I don't think I've ever seen the fanbase against our HC coach this much (Rivera Poll)

[KJ89]

he must go.

[Mr. Scot]

Pretty sure Rivera is, at this point, the least successful coach in Panthers history.

[cbarrier90]

I'd love to hear how those things factored into the last two minutes of the Atlanta game.

He's a bad coach. Time to face the facts

It would be one thing if we were simply outgunned all season and ran into teams that could simply show up and be better, but when the personnel you have actually puts you in a position to win as they did on Sunday and could very well do again in the coming weeks and you take that opportunity to win out of their hands that is inexcusable.

Another year to "right the ship" with different personnel wouldn't change anything. The situations would still present themselves and the coaches would continue to make the wrong decisions.

[Happy Panther]

Pretty sure Rivera is, at this point, the least successful coach in Panthers history.

At the start of the season he had the best win percentage of any Panthers coach. He is now 2nd behind Fox.

[hepcat]

I was officially done with Rivera when he said Cam wasn't "injured" during the Eagles game.  That went beyond being a bad head coach to straight up being a bad dude.  That's a man's life out there and he's getting sacked 9 times and hit almsot every play, obviously in pain and struggling to stand up when he delivers the play call on one knee.  He refused to put in Derek Anderson when it was obvious the game was lost and you are risking the long term health of your franchise QB.  He should have been fired after that game for that garbage.  

[davos]

Were you here? The hatred of Fox was in full gear.

 

I know because I was one of three people defending him.

 

I was.  I thought it was worse the prior year with Moore and Carr.  We all pretty much knew that last season was full lame duck even though discussion was quite contentious at times.  

 

My fam has had PSLs since Clemson...was a little too young until around 98 before I really got into things.  I guess my perspective is a little different than most. 

[Jangler]

I am starting to get worried that he'll be here next year.

 

We need more blowouts. We need bad teams like Minny, Tampa, and Atlanta to dominate us. It's for the best, folks.

 

 

 

[davos]

Thank you for the delete button.

 

I originally made the mistake of voting "No", not realizing the question was "do you want Ron Rivera gone". Lol.

 

Of course, I want him gone. So I voted yes!!

 

Yea haha.  I'm trying to round up a full fan vote rather than asking if you think he'll be gone.  Let the fan's opinion be heard!

[TonyN]

This season is pretty simple to explain.

 

The loss of Hardy and the disappearance of CJ turned what had been a great passing rushing defensive line into a no pressure defensive line.

 

This exposed an already suspect secondary that was made worse by personnel losses long term cap restrictions made it impossible to address.

 

Right now, the Panthers don't have a lot of talent on the defensive side of the football. They really didn't have that much talent last year, either, but Rivera was very good at making something out of nothing on that side of the ball.

 

On the offensive (literally) side of things, an already paper-thin and suspect offensive line has been banged-up and battered and unable to develop any sort of consistency. The running backs have been injured, the Receiving corps (outside of Olsen) has been inconsistent and the QB has wilted under pressure and put up bottom five passer rating numbers.

 

To address the Atlanta game for the umpteenth time: Newton had already thrown two picks, had nearly just thrown a third and has taken sacks on nearly 10% of his dropbacks this season. Rivera's decisions, while certainly conservative, were easy to understand. That's why criticism of the decision has really not gained any traction outside of the customary squealings on internet chat rooms.

[KARASMATIC444]

You guys forget all the firefox crap i see.

[davos]

This season is pretty simple to explain.

 

The loss of Hardy and the disappearance of CJ turned what had been a great passing rushing defensive line into a no pressure defensive line.

 

This exposed an already suspect secondary that was made worse by personnel losses long term cap restrictions made it impossible to address.

 

Right now, the Panthers don't have a lot of talent on the defensive side of the football. They really didn't have that much talent last year, either, but Rivera was very good at making something out of nothing on that side of the ball.

 

On the offensive (literally) side of things, an already paper-thin and suspect offensive line has been banged-up and battered and unable to develop any sort of consistency. The running backs have been injured, the Receiving corps (outside of Olsen) has been inconsistent and the QB has wilted under pressure and put up bottom five passer rating numbers.

 

To address the Atlanta game for the umpteenth time: Newton had already thrown two picks, had nearly just thrown a third and has taken sacks on nearly 10% of his dropbacks this season. Rivera's decisions, while certainly conservative, were easy to understand. That's why criticism of the decision has really not gained any traction outside of the customary squealings on internet chat rooms.

 

So you voted no?

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

To address the Atlanta game for the umpteenth time: Newton had already thrown two picks, had nearly just thrown a third and has taken sacks on nearly 10% of his dropbacks this season. Rivera's decisions, while certainly conservative, were easy to understand. That's why criticism of the decision has really not gained any traction outside of the customary squealings on internet chat rooms.

Nice trolling. Are you forgetting the two tds that cam had on the previous two drives? And how we were moving the ball effectively against one of the worst defenses in the NFL with a lot of time left? And the reason it "hasn't gained traction" is because nobody fuging cares about a 1 PM Carolina vs Atlanta game. Rivera got wrecked after the Eagles mnf game

[Montsta]

The fact so many here want him gone has me rethinking my stance on wanting him gone.

[mav1234]

Eh there was just as much Fox hatred, but the situation was different as 2010 came after mediocrity, not success, so the feeling was less of a monumental let down