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Where has this defense been all year?

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OneBadCat Grand Master

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On 12/17/2018 at 10:29 PM, Mage said:

Ron Rivera has always been an elite defensive play-caller.  Nobody who knows football should have doubted that.

IF he returns next year, I hope at the very least he maintains his role as defensive coordinator.  It is the least he could do

You mean to the Panthers? I highly doubt he would take a demotion and let another guy come into take over the team. 

 

He’ll get another HC gig or DC somewhere else for sure though.

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31 minutes ago, OneBadCat said:

You mean to the Panthers? I highly doubt he would take a demotion and let another guy come into take over the team. 

 

He’ll get another HC gig or DC somewhere else for sure though.

I’m saying he’d be our DC, our defensive play caller.  He’d still be HC.

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Rivera has always been good at the overall season plan, and part of that is keeping the defense relatively fresh by rotating guys. I would say that is the main reason we always pick things up in December. 

That is a very good hc ability to have. Still, I agree he totally lacks the in game awareness and quick decision making needed by a hc on the sideline. 

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I'll preface this with me being born into Bear fandom and being a day one Panther fan. I love me some defense!

Who is Tepper going to hire to keep the defense in the top half of the league? The response from the rest of the NFL community, the fact that Rivera would get a phone call in 3min if getting fired says it all, IT WASN'T THE COACH IT WAS THE FRONT OFFICE.

As a pragmatic owner I'd tell Ron he can't hire a DC and that he'll have to run his defense just like Norv (a legitimate head coach) runs this offense. Let Cam heal up build up with good ol Marty in the draft and FA.

Go at it again, concentrate on practice facilities and HQ. There's plenty of time to fire people in the future. The Panthers are actually a good team. They just need more horsepower.

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