This guy is really having a tantrum in the media about him not getting to say “do you think you are the cause of your bad results?”
Hint: Tepper already answered this in the conference, scott sounds like such a bitch right now
I just can’t see how so many people have this take.
This city is about to write a huge check to David Tepper for stadium upgrades. The people who live in this city are the ones who fund David Tepper’s team by buying tickets, concessions, merchandise, and watching it on television. Scott Fowler has been writing about sports for this city’s paper of record since 1994! It’s literally his job, which he’s held for several decades, to opine on sports teams.
It’s not a tantrum for him to be expected to be allowed to do his job. No one should be defending Tepper for choosing to ice out the Charlotte Observer because he didn’t like their reporting about him.
Do you people really want to live in a city where reporters can’t write their honest opinions about the team because its owner might cut off their access if the coverage isn’t polite enough? Do you seriously not see how shitty that would be?
I’m not really defending Tepper here, but there is a line for a reporter when it comes to making the story about themselves. Scott has spent the past day after the press conference talking about him personally being upset because he was ignored.
It’d be different if he was only writing about how ridiculous it was for Tepper held a press conference and did not give the press in large a legitimate chance to ask their questions. Instead he’s been inserting himself into the story and it’s a little eye rolling.
It should almost be expected that if you write a harsh story about someone that they’re not going to play along with you moving forward. Not to say that Scott shouldn’t do that (he should keep Teppers feet to the fire), but it’s not a surprise that Tepper isn’t going to want to interact with him. Not many people would.
I find this ironic given that this has happened before. Richardson played a big role in Darin Gantt being fired from the Observer.
If I publicly tell someone they should fire themselves and they don’t want to talk to me anymore, am I the asshole?
Scott just didn’t get more free ammo.
Fowler is going to milk this for as long as he can. He knew his shot at Tepper would result in this. He’s not an idiot. He got exactly the reaction he was looking for, and now he’s getting the attention he was seeking.
People want to see it as a good guy vs a bad guy, when it’s really just a journalist looking to get eyeballs on his stories.
Look, Tepper is a bad owner until he isn’t. What I mean by that is too many fans think an NFL owner has all this insight and intuition and should know EXACTLY who the right GM and right HC and right QB should be, but at the end of the day, they probably don’t know anymore than us fans do. If NFL owners had this magical power then you would have 32 HOF head coaches and 32 teams ALL with a winning record every year.
The bottom line is things are bad until they aren’t. As an owner you just have to keep swinging until you hit on the perfect trifecta of a great GM/HC/QB combo. I think I read somewhere that the 49ers went through three head coaches in four years before finally hitting the jackpot on Shanahan.
I have never had a problem with a Tepper, sooner or later he will hit.