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Kuechly yelling on the sideline

Mr. Scot

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Mr. Scot Grand Master

Mr. Scot

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I'd agree with whats been said so far that when it first happened, it certainly seemed as if Luke Kuechly was going off on Ron Rivera.

After watching further into the game though, I'm not dead certain that what we saw was actually Luke taking Ron to task.

NBC showed a clip of Luke talking to a ref about something that happened on that long TD on the prior play.  Didn't appear he was satisfied with the answer they gave him.

It's possible, then, that he was just heatedly relating what happened in that conversation to Rivera rather than talking at him.

Plus, to be honest with you, yelling at a coach - especially the head coach - on the sideline just doesn't seem to fit in Luke's character.  Teammate?  Sure.  Coach?  Eeeehhh...

Now, is it also possible that Luke was indeed pissed at Rivera?  Yeah it is, but I'd really need to see more of the actual footage of that (couldn't find video online anywhere) hear some further info from the parties involved or at least talk to someone who's a better lip reader than I am to say with more certainty.

Regardless of the true character of the discussion, I'd have to agree with one thing others have said.  Specifically, that Rivera's stoic reaction was kind of annoying and did a lot to summarize how the whole game played out on our part.

So on this topic, info, video, or speculation...Fire away.

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Rivera doesn't call defensive plays so there is really no way Luke was yelling at him for something he did. More likely an defensive alignment issue or something the refs missed. 

Btw, he clearly was pointing to the other side of the field saying "that was f****** BS." 

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Totally taking a stab in the dark here, but remember when Ron made Shula stop yelling at the refs awhile back about not throwing flags on Cam taking repeated illegal hits? Maybe that's what this is about. Luke was clearly pissed at the refs about something. Maybe Ron refused to take up the cause and Luke was sick of the poo. He may have gone off on Ron about not speaking up for the team when calls weren't going our way - calls he saw as obvious. That would seem to fit with the situation.

Again, 100% speculation there which is all any of us have right now.

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Ron knows he's lost the team.. I hate I because Ron is a really good guy and has been through a lot the past few years. He's really put his time in a bad situation this year. Ill never dislike Ron but we may have to look for a fresh start while we still have all the talent on the roster that we have

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4 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Totally taking a stab in the dark here, but remember when Ron made Shula stop yelling at the refs awhile back about not throwing flags on Cam taking repeated illegal hits? Maybe that's what this is about. Luke was clearly pissed at the refs about something.

Like the fact that Seattle's OL could basically tackle our guys and still not get a holding call tonight?

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