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How would you feel about Tepper if Rivera keeps his job?

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Sgt Schultz Grand Master

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I’d be okay with this if the rationale is that THE GM needs to be in place first, and that meant there was not time enough to find THE head coach. 

That assumes Tepper does not already have a GM candidate on speed dial, ready to be called as soon as the dust settles from this season.  If Hurney is axed 24 hours after the season ends and his replacement is hired before Super Bowl, then Rivera staying would be on his own merit (or benefit of a doubt) rather than the sand in the hourglass getting low. 

Everybody needs to sit down for this, that means another assumption is the Panthers will not be in the Super Bowl.

What I don’t want to see is Rivera fired the day after the season ends and the coaching search dragging because of an ongoing GM search, meaning the eventual HC hire is probably going to be “the best of what’s left.”  The Raiders were experts at that at the end of Al Davis’ era, and wound up selecting from people nobody else wanted.  Of course, for them the process was complicated by nobody wanting the job in the first place.

While I think the sun has set on what Rivera can accomplish with this team, he is better than "the best of those not good enough to be a HC elsewhere." 

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Rivera sucks so bad that Hurney's had a better year and should not be the first to go. That's sad, but it's also true. He had a good draft and tried to plug holes left by his predecessor. Some succeeded, but a lot failed because they quit as soon as they signed on the dotted line. Poe and Short haven't given anything remotely close to effort since 2017. 

I'd fire the coach now, have the owner play a big role in the new coaching hire, then fire the GM after next season once the coach is in place. 

No sense in rolling with Rivera and going 1-15 again.

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28 minutes ago, Sgt Schultz said:

I’d be okay with this if the rationale is that THE GM needs to be in place first, and that meant there was not time enough to find THE head coach. 

That assumes Tepper does not already have a GM candidate on speed dial, ready to be called as soon as the dust settles from this season.  If Hurney is axed 24 hours after the season ends and his replacement is hired before Super Bowl, then Rivera staying would be on his own merit (or benefit of a doubt) rather than the sand in the hourglass getting low. 

Everybody needs to sit down for this, that means another assumption is the Panthers will not be in the Super Bowl.

 

 

 

What I don’t want to see is Rivera fired the day after the season ends and the coaching search dragging because of an ongoing GM search, meaning the eventual HC hire is probably going to be “the best of what’s left.”  The Raiders were experts at that at the end of Al Davis’ era, and wound up selecting from people nobody else wanted.  Of course, for them the process was complicated by nobody wanting the job in the first place.

 

While I think the sun has set on what Rivera can accomplish with this team, he is better than "the best of those not good enough to be a HC elsewhere." 

If the "speed dial" GM exists, I have to imagine it's Omar Khan.

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1 minute ago, Varking said:

Upset for a hot minute and move on. Cam getting another off season to get healthy is more important to me. 

Substitute "bewildered" for "upset" and that pretty much describes my position.  Whether Rivera and/or Hurney are here or not next year, I think that if Cam is not healthy it will be a long year for anybody unless the defense suddenly becomes a lock down unit and makes offensive output a luxury.  They are a long way from that, and more like a revolving door at this point that allows people to pass through with only a slight slow down.

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