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Rivera fires Sam Mills III

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1 hour ago, mav1234 said:

All good teams have miracle wins... I think it's pretty clear Cams injury is what did in that season personally.

Rivera was a much better coach than Rhule but I don't know that he had enough to build a Superbowl caliber team that wasn't completely on the back of a superstar. 

Sure, but that was a classic Rivera 8-8 team that stumbled into being 6-2 at the halfway point. Cam didn't notably fall off until week 14 and during that time they regressed to the mean and showed what they actually were. The whole '6-2' thing is just not what it seemed.

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1 minute ago, mav1234 said:

Oh I think they're necessary to have, but I feel like Rivera just rode him into the ground

Depends on how you structure the team...

The "one highly paid superstar surrounded by a bunch of cheap knockoffs" formula hasn't been all that successful.

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15 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Coach of the Year tends to go to guys who outperform expectations, but outside of the times when it's been awarded to Bill Belichick it rarely goes to a coach who wins a championship.

As to Rivera, both he and John Fox produced decent seasons, but neither produced consistency.

The truly great coaches don't just flash once in a while. They win on a regular basis.

Rivera's reputation has always been inflated outside of the fanbase as well. He's got a great resume if you're just looking at the bullet points and not his actual coaching.

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