Ron Rivera

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Originally Posted by EdmundDorf

I was wondering this morning whether Rons lack of awareness affected whether he would pull Wentz. Obviously there is some ego in proving he was right, but if he had known the situation was a must win would he have pulled Wentz and put Heinicke in at the half. It seemed obvious from the 1st Qtr that Wentz was completely lost.

My point being the counter argument to those who said, not on here, that Ron doesn't need to know the implications of other games, that the situation dictated a shorter leash fo Wentz

If he came out of last week with an 80% view Wentz should start, then no. Nothing to say, if he had faith in him, he couldn't turn it around in the 2nd half. Subbing him in the 4th or even mid 3rd quarter would show he doubted his own decision, likely why he stuck with him.

If he had a 55% view, then yes, he should have pulled Wentz as soon as it looked like he was lost.

Either way, this speaks to Ron's ego getting in the way of sound decision making. Wentz, to date, hasn't shown anything that suggested he should ever start another game. Screw practice, his game performance at the end of last season and early this season showed that.

We need a fresh new YOUNG coaching staff that will have faith in young guys getting their bumps in game and learning. We've wasted another year of Scary's capability, and while we've learned that Samuel and Dotson can contribute we've also lost an opportunity to get best use out of them too.

But next season hinges on a quick sale of the team so the new guy can begin rebuilding before FA and the draft. If we don't sell soon, Ron will be back and we'll likely end up letting Wentz go and pursue Carr. Likely a similar scenario to this season.