No more Riverboat Ron

[Ja Rhule]

This season going forward he's a Titanic Ron.

 

[Saca312]

Poo me a Rivera

 

[Malt Liquor]

I think he will get fired towards the end of the season. He took us to the Superbowl but he couldn't bring the Lombardi trophy to Charlotte. His ship has sunk. We get the right coach and The Panthers can win it all in 2 years.

[Jangler]

Pussy Boat Ron serving 4-5 at a time

[Soul Rebel]

Sasso..... used to be Ron.

 

 

[Vagrant]

"Riverboat Ron" was never who he was at his core. It's who Cam and the fans demanded he become. The less faith Ron is feeling in his team, the less confidence it inspires. The less confident players are, the worse they play. When we're winning, he has no problem making the call to go for it on 4th and 2. 

[FuFuLamePoo]

56 minutes ago, Malt Liquor said:

I think he will get fired towards the end of the season. He took us to the Superbowl but he couldn't bring the Lombardi trophy to Charlotte. His ship has sunk. We get the right coach and The Panthers can win it all in 2 years.

There is no way he's getting fired after three straight playoff seasons.  He'll point to this year as being hampered by a ton of injuries, and honestly five of our losses have came by a FG or less.  However if we don't win at least 10 games next year I think his seat will be pretty damn hot.

[Daddy_Uncle]

3 hours ago, Malt Liquor said:

I think he will get fired towards the end of the season. He took us to the Superbowl but he couldn't bring the Lombardi trophy to Charlotte. His ship has sunk. We get the right coach and The Panthers can win it all in 2 years.

lol he's not getting fired. You people that think that are crazy

[truthjuice]

Riverboat sailed off with Shula's ship but we can face it now: he's not getting fired. He was COTY last year and as mentioned, three straight playoff seasons. He's most likely feeling the heat, so he's gonna let some assistants go. Enjoy the mediocracy. 

[hepcat]

No way he gets let go this offseason. Another season like this, especially with a properly stocked roster, and he should go.

[tondi]

RR only shows up when he is job scared.  Otherwise he's John Fox incarnate.

[Mr. Scot]

9 hours ago, Vagrant said:

"Riverboat Ron" was never who he was at his core. It's who Cam and the fans demanded he become. The less faith Ron is feeling in his team, the less confidence it inspires. The less confident players are, the worse they play. When we're winning, he has no problem making the call to go for it on 4th and 2. 

The Ron Rivera who introduced himself in his first press conference was absolutely the guy I wanted coaching this team.

At some point within those first two losing seasons, adversity smacked him right in the face and he lost the confidence that made him that guy.

He hasn't been the same since.

[panthers55]

Getting rid of Ron after he was coach of the year two out of the past 3 years and has the best winning percentage of any coach in our history would be beyond stupid. Even Cleveland wouldnt be that stupid.

[CPantherKing]

It is not Rivera. It is the man feeding Rivera's system with liabilities while not addressing weak positions.

The answers to keep this team competitive were available and obvious. Instead, the front office had to weaken the defense and the offense with their project players of the future.

Even if you decided to get rid of Rivera, who would you replace him with? Keep in mind an inexperience head coach will likely take 3 years to round out into a coach capable of competing in the playoffs. Might as well slam the door shut on the Cam and Luke era if you do that. The only coach that would make sense would have to be one with extensive head coaching playoff experience.