Rivera Leads the Way

Ron Rivera was the special guest for the Loudoun County, Virginia Chamber of Commerce Virtual Luncheon on Thursday. Here's what he said.

The event was a "Virtual Leadership Luncheon" hosted by the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the Washington Redskins. 

Washington Redskins Head Coach Ron Rivera was joined by Larry Michael, the radio play by play voice of the Redskins and Chief Content Officer/Senior Vice President for the organization. 

Excited to listen in to the chat today, where we'll also be making a major marketing announcement to support Loudoun businesses: https://t.co/yIBWAbK9vL

— Loudoun Biz (@LoudounBiz) April 16, 2020

Any time we get to hear from the new Redskins head coach is still refreshing and more than valuable. 

Here are some of the highlights from RedskinsReport.com coverage and other reporters who were on the call. 

The Redskins pre-draft position by position meetings are now done per Rivera. 

Ron Rivera talking now. "The anticipation is killing me." https://t.co/r2WIiqbWH4#Redskins #NFL #HTTR

— Chris Russell AKA the 🐓🐓! (@Russellmania621) April 16, 2020

He talked about building his staff starting with Jack Del Rio and later admitted the top mistake he made in his firs run at Carolina was not having another experienced head coach on his staff. 

#Redskins HC Ron Rivera on his coaching staff and the virtual coaching program w/ Larry Michael from @LoudounChamberhttps://t.co/JNk7c7fCHVhttps://t.co/HOofakpwCL

— Chris Russell AKA the 🐓🐓! (@Russellmania621) April 16, 2020

It was a leadership luncheon so naturally the subject of learning how to be a leader and defining leadership was asked. Rivera, as you would imagine, was very good. 

Head coach Ron Rivera spoke about "leadership" today.

If you missed it, you may want to read this https://t.co/6RivZTJ7vP

— Washington Commanders (@Commanders) April 16, 2020

Lots of good leadership quotes and nuggets + background from @RiverboatRonHC here via @LoudounCounty https://t.co/s1ver9Oyls

Credited Mike Ditka, Jerry Richardson, John Madden & more.

— Chris Russell AKA the 🐓🐓! (@Russellmania621) April 16, 2020

One of the more interesting/awkward parts of the chat was when this happened courtesy of Matt Paras from the Washington Times:

I’m not a conspiracy guy, but... pic.twitter.com/l8SvYDMyKU

— Matthew Paras (@Matthew_Paras) April 16, 2020

And then Ron ended it with swag! Remember Happy Thanksgiving??? 

@RiverboatRonHC's smile after dropping "Happy Thanksgiving" was amazing. Genuinely giddy he could sneak that in. #Redskins

— Kyle Stackpole (@kylefstackpole) April 16, 2020

From Michael Phillips of the Richmond Times-Dispatch

Ron Rivera closes with a "Happy Thanksgiving." Glad this is still a thing.

— michael phillips (@michaelpinRVA) April 16, 2020

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Chris Russell is the Publisher of RedskinsReport.com & Sports Illustrated's Washington Redskins channel. He can be heard on 106.7 The FAN in the Washington D.C. area and world-wide on Radio.com. Chris also hosts the "Locked on Redskins" Podcast and can be read via subscription to Warpath Magazine. You can e-mail Chris at russellmania09@Gmail.com or follow him on Twitter at @Russellmania621.