Rivera doesn’t have a full blown OL coach, although there is an assistant. He has John Matsko as a Running Game Coordinator. I’ve linked to Matsko’s bio. He looks like a bona fide expert, with a long track record of working with high echelon OLs. If Rivera is hired by the Giants, Matsko will hopefully be part of the package.
Rivera’s DC is a guy named Eric Washington, who I wasn’t familiar with, promoted to that position two seasons ago.
I think it’s interesting that both coordinators, one of them being Norv Turner of course, were not named interim HCs, with Fewell getting the nod. That’s curious and suggests both of them were given notice as well.
Finally, Rivera’s special teams coordinator is none other than Chase Blackburn.
Rivera has worked with many of these guys for several years. In fact, the coaching staff seems to have been very stable. A Rivera hire would presumably be something of a package deal, with Turner and Matsko coming with him. The DC Eric Washington is a wild card. Not sure whether he has successfully established himself.
I’m not commenting whether that is god or bad, but trying to read the tea leaves.
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Are we expecting different results with a worse roster?
Literally nobody is doing that.
And you dont have to buy in, but your reason for not doing do isnt a very educated one so.. I wont get in the way if you wanna stomp your feet
Are we expecting different results with a worse roster?
Anyone will do better next year with the $ they have to put into the roster. Including Shurmer.
Mainly because he's not some shiny new toy that hasn't been unboxed yet.
I like Rivera as an option because he's had some excellent assistants in his time as HC. If he was hired by the Giants and brought Turner a long it would be a huge win especially for Barkley and Jones.
Rivera did a nice job building the team up from when he took over. They got better each of his first three years. But then look at the performance afterward. Winning season, losing season, winning season, losing season. There is an inconsistency there that deserves some consideration. Rivera has been compared by many to Coughlin and that is pretty fair. Coughlin was also let go because the team he coached was often wildly inconsistent.
I am not dismissing that he is a good coach, and yes he had several good years. He deserves consideration. But the inconsistency from year to year is a valid question in my mind that has nothing to do with Gettleman.
Are we expecting different results with a worse roster?
Even better if he can convince Jack Del Rio to come be the DC and then they can hire some young gun OC to open things up and make it a bit more modern.
Even better if he can convince Jack Del Rio to come be the DC and then they can hire some young gun OC to open things up and make it a bit more modern.
this!
Winning with a well-built team is actually a different skill set. I don't know if that's Rivera or not. He's been fired because he didn't do that enough, or soon enough, or whatever.
The best HCs do BOTH. But if you could bring in Lombardi, Parcells, Bellichik, or Walsh right now, they wouldn't WIN immediately with this team. But they'd get them going in the right direction.
I've been calling for Bill Callahan since it was obvious that Jay Gruden was going to be fired. Callahan is among the best OL coaches in the NFL and he will be available this offseason. The Giants should do whatever it takes to land him.
Jeff Davidson (if Patricia is fired) and Marc Colombo are two other solid options.
Matt Rhule (Head Coach)
Ron Rivera (Defensive Coordinator)
I realize he is likely to get another HC Job but if he doesn't I would back up the BRINKS truck for him as a DC.
Are we expecting different results with a worse roster?
Exactly!!! I guess only a fanbase of a team that has been awful for a decade could be this desperate for a little taste of mediocrity.
When you are looking for a new HC you either try and hire a hotshot coordinator (which is a crap shoot) or you hire a retread.
Rivera looks about as close to a Coughlin retread as you can get.. Experience and performance wise.
He's infinitely better than PS. That's not even a debate.