Time for a Change

[DaveThePanther2008]

I have always been a pretty big Rivera supporter.  When 2014 hit and everyone was calling for his head.   I hung in there with him.  Believing he could get the job done.  He could win it all for us.

Not anymore.   I don't see the togetherness that 2015 had.   Riverboat Ron has gone back to being scared.  My final blow was the decision to punt when we gained only 15 yds of field position against a team that was consistently moving the ball.   At that moment in the game is when I realize it was game over.   You pay kickers to kick field goals and extra points.   While FGs aren't going to win you games too often leaving points on the field is worse. 

This team isn't riddled with Pro Bowlers at every position, no team is.  IMO this team has the talent to beat anyone including New England.  Rivera (and maybe JR) hangs onto the worst offensive coordinator in the league.  We are wasting a rare talent.    I was watching the KC game (or maybe NFL Network) the other night and they were talking how Andy Reid moves guys around to create mismatches.   I look at their talent and ours and offensively we have just as good talent if not better.  Yet we are mired in an offense that has scored 3 TDs in 3 Games.  An offense that would have gotten beat by the worst team in the league 30 years ago.

When does it change?  Sadly it will take 2017 for anyone to make a change.  We'll lose this whole season because Rivera doesn't have the balls to make the call to replace Shula. 

We all, or most, love the Panthers but the lack of offense is killing us.  If you can't see this Ron than it is time to put the Riverboat in mothball and move on.  There are good coaches out there that would love to have the talent we have.   

Unless, things change in a hurry, Ron we love you but it is time for a change.

[top dawg]

I can't ask for his head at 2-1 in good conscience. He, Shula and Cam still have time to get their acts together, but if we fail this year, I won't mind looking for the replacements for all three. That's the change I'm talking 'bout!

[top dawg]

Win against some good teams, beat the teams you're supposed to beat convincingly (especially at home), and make a run in the postseason...and all will be forgotten.

[Jeremy Igo]

It is like taking care of a baby. When you just cannot stomach the smell from the diaper anymore, it is time for a change. 

 

Sounds right. 

[Ace_Aladdin]

45 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

It is like taking care of a baby. When you just cannot stomach the smell from the diaper anymore, it is time for a change. 

 

Sounds right. 

You'll be first one  back on the bandwagon soon as the team wins.

 

 

[Jeremy Igo]

7 minutes ago, sanjay_rajput said:

You'll be first one  back on the bandwagon soon as the team wins.

 

 

[DaveThePanther2008]

1 hour ago, top dawg said:

Win against some good teams, beat the teams you're supposed to beat convincingly (especially at home), and make a run in the postseason...and all will be forgotten.

Well so far according to this logic we are 0-3 (maybe 1-2 if you consider SF convincingly) We should have walked all over New Orleans (especially at home) yet we looked like the same team from 2016.

I guess what frustrates me is that everyone says Shula is great at play design but we never see it.  Misdirection is not a word we use in our offense and should be utilized often with the speed we have.  Even the thought of doing misdirection would make teams hesitate.  I want to see this offense explode with the potential we have.  Rivera won't hold him accountable and therefore he needs to be held accountable.

Johnny Unitas, my hero as a young man, was his on OC and he was great at keeping defenses honest.  Running when it was obvious passing and visa versa.  Our OC uses the same formation, the same plays and expects them to fool someone.  THEY DON'T.

Open this offense up and make teams play from behind.  

 

[cookinbrak]

This season is an anomaly. We beat SF, who then took it to SEA and LA. We beat BUF, who then go beat DEN, who had previously beat DAL. The NO throttles us, after being embarrassed 2 weeks in a row. There's no telling what happens next.

[DaveThePanther2008]

6 minutes ago, cookinbrak said:

This season is an anomaly. We beat SF, who then took it to SEA and LA. We beat BUF, who then go beat DEN, who had previously beat DAL. The NO throttles us, after being embarrassed 2 weeks in a row. There's no telling what happens next.

Most definitely an odd season.  Who would have thunk that Jacksonville would Thump Baltimore in London 44-7.  NOT ME.

[Sam Mills Fan]

I'd love to see what an entirely new coaching staff would do with Cam, but we all know any new head coach would be required to have a defensive background and there's no guarantee we'll get a new OC that knows what he's doing either.

[uncfan888]

I've wanted a head coach change for a while.  Rivera is too much like fox for my taste. I'd love to get an offensive minded coach in here

[beastson]

3 hours ago, DaveThePanther2008 said:

I have always been a pretty big Rivera supporter.  When 2014 hit and everyone was calling for his head.   I hung in there with him.  Believing he could get the job done.  He could win it all for us.

Not anymore.   I don't see the togetherness that 2015 had.   Riverboat Ron has gone back to being scared.  My final blow was the decision to punt when we gained only 15 yds of field position against a team that was consistently moving the ball.   At that moment in the game is when I realize it was game over.   You pay kickers to kick field goals and extra points.   While FGs aren't going to win you games too often leaving points on the field is worse. 

This team isn't riddled with Pro Bowlers at every position, no team is.  IMO this team has the talent to beat anyone including New England.  Rivera (and maybe JR) hangs onto the worst offensive coordinator in the league.  We are wasting a rare talent.    I was watching the KC game (or maybe NFL Network) the other night and they were talking how Andy Reid moves guys around to create mismatches.   I look at their talent and ours and offensively we have just as good talent if not better.  Yet we are mired in an offense that has scored 3 TDs in 3 Games.  An offense that would have gotten beat by the worst team in the league 30 years ago.

When does it change?  Sadly it will take 2017 for anyone to make a change.  We'll lose this whole season because Rivera doesn't have the balls to make the call to replace Shula. 

We all, or most, love the Panthers but the lack of offense is killing us.  If you can't see this Ron than it is time to put the Riverboat in mothball and move on.  There are good coaches out there that would love to have the talent we have.   

Unless, things change in a hurry, Ron we love you but it is time for a change.

We don't game plan which is why we don't create mismatches for defenses. We just run our offense and if it works, it works... if it doesn't, it doesn't. 

[dpm0409]

Definitely not saying I want to have the defensive side of the ball neglected by any means, but having an offensive minded HC here would be so nice for a change

[Ricky Spanish]

Bring in Jim Bob Cooter

We can call him by his proper name:

James Robert Vagina