Ron Rivera's Coaching Hires (and Fires)

[Mr. Scot]

Some of the highlights...

 

- Hired Rob Chudzinski as his offensive coordinator; Chudzinski's prior experience as an OC had been less than stellar; lost Chudzinski and assistant Scott Turner to the Browns two years later

 

- Reportedly tried to lure old mentor Norv Turner to run the offense in the wake of Chudzinski's deperture; Turner instead joined the Vikings

 

- Originally wanted Steve Wilks as his defensive coordinator; went with Sean McDermott instead when the Chargers denied permission to interview Wilks and McDermott was fired by the Eagles

 

- Hired Wilks as defensive backs coach a year later when his contract was up, parting ways with Ron Meeks

 

- Replaced Chudzinski with Mike Shula, passing over Hue Jackson (who coordinated the Bengal offense against us a few weeks ago) and Pat Shurmur (who ran the Eagles offense last night)

 

- Backfilled the QB Coach position with Ken Dorsey who at the time was working for the panthers as a scout; prior to that Shula was an assistant trainer at IMG where he helped train Cam Newton

 

- Later hired well known QB Coach John Ramsdell as an "offensive assistant" ; per Zod, Ramsdell is rarely part of the practices

 

- Let Jim Skipper walk in favor of Wisconsin RB Coach John Settle; picked Skipper back up after firing Settle two years later

 

- Let go of Fred Graves in favor of Ricky Proehl; Graves is now with the Chargers and is credited with overseeing the development of Keenan Allen while Proehl is mentoring Kelvin Benjamin

 

- Hired Warren Belin to coach linebackers; fired Belin after he tutored Luke Kuechly to a rookie of the year campaign and replaced him with Al Holcomb

 

- Hired Brian Murphy as special teams coach after Murphy was coming off a bad season; replaced him a year later with old college teammate Richard Rodgers, who had never coached in the NFL

 

- Hired longtime (and well known) ST Coach Bruce DeHaven as an assistant to Rodgers (rather than the other way around)

 

- Hired John Matsko as offensive line coach after the Ravens had fired him

 

- Hired Pete Hoener and Eric Washington, both of whom have generally been credited with coaching good units (though Washington's unit has slipped some this year)

 

[Mr. Scot]

One other note: Rivera could have brought old coaching colleague Juan Castillo on board to help with the O-Line, but stuck with Matsko and Brown instead.

 

Castillo actually ended up with Matsko's old job, coaching the Ravens OL.

[chknwing]

[dunnlx]

That picture sums it all!

[Ruff]

This thread is worth pinning

[CamMoon]

You get what you pay for

[Ruff]

Why is Ramsdell even here?

[Paa Langfart]

Dont most coaches hire guys they already know ?

[Brooklyn Bully]

Some of the highlights...

 

- Hired Rob Chudzinski as his offensive coordinator; Chudzinski's prior experience as an OC had been less than stellar; lost Chudzinski and assistant Scott Turner to the Browns two years later

 

- Reportedly tried to lure old mentor Norv Turner to run the offense in the wake of Chudzinski's deperture; Turner instead joined the Vikings

 

- Originally wanted Steve Wilks as his defensive coordinator; went with Sean McDermott instead when the Chargers denied permission to interview Wilks and McDermott was fired by the Eagles

 

- Hired Wilks as defensive backs coach a year later when his contract was up, parting ways with Ron Meeks

 

- Replaced Chudzinski with Mike Shula, passing over Hue Jackson (who coordinated the Bengal offense against us a few weeks ago) and Pat Shurmur (who ran the Eagles offense last night)

 

- Backfilled the QB Coach position with Ken Dorsey who at the time was working for the panthers as a scout; prior to that Shula was an assistant trainer at IMG where he helped train Cam Newton

 

- Later hired well known QB Coach John Ramsdell as an "offensive assistant" ; per Zod, Ramsdell is rarely part of the practices

 

- Let Jim Skipper walk in favor of Wisconsin RB Coach John Settle; picked Skipper back up after firing Settle two years later

 

- Let go of Fred Graves in favor of Ricky Proehl; Graves is now with the Chargers and is credited with overseeing the development of Keenan Allen while Proehl is mentoring Kelvin Benjamin

 

- Hired Warren Belin to coach linebackers; fired Belin after he tutored Luke Kuechly to a rookie of the year campaign and replaced him with Al Holcomb

 

- Hired Brian Murphy as special teams coach after Murphy was coming off a bad season; replaced him a year later with old college teammate Richard Rodgers, who had never coached in the NFL

 

- Hired longtime (and well known) ST Coach Bruce DeHaven as an assistant to Rodgers (rather than the other way around)

 

- Hired John Matsko as offensive line coach after the Ravens had fired him

 

- Hired Pete Hoener and Eric Washington, both of whom have generally been credited with coaching good units (though Washington's unit has slipped some this year)

 

And JR approved it all.

[Growl]

Remember when a number of highly reputable ST coaches were available a couple years ago when the staffs they were on were relieved of duties, and how Ron went with his ole college broski instead.

lol great times.

[beastson]

Why is Ramsdell not Cams QB coach or even an OC?

poo like the why we never establish consistent success

[cultclassiccat]

seriously if gman doesn't clean this poo idc anymore

[Peppers90 NC]

Dumpster diving

[neverlosethefeeling]

And JR approved it all.

 

That's cause he's not a shitty boss. A good owner should hire a head coach and general manager he trusts to run the football side of the organization, and then he should give them the freedom to do just that.