Rivera's conference

[WhoAmI?]

Why not bring up Cam's two turnovers (one in the redzone), or Byron Bell's sorry ass performance yet again, or your defense choking yet again at the end. Yes, KB's drop was huge, but he is trying to single out ONE person in this loss. Not to mention he already benched him for 3 plays saying he needs to be held accountable. Well how about holding your own self accountable, or your precious coaches, or the O-line,etc. He is not consistent and has no clue what he is doing.

[Peppers90 NC]

His modus operandi of calling out the better players on the team baffles me. I get what he's saying that KB cannot be dropping those balls but he's a rookie and we can't put that much pressure on him. Where are the vets to step up?

i have no clue. yea it's a huge drop and who knows what would have happened had we scored there. honestly, i didnt even listen to Ron's bs this time because they are meaningless words.

[Ezrider1423]

How about "From top to bottom we all need to improve, the other coaches, and myself as the head coach included"?

 

Will we ever hear this from Ron?

 

 

Never have.  Never will.

[Ruff]

How about "From top to bottom we all need to improve, the other coaches, and myself as the head coach included"?

Will we ever hear this from Ron?

This.

Not this passive-aggressive bullshit calling players out. It's time for Ron to sack up and put some blame on himself and his coaches, instead of saying, "well, if that rookie we're forcing the ball to as he's covered by Sherman hadn't drop the ball, we'd won the game".

[PantherKyle]

Blaming a loss on a drop in the first half is ridiculous. So much happened after words. What about the 3rd down after the drop? Or the turnovers? Or the defense on the last drive? Or the terrible OL play? Or not getting Olsen involved? Rivera is frustrating.

[hepcat]

Damn, that comment about KB is insane.  Rivera has lost the team.  Cam turned the ball over twice, Byron Bell played like garbage.  There's a lot of blame to go around.  They lost as a team, a coaching staff, and an organization.  One drop didn't lose them the game.

[Growl]

@PanthersBryan: Ron Rivera says there are physical concerns like any short week but nothing specific. Says Byron Bell was limited by elbow injury.

Lol fire this man,

[SmokinwithWilly]

KB missed a touchdown catch. Rivera and Gettleman missed it thinking Bell was a starting LT. Don't hear him calling himself out for that poo. 

[beckersteen]

With better play calling the game would have never been close and the dropped TD wouldn't even matter. Sure its big. Coaches aren't really respected for calling out individual players. Its lame to say we are pissed because he didn't call someone else out. What a dumb statement. Rivera seems to be more focused on blaming a rookie and holding him "accountable," but yet does not practice this with his own coaches. It pretty obvious now he has favorite and those are who that start. Injuries forced Mike Mitchelle to start last year, but a decent coach should have recognized that. Same with KK and Norwell. 

[Cary Kollins]

How about "From top to bottom we all need to improve, the other coaches, and myself as the head coach included"?

 

Will we ever hear this from Ron?

 

 

I don't think I've ever heard him take any responsibility for a loss. It's always "execution" by the players that needs fixing.

[TheRed]

Didn't he just not even a few weeks ago basically call Luke and Cam out for needing to step up?

 

It really is simply becoming comical with Rivera.

[Growl]

Another week, another good player thrown under the bus, another Byron bell excuse.

The man is absolutely and completely delusional.

[Ruff]

Didn't he just not even a few weeks ago basically call Luke and Cam out for needing to step up?

It really is simply becoming comical with Rivera.

His quote was, "we need Cam and Luke to play almost perfect"

[CelibatePimp]

I don't think I've ever heard him take any responsibility for a loss. It's always "execution" by the players that needs fixing.

I've heard him take blame a couple of times. He even did after our shellacking in the hands of GB last week.