Can we ever become a great team with Rivera at the helm

[FootballMaestro]

Look at the Cowboys. They aren't that much more talented than they were last year when their defense was horrendous. Obviously they got a new coordinator in there and Garrett doesn't have his hands on his defense, but it shows you don't need top flight talent everywhere to succeed. Defense is suppose to be Riveras bread and better and I would like to think we have more talent on defense than Dallas (obviously their run game helps in terms of defense), yet we can't even be average. Hardy is a great player, but one guy doesn't suddenly make you a bottom 5 defense.

 

If Rivera had half of brain, he would have realized his defense wasn't that good this year, and stop having so much faith in it.

 

He keeps thinking 2014 is 2013. And it's obviously not!

 

[Password is Taco]

no

 

could the redskins be great with zorn?

 

todd haley with the chiefs?

 

dennis allen with the raiders?

 

ron is about as quality of a coach as any of those guys

[Mage]

No.

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

I think you need the horses to be great. We lost horses from last season bc of cap and age. We are not great anywhere on this team except Lber and QB.

Keep in mind in three years time Rivera and McD did have a top 3 defense from a putrid last place type Defense the years before. Also rivera got really good coordinators in Chud(had a top 10 offense) and McD...im not quite sure why Rivera is hanging his hat on Shula with such loyality. Shula taints my own defense of Rivera. I do not see him as one of the problems however.

This season is a step back..but i think it was clear to most that the signings of Harper, Avant and Cotch were nothing more than temp band-aids bc of the roster defection. The Oline is patchwork and to top it off we lost Hardy. The fact we are leading the NFCS and .500 speaks volumes that Rivera is NOT the problem.

Sorry but no one can give a rah rah speech to overcome the teams talent void.

[Snake]

Yes, but he just like every coach needs talent. We have a quarter of our cap in 3 player that have done nothing and are in the past. Until we expelle the bad the good will not come. Hurney and JR were two people who were bad for each other. Two people who left us with little talent and little cap room.

[t96]

If you asked this question after game 2 everyone would say yes. Of course everyone's pissed at him after a blowout loss but in reality it isn't his fault we're losing. Could he be better? Absolutely. But it's not even close to all his fault.

[Ken]

I honestly don't think so. 

[Marc Anthony]

For what it is worth, if Fox landed in...let's say Tampa Bay or Jacksonville, you think he would be having the same success?

Just askin'.

I think we would have been better off than we are now with Fox. Most likely, we would have a different defensive scheme and different offensive play....Fox would have done something different....anything different would be a good thing..not saying he is great and all but just something..please!!!

[Evodion]

Not with the Rivera and Shula combo in my opinion. To conservative, gotta go get it, not lay back. I'm not putting this year on just them though. Gotta have players to win games, especially against good teams.

[SIGCHI222]

I think we would have been better off than we are now with Fox. Most likely, we would have a different defensive scheme and different offensive play....Fox would have done something different....anything different would be a good thing..not saying he is great and all but just something..please!!!

You're entitled to you opinion brother.  Just asking a question.  Not sure at this moment if I am positive on anything about this team except that I am confused as hell about the defense's apparent lack of even minimal performance/effort.

I have a theory but just don't want to believe it.

 

Carry on.

[CelibatePimp]

If you asked this question after game 2 everyone would say yes.

 

Of course yes because he was doing what he is supposed to do, which is coach the team to win games. There is nothing wrong with questioning him with the way we have sucked over the last weeks.

[Semaj]

To those that say they would like Foxball. No to Fox. We already tried that miserable era once. His success is purely a result of having Manning under center. Yes Rivera is a lot like Fox. I don't care for either one to be my teams head coach.

[klumme]

Sure we can, look at his big brother in Denver.

 

But we have to stop paying players who are not producing big bucks

 

Hardy $13,116,000

Big Money $11,220,000

Stew  $4,585,000

D-Will $6,000,000

Tolbert $3,350,000

Godfrey $3,168,750

Bell $2,187,000

Amini $1,346,483

Decoud $1,353,750

Harper $1,440,625

 

That is 46 mil cap hit for players that right know are not producing anywere near those numbers. That will not win you any championships. In fact its crazy we can win anything with this poo. That is almost a third of our entire cap....

[ThinkAboutIt]

No