Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper isn’t afraid to ask for help.
As first noted by ESPN senior NFL insider Adam Schefter, Tepper has looked outside of his own organization to usher in a new era of Panthers football. Schefter, in his report from Saturday morning, wrote the following:
To help him guide his franchise for the future, Tepper has been working with the consulting firm Sportsology, led by former Chelsea FC executive Mike Forde.
Tepper retained Forde’s services to help his head-coaching search for Charlotte FC, the Major League Soccer club he also owns. That process landed on former Premier League manager Dean Smith, who was officially hired in December.
Forde’s firm recently worked with a handful of other NFL franchises as well—including the Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers and Atlanta Falcons.
This approach is a fresh one for Tepper’s Panthers, who did not use a consultancy for their previous hires of Matt Rhule and Frank Reich.
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