OH. NO. Things Aren't Looking Good... Rivera: Too Much Blame On Clausen

[koolkatluke]

Leadership is earned, not given. The players aren't just going to "give" the team to him. Especially in the situation he was in last year. I expect improvement.

I'm not saying giving him anything. I'm more talking about if he can ever earn it and how hard will it be.

Jake came in 1 half and got the leadership. Jimmy may have lost all respect in one season. Hopefully most of his teamates will see he was put in the worst situation a rookie can be in and will give him a chance too earn their respect.

[nagai]

lol Guys, have you heard how Rivera talks about players? Put it this way, what was the last negative thing he had to say about a player in front of the media? I sure can't think of any. I'm sure he's not quite the same way in the locker room. He comes from a millitary background and there's a tradition they have when it comes to managing people - be tough on them in private but praise them in public. I can't say for sure that this is what's going on, but I do know that he's been the Paula Abdul of the NFL. He loves everyone. At least, that's what he says.

[jarhead]

From my perspective it sounds like Rivera is saying people put TOO MUCH BLAME on Clausen. As in, it wasn't all his fault. Which it wasn't.

I'm not endorsing Clausen, but I'm not saying the season tanked because of him. He was a rookie, he lost double trouble, had an injured O-Line and had rookie WR's. Not exactly the situation I would want to be put in. And then be expected to win? Hell, if you are putting all the blame on him then there is a problem.

But like I said, I don't think he's the answer, and I don't believe Newton or Gabbert is the answer ether. To use a pick this season on a minor upgrade with "upside" wouldn't exactly appeal to me. But whatever the FO finds best for the team.

I agree!! I would not want to be in Riveria's shoes if he is inclined to draft a qb or not.I would be looking very hard at film to see why Matt Moore did so bad after a good partial year before.My opinion is that the demise of our offense last year was a culmination of releasing Vincent,OL injuries, two young qbs,young wrs and an offensive scheme that sucked.If I were him I would make sure that our OL is in order and we have a veteran QB for leadership and to compete for the starting job.With Smith getting some age, a WR would be nice as well.We really have only 2 options to address our offensive in the draft and drafting the qbs availible are risky and will do very little to help our offense next year.The 2nd option is draft Green.Clausen will be on the team next year so I would not expect him to show a public lack of confidense in him.

[Udogg]

Actually, I got that out of it too, I was just making the thread based off the headline from the Observer, which made it sound like he was backing Clausen. After reading it, I picked up on that "see if he fits in with us at all" thing as well.

He's right, it wasn't ALL Jimmy's fault, and maybe he was put into a bad position, but the problem was he never progressed and didn't show much of anything in his individual play.

^^this.

[Peppers90 NC]

OH NO, someone who actually knows football makes an evaluation