Panthers owner David Tepper confronts Charlotte restaurant over sign

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The latest chapter of David Tepper's frankly odd tenure as the owner of the Carolina Panthers played out Thursday night about an hour and a half before the start of the NFL Draft.While making his way to the team's facility in Uptown Charlotte, Tepper and a member of his po se stopped by Dilworth Neighborhood Grille after seeing a sign out front that read "PLEASE LET THE COACH AND GM PICK," a me sage seemingly directed toward him.Reports of David Tepper at Dilworth Neighborhood Grille are not exaggerated one bit.Talked to the owner of the Charlotte bar that caught the attention of the ' billionaire owner Thursday. He said Tepper was friendly ... but didn't buy a drink. Alex Zietlow (@alexzietlow05) Looking at surveillance footage obtained by WBTV Charlotte Bob Pollard Jersey , Tepper can be seen walking into the restaurant and talking to a hoste s, and eventually someone who seems like the owner of the establishment. During the course of the conversation, he reached out and grabbed the baseball cap the owner was wearing off his head before placing it on the hoste s stand.It didn't appear like the owner minded Tepper doing Jeff Heath Jersey so, and the two men eventually shook hands before he and his a sociate left the building. The response on social media has been le s kind to Carolina's owner, however.David Tepper absolutely suckswhat man thinks its ok to remove another guys hat like that?and then demand to speak to the person that put up the sign like he has authority?this guy is the worst Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) This latest incident comes just a few months after Tepper was recorded apparently throwing a drink on a group of Jaguars fans during Carolina's 26-0 lo s to Jacksonville on New Year's Eve.Tepper was fined $300,000 by the NFL, but he escaped any other punishment by the league due in part to a lack of precedent. Many thought he should have been suspended.A bit different of a mood from him after the game Med (@Kahuna_Med) A Taysom Hill Jersey week before the start of the NFL Draft, a report on Bill Belichick's attempt to find a new job by ESPN's Don Van Natta, Seth Wickersham and Jeremy Fowler stated that Carolina didn't hire the former Patriots head coach this offseason instead opting for Dave Canales because Tepper likes to "sift through data to critique his coach's playcalling," Erik Mccoy Jersey something a source said would be "tough to do" with Belichick on board.Canales is the third coach Tepper has hired since taking over as the team's owner. He fired Frank Reich in the middle of the 2023 season, and a report by Albert Breer after the season discu sed his philosophy in doing so.His thing is, the minute it gets bad, its going to get worse, so we better try something else, one former Panthers staffer told Breer. Hes a hedge fund guy; thats what hedge fund guys do. The second something stops earning money, they take their money out of it, take the profit and move on to something else.Panthers owner David Tepper urged Frank Reich to go outside his "circle" in building a supposed all-star staff. But as the season unraveled, there were differing opinions on Bryce Young, backstabbing and ultimately another fired coach.With : Joe Person (@josephperson) Another deep dive into Reich's firing by The Athletic's Diana Ru sini and Joe Person alleged that some Carolina a sistant coaches were "text me saging Tepper behind Reich's back about i sues they saw with the team."Tepper bought the Carolina Panthers in 2018, taking the team from Jerry Richardson who decided to sell after a Sports Illustrated investigative piece showed he paid monetary settlements to at least four team employees due to inappropriate behavior in the workplace.Richardson Jameis Winston Jersey died in 2022, though a 13-foot statue of him still stands outside Bank of America Stadium to this day.