Is this enough for Rivera to stay

[Cyberjag]

If the decision was being made today, the answer is probably yes.   But the decision won't be made until after our last game, so we really  won't know until February 3rd.

[cbully]

I have to admit, he has grown as much as the team thus far! I'd love to see us stomp NE and NO at least once. He certainly had to be rehired considering 10-6 will be a playoff spot. I think we finish 12-4. He certainly seems to be on course for a 1 year addition without question unless everything turn sour. Not going to happen though because we have a confidence long forgotten in Carolina going on now. Winning is awesome!

[TheGreatestOfAllTimeCam]

No. If we were to roll off a bunch of losses in a row it will be right back where he started.

I said this after week 2, but Rivera's stuff will play itself out. 90% of you guys were GMs you would have fired him after Buffalo.

I have the same stance today as I did then. It will work itself out. We will see where we shake out at the end if the season.

 

Good post Teeray. And things have been good since Buffalo. But man.... can you imagine if we had hung onto that one in Buffalo as we should have. It almost makes me sick. We would be 7-2 right now in the drivers seat!

[Montie_0123]

He has to keep winning and get us to the playoffs but he has definitely earn my respect back. 

[CharlottePanther]

I think even at 8-8 ne deserves to stay. I would put more blame on our horrid WR corps (yes Smitty included) than Rivera if we went 8-8. All we need is legit weapons

[KillerKat]

Again, he has to make the playoffs.

[TNPanther]

If the decision was being made today, the answer is probably yes. But the decision won't be made until after our last game, so we really won't know until February 3rd.

What you did there I see.

[Mojoman]

9-7 Should be his bar right now.

 

It appears that he has us set up with a legit defense, so now we need another year or two to fix the cap/offense.

  I agree with this assessment.  

[Rubi]

The call to throw it on 3rd down towards the end of the game instead of trying to run it and chew up another one of their timeouts shows how much Rivera has grown as a coach. He's outside of his comfort zone and the team is thriving from this new aggressive play calling

[Jakob]

Instead of making a thread I'll use this one to make my statement. Rivera changed, he changed into the coach of our dreams. Unless he goes back to his old ways, I want him here.

[Frank Hollywood]

The call to throw it on 3rd down towards the end of the game instead of trying to run it and chew up another one of their timeouts shows how much Rivera has grown as a coach. He's outside of his comfort zone and the team is thriving from this new aggressive play calling

The second the 2nd down play ended I was wondering if we'd continue to see the new ron and throw it or if he'd go back to being conservative due to the tight game. I love new ron.

[cardiackat88.]

Do not fire this man, under any circumstances.

Have you seen this god damn defense???

[cavic7585]

He stays but we do not have to make the playoffs for him to stay. You have to remember that we have a very weak and banged up O-line. We also have some hurney magic left over in contracts. We spend some early draft picks on the O-line and purchase a decent threat on the outside to go with smith and olsen...we are looking scary next year. Imagine if we had a solid o-line with how we want to run the ball.

 

Also every year the team has improved on RR, if you were to fire him after barely missing the playoffs then no coach of any caliber is going to come here. Also winning and getting to the playoffs is hard in the NFL. I just dont see a collapse coming right now and that is the only reason he would be let go.

 

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

Are you some kind of retard?