Posted on 12/31/2019 7:28:28 AM PST by C19fan
Ron Rivera must really like a challenge. Over Daniel Snyders time as the Redskins owner, Washington is where good coaches go to die. Since 2000, when Snyder made Norv Turner the first coach he fired, not one coach has left Washington with a winning record. Even coaches with great résumés like Marty Schottenheimer, Mike Shanahan and Steve Spurrier couldnt do it. Rivera is up next. The two-time NFL Coach of the Year with the Carolina Panthers agreed to be the next coach of the Redskins, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network.
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He did, once, when he hired the Old Ball Coach, and compared to what they've had since, he wasn't that bad at all.
Rivera: Diversity Hire.
Barry Switzer’s still available...
I don’t think NYG head coaches have much control over player personnel decisions. This was one of the major reasons why Bill Parcells left back in the early 1990s.
Owners kill teams. We have one here in NY with the JETS.
These coaches and owners need to take a tip from the Ravens and how they built the team. Ravens benched starters and still beat Steelers.
Here is the night I made a big bet that Ravens would make it to the Superbowl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0AIgS9yXF4
For those of you that don’t recognize this..they came up with an inspired take off on The Wire with D’angelo talking about the chess board.
Of course, I can never view The Wire the same after watching what a douchebag the creator is on Twitter.
Rivera won the division 3 years running an took the team to the SB. And did all that with a team that was never complete in any way. 1 pretty good QB and sometimes a good receiver has been pretty much the Panthers’ personnel his whole run. He’s pretty successful. It’s a good hire.
OMG..if anyone thinks Coaching is easy this incident in College Bowl game prior to the game shows the hot heads they have to deal with. This guy should not get drafted by the NFL no matter how good he is..
https://twitter.com/YahooSportsCFB/status/1212057530832228355
Now bring Nick Sabban in as GM and get out of the way.
I wonder if McCarthy will get hired by a team...
Back to watching highlight videos from the 80’s and 90’s.
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