Ian Rapoport: Jerry Richardson Has Zeroed In On David Tepper To Buy The Panthers

[PhillyB]

22 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

If the panthers go into a dome I will disown this team. I’d rather have the shield at midfield for life than ever play in a dome. The panthers have always kicked ass on grass and sucked in domes. 

why on earth do people care about this so much? i'll never understand 

[ickmule]

This could be the nail in the coffin for me.  I honestly don’t see this guy as a successful owner at least in the W/L column and that’s all I care about.   This will be another round just like the last 20+ years 

[bewonee]

2 minutes ago, PhillyB said:

why on earth do people care about this so much? i'll never understand 

1. we historically suck in domes

2. because i dont like domes

that's pretty much what the reasons are.

[Mr. Scot]

4 minutes ago, PhillyB said:

why on earth do people care about this so much? i'll never understand 

Got me.

I'm not a fan of domes, but I wouldn't switch team loyalties just because we got one.

[bobsfoodbasics]

5 minutes ago, ickmule said:

This could be the nail in the coffin for me.  I honestly don’t see this guy as a successful owner at least in the W/L column and that’s all I care about.   This will be another round just like the last 20+ years 

you don't see him as a successful owner because of what exactly? he's been very successful at his real job. 

 

[Mr. Scot]

19 minutes ago, Sam Mills Fan said:

FYI: the reason so many of you sweetened on Ben Navarro over the past 6 weeks is because he wanted you to. He hired a PR firm to help sell people just like you on his bid and you fell for it hook, line, and sinker. Those flowery stories about how great of a guy were pitched by that firm. He's a billionaire debt collector FFS, he's hardly the mix of Dean Smith and Dale Earnhardt like people were making him out to be.

Plenty of people were fans of Navarro well before any of the PR stuff started. Heck, some people jumped on that bandwagon the moment he was announced.

There are definitely reasons to prefer Navarro. Doesn't necessarily mean that people hate Tepper.

[ickmule]

1 minute ago, bobsfoodbasics said:

you don't see him as a successful owner because of what exactly? he's been very successful at his real job. 

 

So was JR and that didn’t translate into much.  I think the guy will be a control freak and that’s not good.  

[Sam Mills Fan]

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/994998212674113537

Rapaport tweets: "David Tepper wants to keep the #Panthers in Charlotte, too"

[bewonee]

1 minute ago, Sam Mills Fan said:

https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/994998212674113537

damn it i wanted them in raleigh

[PurityControl]

Let the guy actually own the team before you start crucifying him or stroking him off, on how bad or great he will be 

Just be happy JR and is leg shaving fetish is gone.

 

As for a Dome I don’t give a F**ck really, the weather is always the same on my couch.

 

 

[joeyxfresco]

As long as he doesn’t go Jimmy Haslam on us I’ll be okay. Hopefully Navarro can still get some sort of minority ownership 

[PhillyB]

18 minutes ago, bewonee said:

1. we historically suck in domes

2. because i dont like domes

that's pretty much what the reasons are.

this is about as lucid a collection of thoughts as your mario fan fiction with princess peach taking the d

[PhillyB]

17 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Got me.

I'm not a fan of domes, but I wouldn't switch team loyalties just because we got one.

domes are awesome aesthetically and they also help substantially with home field advantage. much easier to cultivate noise.

also domes and grass are not mutually exclusive 

[t96]

52 minutes ago, top dawg said:

Perhaps BOA is destined to be domed!

Weren’t Rubin and Kestembaum the main two looking for a dome? Not Tepper?