Rivera Walks out on Media Session

[Bartin]

Lmao of course it was David Newton 

[Khyber53]

We pry for injury information and there's only so much a coach could give, much less should give.

He's got to protect competitive advantages, player privacy, keep from getting in trouble with the Players' Association and HIPAA compliances. 

Walking out was the right thing to do.

[tiger7_88]

For being a so-called "nice guy", Rivera sure does strike me at times as being somewhat of a dick.

[WarPanthers89]

David Newton is the Mick Mixon of ESPN. 

[Mr. Scot]

19 minutes ago, ellis said:

Good for Ron. 

Seriously. 

It's not a good look, though.

If he was upset about the media digging at him, it's likely to get worse now.

[Mr. Scot]

16 minutes ago, *FreeFua* said:

Wait...

All these years this place has been screaming about the reporters asking lay up like questions and get mad when the reporters don’t press. Now they press and people side with Ron...?

Fair point.

[tiger7_88]

20 minutes ago, TNPanther said:

I can’t say I really blame him...these fugs are pressing him for a clickbait quote to stir up more poo.

Something like "I would have taken a shot too"?

[Pantherology]

...he went to bring in Kap!..He'll be back in a minute.

[Bartin]

5 minutes ago, TheRed said:

Tbqh Ron Rivera has had it pretty nice over the years in terms of fielding tough questions from the media. Take one look at NY. This isn't that bad at all.

The walking out doesn't matter. That's not really going to alter my view of him as a coach in any way. But doing so staring down a potential 0-3 start after how we finished last season? He's going to get flack for that. It comes with the territory of being a head coach.

Francesca straight up telling Shurmer that his team is terrible live on air was pretty hilarious I must admit.

[ellis]

I don’t think it matters. I don’t think it makes the seat any hotter. It’ll piss off some writers. That’s about it. 

[ellis]

17 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

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I believed Ron also left a press conference a few years ago when peppered about Luke Kuechly injury questions. Ron's very patient with the media but injury matters are a quick way to really get on his nerves.

He’s protective of his guys. That’s what I took away from it. Also, I have some questions about Arizona. Important ones. Valid ones. Relevant ones. But I’m not in that room today.

[tiger7_88]

2 minutes ago, ellis said:

He’s protective of his guys.

 

 

I only wish I had the photo-editing skills to place Cam Newton's face on Heston's.

[Carolina Cajun]

For what its worth, I dont blame him for getting pissed.  He likely doesnt really know poo in regards to cams health and just wanted to talk about Arizona and right after saying that he got 2 more questions about cam.

[Baskinridge]

5 minutes ago, TheRed said:

Tbqh Ron Rivera has had it pretty nice over the years in terms of fielding tough questions from the media. Take one look at NY. This isn't that bad at all.

The walking out doesn't matter. That's not really going to alter my view of him as a coach in any way. But doing so staring down a potential 0-3 start after how we finished last season? He's going to get flack for that. It comes with the territory of being a head coach.

Yup a lot harsher markets for far less issues. All this "Woe is Rivera, I would have walked out too" is pathetic. Dude gets paid what, 7 million a year to deal with it? Its simply bad look when combined with the current results and projection of our season to just walk out like that after getting so easily flustered. Nobody cares about Colin Jones or whatever scrub QB he wants to talk about. Anybody with half a brain knows that his current job is linked to Cam Newton's status and he's previously been all over there place with those comments (Oh it's not his foot it's just him not saving me)