I've seen Ron Rivera get passionate before

[tiger7_88]

Not often, I know.  He's usually Cool Ron, but I *have* seen Passionate Ron before.

I see him often defend his QBs behavior on and off the field.  I know Rivera supports Cam Newton.

But, dammit Ron, I'm really gonna need you to work up some damn passion about the shots your QB continues to take while the referees look the other way.  SOMEBODY at a level higher than the player and his teammates HAS to take a damned stand.

And I haven't seen it out of you... yet.

http://www.carolinahuddle.com/boards/forum/7-carolina-panthers-news-and-talk/?do=add

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Carolina coach Ron Rivera said a couple of the shots Newton took "were unfortunate," but Rivera didn't want to take a hard line on what happened until after he reviewed film.

"We'll see," he said. "We've got to look at the tapes. I don't want to pass any judgment on that."

 

That ain't good enough, Coach.

I eagerly await some more passion for you in defense of your player.  And soon.

 

[Nick_81]

Just now, tiger7_88 said:

Not often, I know.  He's usually Cool Ron, but I *have* seen Passionate Ron before.

I see him often defend his QBs behavior on and off the field.  I know Rivera supports Cam Newton.

But, dammit Ron, I'm really gonna need you to work up some damn passion about the shots your QB continues to take while the referees look the other way.  SOMEBODY at a level higher than the player and his teammates HAS to take a damned stand.

And I haven't seen it out of you... yet.

http://www.carolinahuddle.com/boards/forum/7-carolina-panthers-news-and-talk/?do=add

That ain't good enough, Coach.

I eagerly await some more passion for you in defense of your player.  And soon.

 

I pied because I feel like you're right, in that Ron really needs to get in somebody's ass about this.  However, he can't see everything from the sideline, and I think that's really the only answer he could have given, until he knows all of the facts.  I have a feeling that he may be pretty fired up about it, once he does see it from the perspective of the film, which is probably right now.

[bigdog10]

I would expect him to address it after he looks at the tapes

hes field level and doesn't have the luxury of seeing how egregious every hit was on replay like we do as fans. 

If he doesn't address it at his next press conference, I would be upset. 

[London Loves Luke]

Why is everyone so hell-bent on seeing Ron come out and slam officials and the league? What good does anyone think is gonna come out of it? Officials are going to start being more lenient towards us? Because this is the first time a coach has had a go at officiating? 

[uncfan888]

Rivera needs to rip into the league and protect his quarterback

[tiger7_88]

Just now, Nick_81 said:

I have a feeling that he may be pretty fired up about it, once he does see it from the perspective of the film, which is probably right now.

You're probably right.

But, dammit, like I said, I'm gonna need to see it.  And soon.

And I'm gonna need more than "We submitted the tape to the League for evaluation."

This poo needs to stop with teams trying to hurt Cam.  And it needs a LOUD voice with integrity to get it to stop.

That needs to be Coach Rivera.

[Nick_81]

Just now, tiger7_88 said:

You're probably right.

But, dammit, like I said, I'm gonna need to see it.  And soon.

And I'm gonna need more than "We submitted the tape to the League for evaluation."

This poo needs to stop with teams trying to hurt Cam.  And it needs a LOUD voice with integrity to get it to stop.

That needs to be Coach Rivera.

I feel you 100% on that.  

[tiger7_88]

1 minute ago, bigdog10 said:

hes field level and doesn't have the luxury of seeing how egregious every hit was on replay like we do as fans. 

I'll disagree, but I'll allow it.

Thomas Davis saw it.

Greg Olsen saw it.

How does the head coach standing as close to the action as anyone not an actual player on the field NOT see it?

[Growl]

The league has proven time and over again that it will only act when it feels the red sting of embarrassment growing warm across their cheeks and their precious shield collapsing in.

 

A private statement behind closed doors and a video compilation is not good enough. It will accomplish nothing. This has gone on too long. 

 

Its time to start holding officials accountable for their failures.

[bigdog10]

Just now, tiger7_88 said:

I'll disagree, but I'll allow it.

Thomas Davis saw it.

Greg Olsen saw it.

How does the head coach standing as close to the action as anyone not an actual player on the field NOT see it?

I don't doubt he saw it but he can't address if publicly because there are still 15 games to go. Ron can't go blowing up the officials in week one after the biggest regular season game. He will lose all credibility with the officials moving forward  

He answered it professionally which is what we need him to do. Hopefully he is lighting the league office up today behind closed doors. 

 

[tiger7_88]

1 minute ago, bigdog10 said:

I don't doubt he saw it but he can't address if publicly because there are still 15 games to go. Ron can't go blowing up the officials in week one after the biggest regular season game. He will lose all credibility with the officials moving forward  

You mean the officials that continually allow his QB to be brutalized?

How could it get any worse?

[tondi]

If nothing else Ron could use this to rally the team into the age old "us versus the world" frenzy.  Silence seems Ike a wasted opportunity on many levels.

[Nick_81]

1 minute ago, London Loves Luke said:

Why is everyone so hell-bent on seeing Ron come out and slam officials and the league? What good does anyone think is gonna come out of it? Officials are going to start being more lenient towards us? Because this is the first time a coach has had a go at officiating? 

Because it needs to be done.  That's why we're so hell bent on it.  We want our QB to be protected, first and foremost, which is far from what we saw last night.  After that, we want our QB to be treated the same as every other QB in the league.  Is that not fair to Cam, and the team as a whole?  I honestly don't really care about the loss.  It sucks, but I'm over it.  It's not about getting calls in our favor, or officials being more lenient towards us.  It's about bringing much needed attention, to a very obvious issue that no other QB's are currently facing.

[CPcavedweller]

19 minutes ago, tiger7_88 said:

Not often, I know.  He's usually Cool Ron, but I *have* seen Passionate Ron before.

I see him often defend his QBs behavior on and off the field.  I know Rivera supports Cam Newton.

But, dammit Ron, I'm really gonna need you to work up some damn passion about the shots your QB continues to take while the referees look the other way.  SOMEBODY at a level higher than the player and his teammates HAS to take a damned stand.

And I haven't seen it out of you... yet.

http://www.carolinahuddle.com/boards/forum/7-carolina-panthers-news-and-talk/?do=add

That ain't good enough, Coach.

I eagerly await some more passion for you in defense of your player.  And soon.

 

When Rivera says unfortunate he is really saying "It's complete bullshit, the ref's knew the hits were illegal and refused to throw the flag despite my conversations with them multiple times. I will not be discussing this with the media however I will be sending tape in regarding each instance of a Broncos player clearly targeting and attempting to use their helmet as a weapon with an attachment regarding their admission to the claim."