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Panthers Regular-Season Record, By Months, Under Ron Rivera

  2011 2012 2013 2014 TOTAL
September 1-2 1-3 1-2 2-2 5-9
October 1-4 0-3 3-1 1-3-1 5-11-1
BEFORE NOVEMBER 10-20-1
November 1-2 2-2 4-0 7-4
December 3-1 4-1 4-1 11-3
January 1-0 1-0
AFTER OCTOBER 19-7

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38 thoughts on “Panthers Regular-Season Record, By Months, Under Ron Rivera”

  1. Oh lord, please let this man not keep his job with another strong December. He reminds me entirely of Raheem Morris, but the Bucs were smart enough to purge themselves of Raheem just one year after a 10-6 campaign because he let the bottom fall out and lost control of the team.

  2. Oh lord, please let this man not keep his job with another strong December. He reminds me entirely of Raheem Morris, but the Bucs were smart enough to purge themselves of Raheem just one year after a 10-6 campaign because he let the bottom fall out and lost control of the team.

  3. Give him the benifit of the facts, he has been held up by the cap since he got here, thats why we have little talent here. Greg Hardy effed him good too. Hardy has 13 mil from the cap strapped budget and its for nothing. Can’t use that money on line help, reciver help, scondary help, or to plug his hole on th d-line. I think Rivera is doing great to keep ths team competitive let alne keeping them from being totally demoralized. Next year, when we can go after e some talent is when we should have a good feel for what he truly is capable of, rember last year we were supposed to be bad too. Rivera s the difference, I do hope he replaces Shula, dosent know when to throw or when to run, its like he is pickng plays by rolling dice.

  4. Give him the benifit of the facts, he has been held up by the cap since he got here, thats why we have little talent here. Greg Hardy effed him good too. Hardy has 13 mil from the cap strapped budget and its for nothing. Can’t use that money on line help, reciver help, scondary help, or to plug his hole on th d-line. I think Rivera is doing great to keep ths team competitive let alne keeping them from being totally demoralized. Next year, when we can go after e some talent is when we should have a good feel for what he truly is capable of, rember last year we were supposed to be bad too. Rivera s the difference, I do hope he replaces Shula, dosent know when to throw or when to run, its like he is pickng plays by rolling dice.

  5. Well, there you have it. Let the winning streak begin! #freethekracken
    @SoulCitySigma-Rivera is nothing like Raheem Morris and he certainly hasn’t lost the locker room. He’s a good coach and can get the most from his players, which is evident from our 2013 record. We did not have a very good team last year either, but finished with an astonishing 12-4 record, despite our make shift secondary and patchwork offensive line. We overachieved. This season was ripe for regression with the loss of Jordan Gross alone and fans should have seen this coming. We’ve got a chance to turn things around, but the playoffs are doubtful. We should have money to spend this offseason, which will be the first time Gettleman will have had legitimate shot to go after even a mid-tier free agent. RELAX. Good things are coming.

  6. Well, there you have it. Let the winning streak begin! #freethekracken
    @SoulCitySigma-Rivera is nothing like Raheem Morris and he certainly hasn’t lost the locker room. He’s a good coach and can get the most from his players, which is evident from our 2013 record. We did not have a very good team last year either, but finished with an astonishing 12-4 record, despite our make shift secondary and patchwork offensive line. We overachieved. This season was ripe for regression with the loss of Jordan Gross alone and fans should have seen this coming. We’ve got a chance to turn things around, but the playoffs are doubtful. We should have money to spend this offseason, which will be the first time Gettleman will have had legitimate shot to go after even a mid-tier free agent. RELAX. Good things are coming.

  7. bauerdavidson I’m not judging him strictly by his win-loss when i say he’s a bad coach. Whenever he has had something to lose, he has coached poorly, made horrible decisions, and his command of the locker room has always been questionable as Cam and Captain Munnerlyn – at least two guys – had criticized coaching decisions openly while still on the team, which isn’t done under a coach in control. You could also see on the sidelines the previous two years Steve Smith basically outranking Rivera on the sidelines with the players, which I think is why Rivera had Gettleman cut Steve. His December pick ups of steam came after the seasons were already lost in the first two years. He became “Riverboat Ron” the third year after he was clearly on the bubble and reports leaked that Gettleman was working back channels to replace him after week 4, so Ron just did whatever he could out of desperation, but once we got to the playoffs last year, he was back to performing poorly. The SF game was horribly coached. And now, we’re back at bad coaching. Yes, Shula stinks pretty bad too, but Rivera cannot coach a team to championship, which should be our goal.

  8. bauerdavidson I’m not judging him strictly by his win-loss when i say he’s a bad coach. Whenever he has had something to lose, he has coached poorly, made horrible decisions, and his command of the locker room has always been questionable as Cam and Captain Munnerlyn – at least two guys – had criticized coaching decisions openly while still on the team, which isn’t done under a coach in control. You could also see on the sidelines the previous two years Steve Smith basically outranking Rivera on the sidelines with the players, which I think is why Rivera had Gettleman cut Steve. His December pick ups of steam came after the seasons were already lost in the first two years. He became “Riverboat Ron” the third year after he was clearly on the bubble and reports leaked that Gettleman was working back channels to replace him after week 4, so Ron just did whatever he could out of desperation, but once we got to the playoffs last year, he was back to performing poorly. The SF game was horribly coached. And now, we’re back at bad coaching. Yes, Shula stinks pretty bad too, but Rivera cannot coach a team to championship, which should be our goal.

  9. No one has criticized coaching, the dont like the play calling, which Rivera doesn’t do. A player that dosnt belive they should have the best play for them does that. Most players get pissed when they dont get the ball and when that coincides with a loss its public record. Wasnt dieon sanders who was famous for “just give me the ball” win or lose he would criticize the play calling, and he surely isnt the only one. As I recall the entire team rallied last year becuase of the “fire Rivera” talk. I mean if you can give an actual exaple id be glad to give it credit, hell post a link here and I will say your right, but now I think your off base and either angry or just working from hearsay.

  10. No one has criticized coaching, the dont like the play calling, which Rivera doesn’t do. A player that dosnt belive they should have the best play for them does that. Most players get pissed when they dont get the ball and when that coincides with a loss its public record. Wasnt dieon sanders who was famous for “just give me the ball” win or lose he would criticize the play calling, and he surely isnt the only one. As I recall the entire team rallied last year becuase of the “fire Rivera” talk. I mean if you can give an actual exaple id be glad to give it credit, hell post a link here and I will say your right, but now I think your off base and either angry or just working from hearsay.

  11. bauerdavidson No, actually during the 2012 season, Munnerlyn suggested quite openly after a blown lead that the team was playing defense in a preventative way not to lose, versus actually playing with aggression to win. Yes, McDermott calls the actual play, but the situational game strategy comes from Rivera. There was actually a better article than the one I am posting but I can’t seem to find it, but Munnerlyn’s comments were a big deal and got picked up by more than one source, so your attempts to attack my credibility won’t fly. I don’t have the article I wanted but I do have one to fit your criteria. Read what Munnerlyn said; an in control coach does not have players saying stuff like this to the press. Period.

    http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/31/munnerlyn-critical-of-defensive-play-calling-in-loss-to-bears/

  12. bauerdavidson No, actually during the 2012 season, Munnerlyn suggested quite openly after a blown lead that the team was playing defense in a preventative way not to lose, versus actually playing with aggression to win. Yes, McDermott calls the actual play, but the situational game strategy comes from Rivera. There was actually a better article than the one I am posting but I can’t seem to find it, but Munnerlyn’s comments were a big deal and got picked up by more than one source, so your attempts to attack my credibility won’t fly. I don’t have the article I wanted but I do have one to fit your criteria. Read what Munnerlyn said; an in control coach does not have players saying stuff like this to the press. Period.

    http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/10/31/munnerlyn-critical-of-defensive-play-calling-in-loss-to-bears/

  13. That pretty much proves the point. That was a patchwork secondary unable to play a prevent defense, which is the correct call for such situations. Anything else could allow a huge play over the top. Prevent defense is still bad, as the secondary is still patchwork. Thats a quote from part of the problem, where’s the one from Cam and the others? I do agree a coach wouldn’t allow it if he had the ability to do anything about it. But as we all know, cap strapped budget so he had to put up with it. Yet, is Munnerlyn complaing in Minnesota yet?

  14. That pretty much proves the point. That was a patchwork secondary unable to play a prevent defense, which is the correct call for such situations. Anything else could allow a huge play over the top. Prevent defense is still bad, as the secondary is still patchwork. Thats a quote from part of the problem, where’s the one from Cam and the others? I do agree a coach wouldn’t allow it if he had the ability to do anything about it. But as we all know, cap strapped budget so he had to put up with it. Yet, is Munnerlyn complaing in Minnesota yet?

  15. bauerdavidson I said, “Munnerlyn suggested quite openly after a blown lead that the team was playing defense in a preventative way not to lose, versus actually playing with aggression to win.” That means that Munnerlyn was well aware that they needed to NOT be in the prevent defense and that the strategy of going prevent was a bad one. But prevent was what they DID elect to do. So your point that the secondary was patchwork and unable to play prevent reinforces my stance, since they did what you by admission concede they were unable to do.

    The team didn’t come together to save Rivera. Rather Rivera benefited from having nothing to lose so he took more gambles and luck was on his side. He also benefited from having so many guys in contract years. Basically the entire secondary and most of the receiving corps was in contract years and playing for contracts, not for him. The front seven was going to play strong anyway, the RBs who weren’t in contract years didn’t play particularly strong and Cam will always play his best because all eyes are on him. You can see now though the team quitting on him, what happened last year notwithstanding.

  16. bauerdavidson I said, “Munnerlyn suggested quite openly after a blown lead that the team was playing defense in a preventative way not to lose, versus actually playing with aggression to win.” That means that Munnerlyn was well aware that they needed to NOT be in the prevent defense and that the strategy of going prevent was a bad one. But prevent was what they DID elect to do. So your point that the secondary was patchwork and unable to play prevent reinforces my stance, since they did what you by admission concede they were unable to do.

    The team didn’t come together to save Rivera. Rather Rivera benefited from having nothing to lose so he took more gambles and luck was on his side. He also benefited from having so many guys in contract years. Basically the entire secondary and most of the receiving corps was in contract years and playing for contracts, not for him. The front seven was going to play strong anyway, the RBs who weren’t in contract years didn’t play particularly strong and Cam will always play his best because all eyes are on him. You can see now though the team quitting on him, what happened last year notwithstanding.

  17. Oh, so they just sucked in the beginning of last season to get rid of Rivera? The decions he made were offensive by the way, specifically 4th down decisions to go for it instead of punting.the example is of the defense, which didn’t change it ts play. Then decided since they were in cantract years, to play well in the second half of the season? You forgot that, that was the year before the revaluation. No, most were one year deals becuase we could not afford them long term and they needed to prove their worth. When a coach loses a team you get what happened last year in tampa. Players apologizing for their coach, players late to practice, little effort on the feild. When players play for personal stats they usall, end up with grear stats. Last years team was a team, with strong leadership. The secondary swarmed, meaning we didnt have an “island” or “shutdown” player, it was a group effort. Im still waiting for the other quotes or sources.

  18. Oh, so they just sucked in the beginning of last season to get rid of Rivera? The decions he made were offensive by the way, specifically 4th down decisions to go for it instead of punting.the example is of the defense, which didn’t change it ts play. Then decided since they were in cantract years, to play well in the second half of the season? You forgot that, that was the year before the revaluation. No, most were one year deals becuase we could not afford them long term and they needed to prove their worth. When a coach loses a team you get what happened last year in tampa. Players apologizing for their coach, players late to practice, little effort on the feild. When players play for personal stats they usall, end up with grear stats. Last years team was a team, with strong leadership. The secondary swarmed, meaning we didnt have an “island” or “shutdown” player, it was a group effort. Im still waiting for the other quotes or sources.

  19. bauerdavidson Smith is pissed because of how the franchise did him. That has nothing to do with how he feels about Rivera. He has shown no desire to actually play for Rivera as a coach, he was wanting more respect from Mr. Richardson, which I don’t blame him for. And you’re right, aside from Jon Beason no one has requested a trade in Rivera’s regime that I know of, but again, that isn’t a testament to him having the support of the players. It was actually pretty blatant with both of the Bucs previous two coaches – Morris and Schiano – that they had lost the locker room and the players didn’t want to play for them, but I don’t recall anyone requesting a trade from those regimes either unless Josh did (but I think they wanted to get rid of Josh and shopped him instead of him requesting to be shopped). 

    As for these strawmen you’re employing now, no they didn’t suck to get rid of Rivera. That wasn’t my argument at all, far from it. The players were playing like contract year players all through last season, they just weren’t being coached decently until after the fourth game. Also, this “no, most were one year deals because we couldn’t afford them long term”, I think your definition of contract year is too restricted; any player who is on a one-year deal is automatically in a contract year (not rocket science) because they are playing for a contract for the next season (unless they are planning to retire). So yes, Avant is in a contract year by default this year.  

    What other quotes and sources are you talking about?

  20. bauerdavidson Smith is pissed because of how the franchise did him. That has nothing to do with how he feels about Rivera. He has shown no desire to actually play for Rivera as a coach, he was wanting more respect from Mr. Richardson, which I don’t blame him for. And you’re right, aside from Jon Beason no one has requested a trade in Rivera’s regime that I know of, but again, that isn’t a testament to him having the support of the players. It was actually pretty blatant with both of the Bucs previous two coaches – Morris and Schiano – that they had lost the locker room and the players didn’t want to play for them, but I don’t recall anyone requesting a trade from those regimes either unless Josh did (but I think they wanted to get rid of Josh and shopped him instead of him requesting to be shopped). 

    As for these strawmen you’re employing now, no they didn’t suck to get rid of Rivera. That wasn’t my argument at all, far from it. The players were playing like contract year players all through last season, they just weren’t being coached decently until after the fourth game. Also, this “no, most were one year deals because we couldn’t afford them long term”, I think your definition of contract year is too restricted; any player who is on a one-year deal is automatically in a contract year (not rocket science) because they are playing for a contract for the next season (unless they are planning to retire). So yes, Avant is in a contract year by default this year.  

    What other quotes and sources are you talking about?

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