The Maturation of Ron

[Shadow]

All these years? Ha..This is his third season..

This is his fifth season.

[Day_One]

this year feels like the turning point.  even in the media! i have heard more positive news about carolina this year, at this point in the season, than anytime in history, including the superb  owl  year.   I especially enjoyed listening to mike and mike commend cam for his Halloween party crash. 

 

i do not beleive that is because of Ron... The man still cant take a minute and a half off the game clock. 

[csx]

Deserved or not I love the fact Shula is getting outside praise now. It makes most of you cringe and that is worth it.

[London Loves Luke]

this year feels like the turning point.  even in the media! i have heard more positive news about carolina this year, at this point in the season, than anytime in history, including the superb  owl  year.   I especially enjoyed listening to mike and mike commend cam for his Halloween party crash. 

 

i do not beleive that is because of Ron... The man still cant take a minute and a half off the game clock. 

so the growth of the team and success on the field has nothing to do with the head coach? Seems pretty pointless having one of that's the case.

[EightyNine]

This is his fifth season.

I meant this was his third season as OC.

[top dawg]

I remember when certain Huddlers were starting threads every other day listing potential replacements.  

How sweet it is now for the Huddle to be free of such silliness. 
 

[-13 Amp-]

I would like to add not getting blown out every year (and most of the time we get blown out more than once)  

Add that to the winning after bye weeks

[bigjohn]

I think Coach Rivera should get tons of credit. Players like playing for him, and he gets the most out of most of the guys on his team.  He will fall on the sword and take blame even when it's not really his fault but he also holds players responsible when they don't perform which is a fine line to walk.

Some of his in-game decisions aren't always what I'd choose, but that comes with the territory. I am sure there are also a lot of decisions made that the majority of us wouldn't make that work out for the best.

About Shula...and I've said this before.. Madden makes everyone think they are qualified to be an NFL offensive coordinator.  He's not the best in the league, but I certainly don't think he's the worst. Take away a few drops and penalties, and we have put up decent numbers this year with our well-documented lack of experience at receiver.  I think Shula has grown into his position as well.