WashPost story on Rivera

[Paa Langfart]

Does anyone wish we had kept him and simply changed GM's ?

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Two seasons into whatever this is, Ron Rivera has been exactly who you should’ve expected him to be. He’s the dependable leader, full of character and decency, that the Washington Football Team sought to clean up its everlasting mess. His current team plays similar to his Carolina Panthers teams, right down to the slow starts and identical 13-19 records through the first 32 games. He’s 60 now, but even after a cancer battle during his first season in Washington, he doesn’t look like he has aged much over the past decade.

 

Rivera is Rivera, every day. He’s so consistent you could set your watch to him. As he took command of a mercurial and rudderless Washington franchise, his steadiness often seemed remarkable. Mostly, though, it is simply a good, solid, fundamental approach to coaching.

Ron Rivera needs to do more in Washington than emulate the Carolina Panthers - The Washington Post

 

[NAS]

No, it was time to move on from Rivera. Tepper made a mistake of not getting rid of Hurney at the same time and letting the new GM pick the new head coach.

[Mr. Scot]

Rivera has his shortcomings, but Hurney should have been dumped first.

Actually, Hurney never should have been brought back to begin with, but hey...

 

[L-TownCat]

Rivera is what he is.  He’ll never be more, maybe a little less but not because he changed.

No desire to have that stoic stare and no hope for variety.

[ladypanther]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

Rivera has his shortcomings, but Hurney should have been dumped first.

Actually, Hurney never should have been brought back to begin with, but hey...

 

Agree ...absolutely!

 

Ron never had a good GM.  Now he is basically the boss, something that I think  is a mistake.  I would have liked to see him with a good GM here. Maybe things would have gone a little better.

 

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While he had plenty of successes during nine seasons in Charlotte, he did so with just three winning records. Carolina was inconsistent in ways that Cam Newton’s injury history can’t fully explain. Five of his nine Panther teams started seasons as poorly as his first two have in Washington.

The consistency of Rivera’s professional approach allows him to be a gifted motivator who inspires fight in his players. But his teams also crumble the same. Reliable Ron needs some new wrinkles this time around.

 

[Waldo]

That time was when they brought back Hurney again. Their time together, again, made it obvious it was time for change. Failure at that level just makes change the best option for everyone.

It stinks but Tepper really screwed up by keeping Huney and not hiring a Berry to hold his hand and teach him to be a better owner. Now we are stuck in those mistakes. Rhule and company are all just classic mistakes from  an owner with his training wheels on and no real idea what he is doing with his staff and front office.

[Billy Love]

A dependable “set your watch by him” sub 500 winning percentage is not want we need at HC. Remember, we want sustainable success competing for Super Bowl trophies.

[BIGH2001]

I don’t like that he was fired mid season while Rhule continues to seemingly get the benefit of every doubt because he’s Tepper’s sweetheart. 

[frankw]

Meh. We made our decision and it was for the best. It was time to part ways and Ron seems different after moving on. We just as usual went about the after part all wrong. All you can do is hope Tepper is learning something through all this but who knows.

[Pimpdaddy]

1 hour ago, Waldo said:

That time was when they brought back Hurney again. Their time together, again, made it obvious it was time for change. Failure at that level just makes change the best option for everyone.

It stinks but Tepper really screwed up by keeping Huney and not hiring a Berry to hold his hand and teach him to be a better owner. Now we are stuck in those mistakes. Rhule and company are all just classic mistakes from  an owner with his training wheels on and no real idea what he is doing with his staff and front office.

The first clue to our misery was when Tep said hurney was a great talent evaluator...

[Jaxel]

I mean, Ron is a slightly above average QB away from a contender. If he can hit on the QB market this off season, the WFT will be in good shape.

[hepcat]

1 minute ago, Jaxel said:

I mean, Ron is a slightly above average QB away from a contender. If he can hit on the QB market this off season, the WFT will be in good shape.

I’d take their roster and coaching staff over what we have now 100 times out of 100

[OneBadCat]

Every coach is a risk and you have be brave enough to try and surpass your predecessor. Just because Rhule sucks doesn't mean it wasn't time to move on from Ron.

[TheBigKat]

Nice man but if you can’t have back to back winning seasons with prime Luke, Cam, Davis, Olsen, Kalil, Johnson you’re not really an amazing coach