Ron Rivera - Named Coach Of the Year by Committee of 101

[Primus Porcus]

I would be lying if i told you what Committee of 101 is but still cool

 

[Bulldog]

Of course you will see a Matt LeFleur type win the writer's Coach of the Year.

Having Aaron Rodgers on your team makes you reputation even when the front office has largely failed to land impact players to get the team over the top while Rodgers has been there.

But Rodgers has been good enough to make Mike McCarthy look like a good coach which is saying quite a bit.

All things being even, I think McDermott deserves strong consideration for the turnaround in Buffalo. That seems legit.

 

[MikefromOH]

I agree with McDermott, but this is the NFC coach of the year.

Rodgers does it every year with multiple coaches. I think that puts the coach as less than important.

we had such a huge turnaround culturally as well as on the field, its hard not to see Rivera as NFC Coach of the year. Plus, with the cancer he had, he went above and beyond.

 

[Bulldog]

the media doesn't look at those things.

they are looking for sex appeal in making a choice so no doubt Arians will get it despite the fact the Bucs basically pulled a 'baseball' type buy a championship season with major free agents where the only real surprise would have been the team falling on its face and finishing 5-11.

 

[MikefromOH]

you don't think the media would love to see a cancer recovery story as well as comeback player of the year in their headlines?

That is as sexy as it gets.

 

[Bulldog]

Well, I forgot to add in the Snyder factor. A lot of people are still hesitant to highlight any positives here in DC due to the cloud overhanging ownership and the sex scandals.

 

[Primus Porcus]

the media doesn't look at those things.

they are looking for sex appeal in making a choice so no doubt Arians will get it despite the fact the Bucs basically pulled a 'baseball' type buy a championship season with major free agents where the only real surprise would have been the team falling on its face and finishing 5-11.

This is voted on by media members...

Kansas City Committee of 101 awards - Wikipedia

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The "Committee of 101" is a national media committee of 101 sportswriters and sportscasters, who cover the NFL, and are asked to vote on the top offensive player, defensive player, and coach on each of the National Football League conferences, rather than the NFL as a whole.[3

This is not 'the big one,' those results come out next week if I'm not mistaken..

 

[MikefromOH]

You can add and twist whatever you want to try and be right, the truth it, Ron Rivera is the NFC Coach of the Year.

 

[Boone]

I think Bulldog is right that, it's hard for any Washington player, coach, or front office star to receive deserved recognition because the organization is owned by the dark lord. However, I think Rivera is well-known as great guy, solid human being, and his story is unique in that no coach has ever had to manuever serious personal illness, a pandemic, an organizational sexual abuse scandal, a name change, and QB controversy all in the same year. He does deserve it and I'll be surprised if he doesn't get it, despite the owner.

 

[Primus Porcus]

But the post was acting like it was some hollow recognition. Even if it isn't the big one, why can't we just be happy with it?

 

[MikefromOH]

Everyone in the media loves Rivera
Everyone in the media loves Alex Smith

The facts are the facts. Naming an afc coach like he's a part of the NFC convo is wrong

Naming a coach that has an all-star cast is wrong

Naming a coach who has one of th best QBs in the league is wrong

There is no need for negativity since Snyder isn't even involved in the coaching staff. He was literally named NFC coach of the year

 

[Boone]

He's obviously being negative about the media and the criteria they may use, not whether Rivera is deserving. I think that, on top of the personal stuff and the franchise drama he had to deal with, Rivera lead the team to a successful season, so for me, he should be a shoe in.

 

[MikefromOH]

but, why?

There is no arguing it. He won. The article and people chose him. So, why come in and be negative at all?

 

[Primus Porcus]

yeah, that comment could have come out AFTER the writers pick someone else and where all asking wtf?

 

[Boone]

This is exactly what I was talking about. Two factors working against Rivera for COY. First is, many will base their selection on football alone. And the common view is that Washington snuck into the playoffs mostly because of a terrible NFC East. May not be a fair viewpoint, but that will be the majority viewpoint.

Secondly, with Chase Young the likely DROY pick AND Alex Smith a lock for CPOY, I think the odds of them putting a 3rd Washington choice in for an award is low.

 

[MikefromOH]

That is the entire NFL. This award was for NFC. I agree Stefanski has done an amazing job in Cleveland.