Rivera Monday presser

[Cary Kollins]

Rivera's tenure is riddled with excuses. You'd think a former player military guy would have the guts to take some responsibility, but that ain't Ron.

[RoaringRiot]

7 minutes ago, ncfan said:

He just mentioned scheme fit as reason why Thomas didnt play and pointed out we played very little 2TE sets

 

 

Hmmmmm

Funny because everyone is sitting here complaining how we played a good bit of Manhurtz in sets yesterday

Manhurtz is TE2 though. Thomas is a receiving TE, not a blocker 

[ChibCU]

3 minutes ago, thefuzz said:

Weather, scheme and situation, tweaked shoulders, fortunes of football....

 

 

lmao... this presser wins the gold medal for absurdity.

[CarolinaNCSU]

"Inclement weather" the last few weeks?  GTFO 

 

That's one of two things: 

1. A coach searching for excuses

2. A coach refusing to blame piss poor decision making

 

Either one at this point is ridiculous 

[ncfan]

Just now, RoaringRiot said:

Manhurtz is TE2 though. Thomas is a receiving TE, not a blocker 

He's done a nice job blocking thus far though.  Much better than people expected him to coming in.

And i wouldnt call Manhurtz a great blocker, thats like saying Collin Jones is great in coverage at safety

[Jeremy Igo]

Manhertz and blocking shouldn't be in the same sentence. He is horrid.

[RoaringRiot]

Just now, ncfan said:

He's done a nice job blocking thus far though.  Much better than people expected him to coming in.

And i wouldnt call Manhurtz a great blocker, thats like saying Collin Jones is great in coverage at safety

Agreed. But the point is that Manhertz is going to get those blocking assignments before Thomas is. That’s why he has more reps. 

[CarolinaNCSU]

Also maybe I'm misremembering, but AP has never really ran that well against us.  He did yesterday because our defense, with seven former Pro Bowl players, either forgot how to play or the coaching flat out sucks.  I'm betting on the latter. 

[PanthersBigD]

I am just as frustrated as the next Panther fan, but name one coach that's said, "I made terrible game decisions" or has thrown his staff or players under the bus in a press conference that's gone on to have great success. There aren't any. 

We had some major fug ups yesterday and still were a play away from winning the game. That's the way it goes sometimes. Props to Washington for taking advantage of our mistakes. 

[RoaringRiot]

4 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Manhertz and blocking shouldn't be in the same sentence. He is horrid.

Sure but you’re not going to risk an injury having your backup receiving TE while blocking when you don’t know how Olsen’s Foot will respond 

[Cary Kollins]

Just now, CarolinaNCSU said:

Also maybe I'm misremembering, but AP has never really ran that well against us.  He did yesterday because our defense, with seven former Pro Bowl players, either forgot how to play or the coaching flat out sucks.  I'm betting on the latter. 

 

probably both, I saw plenty of poor angles and poor tackling, most notably Mike Adams

[*FreeFua*]

Lol @ “weather”

Really dug deep for that one Ron

[*FreeFua*]

2 minutes ago, PanthersBigD said:

I am just as frustrated as the next Panther fan, but name one coach that's said, "I made terrible game decisions" or has thrown his staff or players under the bus in a press conference that's gone on to have great success. There aren't any. 

We had some major fug ups yesterday and still were a play away from winning the game. That's the way it goes sometimes. Props to Washington for taking advantage of our mistakes. 

There have been plenty of coaches who have gone up to the podium and said “we need to get better and it starts with me”.

Won’t hear that from Ron though 

[CarolinaNCSU]

1 minute ago, Cary Kollins said:

 

probably both, I saw plenty of poor angles and poor tackling, most notably Mike Adams

Only reason I'm lenient with the players is I don't feel like they suddenly forget how to play.  Maybe it's Luke's calls, or maybe it is poor preparation on the players' part...but there was one play yesterday where TD and someone else were yelling at the sideline.  Kinda reminded me of the time's Cam and the offense would yell at the sideline.  I'd say there's a disconnect between the defense and the calls at minimum, or at least getting them in quick enough.