Ron Rivera officially on the hot seat.

[KillerKat]

If you have just one gripe about Rivera, it has to be roster management. It shouldn't take injuries to happen to see better talent take the field. The head coach is supposed to be the evaluator of the talent on his team. He is supposed to field the best 11 on offense and defense. Yet with Rivera this is not the case. He predetermines the players that see the field and it takes either a colossal failure or an injury to get that player off the field. We can all argue back and forth about firing Rivera, but that one thing alone should be enough to get any head coach fired.

[beastson]

I'm leaning towards a loss today

[pantherking15]

I can see Tepper giving Rivera another season if the Panthers finish 10-6, can keep the loss @ New Orleans in the single digits, make the playoffs, win a wildcard playoff game, and be competitive in the divisional round. Anything less and Rivera is gone.

Reasons Rivera has to go:

• History of playing not to lose. Go back to the 2015 season and see how many times the Panthers just sat on huge leads and barely won.
• History of terrible roster decisions. It takes injuries for the best player to get on the field.
• History of terrible game management and clock management, including being incompetent with using timeouts.
• Questionable coaching hires (Mike Shula, Eric Washington, etc.)
• Old school mentality that is incompatible with Tepper's forward-thinking mindset.

Rivera is a mediocre coach. Tepper isn't the type (like JR) to settle for mediocrity.

[Cookie Lyon]

30 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

If you can't be called upon to do your best until somebody lights a fire under your ass, you're not reliable.

Truly good coaches don't need to be motivated by the fear of losing their job.

This

[Harbingers]

20 minutes ago, Toomers said:

 Wasn’t the part of the resume I was referring to, but it is quite telling. Getting Bobby Beathard coffee for most of a decade should impress though. Right up there with AM talk show host.  

Yes, wonder if he noticed it said GM assistant, not Assistant GM. 

[Cookie Lyon]

This will be extra juicy if we lose again today. I will be tuning in.

 

[Toomers]

5 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

Yes, wonder if he noticed it said GM assistant, not Assistant GM. 

Still better than the results of him being the actual GM. Rarely spilled any coffee and spread a mean cream cheese on a bagel. 

[raz]

1 hour ago, tondi said:

Good to know our owner is as frustrated as the rest of us, as opposed to sitting under a blanket in a coma during games. 

ok i gave you a beer for this, but i feel kinda funny inside about how funny i think this post is

[Car123]

14 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

Yes, wonder if he noticed it said GM assistant, not Assistant GM. 

 

7 minutes ago, Toomers said:

Still better than the results of him being the actual GM. Rarely spilled any coffee and spread a mean cream cheese on a bagel. 

You two are halfwit goofballs.

"In 1990, Hurney moved with Beathard to San Diego, serving as the general manager's assistant with responsibilities that included organizing the scouting department and player contracts and overseeing the day-to-day football administration.

With the advent of the salary cap in 1993, Hurney emerged as the club's specialist in compliance management, earning distinction as both an administrator and negotiator and playing an integral role in San Diego's AFC Championship in 1994."

[Harbingers]

5 minutes ago, Car123 said:

 

You two are halfwit goofballs.

"In 1990, Hurney moved with Beathard to San Diego, serving as the general manager's assistant with responsibilities that included organizing the scouting department and player contracts and overseeing the day-to-day football administration.

With the advent of the salary cap in 1993, Hurney emerged as the club's specialist in compliance management, earning distinction as both an administrator and negotiator and playing an integral role in San Diego's AFC Championship in 1994."

Still didn’t make him the Assistant GM, all it means is he was doing the menial jobs for the GM, with no real acting power. 

[Seltzer]

2 hours ago, luke262 said:

I think Ron will be gone pretty much regardless this offseason, thanks for the services and he did have success but a new direction needed will be the reasoning. I myself have been a Ron supporter but do believe with the young offensive weapons and cam at his peak now, we need to take advantage of this and shift to a more aggressive philosophy. 

This is the most likely way Tepper feels in my opinion. I certainly have supported Rivera and appreciate everything he had done. He has been a good coach but I just don't know if his coaching philosophy is suitable for the direction the league is going

[Wolfpredator]

Been wanting Ron gone before our SB run and gave him a few years after.  This article is music to my ears though.  Its possible that Tepper will turn out to be one of those meddling owners that ruin a franchise but I am going to be on the look / see how this all plays out.  We need a change and those who are complacent with keeping Ron around forever because they are afraid to try something new....well...tough.  Times have changed and RR's 80,000 year old philosophies are just not working anymore.  His resist to any kind of change, even though what he is doing has not been working for a while is essentially what is going to be his undoing.  He can take his "Missed opportunities" "Look at things" right out the door with him.

[Mr. Scot]

44 minutes ago, Jmac said:

We can always follow the Jets model if you like.....Mediocre to just bad....season after season. Seems like we may be there already. Three steps forward and four steps back won't cut it anymore.

Under Jerry Richardson, we weren't all that different from the Jets.

Woody Johnson kept Rex Ryan as head coach despite lousy results because he liked his trash-talking bravado. Similarly, Jerry Richardson was reported to have viewed Marty hurney as "GM for life" despite a poor win-loss record.

[Toomers]

5 minutes ago, Car123 said:

 

You two are halfwit goofballs.

"In 1990, Hurney moved with Beathard to San Diego, serving as the general manager's assistant with responsibilities that included organizing the scouting department and player contracts and overseeing the day-to-day football administration.

With the advent of the salary cap in 1993, Hurney emerged as the club's specialist in compliance management, earning distinction as both an administrator and negotiator and playing an integral role in San Diego's AFC Championship in 1994."

  So he can add and subtract. Anyone can work a salary cap. And do a hell of a lot better job than Hurney did. He did whatever he was told to do. Where is his football experience? Scouting? Anything?

 And let’s discuss his relevant resume’. You know...the 12 years as a GM. Explain his time in CAR in a way that would make me want to hire him?  Go....