An early pool of GM candidates

[Mr. Scot]

14 minutes ago, t96 said:

Wouldn't read too much stock into that connection but Rhule was a graduate assistant (more like peers) and that was 20 years ago. Plus reading into Tepper's structure here is that Rhule and whoever the GM winds up being will be more like peers than the GM being the "boss" of the HC.

A graduate assistant wouldn't necessarily be all that much older than the players on the team.

[Cary Kollins]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

A graduate assistant wouldn't necessarily be all that much older than the players on the team.

Rhule was about 26 around that time.

[t96]

29 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

A graduate assistant wouldn't necessarily be all that much older than the players on the team.

Which is my point that they would’ve been more like “peers” then.

[top dawg]

Oooooh Scot! This is right in your wheelhouse! I know you're in your element now! LOL

[top dawg]

3 hours ago, t96 said:

Kevin Colbert. The report from a week ago that he was on the outs in Pittsburgh wasn't a coincidence. Tepper and Colbert already know this is happening. Probably gonna be the highest paid GM in the league by far.

This ain't really my thing, but as a casual observer of GMs, Colbert would be my pick! 

[Mr. Scot]

4 minutes ago, top dawg said:

Oooooh Scot! This is right in your wheelhouse! I know you're in your element now! LOL

Seems whenever somebody gets fired, I wind up working hard...

I need a different element 

[top dawg]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Seems whenever somebody gets fired, I wind up working hard...

I need a different element 

Well, I think that this happened at this particular time for a reason. Merry Christmas!

LOL

[Mr. Scot]

21 minutes ago, top dawg said:

Well, I think that this happened at this particular time for a reason. Merry Christmas!

LOL

I can't celebrate someone losing their job, but I'm not gonna cry about it either. It was justified.

[Mr. Scot]

Steve Reed doesn't think Pat Stewart will be a candidate.

 

[t96]

41 minutes ago, top dawg said:

This ain't really my thing, but as a casual observer of GMs, Colbert would be my pick! 

Hard to argue with more Super Bowl wins than losing seasons since he joined the team about 20 years ago...

[top dawg]

2 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

I can't celebrate someone losing their job, but I'm not gonna cry about it either. It was justified.

Oh, no, that's not what I meant. No need to celebrate a good guy that couldn't meet the stamdards of the job being fired. But being that he has been axed, you can feel free and happy to do your thing! We've come to expect it.

[TheSpecialJuan]

 

[TheSpecialJuan]

Person: Tepper, a big proponent of analytics, will be looking for a forward-thinking GM who can align with Rhule, who will have a major hand in picking Hurney’s successor. Several NFL insiders believe this will be Rhule’s hire. With the changes/incentives added to the Rooney Rule, the Panthers and other teams with head coach and GM vacancies will interview minority candidates from a pool that includes Jerry Reese, Martin Mayhew and Rick Smith.  One internal candidate they could consider is salary cap manager Samir Suleiman, who came to Carolina from Pittsburgh, where Tepper was a part-owner.

https://theathletic.com/news/carolina-panthers-gm-hurney-fired-rhule/8CJXDnlM3euf

[TheSpecialJuan]