Ron Rivera is still terrible at clock management

[All about the Benjamin]

Speaking of the Cincy game....

 

Didn't the Panthers burn a timeout at the line of scrimmage coming out of a 2-minute warning?

 

 

I think so.

[JccOldTime23]

The timeout management was bad not calling one after Benjamin's catch but in my opinion the big problem is calling 2 running plays forcing you to burn 2 timeouts right off the bat. I know Shula calls the plays but you know he's talking to Ron in the head set and calls the type of play Ron wants. That whole 2 minute drill was just awful management all around.

[0115]

Rivera doesn't trust the offense. that's what it seems like to me at least.

Don't know what makes him think he can trust the defense

[AceBoogie]

Don't know what makes him think he can trust the defense

Because that's the only game plan he pays attention to. I know Rex Ryan has his channel only on defense, not sure what the hell Ron is listening to with that blank stare. Taylor Swift maybe.

[Mage]

Ron Rivera is terrible at a lot of things.

[DanTheMan]

Also Ron Ron is not so good at the challenges.

I was listening on sat radio and it seemed the spot of the ball or something like that was not in question and meathead throws the red flag anyway.

Call me a homer...but that challenge was justified. That was a bad spot by the refs. It should have been challenged. The fugging refs were all about Green Bay.

[jfo89]

Don't know what makes him think he can trust the defense

He's stubborn. People are scared of what they're unfamiliar with, and he's not used to relying on the offense to win games.

[Cary Kollins]

He's stubborn. People are scared of what they're unfamiliar with, and he's not used to relying on the offense to win games.

The Cinncinati game was a prime example of Rivera's stubbornness.

The Bengals had zero resistance all day from Carolina's defense. They moved the ball at will, putting up 37 points in the process.

So Rivera decides against going for a 4th and 2, against leaving his team's fate in the hands of it's most dynamic threat. Instead he gives the Bengals the ball in a sudden death situation. The bengals only needed to get into field goal range for a chance to win.

Nugent went on to miss the field goal as we know. But I bet if you run the probability on that FG being missed, it's probably somewhere less than 5%.

[jfo89]

Yea he has to put more trust in Cam and the offense in general to get it done. There were a couple 4th downs against GB that I thought he should have gone for as well. But also the offense shouldn't have to depend on 4th down to score or get the 1st down, they need to get the job done and they failed last week.

[TheRed]

Yeah that is definitely concerning. His challenges are just as bad too.

 

I said it in another thread, but about the only time we see Ron show some balls or catch of a glimpse of Riverboat anymore is when he is gambling our timeouts on challenges that it's clear to everyone in the world we aren't going to win, yet Rivera still throws the flag anyway.

 

He seemed to have finally gotten "it" after that Buffalo loss last year if you heard his comments about how much the loss bothered him. But since then much of the progress he made seems to have simply went out the window. Remember when we went for it on 4th and long in Miami?

 

I'm worried that he is simply too stubborn to ever fully change, and take that next step as a head coach. I really want to see him succeed here.