Mr. Scot

Reich was doing some inexplicable things. I wouldn't argue that. Unfortunately, Tepper is the kind of guy who gets the wrong message even from good things.

Or otherwise... Mentioned in another thread that I could see Tepper offering the GM job to Browns executive Catherine Raiche, not necessarily because she's the best candidate (she may or may not be, I don't know) but because it would make headlines and help him look like a hero. Hiring an analytics type rather than a traditional personnel guy could also be an option. The same could be true of somebody like Eric Bieniemy. I don't really expect he'll be the best candidate available in the next cycle, but he could conceivably be one that would take the job. And then Tepper could crow about being the person who finally offered him the head coaching job people think he deserves. Tepper absolutely strikes me as someone who'd be willing to take a short term "feel good" bump for hiring someone, even if it meant getting a person who wasn't really the best option

I'm honestly a little scared of winning at this point. The reason? It might actually give David Tepper the impression that he did something smart.

Couple of those you'd be very unlikely to get... Peters is heir apparent to the 49ers job. Dodds already interviewed here and pulled himself out of the search. Ian Cunningham and Brandt Tillis also interviewed for jobs here previously. Kirchner is a longtime friend of Scott Fitterer (so is Morgan). Not sure how they'd view the job. Ryan Grigson was dog sh-t as Colts GM and might also be friends with Frank Reich. One name scares me a little bit for other reasons, Catherine Raiche. It's not that she scares me because she's female, but I don't really know that much about her career. My fear is if she gets a look here, It won't necessarily be because she's the best candidate but rather because Tepper would want to make a big splashy headline again by hiring the first female GM in the NFL. That's all well and good if she's truly great at her job. If it's for the sake of headlines, not so much. I don't know enough about her to say for sure... ...but I know plenty about Tepper, and what I know isn't good

The "sharks" that Jonathan Jones was referring to aren't likely to be young, up and coming coaches.

It's fair to point out that what he did but giving Matt Rhule the ridiculous contract he was given, Tepper has now also done for assistant coaches by being willing to "open the checkbook" in hiring Reich's staff. The other NFL owners that wanted him "in the club" might now be having some second thoughts about it

It's definitely possible.

He was going to have rookie struggles regardless. Nothing would prevent that. I'd agree he's developed some bad habits. They can conceivably be coaches out but it won't be easy.

Likely will at some point, though a lot of our situation is kind of up in the air at the moment.

Multiple people coming to the same hypothesis...

It'd be kinda silly to think you can keep much secret these days. There's already plenty of talk out there that working for Tepper is a sh-t assignment. Not likely any of this helps.

Been getting this feeling from stuff I've read, especially from Russini...

From Kaye:

From Adam Schefter, re: Scott Fitterer... It also remains uncertain who will help guide Tepper. The Panthers haven't given general manager Scott Fitterer any assurances that he will be retained, league sources said, though Carolina has intimated to some around the NFL that it would like to keep Fitterer. Even so, league sources believe Fitterer's future remains up in the air. Link

If it's from Staley (as is highly possible) it ain't good for us.

Not sure that'd make sense since none of those guys are likely to be here next year.

More here, but I haven't listened yet...

All I feel like I know for sure is he's gonna be mega-pissed at this story. And he should be, but not for the reasons that will likely trigger him.

Pretty sure when Tepper sees this story he's gonna blow his stack.

This also from Jeff Howe... The biggest names there will be Ben Johnson, Frank Smith, Kellen Moore and Bobby Slowik, and Johnson seems to be getting to the point where he can pick his spot. The problem for the Panthers, though, is Johnson may not want anything to do with David Tepper and his quick-hook problem.

Joe Person gives a tacit endorsement to Russini's reporting... Mike Kaye said something similar.

If you just want cash, sure. If you want a long, successful career you're gonna want to avoid a toxic environment. Right now, that's us

I don't necessarily see Duce being shy about what happened. He could technically be bound by a legal agreement of course, but there are ways... Hence why I say things could get extremely ugly this offseason.

And people are telling potential new coaches to stay far away for that very reason