Ron Rivera likely gone with new owner

[Paa Langfart]

per Jason la Canfora - what do the rest of you think ?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/the-latest-on-the-impending-carolina-panthers-sale/vi-BBI6Iqa

 

[Popsickle]

I think we need to know who the new owner is first

[PantherBoy95]

There isn't even a gif for the face I made.

[JARROD]

Well if that’s the case they had better hurry the hell up,... there will be no coaches available to hire soon.

[Paa Langfart]

59 minutes ago, JARROD said:

Well if that’s the case they had better hurry the hell up,... there will be no coaches available to hire soon.

There are always coaches available to hire.  Whether they are any good is another story.

[Mr. Scot]

He's speculating, but yeah it's possible. I'd wager that Rivera is a lot more likely to stick around than Marty Hurney.

 

[jbland]

He’s blowing smoke. Love him or hate him, Rivera has turned into an above average coach. 

[jbland]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

He's speculating, but yeah it's possible.

I'd wager that Rivera is a lot more likely to stick around than Marty Hurney.

Agreed. 

[Paa Langfart]

$ 2+ billion dollars is a lot of money to spend and not have your own guys in place.

[Paa Langfart]

If you just bought this team would you be satisfied with RR as your head coach ?  I sure as hell wouldn't.

[Cookie Lyon]

I sure hope so. As long as Rivera is here, he will keep Shula.

 

[osiruz]

Would love to see it happen. It would a mistake.

[Mr. Scot]

3 minutes ago, Paa Langfart said:

$ 2+ billion dollars is a lot of money to spend and not have your own guys in place.

Perhaps, but the sale is going to take too long for anything to happen this year.

Coaching staffs have to be in place before free agency and the draft. No way the sale gets done before then. And even if it did, you've got interviews and all that. It takes time to build a staff. Throw in that by that time, anybody that was worth hiring would already have a job.

Current leadership will probably continue through next season. After that, it's anybody's guess.

[thefuzz]

I wouldn't be surprised either way, but if he's out...he will have a job in 10 seconds.

 

My biggest gripe with Ron is his stubbornness.  Too stubborn to move on from Shula, too stubborn to move on from washed up vets, etc....just cannot change quickly enough to be effective in this league.

That said, were I the new owner, I would just have a long interview/conversation with him about where he wants the franchise to go...both with the team side, and FO, before I hire the new GM.  If mine and his direction were similar, and he agrees with the GM that I would bring in...he can stay....unless the new GM wants him gone as well.