don't know enough to say except she's risen to an assistant GM role in Cleveland.

Irsay then replaced him with Jeff Saturday. He pushed to keep Saturday during their coaching search too. People were scared to death he wouldn't let go.

It turned out to be like the Dolphins and Eagles "all star teams" from a few years back...lots of great players that didn't work well together.

Which part?

He's gonna have to. Guaranteed contract, full control...that's what Lynch and Shanahan got. Hard to imagine Peters taking anything less.

Two of those years were with Matt Rhule, and then all the dysfunction of this year thrown in. But it doesn't matter now. He backstabbed the coach. There's no way in hell you can keep him.

Sounds like he reads the Huddle

FYI: Can't see it in my post of course, but there's a link within that article to this article... The reasons why David Tepper ultimately fired Frank Reich Very informative article if you haven't seen it...

From his latest mailbag.(Link) From Justin Mason (@Masonjt24): Do you think Adam Peters could replace Scott [Fitterer] in Carolina at season end? Justin, it’s hard, at this point, to envision very many people surviving in Carolina after how this season has gone. I think Fitterer is a solid general manager, and he’s been on the job for only three years, which is a short period over which to evaluate someone in his spot. That said, there was a little tell in how owner David Tepper handled the firing of Frank Reich that can give a little insight into where he might take his franchise next. Tepper could’ve used the opportunity to audition Thomas Brown or Ejiro Evero for the job. Instead, he turned to special teams coordinator Chris Tabor. Part of that is it’s what’s least disruptive to the staff in-season. But another could be that it made what happened last year less likely. And that’s not to say Tepper didn’t want his team to catch fire like it did under Steve Wilks last year. Instead, it could mean Tepper was looking ahead toward blowing things up and didn’t want to be under pressure, again, to elevate an interim coach to full-time status. If he then had his eye on starting over with the coaching staff, it stands to reason Tepper may well want to turn the page in a more complete way on his football operation. If he does that, yes, Peters would be a good candidate, as someone who has interviewed there before and has experience going to Super Bowls with the Patriots, Broncos and 49ers through his two-decade career as a personnel man. ... Personally still don't believe he'll leave his "dream job" (especially not for an organization as dysfunctional as ours) but you never know.

He reportedly wants to have the all-time win record before he retires. Not sure I'd pick our organization if that's my goal.

As far as influences, but Brown wrote the plays. That's per Brown himself. Frank put him on a position he wasn't really ready for. Mind you, it's not a bad thing to give somebody an opportunity, but if they aren't ready for it then this is the kind of thing that happens.

Reich didn't write the playbook.

About as good an answer as I expected...

Granted, but I do think he'd like to have gone out better.

An incompetent owner, unless he gets outside help...

The Appaloosa Way

I think he really wanted to "come home" and finish his journey here. Absolutely hate how it wound up

Wish we were in a position to get this guy. We could slide Ickey to left guard and get back to having a dominant line

Best ownership philosophy: Offensive coach, defensive coach, quarterback guru, whatever... Just stay the hell out of it.

That's pretty much my take right now. Get the feeling that if / when we get more info, It's going to sound like a Mongolian cluster of huge proportions

David Tepper was never hiring that guy though.