Riverboat Ron interview on PFT Live

[FutureDynasty]

17 minute interview, pretty good listen:

 

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/12/06/pft-live-riverboat-rons-unique-preparations-for-the-saints/

[Gabeking]

Can anyone recap for iPhone users at work??? Lol

[TheRed]

Carolina Panthers ‏@Panthers

3h

Rivera says he’ll use #RiverboatRon nickname to benefit charity. "It’s taken a life of its own, if we can do something good with it we will"

[Kevin Greene]

Interesting that the Auburn offense was a key after the 0-2 start.

 

 

In the same week that Auburn pulled off a major upset in the Iron Bowl, we’ve learned that a former Alabama coach relied on some Auburn game tape to get the most out of his current quarterback.

In a Friday appearance on PFT Live, Panthers coach Ron Rivera explained how Nick Saban’s Tuscaloosa predecessor, Mike Shula, has gotten the most out of quarterback Cam Newton.

“We had a little bit of a slow start and during that slow start,” Rivera said of his first-year offensive coordinator.  “One of the things that Mike and the offensive staff did was they went back and looked at — we have a library of all of Cam’s plays from college — they looked at what Cam did extremely well and said, ‘You know what, let’s adapt a couple of these ideas and incorporate them into what we do.’  [shula] took three or four things that [Newton] did really well and we’ve incorporated that and put that into what we do as an offense.  Mike has made it work and that has really helped us.”

Rivera explained that the study of Newton’s Auburn performances happened in September, after the Panthers fell to 0-2 with a loss at Buffalo.

“We went up to Buffalo, we were doing some things, took a step back and said, ‘What can we do to help the quarterback?’” Rivera said.  “Mike and his guys said they were going to go back and take a look at it and Mike told me they really wanted to do it so we did it.  He came to me and said, ‘Look, Coach, this is what I want to incorporate and this is why.’  Mike’s reasoning and his thought process is right on and I was really excited to hear, ‘Let’s take a look at some of these other concepts, somebody else’s ideas.  It’s going to help the team, let’s do it.’  I was really excited to hear that.”

 

[FootballMaestro]

Interesting that the Auburn offense was a key after the 0-2 start.

Even more important: Rivera, admitted that he's a better coach now, than he was then (in Buffalo), and seemingly learned from his mistakes, because of it. 

[ladypanther]

Buddy Ryan called him Chico.

[The Golden Child]

Ron is a good interview, always very honest.

[rayzor]

they should have looked back at what malzahn did well with cam  and implemented a good bit of it to begin with.

 

that guy is one of the more brilliant minds in all of football, imo.

 

 

glad they finally did it.