Tepper is supposed to have a press conference at 345pm

[OneBadCat]

2 minutes ago, Cam Lawter said:

I'll be honest, the media was baiting drama towards the end. Tepper doesn't want to publicly humiliate Rhule more than what he has already done by firing him.

 

I agree. And even though Tepper probably could have handled it better I actually kind of like that he was pissed. At least he cares.

[Fox007]

1 minute ago, kungfoodude said:

Boy, a lot to unpack there.

He all but admitted the Rhule contract was a mistake.

It sounds like Fitterer's job is in jeopardy.

It sounds like he doesn't believe we have done a good job of managing resources(draft picks, contracts, etc) in pursuit of winning now.

It sounds like we will give Wilks a chance but I don't know if he will be back, regardless.

It sounds like we might be moving players before Nov. 1.

I didn't get the Fitterer angle personally but I suspect that if Wilks doesn't return we may get a new GM and he'd pick the HC.

[thunderraiden]

1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

He could've tried actually answering the questions instead rambling like an idiot, redirecting, restating questions to buy himself more time to come up with a bullshit reply and trying to tell reporters to read their own columns in order to essentially read Tepper's mind.

That dude came across as a completely out of touch asshole over those last few minutes.

Not trying to defend him but someone asked him if we should tank... like as if it wouldnt get him kicked out the NFL if he answered in the affirmative. Not sure what ppl were expecting.

[TheCasillas]

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

He could've tried actually answering the questions instead rambling like an idiot, redirecting, restating questions to buy himself more time to come up with a bullshit reply and trying to tell reporters to read their own columns in order to essentially read Tepper's mind.

That dude came across as a completely out of touch asshole over those last few minutes.

they kept asking the same question which was basically when did you decide you were going to fire Rhule... like 4 questions in a row. 

Think about going to the DMV and them asking you the same question just twice...  and how annoying that is. In this case, its the medias job to get him riled up and to make a mistake. It's ridiculous that the NFL has a policy where players, coaches, staff have to deal with their poo.

 

Like was Erik Armstead dealt with in SF in the offseason. That poo needs to be controlled.

[kungfoodude]

2 minutes ago, hepcat said:

You speculated a lot, but some of this might be true. 

The media was vicious with him and for good reason.

I mean, he didn't obviously shut any of those doors when given a chance, which I think was very telling.

[Captroop]

1 minute ago, kungfoodude said:

Boy, a lot to unpack there.

He all but admitted the Rhule contract was a mistake.

It sounds like Fitterer's job is in jeopardy.

It sounds like he doesn't believe we have done a good job of managing resources(draft picks, contracts, etc) in pursuit of winning now.

It sounds like we will give Wilks a chance but I don't know if he will be back, regardless.

It sounds like we might be moving players before Nov. 1.

Amazing how some people are able to get this out the press conference, while others are still stuck on, "That rich bastard didn't say anything then got mad and stormed off!"

[BIGH2001]

4 minutes ago, Move the Panthers to Raleigh said:

Really proud of Charlotte media right now. They didn't take it easy on that bastard

The guy pretty much universally hated around here. Even by the media.

[TheCasillas]

1 minute ago, Fox007 said:

I didn't get the Fitterer angle personally but I suspect that if Wilks doesn't return we may get a new GM and he'd pick the HC.

I didnt get the trading of players either... but i could have been typing while he said someting about it. Do you recall?

[pdub0702]

At the end, it felt like Tepper was getting pissed. That’s a good thing. It wasn’t monotone. Fowlers column response was indirectly saying that Rhule was fired for reasons that everyone could see..he sucks. 

[mrcompletely11]

When he was asked about bringing in a coach and GM at the same time did he say "scott is our gm for now?" 

[rayzor]

Tepper spent too much time with Rhule. It's going to take time to learn how to speak to adults again.

[hepcat]

Dude what

[Evil Hurney]

1 minute ago, TheCasillas said:

they kept asking the same question which was basically when did you decide you were going to fire Rhule... like 4 questions in a row. 

Think about going to the DMV and them asking you the same question just twice...  and how annoying that is. In this case, its the medias job to get him riled up and to make a mistake. It's ridiculous that the NFL has a policy where players, coaches, staff have to deal with their poo.

 

Like was Erik Armstead dealt with in SF in the offseason. That poo needs to be controlled.

Media wanted a "tipping point" moment to write about. Tepper didn't want to give them one.

[kungfoodude]

2 minutes ago, Fox007 said:

I didn't get the Fitterer angle personally but I suspect that if Wilks doesn't return we may get a new GM and he'd pick the HC.

If you listen to what he said, he was pretty critical of the mismanaged resources.

So, the question is, how much responsibility did Fitterer have for that? 

The one thing he didn't do was publicly give Fitterer a vote of confidence, which he had done for Rhule previously. That's not good for Fitterer, IMO.