DC Ron Rivera not coming back to Chicago Next season

[2-0-Sixx]

DC Ron "Chico" Rivera not coming back to Chicago Next season

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/6485778

FOXSports.com has learned that Chicago has decided to not renew the contract of defensive coordinator Ron Rivera. Team sources say that Smith and Rivera met recently and agreed to allow Rivera to pursue other opportunities. The sources also contend that Smith will likely end up promoting Bob Babich from linebackers coach to defensive coordinator.

People inside the Bears saw this coming for a while as Babich has been reached out to from a handful of teams in the last two off-seasons and Smith, who unlike many other coaches does not block his assistants from moving up, did not want to lose him. Thus, the head coach had a tough decision to make and promoting Babich was his choice.

Babich is also viewed as more of a long-term option for Smith as Rivera was in the running for several head coaching jobs this off-season and last year. To this point, however, he has failed to land one. He did not sign an extension last off-season, which allowed him to be a free agent after the Bears' Super Bowl run. Most teams figured he'd get one of the vacant head coaching openings and as a result has been left out in the cold.

As for a defensive coordinator opening, there's only one open right now and that is Ted Cottrell's for the taking in San Diego. Still, now that Rivera is officially free another team may decide to make a run at a man who helped guide a unit to this year's prized game.
Rivera has been with Smith since he took over the head coaching duties in Chicago.

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When I saw Urlacher screaming at the sidelines during the SB I knew something was wrong, but still kind of surprising. I'm kind of happy since Rivera did a shitty job in the superbowl (and last years playoffs), never once made any defensive adjustments during the game, barely blitzed at all and all thoughout the playoffs seemed more interested in his job interviews than practicing. Good riddance.

Not sure what Mike Singletary has planned, but it would be dope as hell to see him back in Chicago, but I think he has his eyes set on a head choaching job...

 

[FATAL NYGHTMARE]

Singletary won't be leaving the Niners unless it's a head coaching opportunity.

That being said.. Ron Rivera did not want to return to Chicago because they do not pay well. The Bears are trying to make it seem like it was their choice, but Rivera let them know he had no plans of returning next season. I know this because I know Ron's brother, and I was just talking to him this morning. I also remember him saying something about that a while back.

 

[MooreBlock530]

he may be overrated IMO.....i cant really say this as a fact or anything but any DC could look good with what the man had....one suprising thing is that he didnt adjust what he was doing in the SB when peyton and the dolts were throwing underneath all game...it seems like urlacher was yelling at the sideline all game and nothing happend.........that could just be me though

 

[FATAL NYGHTMARE]

one suprising thing is that he didnt adjust what he was doing in the SB when peyton and the dolts were throwing underneath all game...

If they had, the Colts would have went deep on their asses. It's easy to say "they should have done this, and changed that," but you gotta figure they were scared of Harisson and Wayne torching their secondary so they played their safeties deep. Had they brought their safeties up, Peyton would have gone deep. You either give up the shorter plays and try to bend but not break, or give up the homeruns left and right and get pummeled.

 

[MooreBlock530]

so there is absolutly no answer? him being one of the better DCs with one of the better Ds in the league should have had something in mind.....shit even with the worst D in the leauge last year titans beat the colts once and should of beat them the first time when they allowed a season low to the colts with 14 points...he should of done something is all im saying.....im nto sayin the dude is a total jackass

 

[ESCOBAR 92113]

Something is up with dude, he has interviewed for nine or ten headcoaching spots and hasnt landed one..wonder what it is

 

[2-0-NINE]

If they had, the Colts would have went deep on their asses. It's easy to say "they should have done this, and changed that," but you gotta figure they were scared of Harisson and Wayne torching their secondary so they played their safeties deep. Had they brought their safeties up, Peyton would have gone deep. You either give up the shorter plays and try to bend but not break, or give up the homeruns left and right and get pummeled.

That's why you play deep zone with your safeties and Run and Bump with your Corners.

 

[lilboiblue]

fatal nytemare is right and yall need 2 shuddup......the bears scheme sure wasn't as good as it could have been, however, it could have(and should have) been a LOT worse!! Ron Rivera probably did play himself out of a contract renewal with that game though

 

[MooreBlock530]

you my friend are from canada....stick to hocky eh......like i said....bears could of did a lot better job with a week of practice then what the titans did in two games with our last rated D.....so you need to "shuddup"

 

[B-Buzz]

That's why you play deep zone with your safeties and Run and Bump with your Corners.

Chicago 2

you my friend are from canada....stick to hocky eh

rofl...eh


I'm thinking with you Sixx, Rivera's scheme got old and he never bothered to change it. Just relied on the D to pull it off for him. The secondry should really start evolving next year so I'd like to see a more blitz orientated D next year.

 

[FATAL NYGHTMARE]

so there is absolutly no answer?

To stop Peyton Manning? If there is one, I'm sure every coach in the league would like to know.

I think with Peyton it's more of a "let's contain him" type of gameplan rather than a "shut him down" type of scheme because he will find a way around it. Sure Peyton has his off-days when he doesn't play like he normally would, or he just doesn't get it done.. But when you give him 2 weeks to prepare and put him on the biggest stage in football, rest assured he is not going to have one of those days.

him being one of the better DCs with one of the better Ds in the league should have had something in mind.....

I told you what he had in mind. Bend but don't break.

There's no way they were going to stop the deep threat and the underneath dumpoffs.

shit even with the worst D in the leauge last year titans beat the colts once and should of beat them the first time when they allowed a season low to the colts with 14 points...

And..?

The Colts blew more than one game during the season. I highly doubt they prepared for the Titans the way they prepared for the Bears in the SUPERBOWL. And it would have helped Rivera's plan out a lot if the fuckin Bears offense could keep the ball a bit longer. They played horribly and made the defense stay on the field much longer than they should have, allowing Peyton Manning to pick them apart. The way the offense plays affects the defense, believe it or not.

That defense is what got them to the SB to begin with. It just so happens that the Colts offense was too much for the Bears defense (just like I called it).

Defense wins championships my ass.

 

[P.K. Rippa]

Chargers looking to hire Rivera as LB coach

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/02/19/rivera.chargers/

 

[ESCOBAR 92113]

Ron Rivera has signed a contract to be the chargers linebackers coach this season. This along with Ted Cotrell at DC has me excited

 

[FATAL NYGHTMARE]

Wow.

His brother said he wanted to go to San Diego because they "pay well." I guess he got what he wanted.

 

[MooreBlock530]

released then hired on the same day.....not bad

 

[2-0-Sixx]

If they had, the Colts would have went deep on their asses. It's easy to say "they should have done this, and changed that," but you gotta figure they were scared of Harisson and Wayne torching their secondary so they played their safeties deep. Had they brought their safeties up, Peyton would have gone deep. You either give up the shorter plays and try to bend but not break, or give up the homeruns left and right and get pummeled.

Not when it's pouring down rain.

Besides, you don't have to necessarily have the safeties up close, just keep the linebackers in the middle to stop the short pass Manning was completing over and over and over again. Or at least blitz occasionally.

Rivera didn't make any adjustments last year against Carolina either despite Steve Smith having a monster game. He kept it single coverage thoughout the entire game

 

[techn9nehq]

Wow.

His brother said he wanted to go to San Diego because they "pay well." I guess he got what he wanted.

I've heard he was looking for 1 Mil/Yr and I doubt the Chargers are going to give him that to be their LB coach. I think if he just kept his mouth shut and stayed in Chicago for one more year a HC opportunity would have opened up for him. He may still get that shot, but I doubt he's getting the money this year being a LB coach.

As a Bears fan I don't believe he made the most of the talent on the Defense in the Super Bowl and I primarily blame him for that. The only Colts game i saw in the playoffs was against the Chiefs and they played man coverage on the corners and Manning had a terrible game. Why the Ron Rivera wouldn't do that in the Super Bowl is beyond me.

With all that being said, I don't think this will have much of an impact on the Defensive unit. Lovie Smith still has a big influence on the philosophy on Defense and Bob Babich should be able to lead the defense to another deep playoff run. Babich also lead some pretty good North Dakota State teams to the Division II playoffs during his time there as HC including a National Championship in '01.

 

[TOKZTLI]

This was the best coaching pickup the Chargers made. No doubt Rivera is waiting for Turner to fuck up so he can slide into Head Coach status next year. If he's patient, he'll get paid better than he was in Chicago.

 

[FATAL NYGHTMARE]

I spoke with his brother today, and he said Rivera is being paid more as the Chargers' linebacker coach than he was as Chicago's defensive coordinator. That's some sad shit.