Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper remembers what head coach Marty Hurney and head coach Ron Rivera ordered when he took them to dinner in New Jersey earlier this month, as a part of a multiple-day series of meetings about the future of the team.
“I took ‘em to Nero’s, a nice Italian restaurant, which they really enjoyed,” said Tepper on Tuesday afternoon, as he met with a small group of reporters at Bank of America Stadium.
“Ron actually got seafood diablo. And Marty got an Italian chicken special.”
But much more important than the food Rivera and Hurney ate at Nero’s was what they discussed at Tepper’s New Jersey offices, where he continues to run Appaloosa Management as he splits his time between there, Miami and Charlotte.