Rivera talks about Proehl

[Mr. Scot]

Inside the Panthers

Ron Rivera looks at Ricky Proehl and sees a former NFL player who was willing to do about anything to break into the coaching profession.

Kind of like himself.

Rivera hired Proehl, a former Panthers receiver who played 17 NFL seasons, as an offensive consultant after Proehl got in contact with him.

"Just listening to his passion when he talked, Ricky reminded me so much of myself when I got into it," Rivera said Tuesday. "That was probably the biggest thing that attracted me."

And Proehl showed recently he can help in other ways.

When there were only a few available receivers at Blaine Gabbert's private workout with the Panthers, Proehl jumped in and caught passes from the Missouri quarterback.

[teeray]

I am REALLY glad he is back a part of our organization.

[Sword]

You sure he didn't say

"We will evaluated the process and we saw how much Ricky reminds me of myself"?

[Mr. Scot]

It's been speculated that "the process" is the rightful successor to "it is what it is".

[Lumps]

Love it...17 seasons, I remember him taking huge hits and now still catching passes lol...

I can see it now, Prohel gets exited and does it him damn self on the field...can you be a coach and on the roster?

[Montsta]

Ricky Proehl for HC 2022 campaign underway.

[Mr. Scot]

Assuming Smitty isn't traded.

[PanthaSan]

Ricky Proehl for HC 2022 campaign underway.

Fire up the petition machine :D

Im reasonably excited about the idea of having Ricky around to work with Smitty.

:yesnod:

[Mr. Scot]

One adjustment I think we all need to make is to turn off our "Foxspeak" filters when listening to Rivera.

No coach, Rivera included, is going to show all his cards all the time, but the Human Cliche machine is gone.

Hurney is still Hurney, but Rivera's not Fox.

[nosuchthingasapanther]

preohl is my all time favorite panther.

[wade]

It's been speculated that "the process" is the rightful successor to "it is what it is".

Does anyone know whether "it is what it is" is even a part of Rivera's vernacular? If so, it'll be hilarious the first time he lets one slip during a press conference and everyone starts giggling uncontrollably.

[CatMan72]

I would think that having a coach who was a NFL WR of Proehl's caliber catch passes from a QB prospect would be an excellent way to evaluate that prospect... Proehl's caught passes from the best of them and can mimic exactly how an NFL receiver runs routes, etc.

[Davidson Deac II]

I bet Proehl could still get out there and be a third down threat. :)

[CAVSS]

Gotta love that guy.