Video: David Tepper explains why he fired Ron Rivera

[RumHam]

Sounds like hurney went after guys tepper wanted and being the typical walk over he is, it didn't mesh well with implementation of ron. I guess we get one or ten more years of poo. Hurneys blow jobs must be amazing. The guy cannot judge talent and now this has me questioning tepper even more

[t96]

6 minutes ago, Doc Holiday said:

Or he recognizes that Hurney is the best first round drafter in the NFL. May want to hang onto someone like that. 

Yep, seems like he’ll have an opportunity to stick around in a role, as a part of a team that is making decisions but he won’t be the top dog in the FO. This is a somewhat unique structure if that’s what it is, but it’s had some success in different places... Right here in Carolina the Hurricanes have somewhat of a GM/FO by committee with several people involved and nobody with ‘final say’ and the Seahawks have a similar structure in their FO.

[Mr. Scot]

9 minutes ago, Doc Holiday said:

Or he recognizes that Hurney is the best first round drafter in the NFL. May want to hang onto someone like that. 

He specifically mentions around 5:15 that he could potentially put someone else (maybe an analytical type) in the GM rols.

Given that the vast majority of his talk there was about scouting, I'd say it's at least possible that you see Marty reassigned (Director of College Scouting perhaps) and someone else given final say over the full roster.

I could live with that. Scouting department heads are primarily administrators.

So for non-Hurney fans, I wouldn't panic just yet.

[GoPanthers123]

I agree Hurndog has been good with the draft 

[Black&BlueBubba]

[Argus Plexus]

Tl:dr expect shitty games for 2-3 seasons of rebuild.

[Harbingers]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

He specifically mentions around 5:15 that he could potentially put someone else (maybe an analytical type) in the GM rols.

The fact he went coach first says everything. Hurney is making Tepper his bitch. And destroying the fan base, the team will move to saint Louis and the falcons will win next years superb owl. 

[TN05]

The five years comment is extremely concerning. I am not in the mood to wait five years to be competitive again with the roster we have right now.

[BurnHurnBurn]

[Argus Plexus]

2 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

The fact he went coach first says everything. Hurney is making Tepper his bitch. And destroying the fan base, the team will move to saint Louis and the falcons will win next years superb owl. 

If this happens I blame you.

[TheMostInterestingMan]

8 minutes ago, MVPccaffrey said:

If Tepper is dumb enough to keep Hurney long term, we might as well trade our 2nd through 6th round draft picks every year to be honest.

I’m not a Hurney guy but the dude may have drafted two league MVPs on this same roster. Say what you want, but that’s definitely something you take notice of 

[Mr. Scot]

10 minutes ago, firefox1234 said:

“Marty Hurner is one of the best evaluators of college talent in the country. period. And I don’t want to lose that”

Why not make head of scouting operations instead of a full blown GM?!

I'd say that's a real possibility.

Go back and listen again and you'll notice that in the clip, you never hear Tepper say the words "Marty is remaining in the GM role".

If that were the case, why not just say so?

[TN05]

3 minutes ago, Argus Plexus said:

Tl:dr expect shitty games for 2-3 seasons of rebuild.

This is what everyone here wanted. As a fan it's not what I want... but some people here are going to understand what this means for maybe the first time.

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

To truly move on to the next era of Panthers football we need a complete house cleaning of the front office. I'm honestly tired of these same old names in the FO