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Ron Rivera - Belichick Role?

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Panthers may be gearing up to hire a GM for day to day responsibilities only while allowing Rivera and his staff complete autonomy in roster building. Rivera has been here long enough and has the results to warrant such an expansion of his role. What says teh Huddlez?

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15 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Oh good grief, no.

Talent evaluation and roster building is Rivera's biggest weakness. That'd be an utter disaster.

There are two parts of roster building--acquiring the talent and teaching them to use it.  I would argue that Rivera and Co. are pretty good at the latter, but I totally agree with you that I wouldn't want him in charge of finding the pieces to the puzzle.

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I wouldn't want that to happen.  It's not Ron's strength.

Besides, it isn't going to happen, because on Day 1 Marty was asked whether he or Ron would have the final say on the 53, and Marty said he would have full responsibility for the roster,

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9 minutes ago, shulasmyhero said:

Exhibit A: Mike Tolbert 

Not the best example. Did he hang on to him too long when his performance dropped off? Arguably so. However, two Pro Bowl nods in 13 and 15, not to mention many crucial runs, catches, and blocks, says the Dozer was a heck of contributor for a large part of his stay here. RR had a lot to do with his acqusition given that he knew him from SD. Go find those SoundFx clips where opposing defenders were arguing about who had to try to tackle him for proof that this wasn't a fail, at least for the first three years.

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1 hour ago, beastson said:

Lol so you are on record to getting a new HC especially if we fail this season?

I've been on record with that already.

Ron is as nice a guy as you'll find, but he's not a consistent head coach. He'd make a great DC, but head coaching is above his pay grade for numerous reasons that have been discussed many times before.

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