11-18-2023, 09:21 AM -
Found this from Jason La Canfora in the Washington Post:
More unrest in Carolina
Frank Reich's Panthers have won just one game this season.
Speaking of cranky owners, many of the same people who in the past told of Panthers owner David Tepper’s fits and plots — and correctly predicted roster teardowns and firings — are getting a strong sense that head coach Frank Reich could be one-and-done in Carolina.
A few weeks back, I’d have cast such suggestions aside, but too many people are whispering too many things, and the more I probed around, the more I got the impression Reich is very much coaching for his job. That was before he snatched back play-calling duties from offensive coordinator Thomas Brown mere weeks after ceding them. Yikes. Within that building, there is every sense that jobs are on the line, because, well, with Tepper, of course they are.
Some believed Carolina could compete this season in the awful NFC South, with first overall pick Bryce Young taking over at quarterback — present company included. It also sounds like Tepper was among them. And with this division being every bit as bad as some predicted, it appears it’s going to take some significant progress from Young and the Panthers’ offense to prevent the impetuous owner from at least mulling starting all over again, including with his football operations department.
“He’s pissed about the quarterback,” one NFL personnel executive said of Tepper, “but nobody there wanted Bryce Young more than him. He led that charge. That was his guy.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/20...osh-allen/
More unrest in Carolina
Frank Reich's Panthers have won just one game this season.
Speaking of cranky owners, many of the same people who in the past told of Panthers owner David Tepper’s fits and plots — and correctly predicted roster teardowns and firings — are getting a strong sense that head coach Frank Reich could be one-and-done in Carolina.
A few weeks back, I’d have cast such suggestions aside, but too many people are whispering too many things, and the more I probed around, the more I got the impression Reich is very much coaching for his job. That was before he snatched back play-calling duties from offensive coordinator Thomas Brown mere weeks after ceding them. Yikes. Within that building, there is every sense that jobs are on the line, because, well, with Tepper, of course they are.
Some believed Carolina could compete this season in the awful NFC South, with first overall pick Bryce Young taking over at quarterback — present company included. It also sounds like Tepper was among them. And with this division being every bit as bad as some predicted, it appears it’s going to take some significant progress from Young and the Panthers’ offense to prevent the impetuous owner from at least mulling starting all over again, including with his football operations department.
“He’s pissed about the quarterback,” one NFL personnel executive said of Tepper, “but nobody there wanted Bryce Young more than him. He led that charge. That was his guy.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/20...osh-allen/