Panthers get a huge lead then shut down; the story of the Rivera tenurseship

[onmyown]

6 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Not the old school defensive coaches though, and Rivera and Fox were both cut from that cloth.

True enough and that kind of brings me to my point that a defensive coach isn’t a bad thing. Seems a lot of people on this forum want an offensive coach. But need to realize it’s an ‘old school’ defensive coach we need to run away from.

Personally I’d rather have a new age defensive coach. I really liked McDermot, though the bills gave him a shot sooner than I would have. I still think defense wins championships. But this old school stuff doesn’t cut it anymore.

 

[Everfrost]

Kinda crazy. 1st quarter offense line was actually playing now they can't stop a wet bag.you are acting like coach is calling running plays every down of something. And Samuel still has Ginn hands.

[electro's horse]

7 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Not the old school defensive coaches though, and Rivera and Fox were both cut from that cloth.

yeah there was an unspoken agreement back in the day that if you got down 2-3 scores you just kinda mailed it in because the defense had the upper hand. like you couldn't pass over the middle because the safeties could commit murder, and the routes/receivers weren't good enough to really stage comebacks. 

ron is still in that era while the rules, players, and coaches have obviously changed.