Was Raheem Morris a better head coach than Ron Rivera?

[hepcat]

Raheem Morris was able to scrape together a 10-6 year behind Josh Freeman in 2010.  Ron Rivera is still trying to get to .500 with Cam Newton after three seasons of only once being .500 in his coaching tenure in Carolina (Week 2 in 2012).  Was Raheem Morris a better head coach than Ron Rivera?  

 

Raheem Morris

2009: 3-13

2010: 10-6

2011: 4-12 (started 4-2)

 

17-31 (.354)

 

Ron Rivera

2011: 6-10

2012: 7-9

2013: 1-3

 

14-22 (.388)

 

With the schedule much tougher down the back stretch in 2013, another late season winning streak is unlikely.  Rivera might very well lose the team by mid-season and have a full on collapse much like Tampa's in 2011 if the team can't win some games against weaker opponents in the next few weeks.  The amount of penalties in the Arizona game was out of control...and it might get worse....

 

[TheRed]

That's like comparing turds, lol.

 

Hey, he did have a winning record at one point though.

[Cary Kollins]

It's really hard to say RR is a better head coach than anyone, but I do think he is a better head coach than Morris for the simple reason that the team has shown no signs of quitting on Rivera.

[PiratePanther189]

They were pretty damn good in '10. Freeman was out of his mind.

[hepcat]

It's really hard to say RR is a better head coach than anyone, but I do think he is a better head coach than Morris for the simple reason that the team has shown no signs of quitting on Rivera.

 

No better way to have the players quit on you than losing a bunch of winnable games early in the year then having to face a bunch of playoff contenders down the stretch.  Last year the players had hope that they could win and help Rivera keep his job backed up by an easy late season schedule.  This year there is no such incentive.  

[Mr. Scot]

Different issues.

As I recall, players pretty much quit on Morris.

Players have yet to quit on Rivera, but it's become abundantly clear he doesn't have the skill set to be a head coach.

Who's better? No idea. I just know both are bad.

[Cary Kollins]

No better way to have the players quit on you than losing a bunch of winnable games early in the year then having to face a bunch of playoff contenders down the stretch.  Last year the players had hope that they could win and help Rivera keep his job backed up by an easy late season schedule.  This year there is no such incentive.  

 

 

I don't know how much it speaks to Rivera, maybe more so to the types of players and leaders this team has...but I don't see us quitting like Tampa did in 2011.

[TNPanther]

Rah lost the players because he became more like their friend than an authoritative figure.

Ron isn't buddy buddy like Raheem.

Sent from my SGH-T999

[BigBoss]

Yes. He's actually had a winning record as a coach, something Ron has NEVER had.

[carolina-chuck]

a 10-6 season is clearly than what Rivera have been able to established here