Tepper firing Rivera was not about winning this year

[joemac]

13 minutes ago, NAS said:

Sorry, but Cam is not worth a 1st round pick if he hasn't proven he can stay healthy.  

I guess we will see, wont we?  I imagine we either get AT LEAST a 1st rounder for him, or Cam is our starting QB next year.

[Forty-Eight]

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

I'm kind of intrigued by Tepper's comment that other teams were already doing their coaching searches behind their current coach's back.

Tepper should’ve already been doing GM searches behind Hurney’s back since last year. 

[Ivan The Awesome]

3 hours ago, NAS said:

Hate to state the obvious.. but too many people on here are reacting to yesterday's game like the team was supposed to look better after Tepper fired Rivera.  That was never my expectation, and I'm sure it wasn't for Tepper.  Rivera deserved to be fired for years of mediocrity and incompetence, but the timing was related to the following:

1.  Gives Tepper the freedom to openly search for a new head coach.

2.  Opportunity to evaluate the remaining coaching staff and "interview" potential internal candidates.  (Fewell is auditioning for the HC job).

3.  Tank so we can draft a potential franchise QB or at least a high impact player in the 2020 draft.    Rivera would have kept trying to win to save his job which is counterproductive if you know you're going to fire him at the end of the season.

Duh.

[tiger7_88]

And Tepper retaining Hurney will ultimately be about not winning next year.

And the year after that.

And the year after that.

Etc.

Ad infinitum.