Panthers working on extension for Ron Ron.

[PantherCam213]

2 hours ago, outlaw4 said:

Extend him? Yes, but let's not go overboard with the number of years. You may love Ron now but something like back to back losing seasons and we may regret a long extension.

We haven't had back to back winning seasons yet, but I think that's about to change.

I am eating my crow on Ron and enjoying every bite of it.

[outlaw4]

3 hours ago, Nick_81 said:

Number of years really don't matter for coaches. 

It's more from an organizational standpoint. Extending someone for, say, 5 years only to fire them after the second year doesn't look good. Unlikely scenario in our case but you never can tell.

41 minutes ago, PantherCam213 said:

We haven't had back to back winning seasons yet, but I think that's about to change.

I am eating my crow on Ron and enjoying every bite of it.

At the least, I'd rather have Ron than an early years John Fox. I get the impression Ron is more willing to adapt and learn as a head coach.

[johnnydefence]

Ron has always been an elite defensive guy and defense wins championships. 

[pantherclaw]

12 hours ago, PantherCam213 said:

We haven't had back to back winning seasons yet, but I think that's about to change.

I am eating my crow on Ron and enjoying every bite of it.

How important is that considering 3 seasons of being the NFCS Champ.

[pantherclaw]

I'm glad he turned into the coach that I  thought he can be, but I'll admit i had gotten to the point where I  was seriously questioning whether the sanity of it all. 

We are all good now!

 

Thanks Ron!

[PantherCam213]

8 hours ago, pantherclaw said:

How important is that considering 3 seasons of being the NFCS Champ.

Luckily, I think it is extremely important to the team.  A winning culture has caught on and I think we run with it.

[CWORS]

Well deserved!!!

[Nick_81]

On 2/27/2016 at 7:52 PM, outlaw4 said:

It's more from an organizational standpoint. Extending someone for, say, 5 years only to fire them after the second year doesn't look good. Unlikely scenario in our case but you never can tell.

Pretty much what we did with Capers.  Big extension, fired after 2nd year into the contract.  I don't think we stopped paying him until he got the HC job with the Texans.

[OneBadCat]

Already the best coach in our history. Well deserved. Now get us a ring Ron.

[Mr. Scot]

On 2/27/2016 at 7:52 PM, outlaw4 said:

It's more from an organizational standpoint. Extending someone for, say, 5 years only to fire them after the second year doesn't look good. Unlikely scenario in our case but you never can tell.

At the least, I'd rather have Ron than an early years John Fox. I get the impression Ron is more willing to adapt and learn as a head coach.

I'd say "unlikely" is an understatement.

Rivera and Gettleman have a great working relationship and they're getting results. Yes, things can change but even if we start to decline, I feel like the relationship between the two of them is solid enough that they'll try to hammer out a solution together without any finger pointing.