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David Tepper talks to Albert Breer


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David Tepper is searching for a head coach for the first time as the Panthers’ owner, and he opens up to @AlbertBreer about what he’s looking for in a coach (and more in this week’s Game Plan) http://go.si.com/feeNdOD
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“I didn’t come in there and just buy a team, [thinking I knew what I was doing],” he said. “I didn’t know what the hell I was doing. My greatest strength—my greatest strength—is knowing how stupid I am and what I don’t know. I wanted to figure out what was going on and have a better idea of what should make a successful organization.”

...and some huddlers still want to question this guy and give advice on what decisions he should make.  i have zero doubt he will make this a winning organization in time.

great read, thanks for posting, OP

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two threads died to discuss "insider" information LARPs.  this is straight from the horse's mouth and is right in line with what all the level-headed posters were saying - @WoahW @micnificent28 @MechaZain @mjligon

“Cam’s future is going to largely be up to how good he feels,” Tepper said. “That’s first. It’s actually an interesting question to me when there’s a lot of speculation on this because there should be no speculation on Cam one way or the other. If Cam’s healthy, he’s an elite player. So we all hope Cam’s healthy. And people will use an elite player because there just aren’t that many elite players in the league.

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Really good find @TheSpecialJuan.

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he maintained ambiguity in with me how the next head coach, incumbent GM Marty Hurney and a new personnel executive-to-be-hired would fall on the flow chart. 

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 Turns out, he will make one hire, with a title to be established later. 

Mr. Tepper, why did you keep Ron and Marty after 2018?

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“I’d say the first year was total learning, the second year, getting a deeper understanding in figuring things out.”

 

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1 minute ago, Kuechly&Moore said:

Every single thread seems to be derailed by how one feels about Cam.

Pretty much. Tepper doesn't actually say anything new about Newton here either. it's just the same stuff we've already heard put a different way.

There are way more interesting things in this article than just that.

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