best coaches 2015 per rotoworld

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17. Ron Rivera

Career Record: 32-31-1 (.508)

With The Panthers Since: 2011

Last Year’s Ranking: 17

 

Where did we come from? Are we alone in the universe? Is Ron Rivera a good head coach? Some questions are unanswerable. Rivera was as good as fired after getting off to a 1-3 start in 2013. Then he started riding the Riverboat, rallying his team to an 11-1 finish and first-round bye. Carolina lost at home in the Divisional Round, but Rivera’s walk on the wild side saved his job, and set high expectations for 2014. Of course, they weren’t realistic. Salary-cap issues left behind a depleted roster, while franchise player Greg Hardy played only one game before drawing an indefinite suspension. Cam Newton was forced to make do with a receiver corps led by stone-handed rookie Kelvin Benjaminand … Jerricho Cotchery. The result was another rocky start (3-8-1), and more questions about Rivera’s job security. Then something even more unlikely than 11-1 happened. The Panthers finished in a 4-0 flourish, stealing the division with a 7-8-1 record before winning a Wild Card game against the Cardinals. What have the Panthers’ back-to-back hot finishes taught us about Rivera’s coaching? Not a lot. Rivera’s offense remains unimaginative, while his defense foundered more than it excelled in 2014. Despite his “Riverboat” moniker, Rivera remains one of the league’s most vanilla shot callers. That’s fine if he can start putting together complete seasons. Until then, he’s a coach who’s gotten by on temporary guile and a laughable division.   

 

http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nfl/52307/57/goal-line-stand

[uncfan888]

17 Sounds about right... He's mediocre. And having 16 people in front of you and 15 people behind you is as mediocre as it gets

[chknwing]

[Dex]

I don't think I could name more than 6/7 current head coaches I'd want over Rahn.

[uncfan888]

I don't think I could name more than 6/7 current head coaches I'd want over Rahn.

The guys do fight for him... But our offense sucks and shula is a large part of the problem. So, Ron gets that blame for continuing to employ him

[LinvilleGorge]

No huge uproar from me, but I would have Rivera ahead of Zimmer and McCoy right now.  Arians at #4 is also wildly overrated.  Just not a long enough track record to put him anywhere near that high.

[hepcat]

Ron would be like, the best assistant head coach/defensive coordinator in the NFL.  But yea he's like the most mediocre head coach ever.  He's not bad, the guys play hard for him and the team typically comes out prepared, but he's not going to out coach anyone.

[Dex]

The guys do fight for him... But our offense sucks and shula is a large part of the problem. So, Ron gets that blame for continuing to employ him

I can't go back to having a horrible defense again either. I just can't.

[LinvilleGorge]

I betcha Ron would've given the ball to Lynch.

[uncfan888]

I can't go back to having a horrible defense again either. I just can't.

No arguments there.. but if he would just realize what our offense could really be if shula wasn't here, I wouldn't think of him as a mediocre coach.

[uncfan888]

I betcha Ron would've given the ball to Lynch.

He would have tried a qb sneak and then given it to the fullback twice

[MadHatter]

17 Sounds about right... He's mediocre. And having 16 people in front of you and 15 people behind you is as mediocre as it gets

Hilarious listening to people bash someone for being "mediocre" when they are one if th 15 best in the world at what they do. The competition for head coaches is fierce and competitive. Yet people who can only dream at being just below avg at their jobs continue to take shots....priceless.

[bigskypanthersguy]

I can't go back to having a horrible defense again either. I just can't.

 

My favorite player of all-time is Rice/Montana (tied, can't separate them ever) but I'm a defensive guy always.  That Lions game where they beat our franchise record for points was one damned horrible game to watch.

[uncfan888]

Hilarious listening to people bash someone for being "mediocre" when they are one if th 15 best in the world at what they do. The competition for head coaches is fierce and competitive. Yet people who can only dream at being just below avg at their jobs continue to take shots....priceless.

I didn't bash him for being mediocre. He just is. And you don't even know me so that reply was way out of line