Mr. Scot

For at least next year, very.

Pretty much. What's sad is that a lot of what did him in was being too collaborative. But then a moment of selfishness is what ultimately sealed his fate.

You don't have that kind of impact on me, dude But if it makes you feel good, I can let you think you do since, for whatever reason, I seem to be very important in your thinking.

Lemme throw another potential name in here: Browns Assistant GM Catherine Raiche How good is she? Don't honestly know, but she's risen up the ranks and is generally considered likely to be the leagues first female GM. Gotta believe Tepper would love to be able to say he's the guy that hired her.

I'm worried Tepper will go for an analytics guy because he thinks it's the wave of the future and it'll be another chance to show he's smarter than everyone else.

Different skill set. It's fair to question whether or not Johnson has the head coaching skill set, but there's no doubt he knows offense.

Nah. Already said this needed to happen. You can't come back from a GM throwing his head coach under the bus.

My choices would be Will McClay, Joe Hortiz, Brandon Hunt or Ray Agnew If you really believe in the two-for-one idea with Ben Johnson (I don't).

That's a pretty common take...

I'm talking about Brown's offense getting shut out twice, as well as averaging fewer points than when Reich was calling the plays, because that's what happened. I get that you want me to pay attention to you dude, but I'm not interested. There's way better conversations to be had.

Atlanta took the "Black Monday" thing pretty seriously. Arthur Smith was reportedly fired at 12:01am.

Not sure I can sign on to this... If we're staying in-house, I'd probably prefer Adrian Wilson. But what I'd prefer most at this point is that we not stay in-house

I'm not even bothering with you, dude

Brown was reported to have been a Tepper pick, and ultimately a poor one. He wasn't ready to be an OC. His play designs were bad, his playcalling off, and there's speculation he was one of the people complaining behind Reich's back. And that's not even mentioning his wife's social media stunt. If there's an MVP for this season's coaching dysfunction, it's probably Brown.

Marty's greatest skill has always been the ability to save his own ass.

...and got shut out in back to back games.

From Mike Sando in The Athletic: What will Carolina do? That one could be most interesting of all, given owner Tepper’s experience with Ron Rivera, Perry Fewell, Matt Rhule, Steve Wilks, Frank Reich and Chris Tabor in his six seasons of ownership. Tepper, who made his billions in hedge funds, trades coaches like cryptocurrency. “We should probably predict who his next interim head coach is going to be,” a veteran exec joked. Sando's Pick Six Safe to say Tepper's reputation precedes him

Sort of... Teams don't generally fire assistants until they have a new head coach. New guy can then decide whether or not to keep them. Given the toxic atmosphere surrounding this last staff though, I wouldn't be surprised if they're all gone.

Rivera and Smith are gone. More to come:

There's an argument to be made that the Thomas Brown hire is what doomed Frank Reich.

Not just Tepper, it turns out: numerous picks and acquisitions were noted to be at the behest of coaches. - Matt Corral, Ban McAdoo - DJ Johnson, Ejiro Evero - Robbie Anderson (and others), Matt Rhule Our old friend Dr Flunky (or something) used to talk about collaboration being "The Appaloosa Way" (i.e. The Horsesh-t Method). Turns out that may have been what originally got him hired. (and ultimately got him fired)

More from Person: He shares an agent with former coach Matt Rhule, who had control of the 53-man roster during Fitterer’s first two years with the Panthers. So it was tough to know exactly who was responsible for some of the personnel decisions, although Rhule’s influence was obvious in some cases, like with all of his former Temple and Baylor players. And while Fitterer’s ability to build bridges makes him well-liked in league circles and helped him establish a positive work environment with the Panthers’ scouts and personnel executives, there were times when being more resolute would have benefited him. The decision to give wide receiver Robbie Anderson, a Temple guy and locker room cancer, a two-year, $29.5 million extension had Rhule’s hands all over it. When Anderson proved to be a one-year wonder as well as a malcontent, at least Fitterer was able to wrangle two late-round picks out of Arizona for him.

That's actually a common theme this morning: Ultimately, a guy who was too collaborative (the same issue as Reich, ironically enough) paired with a head coach and an owner who were more than willing to take advantage. But he also stabbed Reich in the back, so...

Because Thomas Brown won't be running the offense next season...

Thomas Brown