Is Rivera Done Now?

[LinvilleGorge]

i would love to see jerry take a chance on a potential candidate and see if someone can come in and turn this season around. with motivation and proper focus/management we could still be 4-3 going into the falcons game.

 

That wouldn't be giving that candidate much of a chance to prove himself.  He'd have no time to introduce his system and he'd have to try to roll with what was in place.  That's a recipe for disaster.  If we can Rivera mid-season, it'll be someone currently on the staff finishing out the season.

[Jangler]

While I really would love to be wrong, JR is not going to fire a coach mid season.

 

Something about making people work for what they're paid for etc.

 

JR needs a refund then.

[Spaceballs83]

Tired of getting my hopes up every year for the Panthers to have a good season, only to be looking forward to the Draft before Sept, and already talking about hiring a new coach. fug i hate losing!

[AlabamaPanther]

Does Dolly Parton have to sleep on her back? Does a one-legged duck swim in circles? Hell yeah on both, and Rivera! Let this idiot go and move up McDermot for the remainder of the season.

[DaveThePanther2008]

I'd be surprised to see a mid-season firing but I wouldn't mind it.  Yeah, it doesn't mean we'll win, but it means the new coach gets some extra practice time and evaluation time to help him going into next year.  You can't tell me that's not a leg up?  Plus, it might send a message, but who knows, I have no faith in this franchise and ownership.

 

Obviously the coach would be out of football right now.  Cowher and Gruden maybe.

 

I would hope it was someone with some experience in running a team.  Winning in this league.  

 

Rivera is a great defensive mind and he should stick to being a defensive coordinator.   Many know that they are not head coach material and stay where they are comfortable.   That is where Rivera belongs.

 

I am with you on letting them come in and see who has what.

[Anybodyhome]

While I really would love to be wrong, JR is not going to fire a coach mid season.

 

Something about making people work for what they're paid for etc.

 

Those are mutually contradictive terms.

 

JR will not fire someone mid-season. But he wants them to "work for what they're paid for."

 

So, since Rivera is getting paid, but not fulfilling expectations, i.e. not doing what he's paid to do, what is one supposed to do?

 

You pay somone to work for you at $10/hour and 4 hours into the shift he's not accomplished what you're paying him for. In JR's terms, just let him finish the shift and pay him, regardless of what he did or didn't accomplish?

 

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That being said, I wanted Rivera gone least season, but the timing was atrocious and Carolina's front office acted as though they could pick and choose. Problem was, there was nothing left t choose from.

 

Carolina fires Rivera now, who is the interim? Shula, McDermott? Seriously?

 

[hepcat]

Like others have said, Richardson will not fire Rivera mid-season as that would require him to pay him for not coaching.  Even if it means tanking another wasted season.