NFL Players Reportedly Believe Owner Made The Wrong Hire

© Provided by The Spun CHARLOTTE, NC - SEPTEMBER 09: A general view of the field with the Carolina Panthers logo replacing the NFL logo at the fifty yeard line before the game between the Carolina Panthers and the Dallas Cowboys at Bank of America Stadium on September 9, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)

Last week, the Panthers hired Frank Reich as their head coach. He beat out interim coach Steve Wilks for the job. 

Reich will have plenty of issues to take care of in Carolina, like figuring out who'll be his quarterback for Week 1. 

The biggest issue, however, is that Reich may reportedly have to win over a locker room that wanted Wilks to be their head coach. 

According to Adam H. Beasley of Pro Football Network, there are players who believe Panthers owner David Tepper hired the wrong candidate.  

"There’s an issue even more fundamental that should be his first order of business: Winning over a skeptical locker room," Beasley wrote. "Put simply, there are players who privately think that David Tepper hired the wrong candidate. There’s a faction within the building that was rooting for interim coach Steve Wilks to get the job, and they were disappointed he did not."

Wilks had a 6-6 record as the interim coach of the Panthers. Several players advocated for him to earn the full-time role during their end-of-season meetings. 

It'll be up to Reich to earn the locker room's trust this year.