What if it's Ron Rivera?

[Beast_from_East]

Now that Rivera has been let go by the Panthers, the possibility exists that he could in fact be the next head coach of the Cowboys. I think that there are better hires and I think there are worse hires, but I'm interested to hear the thoughts from the forum and what your reaction would be if Jerry did hire Rivera as this team's next head coach?

Not my first pick obviously, but he would be an upgrade over Clappy...……….at least he took his team to the SB.

 

[Beast_from_East]

I’m not really sure why fans believe Jerry’s going to change his ways now?

And Rivera would be a solid hire. He’s a former coach of the year ( twice I think) and took his team to a SB. Would appear an upgrade to me. And he might be willing to be more of a puppet.

After all all we really need is someone who can game plan better and make better adjustments and decisions on Game Day. The rest Jerry will still dictate.

Diehard is right, its an obvious upgrade from Clappy. Riverboat Ron can actually manage a game pretty decently and is not a detriment on game day like Garrett is.

That is the main problem with Garrett, he is fine during the week and with offseason stuff like the draft, but when it comes to game day he is just a complete dumpster fire. Cant manage the clock, wastes timeouts, doesn't know how to use challenges, has no feel for down or distance or situational football, he is basically the last guy in the world you want on the sideline making decisions with the game on the line.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Fine

it shows that you want to win.....he may not win here but if you retain Garrett you really dont want to win

Exactly...………is anybody really arguing that Garrett is better?

At least Rony took his team to the SB one time, Garrett still trying to get past the Divisional round 10 years later.

 

[Beast_from_East]

Is he better than Garrett? Yes. You might even be better than Garrett.

Is he what this team needs? Not even close.

That's true, LOL.

The honest truth is that virtually anybody you hire could probably win you 2 Wildcard games if given 10 years, that is not a very high bar.

But is that really what our goals should be?

 

[Cowboysheelsreds053]

LLLOOOLLL, THIS!

 

[Tabascocat]

He would be a good choice for DC if he goes the Jim Schwartz route.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

At the time yes but he has said recently that he's not really interested in head coaching position although it wouldn't be a bad idea to talk to him

Worst thing he can say is no.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Urban Meyer.

Next question

Well...I did say "realistically"...but your prediction is duly noted.

Did you see Urban's last year of coaching? He was doubled over half the time. Possibly feigning medical issues (again)....or more worriedly real. Don't get me wrong, I'm a LONG time Buckeye, and the guy is a helluva college coach. Just not sure it would translate to NFL...like many very good college coaches didn't.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

I am all in on the hoodie.lol
See the post i started on him.

Would be interesting, but not sure how you see him doing it. (Or jerry for that matter...regardless of his ticking clock).

I wonder what kind of nicknames Cowboys "fans" would give him? The Scowler? The Cheater? I suppose as long as you are winning...nobody would care?

 

[Stash]

Would be interesting, but not sure how you see him doing it. (Or jerry for that matter...regardless of his ticking clock).

I wonder what kind of nicknames Cowboys "fans" would give him? The Scowler? The Cheater? I suppose as long as you are winning...nobody would care?

I'd simply call him what he is - the greatest coach of all time. We could only get so lucky as to go from Garett to Belichick. The outhouse to the penthouse.

And most of all, it would show everyone that 'meddling Jerry' was serious about winning.

 

[blueblood70]

He has worse winning% then garett and fact is hes stopped winning 4 years ago..of late hes worse then Garett, not better...he has only had THREE(3) winning seasons in 9 years.. seriously he needs to follow WADE BACK TO a DC ROLE..

 

[BoysForLife]

Well...I did say "realistically"...but your prediction is duly noted.

Did you see Urban's last year of coaching? He was doubled over half the time. Possibly feigning medical issues (again)....or more worriedly real. Don't get me wrong, I'm a LONG time Buckeye, and the guy is a helluva college coach. Just not sure it would translate to NFL...like many very good college coaches didn't.

I'd sure like to find out

 

[BoysForLife]

Well...I did say "realistically"...but your prediction is duly noted.

Did you see Urban's last year of coaching? He was doubled over half the time. Possibly feigning medical issues (again)....or more worriedly real. Don't get me wrong, I'm a LONG time Buckeye, and the guy is a helluva college coach. Just not sure it would translate to NFL...like many very good college coaches didn't.

I sure would love to find out. And I believe we do have a realistic shot at Urban

 

[DFWJC]

Fwiw

I just saw this trivia about Rivera

His teams have Belichick’s Patriots twice, and won both times.
Not arguing for him, but I suspect few coaches can say that.

 

[OldJarhead]

^^this^^ Ron has pretty much proven hes not a HC..but he is a solid DC.

How is he not a HC? He took team with SCam as the QB to the Super Bowl. If he had had a real NFL QB that team would have been near unbeatable.

 

[Stash]

The more I look at Rivera's track record and history of defense, and the more I watch our current pathetic defense, the more he looks like a viable candidate.

 

[Blue&Silver]

Now that Rivera has been let go by the Panthers, the possibility exists that he could in fact be the next head coach of the Cowboys. I think that there are better hires and I think there are worse hires, but I'm interested to hear the thoughts from the forum and what your reaction would be if Jerry did hire Rivera as this team's next head coach?

I'd love to have him as a defensive coach.

 

[Stash]

I'd love to have him as a defensive coach.

Same here, but you can't get him for that. He'll get head coach offers.

 

[kskboys]

The more I look at Rivera's track record and history of defense, and the more I watch our current pathetic defense, the more he looks like a viable candidate.

And it's been horrific tonight. Convoluted mess. The current D coaches are simply not going to get it done.

 

[Stash]

And it's been horrific tonight. Convoluted mess. The current D coaches are simply not going to get it done.

Nope. They've all gotta go. Every one.

Has a team ever hired a head coach DURING THE SEASON before?

I think I might look into it I feel it were my team?