Mr. Scot

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.

Definitely would love to hear Staley's version of things because I'm pretty sure he'd take no prisoners.

As to Belichick or Harbaugh, I'm not on board with either of those guys. If I were forced to choose between the two, I'd definitely take Harbaugh. Belichick is washed. But I'd rather not have either one...

Even agreeing to that premise, he still should have been allowed to build his staff as he saw fit. And if he truly did want a different quarterback, that's who he should have been given. Telling a guy he has to do things your way and then firing him when it goes poorly is a sign of a really horrible leader.

Then talked him into hiring people that he wasn't familiar with and who had different philosophies to help him do the job. What I think we're going to see a lot of in future stories is the idea that Frank was just "too nice" and/or too cooperative / collaborative for the position he was in.

Heaven knows Reich Is a good person, and there's an argument to be made that being too much of a nice guy helped do him in. It's very possible that he wanted to give Brown his opportunity and may have tried to help him after realizing he just wasn't ready. Don't know. Gonna be interesting to see the stories that emerge after the season's over.

That's a narrative I'm not going to be too surprised to see people take up. Frank certainly did some things wrong, but there's an argument to be made that he just put in a terrible position.

That's probably a lot of us. He's smart not to discuss that in public though.

Brady went down a step to quarterback coach and got more experience. His second stint as an OC has a limited sample but so far looks better than his first one. Won't surprise me if Brown does the same thing.

The "we know we're already fired" part was essentially correct, but putting it in a way that made it sound like they were just going through the motions was a bad look. Don't know that it'll follow him given all the dysfunction this team has anyway, but it probably would have been better left unsaid.

It's not just the playcalling. He wrote the playbook. I would guess he'll get another job as a runningback coach somewhere, and maybe with more time he'll be ready to be an OC. Unfortunately for us, this is the second time in the last few years that we've put an "up-and-comer" in that spot only to find out they weren't ready yet.

This basically confirms that yes, it was his wife and the exchange was legit. And I'm pretty sure he does have a reaction to it, but he's wise to keep it quiet.

Jake has a standing those guys don't.