If we miss the playoffs at 9-7 or 10-6 and still fire Rivera.. We deserve to be bottom dwellers.

[CharlottePanther]

Our D is elite, Cam is playing like Peyton Manning. Rivera inherited a 2-14 team with Jimmy Clausen and a joke of a D. Under him we would have gone 6-10, 7-9 and either 9-7 or 10-6 (assuming that will be our record this year). Not to mention back to back OROY and DROY on his watch. You know what kind of teams fire HCs after winning seasons? Terrible teams that never get ahead.

Rivera is like a brand new HC in recent weeks and he now finally gets it. I hate the NFL's playoff structure that punishes success and Rivera is too good of a man and turning into too good of a HC to get "Lovied" and fall victim to a flawed, unfair NFL playoff structure. You just dont fire a HC that oversees a top 3 D and a QB that is having a MVP season. The reason I make this thread today is because the NFC is looking harder and harder to get in at 9-7 or 10-6. Yes I know many of you have your "'line drawn in the sand" and say its playoffs or else but think about it, you really want to risk breaking up a MVP like QB and a top 3 elite D and our first winning record in ages?

[IGSaint]

Let's not get ahead of ourselves, rivera still has a lot more to do to earn my trust.

[teeray]

If we keep him we will need to extend him or risk a 2010 type coaching effort. Are you cool with that?

[Kevin Greene]

3 years no Playoffs and we'd be dumb to exit Rivera?

[Your GFs favorite huddler]

There's simply too much inconsistency too warrant bringing him back without at least a playoff appearance this year.....coaching decisions could have easily resulted in a 10-6 7-9 record the past 2 years

[SZ James (banned)]

revoke thread starting privileges pls

[fieryprophet]

Can you all stop with this retarded talk about playoff positioning? It's Week 8. Eight. Ocho. Octo. We're miles away from having to be concerned about that stuff.

 

If Rivera deserves to be back he will make his case by keeping this team playing at the level it's shown it can play at and we'll be playoffs-bound.

[the butch]

I mean, there are legitimate options out there to choose from.  Some coaches can rebuild the roster, but still can't win games.  If we don't make the playoffs, then the next guy will have a lot of talent to work with.  Also, don't forget Hurney completely fuged us as far as handing out big money contracts [going all the way back to Delhomme after the Arizona debacle].

[Ruff]

It's not an NFL Sunday until CharlottePanther makes a thread.

[teeray]

3 years no Playoffs and we'd be dumb to exit Rivera?

Well, you could also say he took a 2-14 team to 10-6 in three seasons and you fire him?

What other good coach would want to work for a franchise like that?

[wade]

Can you stop making threads?  Please?

[CharlottePanther]

There's simply too much inconsistency too warrant bringing him back without at least a playoff appearance this year.....coaching decisions could have easily resulted in a 10-6 7-9 record the past 2 years

But being 10-6 is good enough, in my book Rivera held up his end of the bargain by getting us a winning record, not his fault the NFL playoff rule makers cant hold up theirs.

[CharlottePanther]

I mean, there are legitimate options out there to choose from. Some coaches can rebuild the roster, but still can't win games. If we don't make the playoffs, then the next guy will have a lot of talent to work with. Also, don't forget Hurney completely fuged us as far as handing out big money contracts [going all the way back to Delhomme after the Arizona debacle].

Or we hire a Greg Schiano 2.0. Imagine how painful it would be having hired a Schiano disaster the year after we go 10-6. And besides, its all but confirmed that the playoffs will br extended in the next couple seasons, so 9-7 will be good enough anyway by that time.

[Your GFs favorite huddler]

But being 10-6 is good enough, in my book Rivera held up his end of the bargain by getting us a winning record, not his fault the NFL playoff rule makers cant hold up theirs.

Last time I checked the NFL is a business....ands,ifs, and buts don't count for squat....you don't see belicheck or harbaugh making excuses...they get the job done regardless