I feel like we just lost. Coaching a major concern going forward.

[sharkkiller]

1 minute ago, Promethean Forerunner said:

And what if our boys get obliterated in the second half against Arizona because of BS like this? It's the playoffs. If this hasn't been fixed yet then it won't be this season.

Yes, I'm totally gonna celebrate that we barely hung on and survived. Fug that. 

Ok dude. If that is how you feel. Fly at it.

[Quinning]

3 hours ago, KillerKat said:

The way we handled the second half was absolutely dreadful. Rivera told reporters we were keeping the foot on the pedal after the half. Complete lie. He went full conservative mode after the half and almost let the Seahawks come back to win it. My faith in him took a major hit today. We will not win the Super Bowl with him coaching like he did today. He was outcoached and almost lost it for us in the end.  I do not understand why he continues time and time again to let teams come from behind after gaining a huge lead. He has to be the worst coach in the NFL when holding a big lead. He has learned nothing from previous games this year.

 

I wish I was kidding but I'm not... Mike Smith was the worst coach ever when holding a big lead... and Dan Quinn wasn't much better this season.

 

Glad you guys got the W at any rate.  Good luck next Sunday.

[5158Poundin]

#KEEPPOUNDING…carry on.  This team will get this right and the coaches retracted their ball sacks in the second half.  It's a different game next week and I believe WE GOT THIS like we have ALL season.

[Jimmy]

I'm ecstatic!  Fug all the negativity!  We coasted in the 2nd half because we could!  We are that badass!!   WOOO FUGGGIN HOOOO BITCHES!!!

[tiger7_88]

3 hours ago, FootballMaestro said:

I know the concern is you get a turnover, placing them back in the game. However, if you score 7, and 3 more points, then they're out the game altogether.

3-and-outs are almost as good as turnovers.

[CPantherKing]

I know Cam stated they went conservative in 2nd half and coaches/players were coaching/playing "butt tight". Ron apparently wanted to be more aggressive, but somehow that did not happen from his coordinators and the play calling went to a play not to lose mentality.

I know this is a common coaching go to with big leads throughout the season either in the 3rd quarter or with 8 minutes to go in the 4th quarter. I just hope this is tactical to keep from showing their hand, and come the Super Bowl they just let the players loose the entire game and blow out the opponent. I know they can dominate and bury any team in the NFL if the coaches allow it.

I just hate letting the best QBs in the NFL hang around for a chance to win the game.

Cam made it known that we have to trust the coaching, and they must have a reason for their decisions. As long as we win, I will trust in the coaching, but I do not have to agree with the strategy.

Now to take down the Cardinals and teach Fitzgerald and Palmer what it means to play a physical team that will whoop up on a team.

[MHS831]

I have not read the entire thread, but we are winning games.  The same coaches calling shots when we blow leads were calling shots when we built them.  It is not pretty, but we have won, including the playoffs-with the current coaching staff:

36 games over the past three seasons (vs. 15 losses--.705 win percentage

21 games since we lost to Minnesota at Minnesota last November (vs. 2 losses--- .910 win percentage)

I too am frustrated by the inability to rip out the jugular, but I am not going to criticize any strategy that leads to a W.

 

Think about it:  We have suffered the sting of defeat just 2 times in about 14 months.  Most teams can't say that about December.

 

[teeray]

Dude.  I mean.... smh

[pantherclaw]

The game was over by half time. 

Next game.

[tiger7_88]

17 minutes ago, CPantherKing said:

I know Cam stated they went conservative in 2nd half and coaches/players were coaching/playing "butt tight". Ron apparently wanted to be more aggressive, but somehow that did not happen from his coordinators and the play calling went to a play not to lose mentality.

 

This is about as cheap a piece of throwing-under-the-bus I've ever seen.

Is Rivera admitting he has NO control over his coordinators?  Isn't that in the job description of "head coach"?

[84ohconugohs]

3 hours ago, Cuttinedge said:

The one thing that no ones discussing is the fake punt by Seattle.  When everyone in the stadium including Joe Buck knew it was coming. But our coaches were obvious to it. 

srsly

[Khyber53]

5 hours ago, KillerKat said:

The way we handled the second half was absolutely dreadful. Rivera told reporters we were keeping the foot on the pedal after the half. Complete lie. He went full conservative mode after the half and almost let the Seahawks come back to win it. My faith in him took a major hit today. We will not win the Super Bowl with him coaching like he did today. He was outcoached and almost lost it for us in the end.  I do not understand why he continues time and time again to let teams come from behind after gaining a huge lead. He has to be the worst coach in the NFL when holding a big lead. He has learned nothing from previous games this year.

Really? Really?

I think it had a helluva lot more to do with Pete Carroll figuring out that if they would quit trying to feed Leastmode that they could get back on track. Once they quit making him the main fixture of their attack, they became dangerous again... much like this entire year so far for them. 

Seattle is a good team, with a lot of good players, who have been here before. They were extremely stupid in their play calling early on and their defense could not gel. After half time, they came out and played their game, but the die had already been cast and we did the smart thing by dragging our feet and doing what we could to prevent injuries.

We looked bad, but we basically just went two rounds of rope-a-dope with them. We'll be fine and Arizona is next. 

You're crying like it was July all over again. Hope you'll be just as pleasantly surprised.

[pstall]

During the first have onslaught we all knew to score as much as possible.

Because the 2nd half is always cardiac inducing. 

[FootballMaestro]

1 hour ago, tiger7_88 said:

3-and-outs are almost as good as turnovers.

Hey Panthers won. So who am I to say what the coaching staff should have done.

I'm happy with the win as well.

Nonetheless, you would just hope that the Panthers would have scored once, twice, or maybe even a FG in the 2nd half just to keep things honest.

There's playing smart. Then there's playing too cautious.

I guess the two sometimes are hard to combine, particularly with big leads.