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Ron Rivera

DaveThePanther2008

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11 minutes ago, DaveThePanther2008 said:

Maybe Hurney saw your team and the rest is history. 

Thanks for all you have done for our wonderful Panthers.

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I fought the good fight and I finished my football race that year after a lengthy 20 year career leading the Panthers....and after those months playing I realized it's time to do more productive things than play Madden all day. 

God bless all of you. And God bless football.

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Rivera is a perfect example that you often need to give a guy a few years to fully establish himself.

Everyone wants instant results, with many teams giving coaches (or even young QB's) only a year or two max before replacing them.

It takes time for a staff to fully install their philosophies and culture. Rivera was a top flight coordinator that needed time to develop into a top flight head coach.

I don't think it is too far out there to believe we are witnessing a hall of fame coach lead our team. 

Cam on offense. Luke on defense. Rivera as Head Coach.

The opportunity is there for this to be the next team of the decade. That is the ceiling for this group. I believe we will claim that title.

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1 hour ago, Wundrbread33 said:

Rivera is a perfect example that you often need to give a guy a few years to fully establish himself.

Everyone wants instant results, with many teams giving coaches (or even young QB's) only a year or two max before replacing them.

It takes time for a staff to fully install their philosophies and culture. Rivera was a top flight coordinator that needed time to develop into a top flight head coach.

I don't think it is too far out there to believe we are witnessing a hall of fame coach lead our team. 

Cam on offense. Luke on defense. Rivera as Head Coach.

The opportunity is there for this to be the next team of the decade. That is the ceiling for this group. I believe we will claim that title.

Probably one of the best things about Richardson.  He doesn't jump the gun on hiring and firing coaches.  Seifert who was our shortest tenured coach lasted three years.  Hell I think Tampa Bay went through 3 coaches in 4 years.  Dom Capers was 4 seasons, Fox was 9 seasons and now Rivera is in his 6th. 

 

33 minutes ago, mc52beast said:

Hoping that Ron doesn't lose his "riverboat" mentality, it's part of what makes him an awesome coach, shows that he has supreme confidence in the guys on the field... players love that stuff.

You're right he really knows how to put the trust in his players to execute when we need it.

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I'll admit I wasn't a big fan of Rivera early in his time in Carolina, especially his first year. After he called that timeout before halftime against the Saints with the clock running that allowed them to kick a field goal I was like, this dude has brain damage. Countless blown 4th quarter leads and ultra-conservative play calls later I was really questioning if he'd last the 2013 season after the loss to Buffalo. But the team always seemed to play hard for him and it always looked like the Panthers were just a step or two away from greatness.

And here we are coming off a Superbowl appearance. So I'm happy for Rivera. He made it a point to grow not only as a head coach but as a person which really shows in what the player say about the team atmosphere.

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Pretty amazing how close RR was to getting the ax (supposedly).  I feel like he was one more L from being shown the door during that rough start a few years back, and here we are.  

Now we have a two-time Coach of the Year, 3-straight NFC South titles, defending NFC Champions, and have a good 4-5 year window of winning on the horizon.  

Bigger question for us is do we really think that McDermott will be our DC in '17 or if he will be a HC elsewhere?  

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