Highlites from Fan Fest!!!

[Jackie Lee]

6 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

I think the 7 straight losing seasons, the campaign to reduce fan interest during training camp and the lightspeed stupid decision to start charging for Fan Fest took a toll.

Yeah the shutting off training camp to fans just a year or two after Tepper basically called all fans basement dwellers for calling him out for fuging the team up lol. A losing team should be trying to attract new fans and not ridicule or squander the existing ones

[kungfoodude]

1 hour ago, Jackie Lee said:

Yeah the shutting off training camp to fans just a year or two after Tepper basically called all fans basement dwellers for calling him out for fuging the team up lol. A losing team should be trying to attract new fans and not ridicule or squander the existing ones

He really is just a completely unlikeable *****. The Snyder vibes are so strong.

[TD alt]

54 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

He really is just a completely unlikeable *****. The Snyder vibes are so strong.

I will never get the Dan Snyder comparison. David Tepper has angered a lot of fans with purely business moves, for sure, and he's come off as somewhat of an asshole at times, but I don't see him as being a bad person at his core. I think that he's misunderstood, came in thinking that he knew best because of being a successful business man, takes things perhaps a little too personally regarding his team at times, but at the end of the day has done everything he has done out of a desire to win.

I get being upset at Tepper. Fans are angry about his business decisions that have indirectly affected football operations. They are angry at his football decisions. Fans are mainly mad at him due to losing when you get right down to it. Snyder was really on another level. I may get some flack, but in some respects, Jerry Richardson was closer to Snyder than Tepper ever was. The sexual harassment if not outright impropriety. The racist sentiment. The toxic workplace. We have heard none of that during Tepper's tenure. Snyder was also "playing" with NFL money, so there's that.

From a purely football perspective, he was a bad owner, but that's the only real comparison to Snyder, but I still believe that Tepper is going to turn that around even if many don't. It's been said here that there is "zero evidence" of change on Tepper's part, but that's just not true. If Morgan can see it, and guys like Pat McAfee, among others, can see it from afar, as well as report on it from other insiders, then it's pretty obvious that change is afoot. 

At the end of the day, at least in my opinion, if being a shitty owner based upon bad management  and having a big ego because you're a successful business man is the major comparison to Dan Snyder, then Tepper is not special.

Edited August 3, 2025 by TD alt

[Joe Bear]

6 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

Okay. I haven't been in years so I was under the assumption it was new. I didn't realize it was a decade old.

I knew it had been around quite a while, plus the money goes to charity, and it's five dollars either way. It makes far more sense to take your family to Fan Fest for $15 and see the team, instead of spending $300 on tickets to see a 31-9 loss.

[Panthercougar68]

Fanfest was fun, there is an enthusiasm back in the fan base this year even David dumb dumb Newton said it was the busiest fanfest he’d seen in years.

Lots of people posting on Twitter stuff and what not. “The future is now old man” when it comes to where Panther content is viewed.

[kungfoodude]

1 hour ago, TD alt said:

I will never get the Dan Snyder comparison. David Tepper has angered a lot of fans with purely business moves, for sure, and he's come off as somewhat of an asshole at times, but I don't see him as being a bad person at his core. I think that he's misunderstood, came in thinking that he knew best because of being a successful business man, takes things perhaps a little too personally regarding his team at times, but at the end of the day has done everything he has done out of a desire to win.

I get being upset at Tepper. Fans are angry about his business decisions that have indirectly affected football operations. They are angry at his football decisions. Fans are mainly mad at him due to losing when you get right down to it. Snyder was really on another level. I may get some flack, but in some respects, Jerry Richardson was closer to Snyder than Tepper ever was. The sexual harassment if not outright impropriety. The racist sentiment. The toxic workplace. We have heard none of that during Tepper's tenure. Snyder was also "playing" with NFL money, so there's that.

From a purely football perspective, he was a bad owner, but that's the only real comparison to Snyder, but I still believe that Tepper is going to turn that around even if many don't. It's been said here that there is "zero evidence" of change on Tepper's part, but that's just not true. If Morgan can see it, and guys like Pat McAfee, among others, can see it from afar, as well as report on it from other insiders, then it's pretty obvious that change is afoot. 

At the end of the day, at least in my opinion, if being a shitty owner based upon bad management  and having a big ego because you're a successful business man is the major comparison to Dan Snyder, then Tepper is not special.

He is a meddling idiot and has been a notorious asshole(far worse than Snyder in that regard).

I mean, remember the episode of him literally intentionally mispronouncing Reich's last name to belittle him(something he did in his regular career). The early behind the scenes is already considerably worse than Snyder's early tenure(scumbag private business fortune, glorified fantasy sports owner). Now, it's quite the leap to end up where Snyder did ultimately.

I don't have any doubts that he can hit that, as a guy that berates local business owners for signs and also gropes his wife on stage so everyone can see(people forget this for some reason).

So, by all accounts he is a terrible owner and person. Doesn't mean he hasn't improved over Richardson in some regards, to be sure.

But, as of yet, I haven't seen any discernable evidence that he is either a better person than Jerry and he has been a demonstrably worse football owner than Jerry.

[frankw]

If debating on whether or not David Tepper has met or exceeded the Dan Snyder standard is where we're at then his reputation as an owner is already established and confirmed. But he's wildly wealthy so he doesn’t give a damn regardless. He doesn’t need anyone wasting keystrokes trying to humanize him. He isn't going anywhere and if he does then that just means we're stuck with Nicole. Chuckle and keep walking folks.

[TD alt]

31 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

He is a meddling idiot and has been a notorious asshole(far worse than Snyder in that regard).

I mean, remember the episode of him literally intentionally mispronouncing Reich's last name to belittle him(something he did in his regular career). The early behind the scenes is already considerably worse than Snyder's early tenure(scumbag private business fortune, glorified fantasy sports owner). Now, it's quite the leap to end up where Snyder did ultimately.

I don't have any doubts that he can hit that, as a guy that berates local business owners for signs and also gropes his wife on stage so everyone can see(people forget this for some reason).

So, by all accounts he is a terrible owner and person. Doesn't mean he hasn't improved over Richardson in some regards, to be sure.

But, as of yet, I haven't seen any discernable evidence that he is either a better person than Jerry and he has been a demonstrably worse football owner than Jerry.

Come on, man. A little play with his wife in public is not porno. It certainly could be considered low class, especially for those that are uptight, but who is going to really use that as indicative of being a "bad" person?  "Berate local owners?" That's hyperbole at best. Tepper got a little "pissed" about the sign that referred to him being a meddling owner in 2023 per the restaurant owner, but the owner didn't say Tepper "berated" him or his business. The same restaurant put out a different message (on the same sign) in 2024 about letting the coach and GM pick. Tepper visited and asked about the sign, as well as removed the manager's Eagles cap from his head (you can see it all on video), but this was entirely lighthearted. Tepper even shook the man's hand. The owner said that Tepper is welcome back any time he likes.

And then there's that phrase, "by all accounts," Tepper is a terrible owner and person. No, by your account. Fans want the Panthers to win, for sure. Has he been a bad owner? I guess if you look at a lot of his moves in regards to football. Is he trying to change his mismanagement? He is. I don't think everyone thinks that Tepper is a "horrible" person. He's an imperfect man that is perhaps hot-headed and inappropriate at times, but that doesn't rise to the level of "scumbag."

Edited August 3, 2025 by TD alt

[kungfoodude]

54 minutes ago, TD alt said:

Come on, man. A little play with his wife in public is not porno. It certainly could be considered low class, especially for those that are uptight, but who is going to really use that as indicative of being a "bad" person?  "Berate local owners?" That's hyperbole at best. Tepper got a little "pissed" about the sign that referred to him being a meddling owner in 2023 per the restaurant owner, but the owner didn't say Tepper "berated" him or his business. The same restaurant put out a different message (on the same sign) in 2024 about letting the coach and GM pick. Tepper visited and asked about the sign, as well as removed the manager's Eagles cap from his head (you can see it all on video), but this was entirely lighthearted. Tepper even shook the man's hand. The owner said that Tepper is welcome back any time he likes.

And then there's that phrase, "by all accounts," Tepper is a terrible owner and person. No, by your account. Fans want the Panthers to win, for sure. Has he been a bad owner? I guess if you look at a lot of his moves in regards to football. Is he trying to change his mismanagement? He is. I don't think everyone thinks that Tepper is a "horrible" person. He's an imperfect man that is perhaps hot-headed and inappropriate at times, but that doesn't rise to the level of "scumbag."

Listen, you can worship at the altar of Tepper if you wish but you will eventually come to see he is a false god.

He is a scumbag. You don't become a multi-billionaire hedge fund manager without being a scumbag. If you ever had any access to people like this, you would know this without any shred of a doubt.

[TD alt]

48 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Listen, you can worship at the altar of Tepper if you wish but you will eventually come to see he is a false god.

He is a scumbag. You don't become a multi-billionaire hedge fund manager without being a scumbag. If you ever had any access to people like this, you would know this without any shred of a doubt.

The altar of Tepper...

[shaqattaq]

On 8/3/2025 at 9:01 AM, NAS said:

Bryce threw an absolute perfect pass on a rope from 45 yards out to the end zone and XL dropped it.  It may have been PI but I still think he must get better at reeling those in this year.  

Yeah, and I JUST said in another thread that I hadn't heard anything about him dropping passes, SMH. I'm apparently reading threads in the wrong order, lol. That definitely looked like PI to me BTW. 

[DeAngelo Beason]

My main take from this - Dave Canales has all the traits of Pete Carrol that I love.  I really think (and hope) he's the right guy to lead this team.

[Dingo_ate_Babies]

On 8/3/2025 at 6:01 PM, Panthercougar68 said:

Fanfest was fun, there is an enthusiasm back in the fan base this year even David dumb dumb Newton said it was the busiest fanfest he’d seen in years.

Lots of people posting on Twitter stuff and what not. “The future is now old man” when it comes to where Panther content is viewed.

 

[csx]

On 8/3/2025 at 7:55 AM, kungfoodude said:

I think the 7 straight losing seasons, the campaign to reduce fan interest during training camp and the lightspeed stupid decision to start charging for Fan Fest took a toll.

Charging for fanfest started in 2017.

Edited August 7, 2025 by csx