Do you trust Jerry to hire another head coach?

[electro's horse]

It would almost certainly be another defensive coach, likely with some legacy ties. 

Hes barely spoken in three years and it’s fair to wonder if he’s even competent any more.

[Fox007]

Nope he hasn't been capable....ever. He hasn't been competent in forever if he ever was in regards to football. He probably still thinks Bradshaw is active and can't understand how his 70's Steelers mindset isn't working.

[Ja Rhule]

2 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

It would almost certainly be another defensive coach, likely with some legacy ties. 

Hes barely spoken in three years and it’s fair to wonder if he’s even competent any more.

We will suck until he sales the team

[beastson]

Just now, ARSEN said:

We will suck until he sales the team

How can anybody force him to?

[Shotgun]

I don't trust him to fire one either.

[lightsout]

Any hire will be a conservative, ball-control type that is built around defense first. Today we learned that great defense gets you nothing if your offense is useless.

[t96]

6 minutes ago, beastson said:

How can anybody force him to?

he won't sell it. he'll die before he sells it

[t96]

It's not the style of coaching that's the problem. It's all Rivera's other flaws.

[SIGCHI222]

Do we have a choice?

[Hoenheim]

14 minutes ago, lightsout said:

Any hire will be a conservative, ball-control type that is built around defense first. Today we learned that great defense gets you nothing if your offense is useless.

/thread

[ncfan]

No

[ickmule]

13 minutes ago, thomas96 said:

he won't sell it. he'll die before he sells it

Yep

[Growl]

27 minutes ago, thomas96 said:

It's not the style of coaching that's the problem. It's all Rivera's other flaws.

I agree with this actually.

I don't mind having another defense oriented coach as long as I know ahead of time he has a strong vision and plan for the offensive side of the ball-and by that I mean, he has a strong OC on deck and will go hands off once the hire is made, while still putting value on that side of the football.

Rivera's problem is that he's a prideful yutz who consistently appears overwhelmed by the job.

 

His offensive staff is a Whose Who of Who? for seemingly no other reason than to ensure that Rivera feels no external pressure to fire his good buddy Mike Shula and their precious continuity, and its all demonstrably clear on gameday.

 

Clock management is awful, offensive linemen are consistently confused as to who they're blocking, playcalling that routinely crosses over into inexplicable (running McCaffrey into a wall on crucial late game downs over and over again) and overall just poor offensive play that looks sloppy and poorly coordinated.

Frankly, I'm also starting to wonder if the offensive coaches are too scared of Cam Newton to really get in his ear and grill him. He's still displaying abominable situational awareness for a QB of his years, but the thing is, those issues are fairly correctable if a coach would be just willing to get in his ear on it. Then you look at him blowing off press conferences last week and the impression is that the coaches at too timid to correct him on anything.

 

 

[Mr. Scot]

He did the right thing allowing someone else who was better at it to hire the last GM. He should do the same when it comes to a new head coach.

(doubt it'd be Ernie Accorsi after what happened with Gettleman) 

Let's be clear though, I'm no more  convinced we're going to be looking for a new head coach anytime soon than I am that we're going to be looking for a new GM.