Comments on: Ron Rivera will remain Panthers’ head coach

By: boondocksaint7

boondocksaint7 — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 03:13:46 +0000

I’m a Steelers fan and Pittsburgh had the #1 ranked defense and the problem with the rankings is they don’t take pass interference into account with the yardage total. Bad secondaries give up long penalties. Pittsburgh was #1 against the pass but injuries and PI killed there secondary all year.

By: boondocksaint7

boondocksaint7 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 23:27:55 +0000

Glmor, like I said , d-line is decent. Panthers had a weak schedule down the stretch which inflated the Defense #. But against the top teams you secondary is weak at best. If you like your linebackers, good for you but if the panthers want to be elite they need to upgrade the back end of their defense. I hope they do. Cam is awesome and you have an excellent fan base. I hope they win the NFC next year.

By: ehart18

ehart18 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 22:14:53 +0000

You undercover Panthers lovers that are pissed that Jerry did the right thing and kept Rivera need to understand that we’re building a team that can fight for a championship year in and year out like New England & Pittsburgh.

Good Move JR!!

By: thegreatsantini56

thegreatsantini56 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:38:21 +0000

This decision makes sense to me. A GM is yet to be hired, and whoever he is is going to have major problems dealing with salary-cap issues. There will be some fan-favorites that will be shown the door soon. I would say it is playoffs or bust for the coaching staff in 2013. “Pressure makes diamonds.”-George Patton

By: jrebar88

jrebar88 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:29:01 +0000

Thank you for John Fox

-signed

Every Broncos fan in the country.

By: dzor22

dzor22 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:26:59 +0000

mwm367 – Your team did NOT ‘really’ beat the Falcons twice. You won one game 30-20 and lost the other 30 is greater than 28. You won one game in 4 years when playoffs were on our mind. Congratulations; you have something to build on.

By: giantschamps

giantschamps — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:20:30 +0000

boondocksaint7, This is the same Panthers team that beat your saints ass twice this year. What does that say about your Saints?

By: robmar924

robmar924 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:49:05 +0000

Using fantasy numbers to justify saying Cam Newton isnt overrated is just a new low for Panther fans.

By: gator2006

gator2006 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:38:47 +0000

“bucsfan5000 says: Jan 5, 2013 1:08 PM

Thank you Mr Richardson!

Sincerely,
The rest of the NFC South”

This schtick is played out and best left to the ESPN message boards. Please advise.

By: glmore

glmore — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:37:50 +0000

boondocksaint7…..The defense was “Terrible”?????? The defense finished # 10 in the NFL. SInce week 5, when Luke Kuechly was placed in at MLB, the Panthers are 5th in total defense since then!!!!!

The defense still lacks a couple of pieces, but are solid at DE and LB spots.

The main problem this year has been the play calling of Chudzinski….if he can get his head out of his a** and start utilizing that three headed running back of Williams-Stewart- Tolbert a little better, we are gonna be scary!!!!!!!

By: stomonaug

stomonaug — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:28:44 +0000

Wow. I cant believe that the Panthers did the right thing. I am disappointed because as a Chicago Bears fan, I wanted Rivera to interview for the Bears head coaching job. The Panthers will be in the playoffs regularly starting next year.

By: steelers88

steelers88 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:10:56 +0000

If they do stumble out of the gates Rivera should be fired.

By: djp141

djp141 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:56:57 +0000

If they can get someone else to coach the first 8 games of the season, the Panthers should be in good shape.

By: ronaldjones

ronaldjones — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:37:50 +0000

Ron Rivera will remain the Panthers’ head coach. The Panthers will remain terrible.

By: Deb

Deb — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:36:34 +0000

Another Cowher rumor bites the dust

By: boondocksaint7

boondocksaint7 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:34:59 +0000

I really like Cam Newton he was on my fantasy team and I would take him again. He needs another big play receiver and the defense needs some elite players in the secondary because they give up to many points.

By: csilojohnson

csilojohnson — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:31:41 +0000

Respectable 6-10? Didn’t know that existed.

By: jjbadd385

jjbadd385 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:25:56 +0000

I think despite the Panthers record, they made some improvements. and he deserves AT LEAST 1 more season. I agree with Lou Holtz, that people expect too much too soon. He stepped into the job and had a 2-14 team. 3 years is a good number, then evaluate if progress is being made. Good move JR…

By: pancaketaco

pancaketaco — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:24:12 +0000

I hope the deal comes with one condition…No playoffs…No Job!

This might be the best thing for the new GM. Allows him to learn the team inside and out…then he can hire a coach that fit the teams key players.

By: boondocksaint7

boondocksaint7 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:18:52 +0000

I watched most of them and I love there defense because I had cam on my fantasy team and he always had to score 30 pts because of the awful secondary. D line is improving. They need linebackers and a new secondary.

By: 480volt

480volt — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:06:27 +0000

Bad move panthers….let him go and lure Gruden if you can….that team is loaded and should’ve been in the playoffs…Rivera coached San Diego and won nothing of importance…never made the Super Bowl with all that talent…

By: scjohnny

scjohnny — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:00:29 +0000

Dude who said CAM is overrated…He is who we thought he was,He improved alot I say give eem one more season

By: wallio

wallio — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:59:51 +0000

Not sure why the NFC South is happy, we went 4-2 in the division and one of those losses was due to a BS pass interference call with less than a minute left. So yea we really got killed in division games (rolls eyes).

By: ak18346

ak18346 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:57:17 +0000

love the move wish he could sign Coach Turner to come and help Cam

By: slammincamnewton

slammincamnewton — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:46:25 +0000

@boondocksaint7

Do you watch Pamther football? Defense was ranked 8th clearly made strides. Cj and hardy over ten sacks, kuechley the future of linebackers, and young corners who stepped up like josh thomas.

By: mwm367

mwm367 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:45:32 +0000

What is the joke about the rest of the NFC south? You big dummies. The Panthers spanked the ‘aints twice and really beat the falcons twice too.(except for a last second flunk of a play). The bucs got lucky against them once and then we gave away the second game. I’m laughing at the rest of the NFC south. The Panthers finished the year with the #10 defense and the #18 offense. Yea NFC south, go ahead and underestimate the Panthers in 2013. You will all get spanked. The ‘aints with the all time worst defense in NFL history! Hahaha! that is so funny!

By: larrydavidstern

larrydavidstern — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:42:39 +0000

Waste of a year. Should just fire him now and delay the inevitable. Same mistake the Browns made when they brought back Mangini b/c he won his last 4 games. They need an offensive minded head coach to really bring out the best in Cam.

By: wisewoo

wisewoo — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:39:46 +0000

I really don’t see how Rivera taking a team that was consistently pulverized…and I mean absolute beatings and losses by over 20 points when J. Fox was the coach to now losing something like 12 games over the past two seasons by less than six points is a worthy of firing.

I mean, if I see a team that is consistently competing (save a few beatings by the Manning brothers) and is within 6 points in most losses, and has held the lead in the 4th quarter in 14 of 16 games this season that simply doesn’t scream fire the coach.

To me, that says you’ve got a lot of very right pieces and the team just needs to mature together and learn to close out. Starting over was not the answer and I’m disappointed in Richardson for considering it.

By: johnclaytonsponytail

johnclaytonsponytail — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:32:28 +0000

Thank you from the rest of the NFC South!!!

By: ctown66

ctown66 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 18:29:36 +0000

who cares