I thought that Tepper would come here with a working knowledge of how a good organization is run considering he had a 5% ownership in the Steelers prior to buying the Panthers. But I just had an epiphany. He never had to hire anyone there.
Tepper bought into the Steelers in 2009. Mike Tomlin was hired in 2007 so not anything Tepper would’ve been involved in. The Steelers obviously haven’t had to hire a head coach since then (they’ve had 3 coaches since 1969…we’ve had 3 under Tepper). Okay, well maybe he helped hire a GM in that time? Nope. Colbert has been the GM there since 2000. So he’s never been part of that search for a GM or a HC before becoming the owner here and it really shows.
I thought that Tepper would come here with a working knowledge of how a good organization is run considering he had a 5% ownership in the Steelers prior to buying the Panthers. But I just had an epiphany. He never had to hire anyone there.
Tepper bought into the Steelers in 2009. Mike Tomlin was hired in 2007 so not anything Tepper would’ve been involved in. The Steelers obviously haven’t had to hire a head coach since then (they’ve had 3 coaches since 1969…we’ve had 3 under Tepper). Okay, well maybe he helped hire a GM in that time? Nope. Colbert has been the GM there since 2000. So he’s never been part of that search for a GM or a HC before becoming the owner here and it really shows.