Last year, or first year?

[Mr. Scot]

Jerry Richardson is gone. It's likely he won't be setting foot in Panthers facilities ever again. David Tepper is now in charge of anything and everything Panthers related...

..sort of.

Tepper has already acknowledged that he has a steep learning curve ahead of him for at least the next year or so. Add in that for the moment, his primary responsibility is still running his hedge fund. Kent Babb speculated that he'll make a transition to Panthers ownership being his primary thing within the next year or so, but we don't know that for certain.

There's talk of a team president being named, and while that may happen soon it hasn't yet. Outside of Tina Becker's "resignation", Richard Thigpen's firing (no quotes needed) and a few title changes and minor hirings that Tepper didn't really have anything to do with, the organization is largely the same as it was before he took over.

So with that in mind, will you regard this coming season as the last of the Richardson era or the first of the Tepper era?

[hepcat]

You answered your question in the first sentence. 

[Jackofalltrades]

Good question, not sure. I’ll probably write it off as a transitional year and hope for the best. 

[Jon Snow]

Until he cleans house it's still JR's team IMO.   

[dpm0409]

First of the Tepper era for me. 

He now officially owns the team, sooo idk how it could still be classified as the JR era?  Just my opinion though.

[Moo Daeng]

You are obsessed with Richardson

[TheCasillas]

Once he brings in the new president thats when the new era starts, right now its in a transitional phase. 

[Moo Daeng]

35 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

Until he cleans house it's still JR's team IMO.   

So TD, Olsen, Newton, Kuechly?

[TheCasillas]

1 minute ago, Moo Daeng said:

You are obsessed with Richardson

I'lll agree here with this. Not to spark debate or throw shade, it just seems to be a common name in Mr. Scot's posts.

[Mr. Scot]

20 minutes ago, dpm0409 said:

First of the Tepper era for me. 

He now officially owns the team, sooo idk how it could still be classified as the JR era?  Just my opinion though.

If someone put together an organization with zero input from you and you just purchased it, would you deserve credit for any success they had?

I firmly believe that Tepper will put his stamp on the organization, but I question whether that's going to be this year.

[Mr. Scot]

1 hour ago, Jackofalltrades said:

Good question, not sure. I’ll probably write it off as a transitional year and hope for the best. 

I think that's probably how a lot of folks will see it, and it's fair.

If you had to choose one or the other though...that's the premise of the question.

[Mr. Scot]

16 minutes ago, Moo Daeng said:

You are obsessed with Richardson

I'm obsessed with good discussion.

You're obsessed with trying to convince people you're better or smarter than you actually are, hence why you dump on other people's comments so much.

FYI: That's also what makes you boring.

[Moo Daeng]

We know this is just a segue in order to keep talking about him for another year. 

[LinvilleGorge]

1 hour ago, hepcat said:

You answered your question in the first sentence. 

This. JR is gone. This is Tepper's organization now. Any changes that are made or not made are his decisions.