Good point by our buddy Kroeger

[BuffaloBills62]

Ernie Accorsi was the consultant hired that brought in Dave Gettleman.

 

Accorsi has a pretty good history of team building on his resume'.

 

That is irrelevant when you have an inept FO who are actually pulling the strings.  Rivera has done little with what he has but Gettleman has done nothing.  At least Rex Ryan is getting something from the nothing that Idzik is giving him.

 

For a while I thought they were going to get Polian back last year, fwiw.

[Mr. Scot]

That is irrelevant when you have an inept FO who are actually pulling the strings.  Rivera has done little with what he has but Gettleman has done nothing.  At least Rex Ryan is getting something from the nothing that Idzik is giving him.

 

For a while I thought they were going to get Polian back last year, fwiw.

 

Rivera has made so many coaching mistakes I've lost count.

 

The big mistake the front office made was keeping him in place.

 

[Snake]

That's a lot of us

 

 

 

He pulled the wool over everybody's eyes.  We misconstrued a desperate coach with his job on the line as a coach "turning the corner."  Hopefully Gettleman ends the Rivera era at the end of the season.

 

 

I think the mass exodus of players should have said something. Players knew last year was a fluke and they cashed in on it or retired.

[Paa Langfart]

I really dont think I will bother watching the Panthers again till rivera is gone, whether that takes one month or 13.  Im sick of seeing him stand on the sideline like a bewildered zombie.

[Diehardpanther02]

#Panthers won at least 3 of final 8 games all but 2 times in team history - '01 (0-8 ) & '10 (1-7). Coaches fired both times.

0-4 right now.

I was on the boat i dont want us to lose nemore but who the heck cares we need draft picks and whatever it takes to lose rivera n shula, and bell n chandler, n harper. Then ill be happy, Im not asking for much.

[mc52beast]

The remaining schedule...

 

- At New Orleans

- Home vs Tampa Bay

- Home vs Cleveland

- At Atlanta

 

Anyone see three wins in there?

 

Looks like Rivera is going with the youth movement, so I'm not even sure if TB is a lock. Could very well end up 3-12-1

[MHS831]

History in general isn't saying good things about Rivera's chances.

 

Unless you consider Fox's lame duck year.  Was it JR being tight?  If so RR has a chance. 

 

I don't think RR is going anywhere--but that is a hunch.  It would be cheaper to retain him and bring in a top-dollar OC.  After all, the defense has improved this year, and I think RR had something to do with that. 

[MHS831]

So draft slogans?

 

Sorry for Amari 2015

 

Suck Teat for Peat 2015

 

I can't think of one for Scherff.

 

You were on a roll too.  What about the T from A&M?

[UNCrules2187]

You were on a roll too.  What about the T from A&M?

 

Play Pooey for Ogbuehi

[FootballMaestro]

Rivera screwed himself when he made Shula OC. Maybe we didn't win a lot of games with Chud but this team was exciting to watch for 2 years. We were in most of our games we just couldn't finish them and that had a lot to do with Riveras crucial game coaching as well. The offense being the same after chud left was one of the biggest lies we were fed. I don't have any sympathy for rivera

 

This could not be reiterated enough!

 

Well said. Everything you said was true.

 

I'd also like to add: Panthers were screwed when Hurney hired Rivera. And then screwed again, when JR kept Rivera with some excellent coaching candidates available (Kelly, Arians, Reid), then hired Gettleman. This was followed up by, giving Rivera a reported 3 year $15 mil extension after only one successful year as head coach.

 

Ron Rivera, making $5 Mil a year as a head coach?

 

SMDH like a wet dog.

[FootballMaestro]

Rivera screwed himself when he made Shula OC. Maybe we didn't win a lot of games with Chud but this team was exciting to watch for 2 years. We were in most of our games we just couldn't finish them and that had a lot to do with Riveras crucial game coaching as well. The offense being the same after chud left was one of the biggest lies we were fed. I don't have any sympathy for rivera

 

This point can't be emphasized enough!

 

So many Panther fans (especially when they believed in Rivera and the "D" last year) ridiculed Chud's offense as being "Bad For The D", and ultimately for the team.

 

However, far too many Panther fans, overlooked  the countless times Rivera threw leads and games away with his poor coaching, time management and decision making during winnable games the Panthers could/should have won.

 

As you indicated If a teams going to be bad, I'd at least like them to be exciting. Right now, the team is both bad and unexciting.