Panthers Highlight Reel - moRon Rivera's Dumbest Decisions

[Sam Mills Fan]

Okay, the clear and obvious answer is in the original post. It can't get any worse than that, possibly the dumbest decision by any coach in Panthers history. Granted, it was less than halfway into his first ever season coaching anything so you have to cut him slack, but that was beyond the pale.

[Zaximus]

97% of his challenges

 

 

This.  He has to be the worst challenger in the history of the NFL.  He's just a really bad game-day coach for sure.

[Panthers Fanatic]

As a diehard, I was staring to feel bad for hating Rivera's guts so much...this thread was just what I needed to get back on track! Fug you, Ron, you sorry $@#% #%@& &$%#!!!!!

[Marguide]

In that same Chicago game, he didn't try an end of half field goal because he was afraid the kicker's psyche would be damaged if he missed it.

For our newer fans, this is not made up. That was Ron's actual post game explanation.

[Omega Atrocity]

Missed opportunities.

[pstall]

97% of his challenges

This was going to be mine. The net gains for most were negligible.

Here let me throw the flag for this because the punt return should be at the 34 and not the 33 yard line. Many games are won or lost with 12:00 remaining in THE FIRST FREAKING QUARTER.

[Chaos]

When he said after that bears game "we wanted then to beat us systematically." Smh couldn't believe he actually said that post game.

[All about the Benjamin]

In that same Chicago game, he didn't try an end of half field goal because he was afraid the kicker's psyche would be damaged if he missed it.

For our newer fans, this is not made up. That was Ron's actual post game explanation.

 

Spit out my beer reading that. I had forgotten about that quote. Ron really has made an ass out of himself at various times on the Panthers.

 

[BIGH2001]

2012 home against Tampa goes up 21-10 with 6 minutes left in the 4th. Goes ultra conservative on offense (shocker). Bucs travel the length of the field with Josh Freeman with no timeouts and less than a minute lett to tie it up with a td and 2 pt conversion. Bucs get the ball on first OT possession and score on that drive to win.

[FugginPoo]

I since a trend to these highlights.  All played out similarly.

[mc52beast]

Everyone's talking about the screw-ups by Ron, but I think he's pretty smart since he had a huge majority on the Huddle believing that he actually was "RiverBoat Ron"

[Frizzy350]

Everyone's talking about the screw-ups by Ron, but I think he's pretty smart since he had a huge majority on the Huddle believing that he actually was "RiverBoat Ron"

 

Well a big reason we went on an 8 game win streak last year was because he was desperate and forced out of his excessively conservative comfort zone.  He was stepping on throats to win games when he became "Riverboat Ron" and it worked.  He's not coaching like that right now and is back to his old ways.

 

Overall, I think Rivera is a solid defensive coach that meshes well with players and is pretty good at developing defensive talent.  His clock management and game time decisions don't make for a modern NFL head coach though.

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

2012 home against Tampa goes up 21-10 with 6 minutes left in the 4th. Goes ultra conservative on offense (shocker). Bucs travel the length of the field with Josh Freeman with no timeouts and less than a minute lett to tie it up with a td and 2 pt conversion. Bucs get the ball on first OT possession and score on that drive to win.

 

I forgot about that one. That was pretty fuging bad.

[pstall]

The 4th quarter woes go back to his days in San Diego.

Fire him.