Mr. Scot

That's not the only thing...

It ain't that simple.

Excerpts: Reich’s firing represents a colossal miss by Tepper, whose hands-on style and quick-trigger history of canning coaches and executives demand a thorough self-examination before he botches another hire. ... Tepper again is expected to focus his search on an offensive-minded coach with the hopes of coaxing more out of Young than Reich and his staff did. The Panthers traded their 2024 first-round pick, two second-round selections and wide receiver DJ Moore to acquire the No. 1 pick from Chicago to take Young, the 2021 Heisman Trophy winner from Alabama who has ranked among the league’s worst passers statistically all season. ... Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson was Tepper’s top target last winter before the Asheville, N.C., native and former North Carolina quarterback removed himself from consideration. Tepper should go after Johnson again, though Johnson will attract other interest and it’s fair to suggest the Panthers’ job is less appealing than it was a year ago. Tepper could go big-game hunting for Bill Belichick, Jim Harbaugh or Sean McVay, whom the Panthers would have to trade for. He should also take a long look at Houston Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik, who’s helped guide C.J. Stroud to one of the best seasons ever by a rookie quarterback. ... Besides the millions Tepper will offer the next coach — not an insignificant consideration — he might have trouble convincing anyone to work for him. The Athletic was among the outlets that called for Tepper to hire Wilks, who earned the respect of the locker room with his honest approach and established a physical identity with a tough defense and downhill rushing attack. The Panthers went 6-6 under Wilks, now the San Francisco 49ers’ defensive coordinator. But Tepper was locked in on an offensive coach: Seven of the nine candidates came from that side of the ball. Just as importantly, Tepper wanted the anti-Matt Rhule, a college coach who didn’t connect with professional players. Where Rhule and the bulk of his staff lacked NFL chops, Reich had decades of experience as a player and coach in the league. ... Tepper said in January he made a mistake in hiring a CEO-type head coach in Rhule, adding: “You want to get somebody who’s really good on offense or really good on defense. And we think that Frank is really good on offense.” But hiring an offensive coordinator Reich had never worked with — and then merging the Rams’ concepts Brown brought from L.A. with Reich’s system — was ill-conceived. Injuries to starting guards Austin Corbett and Brady Christensen didn’t help, as opponents disrupted the 5-foot-10 Young’s timing and downfield vision with interior pressure. ... Now Tepper gets another chance to try to make things right. His history suggests that will be easier said than done. Much.

Young guys know their first opportunity might be their only one. With that knowledge, would you want to work for David Tepper?

No one questions Tepper's balls. A lot of us question his brains.

The bigger question is who's going to tie their career to David Tepper? Is a young guy whose first opportunity might be his only opportunity going to want to come work for an owner who meddles and then is impatient with the results?

The tweet saying that people in the building hadn't been told yet means that yes, the media had it before people who it directly affected were informed. That's incredibly unprofessional. The toxic environment that exists around this team is not the fault of anybody except David Tepper. Frankly, it exists in pretty much every enterprise he owns. He's the problem. But what makes it worse is he thinks he's the hero.

Do we trust him to identify that person though? I know who I have in mind, but I have no idea whether Tepper will go that route

That's probably about his only chance of getting decent candidates. That said, I seriously question whether Tepper knows how to identify "real football people".

Yeah, I think that's a possibility.

Could easily have been made as an anonymous team announcement. This is Tepper trying to play the hero while not understanding that in reality, he's the villain.

Frank being fired is just the latest log on the fire. Tepper's reputation around the league is pretty bad, both for meddling and being difficult to work for. And then you have to throw in that you come in with no first round pick and a quarterback you can't move on from for at least a year.

Tepper making the announcement himself is another sign of his unchecked ego

Ben Johnson is going to have way better opportunities than the kind of toxic atmosphere this team has.

You're seriously going to defend David Tepper? Have fun with that one

Yeah, actually. Our current DC turned down the interim job. Also, the Broncos are a team with a lot better history and more respected ownership than we are. David Tepper is considered a bad owner to work for per sources all around the league.

And this is bullsh-t David Tepper is an absolute moron.

Damn, this is unprofessional...

Tabor

Garafolo was wrong, or more likely he was right at the time and things changed after the game.

Garafolo was wrong, or perhaps was right at the time but things changed after yesterday's game.