Rivera's contract was just extended last year

[SCP]

How many of you really think JR is going to eat that contract? He's not going to pay two coaches. Or if pigs fly and he does, he's not bringing in a top caliber guy. So I think all this fire Ron talk is misguided. We don't have the Jimmy's or the Joe's to compete week in and week out. Nippleshorts sure as poo better fix that. The only way to fix our mass depth deficiencies is through the draft. But I think we are looking at Rivera on the sidelines for another year or two. Agree or disagree?

Bob Ross always paints the sky blue mother fugers.

[Proudiddy]

Absolutely. I've said it a million times in all of the "fire _____" threads... JR is not going to pay him to sit at home. We're stuck with him.

Funny thing is, even when he made Hurney a sacrificial lamb, the only reason he did it was because reportedly Hurney was working for free lol.

[restNChrist]

He will be here for another year at least considering he is not the reason why we are losing.   He is a big reason why we weren't effective against the Packers but DG and Shula are the real culprits.  DG aint going nowhere either and still has potential to prove he has a method to his madness.  Shula aint going nowhere but to a highschool team if that!

[PandaPancake]

Why does everyone assume Rivera's contract is guaranteed? 

[beastson]

Who's the other coach?

 

And why not?  If a person doesn't do their job, they get fired. If Rivera continues to lose, no way JR yes even JR doesn't think about canning him 

[SCP]

Who's the other coach?

And why not? If a person doesn't do their job, they get fired. If Rivera continues to lose, no way JR yes even JR doesn't think about canning him

John Fox had winning seasons followed by mediocre seasons. Ron Rivera is on that same pace. JR rode the Fox train for a decade.

[JJman]

JR needs to hurry up and go to the big emotionless bank vault in the sky. I am a terrible person, I know. But I was partially joking.

[Jon Snow]

I disagree. He doesn't have time to wait. He's old remember?

[Mr. Scot]

Couple of things...

- Pretty sure we don't know how much of Rivera's contract is actually guaranteed.

- Richardson fired Dom Capers just two years into a ten year extension. That's more than twice what Rivera has left.

- The way most head coaching contracts work, any guaranteed money he did have would only be guaranteed till someone else hired him, and Rivera would likely have another DC job within short order.

- Perhaps most pertinent, he loses a lot more money keeping a losing coach in place than he would replacing Rivera.

Jerry Richardson knows he's not gonna live forever. He wants to see his team win a Super Bowl before he's gone. Do you really believe he's just gonna sit back and let his team be run into the ground if he sees that happening?

(the people who actually know him will probably have a different answer than the internet only crowd)

[Mr. Scot]

John Fox had winning seasons followed by mediocre seasons. Ron Rivera is on that same pace. JR rode the Fox train for a decade.

Fox had a Super Bowl in his second season and a couple of conference championships after. That buys you a lot of leeway.

Rivera has nothing even close to that.

[Peppers90 NC]

i think he'll be here next year for sure and probably 2016 as well, considering he is under contract thru 2017.  who knows, maybe the get their poo together and put up some wins and make this a moot point.  one thing i'm fully sure of, JR wont fire him this year.

[Mr. Scot]

i think he'll be here next year for sure and probably 2016 as well, considering he is under contract thru 2017. who knows, maybe the get their poo together and put up some wins and make this a moot point. one thing i'm fully sure of, JR wont fire him this year.

For just a losing season? Maybe not.

If the season turns embarrassing, I definitely think it's possible.

[KillerKat]

JR could literally die before Rivera is fired if he waits too long. I don't see how he thinks he has the time to stand around and not do anything when the head coach is fuging up his chance at a Super Bowl.

[BIGH2001]

John Fox had winning seasons followed by mediocre seasons. Ron Rivera is on that same pace. JR rode the Fox train for a decade.

Yeah except it didn't take fox until year 3 to reach the playoffs. He had a 1-15 team in the super bowl two years after taking over and then had them back in the nfc title game 2 years after that. Rivera hasn't even come close to that and his in game coaching (esp his use of challenges) has been mostly horrific. I think he did a better job in 2011 honestly. At least those games were close until the end. This year so far we've had 3 games that were over at halftime.