Ron Rivera
Ron Rivera
Ronald Eugene Riverais an American football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth7 January 1962
CityFort Ord, CA
invaluable job learn time
It's an invaluable time for him because he can learn so much. It's a little disappointing we didn't get the job done.
ability players scratch starting surface wait
We have players just starting to scratch the surface of their ability. I can't wait to see the film.
explosive
What we really like about him is he's an explosive guy.
best bet confident decided felt individual johnson line sharp tremendous
We decided Alfonso, being a big body, was probably going to be the best bet for us. (Defensive line coach) Don Johnson felt very confident in his ability. Alfonso's a very sharp individual out there, and he did a tremendous job.
came defensive depth improved needs talked tenacity
When we came into this draft, we talked about the needs that we had on the defensive side. We've improved our speed, we've improved our tenacity and we've improved with some of the depth we're going to have.
maybe
They thought they were better than we were and in some instances, some positions, maybe they were better.
defense felt finishing good playoffs prize super talked top training ultimate
As we said all the way through training camp: We felt we were a good team. We felt we were on the rise. ... We talked about where we felt we could be as a defense ? being in the top 10, being in the top five, being No. 1, finishing No. 1. The ultimate prize has always been the playoffs and getting to the Super Bowl.
defense either guys outside particular problem
That's not a particular problem because in our defense a lot of the linebackers are interchangeable. The outside guys can play either spot.
against beat gave job matched players steve top tremendous
You're matched against one of the top players in the league, you're going to get beat sometimes. I thought he did a tremendous job in some situations. On that one, he stumbled and gave up that play. The other one, I thought he had the ball. Steve Smith, give him credit. That was a tremendous play on his part.
again coach fit focus goal head lose obviously particular process time ultimate week
I think as a coach the ultimate goal obviously is to be a head coach. And you do have to look at the opportunities, where you fit. Does that place in particular fit you? I'll go through the process this week and then again at the same time not lose my focus on what the ultimate goal is, and that's the playoffs.
coach insight neat number talked
I talked with coach (Smith) on a number of occasions. I think the neat thing about it is he does have a lot of insight into the place.
critical takes understand whatever
We have to also understand that in critical situations, third-and-seven, third-and-eight, whatever it takes to get him down, you have to do it.
athletic fit guys man played speed spot
He's a young man who will come in and spot our other two guys in pass-rush situations. He is athletic and comes off the end very hard, has speed and quickness, was productive, played in a big-time program, so he is used to this kind of football. We think he is going to fit us very well and give us flexibility.
action bought fair geared good job stop time
He had time to throw. Some of their play-action bought them good time. We were geared up to stop the run, which we did do a pretty fair job of.