Amazing moment…..and as always….respect to Rivera

[rayzor]

Rivera is a good man and a good coach for some other team to have.

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

If Rivera knew how to do halftime adjustments, he would still be here. I do miss the man

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

9 hours ago, JawnyBlaze said:

I disliked him as a person once he started showing his true colors by throwing players under the bus, not backing his players, holding the team back, being a terrible coach, and finally that comment he made about never taking the blame any more after some player made a comment about not understanding the game plan or something like that.  
 

Sure he smiles for cameras and does things to look like a good guy in public and I’m sure he’s not an actual terrible person, but he’s no paragon of class like some people like to believe.  Classy people don’t throw their players under the bus and get petulant because a player said something that might have undermined him.  
 

But most of all he’s the reason two of the best players in franchise history were absolutely wasted. We should have had a ring or two with those two leaders on either side of the ball

You’re right. Most teams that have a Luke and Cam on their team at the same time usually get at least one ring. Man, now I’m depressed 

[TNPanther]

We'd be better off today if Tepper had extended instead of fired Ron.

[Waldo]

1 hour ago, TNPanther said:

We'd be better off today if Tepper had extended instead of fired Ron.

Ron is last in his division 1 game over .500 behind a 1st year HC playing D Jones as QB and keeping his job because the team is being sold where he will likely see something similar to a rerun of what unfolded here when Tepper bought the team.

We would be better off today if Tepper hired someone better than Ron and not a buffoon who hustled Hunrey and Tepper while eating some meatballs.

[Clicheking]

18 hours ago, JawnyBlaze said:

That was a cool moment and nice way to handle it, but still f rivera.  That’ll likely never change. 

What the hell??

 

Why!!??

[Sgt Schultz]

Ron is a decent man. 

As far as a coach, he is a stabilizer.  He can come into a fiasco, de-fiasco it and provide stability.  That is not an easy task.  Since he also played the game (and was successful at it), the players respect him.  As @kungfoodude said, you can see it in the way the players look at him.

But, let's not revise history about the end of his time here.  He said when he took the job here that a HC has a shelf life of about ten years with a team, at best.  Most fizzle out before them.  He pretty much called it.  His extreme loyalty is both an asset and a fault.

The fact that we replaced a high-character guy whose career on the field gives him credibility with a narcissistic BS artist who never came close to playing on an NFL field, and takes no accountability for any failures tends to color the memories of Ron and the reasons we moved on.

There will always be work for Ron and those like him in this league, because there will always be teams that create fiascoes that need to be cleaned up.  If the Foreskins fire Ron tomorrow (which would be a mistake), the Broncos, Cardinals, Raidahs, and Saints as well as potentially a few others should be looking him up.

[firefox1234]

13 hours ago, rayzor said:

Rivera is a good man and a good coach for some other team to have.

Best sums up my feelings.

[CPcavedweller]

22 hours ago, JawnyBlaze said:

That was a cool moment and nice way to handle it, but still f rivera.  That’ll likely never change. 

F Rivera? For what? Everything he did here was done with dignity and respect. Four straight NFC South Championships...or three? 

What?

[Basbear]

20 hours ago, TheBigKat said:

Considering the dumpster fire the Washington organization is, Rivera is an incredible light of good for them

Can you believe the type of book he could write?? be over 500 pages filled with non-stop real stories...... hes had one hell of a life.