"Missed Oppotunities" and "It is what it is"

[Davis83]

I don't know about everyone else, but post game "missed opportunities" is getting old. 

 

Kind of reminds me of a previous coach with his "It is what it is"....and we all know how that turned out.

 

 

[Your GFs favorite huddler]

Haha 1-2 and the Rivera hot seat is getting cranked up again.....Dude before last year Rivera's M/O was slow starts and even last year the offense didn't hit it's stride till week 5.....we are a missed FG away from being 2-1 and some of y'all are acting like we are out of the playoffs

 

[Davidson Deac II]

I don't really care about it.  Don't really even listen to the post game commentary unless we win.  But most coaches say that stuff.   Bill Belichick said it after they lost to the Broncos last year.  And fwiw, its true.  Most games between two good teams come down to missed opportunities.   All you have to do is look at our last three losses to see that is true. 

[Davis83]

Not saying all is lost and hot seat,  just think its time for a new answer to bad performance.

Its not all missed opportunities - its lackluster attitude and discipline. 

 

[truthjuice]

"Missed opportunities" is a predictable, vanilla answer. Answered without answering. 

[mwright350]

"Missed opportunities" is a lot more descriptive than "it is what it is" to me, not even in the same ballpark.  Fox's repetitive media line was sort of like a shrug and ah "ah what are you gonna do - you can't change the past".  When I hear Rivera or anyone on this team say "Missed opportunities" I hear that they know the game was there to win and they didn't take advantage of what was presented to them.  With a team this talented that's going to be the answer a *lot* of times we lose.  There's also a clear tone, if not outright statement, that they plane to address why those opportunities were missed.

As it relates to this game - there *were* a lot of missed opportunities (off the top of my head at the very least Fozzy's long run and the underthrown ball to Ginn who had a step on his defender.  Given I was only barely paying attention and missed most of the first quarter I'm sure there were more).

If the alternative is a coach like Arians who calls his players out by name would you prefer that?  I certainly would not.

[ncfan]

Shouldnt by any means be on the hot seat but the local media needs to hamer home burning the "whole lack of opportunities etc"

[raleigh-panther]

When your QB is sacked 8 times, and has 2.5 seconds to throw with receiving routes that take 4 seconds or more, and your QB is not doing progressions, and your game plan doesn't have your top receiver in it, and your special teams are abysmal, and your defense can't stop a backup left tackle, a team missing its star rb, and has a journeyman at QB, I'd say that's a bit more than missed opportunities  

but whatever Ron

 

[OneBadCat]

Cam was off but at the same time our offense relies on way too many big plays on 3rd down and sometimes that poo just isn't going to go your way. That's on Shula. 

KB being shutout is perplexing though.

[panthers55]

1 hour ago, OneBadCat said:

Cam was off but at the same time our offense relies on way too many big plays on 3rd down and sometimes that poo just isn't going to go your way. That's on Shula. 

KB being shutout is perplexing though.

Stay consistent.  It was Shula's fault Cam didnt throw the ball to KB.  Cam wanted to throw it there but Shula told him not to, right??

[KB_fan]

2 hours ago, OneBadCat said:

Cam was off but at the same time our offense relies on way too many big plays on 3rd down and sometimes that poo just isn't going to go your way. That's on Shula. 

Interesting...

I remember at one point I was really surprised by how few 3rd downs per drive we had on some long drives.  I think it was in the first Seattle game and for at least several weeks after that I was tracking that stat, and Panthers had incredibly few 3rd downs.

It might be time for me to start looking at those stats again.   We all know getting stuck in bad 3rd & longs over and over doomed us in the Super Bowl.  Perhaps it's still happening to a lesser extent and I've missed it.   If possible I'll try to do some comparisons with last year and this year...

[csx]

This coach is not publicly going to throw a player or coach under the bus and he shouldnt. If he reviews the game and attempts with his staff to make improvements I dont give a flying fug what he says in the PC. 

What do you want him to say after a loss?

[jptaylor84]

How many times were we 3&30 or something like that! Can't blame Ron for Shula or the Special teams fug up! But he is responsible for discipline and this year we have been BAD!!


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[KB_fan]

32 minutes ago, KB_fan said:

Interesting...

I remember at one point I was really surprised by how few 3rd downs per drive we had on some long drives.  I think it was in the first Seattle game and for at least several weeks after that I was tracking that stat, and Panthers had incredibly few 3rd downs.

It might be time for me to start looking at those stats again.   We all know getting stuck in bad 3rd & longs over and over doomed us in the Super Bowl.  Perhaps it's still happening to a lesser extent and I've missed it.   If possible I'll try to do some comparisons with last year and this year...

I found the thread I was thinking of that I started last year.  This is only through the Philly game.  I may have posted an update later in the season, but this shows how incredibly efficient we were being in moving the chains on 1st & 2nd down on a lot of drives last year...  I'll add this question of getting to 3rd and long too often so far this season to my list of stats I want to dig into...