“Riverboat” Ron Rivera plays it safe yet again.

[hepcat]

It is truly time to stop calling Ron Rivera “Riverboat Ron”. He is by nature not a risk taker, as we all knew from day 1. He constantly played it safe and bet against himself on game day time and time again. Until his job was on the line, then he started taking risks. What a surprise.

Then he lost his job. And what does he turn around and do? He takes the only other open job at the time, on a team in the worst division in the NFL, in one of the closest cities to where he coached the last decade. Classic Ron. Plays it safe yet again. Could have waited and seen if there was a better team, in a more challenging division, but this was too comfortable and easy to pass up.

Washington can have him. Ron is a good man, but a thoroughly average coach. He couldn’t win a Super Bowl with Cam Newton and Luke Kuechly quarterbacking his team. He is not going to win one in Washington either. Happy Trails Ron. 

[BurnHurnBurn]

1 minute ago, Kinographer said:

I don't think there's anything safe about that job. He most likely took it because the market for him wasn't as hot as expected.

Ron is the closest thing to a real coach Washington has had since Gibbs 2.0

[LinvilleGorge]

I think the Skins are at least as big of a mess as we are right now, but honestly a bad division is a positive not a negative.

[My Goodness My Guinness]

Seemed like Rivera and Gettleman worked well together so I was expecting him to take that job. 

[dave-o]

First day in and its already been a long off season....  

[LegioX]

Seems the redskins are happy about getting him. I guess they never seen him come out in 2nd half with game adjustments or clock management. Both of which are horrible.

[hepcat]

16 minutes ago, My Goodness My Guinness said:

Seemed like Rivera and Gettleman worked well together so I was expecting him to take that job. 

They were a classic good cop bad cop setup. Probably why they hated each other. Would make for a great sitcom.

[ickmule]

The skins will be competitive next season with Ron as HC. They will finish above .500 which this team will not.

Ron could easily have sat out a season and still been a hot commodity. More of this fall is on Hurney and not Rivera.  

[mcsmoak]

Hiring a guy with 3 winning seasons in 9 years?  Yikes at Washington 

[App Panther]

He will have them in playoffs in 2 years. That roster isnt as bad as you think.

[Ivan The Awesome]

Good luck to him. The skins have a very good young D. He'll make it his team and be successful. Which is fine, I wish nothing but the best for him, except when he faces us. 

[hepcat]

8 minutes ago, App Panther said:

He will have them in playoffs in 2 years. That roster isnt as bad as you think.

It’s not any better than the Panthers roster. They don’t have a star like McCaffrey

[Paa Langfart]

Far as I know as of 1:50 pm Ron in a skins outfit isn't a done deal yet.

[Davidson Deac II]

Has the deal been announced, or are we just assuming its a done deal?