The Panthers owner discussed the decision to move on from Frank Reich and his vision of the Panthers moving forward.
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Um how you guys doing just a couple Opening Remarks Um listen obviously it's been a Difficult Season uh yesterday we made some tough Decisions um I have great respect for Frank Reich he's a fine Man also coach tabber moved on from Josh And douche yesterday who are also very Good Men i t will be up to answer questions On them later with that I'll just open It for questions if y'all hang on I I Will select everybody um for questions So if you want to raise your hand take The first question from Ditt that rule were the mistakes and the Harer Frank Right Um you know look every coach that we've Had here has been um has had Contributions to this Organization uh Frank has contributions To the organization Matt had Contributions to the Organizations um and you know quite Frankly if I had my brothers I'd like to Have a coach here for 20 years or 30 Years you know if I can do that Um you know I'm not going to get into The indiv individual sort of things um You guys can just speculate as to that Uh but uh you know we just moved on
Yesterday and that's that okay first We'll have uh Joe person followed by Steve re Dave you guys are 30 and 63 Since you became owner I think it's a Second worst Mark in the NFL one of the Worst marks in Pro Sports you're about To hire your fourth head coach do you Need to reeval re-evaluate the way you Do things in terms of a maybe using a a Search firm in this hiring process but Also in how you manage day-to-day Operations Here um look things are constantly Evolving um and they'll continue to Evolve and you know trying to make Things better is what you always try to Do um obviously that record is not good Enough um you know there's no hiding it It is what it is like everything in this Sport everything's left on the field you Everybody knows what is every week um That record's that record and like I Said it's not good enough we're going to Self-reflect and make it Better Dave Dave you fired three coaches during The season um you know in since the time You took over do you feel like that is Going to make it more difficult to get a Quality head coach here uh if you hire One choose to hire someone next year no And why I think that and and again I'm Not going to get into it here but I Think that um you know it's there are
Different reasons why different things Happened in each each case um you guys See like I said everything is out on the Field everything is known over time and I think people know it the league knows It and people in the league know it so I Think that um if we were if we Everything was perfect it wouldn't be The case and everything was good it Wouldn't be the case So it's not as if it's not known out There reasons and you know that will be Something for people to decide just Generally speaking and not here but and Not that this matters because this is Here but you know in other aspects of my Life we have people for 20 30 years that Work for me nobody ever leaves Me we'll go uh Phil Orbin And uh when Matt was hired you you Preached patience and it's kind of a Year-over-year evaluation um Frank gets Fired 11 weeks in to what extent was That due to a maybe a philosophical Shift in how you view timelines for a Rebuild or Turnaround Um look you know as I said there are Reasons for each individual Situation I think you guys upon your own Reflection into looking what happened Through the season can uh you know can Understand that you're around town for Those that are around town and can know
The reasons um again I'm not going to Get into that particularly into those Particulars but I have P I do have Patience I'm just not my reputation away From this game is one for extreme Patience you know there's no reason why That doesn't you know come here too it Does now that patience comes with good Performance and things that you want to See progress being made on in different Aspects um and as you know as I said you Know I would like to have somebody here For 20 30 years I'd like to have Somebody that would say eulogy at my Funeral in 30 years okay maybe it's 40 Years I hope but uh that's what I'd like To have next we'll have Mike K and Eric Spanberg you preached uh you talked About you talked about your patience a Lot of preaching that I'm doing so uh You you talked about your patience uh When you moved on from Ron Rivera you Urged the fan base to have patience In terms of bringing in sustained Excellence sustained success what would Your message to fans be now uh four Years later that maybe feel like their Patience hasn't been rewarded or or They're it's not moving in the right Direction right Now you know um every week you know I Watch these games and I've watched you Know been around football for a long Time and listen once upon a time I was
Just a fan poor kiding Pittsburgh that's What I was so I know what it is to be a Fan and every day every week we come in Is part of us are fans okay Nicole and I Sit in that box we live and die with Every play uh so I understand how the Fans and I understand their frustration And I appreciate that um I can just say This we will make it better I'm not Promising that's going to happen Tomorrow but it may okay football is a Really interesting thing what can happen In two or three year time span and what You're trying to do is have every single Building block you can for you know an Organization and in this organization You know while you don't see it you know Cuz you see all you see is on the field But you guys may know it or may not know It but behind the scenes there's been a Lot of different changes in the building And a lot of things that have come Become a lot better inside the building You know and just just how different People communicate you know Health you Know um strength room and you know and Uh medical people you know um football Operations nutrition all those things All those building blocks underneath the Surface have gotten better than when I Stepped in the door listen there there They may be easier things to do okay and So we have to make sure that every the Other things that the fans can see is
Better too and also I would say that for You know uh engagement with path past Panthers and you know you should invite You to talk to people who you know Legends that were here at the Panthers So we have not gotten what what the Fansy every day right I understand that Frustration we share that frustration Every Sunday with Them got Mike branberg David in in April you said When you guys drafted Bryce you said That he was a point guard style Distributor who could Elevate the talent Around him my question to you is do you Feel like you've put enough around him For him to elevate and with that said How will that evaluation of the roster And the next six weeks factor into how You evaluate the front Office look Um you know there's a lot that goes into You know what the success on the field Is every week one is roster some is Scheme how you practice a lot of things And obviously we can be better in all Faces of that because a product on the Field's just not good enough right now It just isn't and so we have to try to Make every one of those phases better And whatever it takes to make it better We're going to try to Do Dave you've obviously had a lot of Chang not just on the football side but
On the administrative side also with Charlotte FC uh and you just mentioned a Few minutes ago that you're patient so Why do you think there is so much Constant churn in this organization and What can you do to stabilize it um it's You know that's an interesting question Uh when you talk about that churn and Then what the results are you know for That churn what you call churn um you Know every case is something is done Here there's not it's not just done Because it's done by ID don't wish There's there's a reason and there's a Purpose and there's a result and the Things goes on when you talk about the You know different parts of this um this Franchise or this building if that You're referring to the business you're A business guy um you know when we came Here there were 10 events a year in this Stadium basically play prop one or two More maybe um we do I think we did 42 Events last year um in this field not Counting High School football that we Prop back for the first time in this Stadium and other things like that other Type charity things so they're not even Counting those sort of things but major Type events um brought soccer to Charlotte this the stands are full um if You were at that last game with Miami I Mean it was a joyful sort of experience When Messi came to town and and I think
The fans were elated in that sort of you Know in that point and there have been Highs you know there's been highs and Lows everywhere every game is a there's Some highs there's some lows gano's big Kick um you know when Eric Reed was here For the first game so it's highs in Footballs and other Places but when you look at you know and You're since you're asking a business Question I ask a business question when You look at us and how we have and how We do business and how are we successful In pulling off all these different Events we put here yeah we are and what We've done is really uh led to higher Economic impact for Charlotte and we Look at the future for things like that As things that we might do in the future Whether they're entertainment venue that May do 80 more sort of small concerts 3 To 5,000 people that will bring people Down there we'll bring that here and we Think we brought a lot of econom uh Economic Development into the town we Have the numbers show it I mean you know The numbers um so I don't think that When you look at the management team and You look at the stability of the Management team now we finally I think We and and listen you're always trying To make it better but I think we have a Pretty good management team on the Business side right now and we are
Pulling off pretty seamlessly all these Events thank you Much all right thank You the Last Yeah he just he said okay to me all Right go ahead thank you uh appreciate It Mr ster in terms of Bryce young I Want to jump back on what Mike said Earli about Bryce there's been a lot of Reports over the last few days and fact That that Frank wanted CJ stra you Tipped the scales and said you wanted Bryce young is that true and then also Seeing what CJ Stout is doing in Houston Did that make it the comparisons even That much greater because of what you're Seeing in Houston as opposed to here um Just the way our processes go here and I'll just answer this really Plain on All these on all those Decisions um you know whether it was a Head coach whether it was Bryce I don't Really vote on those decisions until The last piece okay so those decisions Are made by you know in the case of the By the football people now look Everything that's right and everything That's wrong here ultimately is my fault Okay I have the final say but as far as Those decisions whether it's Frank Wright or it's Bryce young um those Decisions were made and in the case of Bryce it was almost I believe it was
Unanimous decision and the coaches and The and the scouts and very strong Opinions at the time um now it's been Reported and we talked about it Originally we were going to go to the Number two pic and uh we thought we Would get CJ because we thought the Texans were going to pick Bryce and Listen we preferred Bryce he was our Number one pick we had a lot of Conviction um but uh you know in answer To your questions it's just not the way The process was done the process was Done the way the process was done and Again even though if there was a process With people in the room and four and the Way the votes came in it was Frank was The first choice I always could veto That choice and even if it was Bryce and The votes came in unanimously in this Particular case I could have vetoed that Choice in both cases I supported both Choices okay I'm just going to say that I supported both choices I supported the Coaches I supported the scouts their Unanimous opinion um and I supported uh Frank R so um whatever is good bad or Indifferent is ultimately because the Buck stops here and I take full Responsibility for everything but that's The way the process runs and just one Last thing and then know we're going to Go here as far as Bryce young is Concerned I cannot say this you know for
Myself and I think everybody in this Building would share this sentiment we Are totally confident in that pick okay I think the people that made that pick First um you know would be totally Confident in that um you know some of Them you could ask okay um and I think The um and and for me I'm totally Confident in agree with that Pick thank [Music] You
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