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Nah, just not great with public speaking. That is the last thing I care about. Hurney was good at it.

David Newton with the first "hypothetical" Deshaun question. Fitterer redirects, says first he needs to get to know the guys he has therer.

Says he and Rhule have a lot of the same philosophies.

Will use technology to make smarter decisions. Going to look for every competitive advantage they can find.

Says his initial interview was with Tepper about the cap and analytics. Not much football at that point.

2 minutes in. No mention of Deshaun Watson. GET TO IT SCOTT

Fitterer thanks the Seahawks org. Spent 20 years there.

Starting shortly. Keep it here for updates

So we do it better then, like this joint.

I'd be up for providing the infrastructure and such if someone wanted to spearhead the initiative.

With how they are diminishing teddy through their words they are really backing themselves into a corner. They 100% have to have a different answer in 2021 at QB or the fans are gonna revolt.

That is true.

My folks live in the Tampa Bay area and every damn day I am trying to get them an appointment to get them vaccinated but there is no vaccine to give.

We really cannot get anything out of this news without knowing the details of each contract. My gut says the Panthers offered him league minimum. Pittsburgh a little more.

2021 GM hiring is complete Atlanta: Terry Fontenot Carolina: Scott Fitterer Denver: George Paton Detroit: Brad Holmes Houston: Nick Caserio Jacksonville: Trent Baalke Washington: Martin Mayhew Place your bets: Who will be the first to get canned?

Fitterers first press conference as the Carolina Panthers General Manager is scheduled for 11:30 today and will be stream on all Panthers social media and website. If you had the first question, what would it be?

You get extra credit for using the work poop on the topic title. A+ thread

The NCAA Forum located here... https://www.carolinahuddle.com/forum/11-ncaa-talk/ Has been untouched for several months. I am considering scrapping it. Thoughts?

Will there be synergy?

The Carolina Panthers media recently spoke to owner David Tepper about his recent hire of Scott Fitterer in the role of Panthers GM. Here is a breakdown of what was said and my opinion of what is happening between the lines. - Tepper confirmed he spoke to 12 outside candidates and 2 internal candidates. He confirmed what I had posted last week, these interviews were as much about him learning what he wanted in a GM as much as learning about the GM candidates. - Scott Fitterer is regarded as excellent evaluator, something Marty Hurney himself recently has said he was not. - Fitterer has experience in draft room for Seattle. Tepper put emphasis on Seattle's luck in drafting later rounds and would like to see the Carolina Panthers improve in this area. (amen) - Fitterer has experience with salary cap strategy in Seattle. - Tepper likes Seattle's flat organizational style, meaning fewer levels of management and more direct information flow. Less supervision and more delegation to employees to do their jobs. - Tepper mentioned Seattle has the second best record over past several years next to New England. He adds without prompting "It doesn't hurt to have a QB that can take you there" which can easily be seen as him not being satisfied with the current QB situation. - Tepper mentioned he likes a GM that will challenge the coaching staff. Fitterer certainly has the credentials to do so. At the end of the interview, Tepper reflected on his first seasons here and confirmed what many of us had suspected. He screwed the pooch. I imagine what he is referring to mostly here is keeping Rivera for a season too long and even worse keeping Hurney two seasons too long. That is precious wasted time. The good news here is that Tepper recognizes his own misgivings. Not every owner would own up to it, most would not. Tepper concludes by saying he hopes the Rhule and Fitterer hiring are among his best when all is said and done.

Trust me. The guys that work in the org want Deshaun as much or more than any of us do.

LMAO, they got a whif of the near 100% fan outrage and backed out quick.

Tepper speaks on the record about the GM and also comments on QB Notice the line "it doesn't hurt to have a QB that can take you there" referencing the Superbowl. Doesn't take much to read between the lines here. We getting a QB, ladies and gents.

How would you know, you just registered recently? This made me CHUCKle.