Panthers have a decision to make on Rivera

[Happy Panther]

How often do teams let playoff coaches see the last year of a cheap contract?

[beastson]

Uh let's wait before we miss the playoffs next season then everybody start questioning if management should have did that

[PanthersATL]

No doubt we should keep Ron and have him prove that the 12-4 wasn't a fluke.  Give him a chance to prove that the Panthers can have back-to-back winning seasons.

 

Besides, it's a little late now to let him go -- the pool of available head coaches is relatively small at this time of year.  Missed opportunities and all.

[teeray]

No RR extension means ZERO chance someone not named Shula runs the O.

That is down from the probably the 1% chance if he does get extended :D

[CatMan72]

We just went 12-4 and were the 2nd seed in the NFC, is there really a decision to be made? LOL

[Ruff]

To be fair, JR did say he wanted to see MULTIPLE winning seasons...

[shelbypanther]

Two years with an option for a third.

[Jim Harbaugh]

He deserves an extension....period.

 

 

Rest of the NFC hopes so.

[DaveThePanther2008]

2 year extension would take him through the 2016 season.  I was on the bandwagon last season for letting Rivera go.  I was also on it earlier in the season when we were 1-3.   That is when Rivera learned to trust his team.  Even if we hadn't been successful at least he had belief in his team.  I think he is a good coach.  Well respected by the players (most former players are). 

 

I liked Shula when we signed him.  I was 100% behind him.  Though we were ball control  I just don't see growth on the offensive side.  

 

I hope we sign Rivera to a 2 year extension and bring in an offensive coordinator that can make things happen.  Sadly I think he will get a reprieve because the offense didn't have a full compliment of weapons. 

[twylyght]

Rivera has had 2.5 seasons to turn a 2-win team around.  The first year, we didn't even have an off-season.

 

I'm glad Gettlemen is calling these shots instead of the usual cadre of morons that like to sound off on this board.

[Sam Mills Fan]

Ron Rivera is not, let me repeat that, not a great gameday head football coach. He lets things like crowd reaction play too big a part in decision-making. His clock management skills have improved from terrible to merely a C-.

 

THAT SAID, he deserves an extension. He's the best defensive gameplanner in the league and I fully believe he's the reason for the turnaround on defense much more than McDermott. He gets his players to play harder for him more so than just about any other coach in the league. And without Riverboating, we might have missed the playoffs this year. 

 

He has at least continued to get better on gamedays and I bet he'll keep doing so. Extend him.

[El Chingon]

A two year extension would make the most sense.

We don't want to give him a 4 or 5 year deal because ownership wants to see back to back winning seasons.

We don't want to give him a 1 year extension because it would make it seem like a short term fix or band aid, as Mike Florio called it. 

[stirs]

noting a lot of the comments in this article

[jtm]

Please tell me we don't have fans that think a 12-4 coach doesn't deserve an extension. Our fans can't be this naive.