Panthers Begin Head Coach Search?

[Woodie]

The point I make is aligned with yours--the fans and the media will remember those comments and the player will be reminded of these expectations through twitter, interviews. etc.  I understand what he means, but he needs to understand the potential consequences of his illustrations. 

 

He called AJ Klein "Luke Kuechly 2.0" or something.  This team needs focus--not pressure and distractions. 

I think if players can't handle this kind of pressure, then they'll never be able to be anything more than average.  And if we start winning, nobody will care at all about some random comparison Rivera made. 

[Woodie]

He isn't a lame duck in the sense Fox was.....

he was a coach that has very limited chance to retain his job and a FO that didn't hire nor was all in on him

I agree with this statement.  While Rivera's not a lame duck, he is on very thin ice.

[TheRed]

It isn't just a distraction for Rivera. The players are involved too.

 

Pair this recent news coming out with us trading Beason two days ago, this is not what the team needs right now.

[Mr. Scot]

I think it's pretty obvious the leaker is the "1 candidate [that] knows"

 

Distinct possibility, especially given that it's counterproductive for the team to leak it.

 

 

This is always like Peyton Place with this team.

 

I'm probably one of the few people old enough to get that reference.

 

Young bucks probably think you're talking about Manning

[Anybodyhome]

I don't know about you guys, but in the real adult world of employment- regardless of profession- one does not hold anothers job over their head as motivation. Nor does the notion of the carrot on a stick (playoffs=job retention). If I worked for a boss who thought that was an effective form of motivation and basically told me they were beginning to look for my replacement, I'd assume my tenure was coming to an end. And even if I achieved whatever measure of success he hinted at to ensure my future, I'm not sure I'd want to continue working under those conditions.

 

I, for one, do not believe reaching the playoffs are necessarily a component of coaching. I think Rivera should be gone regardless, and had it not been for the time it took to bring in Gettelman, Rivera might have been replaced before this season. The GM knows who he wants to coach this team, and Gettelman is no different, except he wasn't given that opportunity this season because the FO took their time in hiring him. 

 

 

[Fox007]

Rivera should have never started the season as Panthers HC.

 

 

[jasonluckydog]

Why is it called a lame duck? I lame horse I understand but lame duck??? Do ducks hurt their legs/hips more than other animals?

[ItsPantone278]

Due diligence.. Simple and plain.

[mwright350]

This is about the strangest timing for something like this ever.

 

Clearly it wasn't the team that did the leaking but...sheesh.  Now's not the time I want to hear coaching search stuff being leaked no matter who it's from.

[Woodie]

Hard to say without knowing what our owner is thinking. But at this point it's looking more and more like lame duck though.

 

Information like this getting out so early in the season after a blowout win doesn't exactly instill confidence in Rivera.

I think the problem with things like this is that we don't how or why this information got out...or how serious it is.  It can just as easily be that Gettleman doesn't think he will need to look elsewhere and is only starting the process as a fallback option...or maybe he has already made up his mind.  But as you said, we can't really know without knowing what the owner and FO are thinking, we can only speculate. 

 

Regardless, like CRA said, this isn't a lame duck situation like it was with Fox.  There's at least the perception that Rivera can keep his job if we get to the playoffs.  So there's still a reason for the players to stay focused and working hard, unlike with Fox when they knew he was gone no matter what.  

[cavic7585]

Tom Coughlin?

[PhillyB]

hot seat? Rivera has a burning coal in his sphincter

[TheRed]

Rivera should have never started the season as Panthers HC.

 

That's ultimately what it comes down to.

 

Like I said, this whole ordeal may limit our list of candidates. We could very well end up with another Ron Rivera kind of hire again.

[CPcavedweller]

Remember what happened last year when the coals were stirred by the firing of Marty Hurney? Yeah players love him, hopefully this has the same effect it had last year. "Holy poo Guys, Rivera may be fired. Should we start to play now?" It seems like this is the conversation that goes on.