Dave Tepper wants Ben Johnson

[The Huddler]

7 hours ago, Castavar said:

Hmm, let's see.....

Option 1 - Go to Chargers with an already established franchise QB and weapons with very good players on defense.

Option 2 - Bet your coaching career with a potential bust of a QB, no weapons, no draft picks, and a meddling owner.

That sure is a hard one.

option 2 might pay 2x more though

[Paa Langfart]

6 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

He just needs to hire people he trusts enough to leave them the fug alone and let them do their job.

He did that IMO with mat rhule.  The problem is Tepper doesn't know enough about football to make the right decisions about major hires.  Even JR with his extensive football knowledge ,  went with outside professional advice at times.  It might not always work out, but it has a hell of a lot better chance of succeeding than wetting your finger,  sticking it into the wind and adding in the sage advice of a wife who knows even less about it than you do.

[Steelo]

10 minutes ago, Paa Langfart said:

He did that IMO with mat rhule.  The problem is Tepper doesn't know enough about football to make the right decisions about major hires.  Even JR with his extensive football knowledge ,  went with outside professional advice at times.  It might not always work out, but it has a hell of a lot better chance of succeeding than wetting your finger,  sticking it into the wind and adding in the sage advice of a wife who knows even less about it than you do.

I wouldn’t say Rhule is the reason he gets involved, he wasn’t as involved for about 1 1/2 years. Let him draft all defense, let them trade for Darnold THEN  he started poking his nose around. I truly feel like if we have a GM/HC combo that knows what they are doing he’s gonna back off. Winning cures all. 

[Steelo]

*WOULD say. Rhule ruined him, which is really his fault for the hire but yeah. 

[SOJA]

9 hours ago, Castavar said:

Hmm, let's see.....

Option 1 - Go to Chargers with an already established franchise QB and weapons with very good players on defense.

Option 2 - Bet your coaching career with a potential bust of a QB, no weapons, no draft picks, and a meddling owner.

That sure is a hard one.

this made me lol 

[strato]

10 hours ago, ickmule said:

Tepper about to get embarrassed again when this dude snubs him.  

He’ll take Chicago and Tepper’s picks and build a powerhouse, Tepper is completely humiliated. Tepper deserves it. 

[Aussie Tank]

Swing make massive girthy wallet around Tepp 

[tukafan21]

4 hours ago, The Huddler said:

option 2 might pay 2x more though

Sure, but then when he fails because Bryce is garbage, he'll never get another HC job again and will be a QB coach and/or OC making peanuts compared to HC's.

If he takes half the money but goes to the Chargers where he has a franchise QB and other pieces and becomes a consistent winner, he'll end up making so much more money in his career.

The guy is only 37, I don't think he wants to get paid for the next 5-7 years, he wants to be a HC for the next 25-30 years.

[UNCrules2187]

Feels like people missed the tidbit at the end of the article about Tepper being one of two owners (along with Josh Harris) being the most active and engaged at the Front Office and GM Accelerator program roundtable. Hopefully this solidifies that Fitt is out at season’s end. 

[pantherj]

Potential coaching candidates have had a good long look at Young stinking up the NFL. They also know that Tepper is more or less a megalomaniac who will ream the daylights out of you if you don't start winning right away. We're in football hell.

[Bear Hands]

Tepper going into an offseason:

 

Tepper & org once games start getting played:

[CPF4LIFE]

Fitt has to go for that to happen. No way i want him paired with Johnson. 

[CarolinaRideorDie]

On 12/16/2023 at 2:11 PM, Castavar said:

I want Gal Gadot, doesn't mean I'm gonna get her

But did you pay her asking price? lol 

[Peon Awesome]

12 hours ago, tukafan21 said:

Sure, but then when he fails because Bryce is garbage, he'll never get another HC job again and will be a QB coach and/or OC making peanuts compared to HC's.

If he takes half the money but goes to the Chargers where he has a franchise QB and other pieces and becomes a consistent winner, he'll end up making so much more money in his career.

The guy is only 37, I don't think he wants to get paid for the next 5-7 years, he wants to be a HC for the next 25-30 years.

This is an argument that bears out theoretically but not in reality. There's a reason guaranteed money is such a big deal. In your worst case scenario, Johnson gets $80 million for 1 year of work. He gets fired and either retires comfortably for the rest of his life if he wants or picks up a premium offensive coordinator position immediately if he wants to keep working.

Or he can make half that money working in a position where 1/4 of the coaches get fired every year and coaches staying with the same team for more than 8 years is increasingly rare. Where best case scenario, he works 10 years to make what he made in 1 year in scenario 1, which is already more than he would spend in his lifetime.