Mr. Scot

My guess would be because Bridgewater probably didn't buy his college bullsh-t. If you think back, there was evidence of that in his pressers.

That's pure Panther fan thinking with no evidence to support it. Tepper has no more attachment to Morgan than he did to Newton. It also ignores that Morgan came here to work with Fitterer. He considers Fitterer his scouting mentor.

My guess: He believed he could do it. Hell, he probably thought he was. That might be why when the losing happened this season, he started to look like he was losing control. And yeah, I think he probably planned to make "The Brand" the franchise slogan.

Background : Drummond was part of the search that netted Rhule despite, as mentioned, having no real football background. He's currently listed as Vice President of Football Operations.

Well, we now know he took full control of that search, so...

People leaking previously undisclosed revelations after a control freak gets fired surprises you? Wow

Yeah, gotta figure the tight lid on camp media was from Rhule. And I'm now more convinced than I was yesterday that the attempt to downplay "keep pounding" came from him as well.

From the article: He at times treated the Panthers franchise like his own personal kingdom. Rhule — like a lot of other college coaches who made the jump to the NFL — wanted his hands in every part of the organization, from the training room and personnel department to the digital media team. Regarding the failure to land a franchise quarterback: Not that he didn’t try. The way he cycled through Teddy Bridgewater, Sam Darnold and finally Baker Mayfield, it was as if Rhule was starting a collection of journeyman QBs. The Panthers also made unsuccessful runs at Matthew Stafford and Deshaun Watson. Getting one of those guys would have changed the direction of the franchise and — in the case of Watson — its reputation as well. And though Rhule directed the annual QB chase, he had others signing off on the pursuit — from former offensive coordinator Joe Brady (who lobbied for Bridgewater) to general manager Scott Fitterer (who signed off on the trades for Darnold and Mayfield) to owner David Tepper, who stroked the checks.

That’s not unusual for college coaches. But at the pro level, yeah. I mean, do you think Bill Belichick checks what’s on the team’s Twitter feed?

This is why...

One potential option if you're looking at some of his old colleagues... Rob Chudzinski

Huge difference... Scott Fitterer has over twenty years of experience as a personnel guy, and that as part of a successful organization. Marty Hurney had none.

Mike Kaye's clarification on what was said...

No.

Matt Rhule is gone. That's better.

Said it elsewhere... We're better today than we were yesterday.

We're better today than we were yesterday, that's for sure.

Wilks has been a head coach one time, and for a crappy team and organization.

No argument...

I mean... This genuinely was a pretty bad thing for a head coach to say

Being a college coach

He wasn't just a coach though. He was in charge of "the program" and from what we're hearing it sounds as though he was treating staff like peons. It's not the players who are speaking out...yet.

Yeah, it turns out Bridgewater was likely telling the truth. The whole notion just sounded so ridiculous it was hard to accept.