The team under Tepper

[Mr. Scot]

On 5/11/2018 at 1:35 PM, TheRed said:

If Tepper as owner means getting away from the overly emphasized small town southern values bullshit then I'm all for it.

Couple of things I've gathered from reading his profile...

Personality wise, Tepper is foul mouthed, coarse, aggressive, abrasive and a poor loser.

When it comes to business decisions, he's analytical, unemotional, fearless and not the least bit sentimental.

He's about as different from Jerry Richardson as I could imagine.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, bull123 said:

Sounds like a real peach

From his New York magazine profile...
 

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“He’s an asshole, to say the least,” says someone who worked with him. “I had stuff thrown at me. He can be a nice guy off the desk, in the kitchen or walking to the car. It’s almost like Jekyll and Hyde, you didn’t know any given day who was going to walk through the door.” This is not merely someone with a grudge. When Tepper coached elementary-school kids in softball, Phil Glassman says, he could be heard screaming all the way down the block.

Tepper admits he can be difficult. “I used to be worse,” he says over the phone. “When I was at Goldman, I’d say things to people like, ‘Do you know what a schmuck is? Go look in the mirror.’ Now I’m kinder and gentler. Aren’t I kinder and gentler?” he asks his employees.

In the background there’s silence.

“Aren’t I kinder and gentler?”

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, bull123 said:

Maybe Pittsburg or New Jersey would be a better fit for you

Ironic.

David Tepper grew up in Pittsburgh and lived in New Jersey for a while.

[Mr. Scot]

Another contrast...

Part of the reason Jerry Richardson and Bill polian didn't get along was because Polian could get royally pissed off while negotiating.  Richard used to try to get Bill Polian to dial it down by sending him notes with words like "CALM" in all caps. 

How high strung was Polian?  He was said to have once thrown a chair at an agent and was accused of assaulting a Jets employee.

Now you've got an owner who's been known to throw things at people in his office and scream at youth baseball games.

Yeah...Things are changing.

[bigdog10]

If he tries to implement a psl process with a new stadium, I could see it being a major flop. 

As a current psl owner, there is no way id pony up the dough for new psls. 

[TheRed]

2 hours ago, bull123 said:

Maybe Pittsburg or New Jersey would be a better fit for you

The amount of hurt feelings over that comment amuses me.

There's a reason our outgoing owner was forced to sell the team. For years he was known as the epitome of a "southern gentleman". We see how that turned out. He also folded like a lawn chair when directly faced with ignorant hateful remarks toward NFL players last year. Good riddance.

Jerry Richardson is basically Harvey Weinstein meets Paula Dean.

The bitter rednecks of the Panthers fanbase can poo on posts if it makes them feel better. But it doesn't change the fact that everything they eagerly embraced about the Jerry Richardson brand of football over the last two decades was a complete and utter sham. It's comical.

[TPanther920]

14 minutes ago, TheRed said:

The amount of hurt feelings over that comment amuses me.

There's a reason our outgoing owner was forced to sell the team. For years he was known as the epitome of a "southern gentleman". We see how that turned out. He also folded like a lawn chair when directly faced with ignorant hateful remarks toward NFL players last year. Good riddance.

Jerry Richardson is basically Harvey Weinstein meets Paula Dean.

The bitter rednecks of the Panthers fanbase can poo on posts if it makes them feel better. But it doesn't change the fact that everything they eagerly embraced about the Jerry Richardson brand of football over the last two decades was a complete and utter sham. It's comical.

The fact that one man is a dick doesn't make entire culture a sham. There is a reason everyone wants to move to the south. Soon enough transplants will do to NC what Californians did to Colorado.

[TheRed]

Just now, TPanther920 said:

The fact that one man is a dick doesn't make entire culture a sham. There is a reason everyone wants to move to the south. Soon enough transplants will do to NC what Californians did to Colorado.

The fact that you would attempt to lessen the impact of his wildly inappropriate workplace behavior and casual racism reflects quite poorly on you. Yet simultaneously you want to torch carry for "southern values"? How confused are you?

[chknwing]

Am I the only one that believes when Tepper gets the team, hardly anything changes.  I mean poo, guys gonna spend $2 Billion.  You think his next step is to rush into a bunch of expensive changes like building a new stadium?  Not happening.  I do expect changes in ticket prices, food, etc.  I expect BOA to be rented out more to generate more revenue.  Expect new/more advertisements.   Teppers not stupid and hes gonna recoup some of his investment first before plowing into another investment.

[Mr. Scot]

34 minutes ago, chknwing said:

Am I the only one that believes when Tepper gets the team, hardly anything changes.  I mean poo, guys gonna spend $2 Billion.  You think his next step is to rush into a bunch of expensive changes like building a new stadium?  Not happening.  I do expect changes in ticket prices, food, etc.  I expect BOA to be rented out more to generate more revenue.  Expect new/more advertisements.   Teppers not stupid and hes gonna recoup some of his investment first before plowing into another investment.

Given what I've read of his personality, when it comes to stuff like a new practice facility, stadium, etc, he's gonna look to get as much money as he can from the NFL, government and other sources before he spends a single dime of his own.

[Mr. Scot]

On 5/12/2018 at 9:42 AM, Jeremy Igo said:

I'd gladly trade "needing free agents" with "superior drafting".

I've said that I believe it's possible the front office gets a year to audition, though I'm not as confident of that as I am the coaching staff.  You can replace a GM at this time of year and get away with it.  A head coach?  Not so much.

But it also occurs to me that Tepper could start bringing some of his own people into the operation without immediately firing anyone, and that may indeed be the better route.

We have no team president right now, and that'd be a promotion for a guy like Omar Khan.  Likewise, we have no Assistant GM or Director of Player Personnel or anything like that at the moment either.  You could easily fill those positions with someone like Phil Kreidler, Brandon Hunt, Samir Suleiman or someone like that.

Side Note: Suleiman is who the Steelers have tapped to be heir apparent to Omar Khan if he gets a GM job (which they expect he will) so I doubt you could get both but stranger things have happened.

[Mr. Scot]

And here's a bit of wishful thinking on my part...

I wonder, if Tepper offered him a title like Team President or something similar and total control, would Kevin Colbert consider jumping ship?

My guess would be probably not, and even if he did the Steelers could probably prevent it (at least until Colbert's contract ran out) but it's a tactic that's been used successfully before.  Heck, that's how the Colts got Polian.

Having Colbert as the architect of the Panthers future would be quite a coup.

[Moo Daeng]

4 hours ago, TheRed said:

The fact that you would attempt to lessen the impact of his wildly inappropriate workplace behavior and casual racism reflects quite poorly on you. Yet simultaneously you want to torch carry for "southern values"? How confused are you?

This is what it sounds like when a moron tries to sound smart. Your words don't even relate to what you are replying to.

 

[TheRed]

12 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

This is what it sounds like when a moron tries to sound smart. Your words don't even relate to what you are replying to.

This is what it looks like when someone lacks the ability to form an actual rebuttal, but still can't resist awkwardly attempting to shoehorn themselves into a conversation.

Keep it pushing poindexter.