Is Rivera above...

[Mr. Scot]

...letting his team get hung out to dry a little to diminish their ego / feed their anger?

(not a big conspiracy fan myself, but a friend asked me this question and I thought I would post it here)

[PntherPryd]

yes

[Lemory]

"They need to get that corrected"

[Paa Langfart]

How many years was Riveras contract for again ?

[Mr. Scot]

yes

So you say he wouldn't do that.

[rayzor]

i don't know, but i do know that i wouldn't be mad if he did.

 

that might need to be done if they have been a bit too chill.

 

i want there to be anger and fire there for the season, but i want it all directed at the other teams...not internally, which is why i was glad there wasn't the fighting in camp. i want them fighting the other teams.

 

in either case, hopefully this game against the pats did just that.

[PntherPryd]

So you say he wouldn't do that.

 

 

not only do I say he wouldn't do that I'd say it was ridiculous.  Thank goodness it was your "friend" and not you to say it!  :)  

 

Now, will the end result help us for when games count?  yes.  But Rivera is neither that calculating nor that smart/dumb to plan those results.

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

The coach we played last night has paid his own players to start fights at practice before.

The concept in the op doesn't seem that outlandish.

[nosuchthingasapanther]

i can see ron doing it.

 

he's expressed his dissatisfaction with the overall lack of intensity during ota/practice on several occasions.

 

hang'em out to dry one good time to get them focused isn't a bad thing.

[Ruff]

...letting his team get hung out to dry a little to diminish their ego / feed their anger?

(not a big conspiracy fan myself, but a friend asked me this question and I thought I would post it here)

 

I was thinking this myself, but my mind keeps going back to this 'loose practice' thing that Zod has been saying about this camp. Maybe it's more of the team isn't prepared, and hasn't been under Rivera. I don't know, but everyone can say 'it was a preseason game, blah blah blah', but Rivera sounded pissed that the game ended like it did.

 

Maybe he needs the wake-up call just as badly as anyone else on the team does.

[XClown1986]

Coach of the year two years in a row if this was a planned example

[PhillyB]

maybe.

 

if we come out swinging against pittsburgh and bury them, it may be a great confidence-builder and get some momentum going into week one

[Mr. Scot]

not only do I say he wouldn't do that I'd say it was ridiculous. Thank goodness it was your "friend" and not you to say it! :)

Now, will the end result help us for when games count? yes. But Rivera is neither that calculating nor that smart/dumb to plan those results.

My answer is actually that he would do it, but I don't believe that's what happened last night.

[PntherPryd]

The coach we played last night has paid his own players to start fights at practice before.

The concept in the op doesn't seem that outlandish.

 

 

if we had won the game 30-7 and the question had been "did Bellichik purposely set up his team to fail in order to motivate his team?"   I would never have responded as I did.

 

Bellichick has proven time and again he will do anything within or outside the rules to gain an advantage.

 

Do I see Ron Rivera doing this?  Not a chance in hell.