May be Unpopular, but Tepper Needs to Let Rivera he will be Back Next Year but he Must sit Cam

[Seltzer]

Rivera proved tonight he is a hell of a defensive playcaller...  deserves one more year with some young defensive blood.

Also, he must be forced to sit Cam. People are crazy to give up on Cam long-term, but his shoulder needs rest and/or surgery

[Jmac]

Then make him the DC....nothing more then that

 

 

 

Na F%%% it....he is gone

[Toolbox]

Ron is a great DC no doubt.. but as a HC he is pure garbage period.

[Wolfcop]

I agree. Rivera isn't the problem, but I'm afraid he will be the scapegoat. Personel is the problem, including an injured QB right now.

[Hoenheim]

Being a head coach is more than just being able to field a good defense. Its about making all the units work well in cohesion, and hes failed mightily at that. Theres discipline issues consistently throughout his years and there's always someone on the team making some dumb ass bone head play. That reflects on the coaching if it keeps happening over and over again. 

It may be less about him being a terrible coach, and more of us needing something different to take the franchise in a positive direction. 

[Paintballr]

Ron poo the bed trying to keep his buddies employed in Washington and Richard Rodgers. He waited till we lost 4 games in a row before making a change that all of us Monday morning quarterbacks have been screaming for since the first 4 games of the year. 

The only way I entertain the idea of Ron staying is he completely cleans house on defense, and actually brings in talent compared to promoting “yes men” who would take over his job. But even then, I don’t think I would want a lame duck coach in Ron and 4 games into next year wondering why we stayed with him

[Seltzer]

Just now, Toolbox said:

Ron is a great DC no doubt.. but as a HC he is pure garbage period.

I'm not saying he doesn't have issues with his head coaching, especially clock management...

But he is a damn good DC in an offensive age, and Cam has done well in Norvs offense.

Cams shoulder was going to prevent us for Super Bowl regardless of anything 

[Cdw]

Tepper Needs to Let Rivera know he will not be Back Next Year and he Must sit Cam

[Seltzer]

1 minute ago, Hoenheim said:

Being a head coach is more than just being able to field a good defense. Its about making all the units work well in cohesion, and hes failed mightily at that. Theres discipline issues consistently throughout his years and there's always someone on the team making some dumb ass bone head play. That reflects on the coaching if it keeps happening over and over again. 

It may be less about him being a terrible coach, and more of us needing something different to take the franchise in a positive direction. 

I'm not going to be pissed if Tepper fires Rivera... but a large segment of the fanbase wants him fired without regard to the fact of "Can we do better?"

Rivera is a damn good defensive coach, and he's hired a good OC.  I'm as mad as anyone about this year, but constantly firing coaches is rarely a recipe for success.

I think he deserves another year, and he needs to be hands on with the defense

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

He won’t be HC and DC again next year if he is still here. He will hire another DC and turn it back over. So we need to just go ahead and move on 

[Paa Langfart]

I would  pay Rivera top money as a DC but not as a HC.  Offer him a but load of money as DC and Hire an OC who is good with that.

[SZ James (banned)]

Agreed

then fire him anyway

[lovelett]

Rivera may not be a killer like some of you want ( and me too) however he is not why we lost the last couple games....

[Seltzer]

33 minutes ago, thebigcat said:

You can sit Cam all you want, his shoulder is toast

I respect a lot of what you say, but that is simply uninformed... Cam is evaluated more in a week than probably you or I in a lifetime...

The team employs world-class physicians... if Cam truly had something structurally wrong he wouldn't be playing...

I'm all for sitting him the rest of the year, but the idea he is done permanently is absurd at this point...

He took a big hit to the shoulder in the Pittsburgh game that would have been flagged for 31 other QBs... but even still you or I don't really know if that was the hit that affected him or just a culmination of hits.

The lack of a deep ball has been an ongoing concern but Cam was trying them last year after his shoulder injury just unsuccessfully...

This year could be more a function or a different offense and oline that cant hold up...

I'm not saying every Panther fan shouldn't be concerned about Cam, but to preemptively say hes done is just that...