Would you want this kind of coach?

[arbnranger]

57 minutes ago, CarolinaSunday said:

Brutal.  I would want the coach to call them out privately but I don't think airing dirty laundry in public is very conducive to team unity.  

Exactly this. 

[mwright350]

I just can't imagine that attitude ending well for him.  There's a fine line between expressing discontent / concern over your teams' actions, lack of execution, poor play, whatever else and directly calling out players to the media.

He's hate-fuged that line into submission then kicked it for good measure.

[juliosantos]

hes a douchebag 

[Millioso7]

Rivera is a honest and genuine coach.. His repsponses are cool and calculated.. He knows how to play the media's game while keeping it clean.. I wouldn't trade'em for any coach in the league..

[scpanther22]

wasnt bruce Arians the same guy that cut a player for parking in his spot

[MVPccaffrey]

1 hour ago, uncfan888 said:

Here's the million dollar question..  Do we want Tampa to beat them this weekend? Tampa starting 2-0 and Arizona starting 0-2 would be crazy. I know we usually want division teams to always lose, but I feel like we'll still overtake Tampa and we need Arizona to lose games 

IMO, always hope for division rivals to lose above all else while the division is still up for grabs.  

Seattle is almost certainly taking the West, so the best the Cards can hope for is coming into BoA again for another post season spanking.

[L-TownCat]

1 hour ago, csx said:

To his credit he won with Andrew Luck

This made me lulz.

 

I hope he does it again, then again until the Cards are right back in the muck and mire of the NFC basement just where they belong.

[Mr. Scot]

2 hours ago, nctarheel0619 said:

Na, bruh.  Just an opinion, bruh.  I did drink a beer last night though.  Sierra-Nevada Nooner Pilsner.  

But yes, I would take Tomlin over Rivera in a heartbeat right now.  

The Steelers have arguably the best well-oiled machine in sports.

Tomlin's gear in that machine is overrated.

Just because you get mad and yell and jump around and stuff, it doesn't make you a good coach.

[CRA]

Arians is full of bologna. 

Goes back to last year where he claimed he never had any intention of playing for homefield advantage from the jump and the plan was always to sit guys at half time (when they got stomped).  No one called him on the crazy logic.

Once he starts losing, media members will start treating this dude like he deserves.

[Mr. Scot]

2 hours ago, csx said:

90% here thought he was Jesus......until they didn't. 

I remember our old friend PU boisterously cheering his supposed tanking for the #2 seed in the playoffs.

That whole notion was bulls--t.

[Servant of Cthululelei]

2 hours ago, Khyber53 said:

He would have had more impact on those guys if he had waited until the team meeting and instead walked in, said their names and "My office... NOW!" then dismissed the rest of the team to position grouping meetings or weight room.

Then when those three get to his office tell them to grab their bags and go home for the rest of the day to wait for him to call and see if they needed to show up tomorrow.

They'd all be told to come back, but the message would be there to them and the rest of the team that didn't see them the rest of the day.

Dragging their names out before the press like that is just bush league.

That would require the coach to look those players in the eyes while he berates them and treats them like children.  Much easier to just bitch about them to the media where there's no fear of retaliation.

[nctarheel0619]

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

The Steelers have arguably the best well-oiled machine in sports.

Tomlin's gear in that machine is overrated.

Just because you get mad and yell and jump around and stuff, it doesn't make you a good coach.

[Mojo]

Tomlin is definitely a very good coach.  I don't see how anyone can argue that.  Personal preference Rivera vs Mike T

[Cj72]

From some of the things I've seen since they lost, the cards better be careful or they are going to implode. I think they bought into the hype and are not handling their loss well at all.