If Rivera goes 9-7 in 2013...

[dugbug]

I'm sure there are performance expectations. JR was serious and hung Rivera out over the edge of a high window for a week. My guess is if we miss the playoffs without a valid excuse (like lose cam to injury or something) he is toast

[CardiacCats]

ehhh it would depend. i don't think a coach should ever be fired after a 9 win season

[joemac]

You guys know JR started Hardees, not Bojangles....right?

[Ivan The Awesome]

He'll be kept. No reason to pay TWO coaches.

Wouldn't there be a promotion from within? Like the OC or DC? That way he doesn't have to pay two coaches?

[Kakarot]

Playoffs or bust, and he should also need back to back winning seasons to secure his job.

[Guest Tom Cat]

He'll be kept. No reason to pay TWO coaches.

better to pay a quarterback who no longer plays for us $ 10 million dollars

[rayzor]

rome wasn't built in a day or something like that.

[Password is Taco]

im giving ron a chance

playoffs or bust

[King Taharqa]

Rivera needs to have 3 straight playoff appearances to prove our last 2 below average seasons were a fluke.

[Marguide]

With a new GM (other than Beane), Ron almost certainly has to make the playoffs next year to stick around. If the new GM sticks with a non-playoff Rivera too long, then he could crash and burn with him.

[captfluoro]

We play the AFC East and NFC West next year? Out of those 8 teams only 3 (NE, SF and Sea) had better records than us. We tied Miami and had better records than the other 4. If we get 9-7 and the playoffs, RR stays. 9-7 no playoffs, RR goes. 10 wins, RR stays no matter if we make playoffs or not. Anything less than 9-7, he's gone.

[Happy Panther]

I just realized we get the freaking Giants at home again

[Ken]

We finished strong, keep him! Rinse and repeat.

[Anybodyhome]

JR kept him after going 16-19!

He goes 9-7 and he'll get an extension and more money than John Fox did based on past history and where the bar has been set. Ticker-tape parade, statue in front of the stadium, name on the seating bowl facade alongside Mike McCormick and Sam Mills....