Rivera signs 3 year contract extension

[SnowPanther]

We all called it.

 

Yep, no way can you go into the season with Rivera as a lame duck. And besides, if he falls on his face this year, you can just tear up the contract after the season and pay him  to sit at home.

[El Chingon]

The organization did the right thing here, no one can argue that.

[teeray]

Well deserved and right move IMO

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

panthers go 12-4 winning 11 of their last 12 games with ron rivera reinventing himself and saving his career in dramatic fashion

 

huddle: 'JOHN FOX'

[Evengelion]

Not that we had any better options especially how 7-8 coaches get fired every year.

[Mr. Scot]

I'm almost positive that Ron accepted whatever deal Getts put in front of him. No need to haggle. RR knows what's up.

 

Wouldn't surprise me.

 

When it comes to ego, Rivera is the antithesis of guys like Belichick, Spurrier, Shanahan, etc.

 

 

Yea, great news, this organization always is a good judge when giving extensions to players/cooaches/GMs.

 

 

[Panthers111]

Ron definitely deserves this. It really helps that Marty and Dave were able to fill out a stacked defensive and a decent offense with Cam at the helm. 

[MtnProwler]

Expected. Can't give him any less without making him feel lame duck. Can't give any more to a guy with 0 playoff wins in 3 years

Fair.

I agree, I'm glad to see something done to start the offseason movements.

[El Chingon]

Gettleman has a list of off-season priorities. This was #1 on that list.

[Mr. Scot]

David Newton weighs in...

 

Extending Rivera deal was a no brainer

 

Excerpt...
 

 

"I'm fortunate I've got some guys that have been through these tough times. I've talked to several of them a couple of times. I've got some friends in the league that I call and talk with.

"And I obviously talk to my family, talk to my wife. You always find a source of inspiration somewhere."

Ironically, Rivera became the source of inspiration for the Panthers. Players love playing for him and wanted to see him succeed. Many felt he was in this position because they let him down.

So they dug in deep. They became stronger as a group and learned how to win as a team.

And they won a lot -- 12 of their final 14 regular-season games to capture the NFC South title and a first-round bye in the playoffs. Many told me they were playing for Rivera more than themselves.

Now Rivera is hot. He's so hot that on Tuesday the Panthers gave him a three-year extension that will keep him as the head coach through 2017. Terms were not immediately available, but hopefully he got a hefty raise from the four-year, $11.2 million deal he signed in 2011.

It was the right move.

It was the only move.

To let Rivera go into the final year of his original deal as a lame duck coach would've shown a lack of confidence by the organization in a man who never lost confidence in what he was doing for the organization. It would have been wrong. It would have been unjust.

 

Teams that constantly change head coaches tend to fail. Look no further than the Browns, who gave up on Chudzinski after one season.

Had the Panthers given up on Rivera at 0-2 or 1-3, think of all they might have missed.

Rivera still has something to prove. He can't follow up a good season with a losing season as Fox did over and over.

But at least now the future looks bright. The team has a franchise quarterback in Cam Newton and franchise quarterback of the defense in middle linebacker Luke Kuechly. It has most of the front seven returning from a defense that finished second in the NFL against the run and in total defense.

It has some cap space to play with to improve thanks to Gettleman, who made necessary cuts and restructuring of deals to get there.

Gettleman said he needed three or four weeks to evaluate the players -- 21 that are scheduled to become unrestricted free agents -- for what they did for 17 weeks before making personnel decisions that will impact the team's long-term future.

Signing Rivera shouldn't have taken 17 days. It was a no-brainer.

Rivera's seat in his office at Bank of America Stadium still is hot, but now for the right reasons.

 

 

[rayzor]

we better have another winning season next year.

 

i didn't want any extensions until he could show he can deliver back to back winning seasons. 

 

i really hope this works out. until i see those results i'll still have my doubts.

 

consecutive winning seasons have to take place. no excuses.

 

 

[Mr. Scot]

Here's an additional tidbit from another Newton article (link)

 

ESPN did a survey of NFL players asking them what coach they'd love to play for other than their own.  The overall winner was Pete Carroll, but not among Panther players.

 

Newton said all the Panthers he surveyed for the poll answered Ron Rivera.

 

He explained to them that for the purpose of the poll, they couldn't vote for their own coach.

 

They still said Rivera.

[SCP]

Congrats Ron. Now let's keep it going.

[Kevin Greene]

Having been paid I want Playoffs, deep Playoffs.

Now we'll get all the best Free Agents and assistant Coaches, right?