Breer on the Search Process

[Mr. Scot]

Copied from his 1/10 mailbag column:

From Jeff Murray (@jeffmurr): Who do you think will be the next Panthers GM and HC?

Jeff, this is one of the teams that I think will veer from the traditional structure, to something a little more like what you might see in another sport—which is part of why you bring in a consulting group like Sportsology. That company’s executive director, Mike Forde, is a name to know, as he will have some influence on where the Carolina Panthers’ search goes. Forde is a former top executive for the Chelsea FC of the Premier League.

So I think there’s a decent chance, as we said Tuesday, they hire someone from the operations side (cap/analytics) of a team to be their next GM, and then pair that person with incumbent assistant GM Dan Morgan If you look at Carolina’s interview list, you’ll see more folks from operations than scouting on it. On the coaching side, I do think things are a little less predictable, but one thing I was told by a couple of people is that David Tepper will be looking to check, say, 10 boxes rather than just one (offensive/quarterback) this time around.

My concern here with all this would be whether the Panthers are worried about the right things. To kick off its interview process, Carolina reached out to candidates, through different channels, to see whether they’d accept interviews before officially putting in slips for them with the league. That, presumably, was done out of fear of being turned down—that rejection would get out, which would bolster perception that coach and GM candidates are leery of working for Tepper (which is just the honest truth right now).

So their list, essentially, includes people who’ve already agreed to interview, rather than the full list that they’re looking at. Which, to me, reeks of an organization being concerned with the wrong stuff—and, ironically enough, is a reason why a candidate would be cautious about pursuing either of those jobs.

I do think Tepper can be a really great owner. He’s incredibly smart. But it feels like he’s become too wrapped up in a lot of things that new owners are often concerned with, from image and optics to being seen as forward-thinking to constantly changing his mind.

There aren’t great signs yet that’s changed in 2024. But there’s still time to fix that.

 

Edited January 10 by Mr. Scot

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[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

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This quote...

That, presumably, was done out of fear of being turned down—that rejection would get out, which would bolster perception that coach and GM candidates are leery of working for Tepper (which is just the honest truth right now).

...would seem to indicate that a common (or at least expected) answer is "no" 

[rayzor]

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That's where we're at.

[t96]

disastrous. tepper is doubling down on being fuging retarded

 

a team void of talent is ignoring building out the scouting aspect of the front office. genius!

Edited January 10 by t96

[Ornias]

Potential candidates are sending their Venmo links instead of resume's. 

[TN05]

We haven’t hit rock bottom yet

[MHS831]

I think that Morgan will remain as half of the equation, if he is not offered another job.  I think the cap is very important and these days you need an expert. 

Tepper is not as smart as he thinks he is, but he is smarter than many think he is.  Maybe he will figure it out.

[LinvilleGorge]

Yep, sounds like a poo show.

[t96]

3 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

I think that Morgan will remain as half of the equation, if he is not offered another job.  I think the cap is very important and these days you need an expert. 

Tepper is not as smart as he thinks he is, but he is smarter than many think he is.  Maybe he will figure it out.

Samir Suleiman is already the alleged "cap expert." We've seen how that's worked out the past few years. Get us some damn old school in the weeds football people in the front office. I like the Dallas guy that someone brought up here. We need a significant influx of talent, with less draft capital than other teams have. Cap expert is a total joke if you don't have talented football players to start with.

[Jon Snow]

My outlook for next season is not getting encouraging news coming out of BOA.

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, Jon Snow said:

My outlook for next season is not getting encouraging news coming out of BOA.

This is easily the most depressing time in franchise history to be a Panthers fan. It feels utterly hopeless.

[DrowsyJungle]

All started with the Matt Rhule hire. Literally just Tepper and Hurney allowing Rhule to used car sell them on a fake vision of a football team.

When you couldn't think it could be worse it got worse. Hoping whoever the outside firm is talks maybe just a little sense into this organization.

[mav1234]

7 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

This is easily the most depressing time in franchise history to be a Panthers fan. It feels utterly hopeless.

As many of us feared, Tepper taking responsibility was for the "wrong hires" not for being involved as he was.

Ah well.