2014 Coaching Search Rumors

Adam Gettis @NotOnDuty__ 2m

Thank you Coach Shanahan for bringing me in and being a hell of a coach. Blessed to be apart of your legacy.

lol
 
Washington Redskins ‏@Redskins 5m

#Redskins announced today that they have relieved Executive Vice President/Head Coach Mike Shanahan of his duties with the team.
 
Rich Tandler ‏@Rich_TandlerCSN 1m

#Redskins have anounced Shanahan firing. No mention of assistant coaches.


Chris Russel confirms, they haven't fired any of the staff yet.
 
Redskins have released an announcement. They're reading it, but I can't type it all out.


Kevin Sheehan ‏@kevins980 10s

#Redskins will hold press conference from 12-12:30. We'll carry it live during the Sports Fix on @ESPNRadio980 & ESPN 980 - WASHINGTON D.C.
 
lol chris russel going into rant about how we should all be sad these 'men are losing their jobs'.

get a grip Russel. most of these guys will make more in a year than most of us will in 10. and he even said, most of them will get jobs without any problem.

shut the **** up Russel you're such a tool bag.
 
oh, this will be fun
Nathan Fenno ‏@nathanfenno 1m

Mike Shanahan will make a statement to reporters at 10 a.m.
 
Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 5m

Redskins' candidate list likely to include Jay Gruden, Mike Zimmer, Lovie Smith. Redskins inquired through third party about David Shaw
 
Conflicting reports on assistants being fired.

Only a stupid org would keep any.
 
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Also hoping the moronic PR guy is gone.

The brain surgeon who denied there was a press conference at 10 am today.
 
Rich Tandler ‏@Rich_TandlerCSN 56s
Short version of Shanny: "cap penalty, cap penalty, cap penalty".

Brian McNally ‏@bmcnally14 1m
Same reasons/excuses - choose your own word - from Shanahan. Cap penalties etc.



While that was a majority of what he talked about in his exit presser, it is amusing the ease with which people write off losing 16 million in cap space over two years. As if it doesn't matter or something.
 
McD5 said:
Tshile, he was responsible for it happening.
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Well yes, but the alternative was letting it be tied up in haynesworth and hall's contracts.

the cap penalty didn't just magically appear out of thin air. they were the end state of ridiculous contracts given to hall and haynesworth; given by cerrato and snyder.
 
tshile said:
Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 5m

Redskins' candidate list likely to include Jay Gruden, Mike Zimmer, Lovie Smith. Redskins inquired through third party about David Shaw
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Yep, that Stanford HC keeps popping up. Keep an eye on him.

(Continue to say) Just saying.
 
McD5 said:
Conflicting reports on assistants being fired.

Only a stupid org would keep any.
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The redskins are saying they haven't fired staff.

It's not stupid to keep them, for now. The players have to report to someone and day to day operations have to continue to function for a few more days (before everyone leaves.) So they have to stay on for at least the morning today to finish check ins, turning in of playbooks, etc.

The right thing to do was to remove Shanahan from position of power, bring in a GM (or promote from within) to start a coaching staff. Pick a coach. Then let him make decisions about his coaching staff (maybe he'll keep some, maybe not, let him decide)

It could also be Snyder giving them an FU by keeping them under contact as long as possible to hurt their chances of getting a job elsewhere.

It's unfortunate that I'm not sure what the actual reasoning is. I'm inclined to think Snyder is taking the petty route rather than the smart one.
 
Om said:
We are watching in real time how history gets written. Rumors and speculation about RG3 and his supposedly cozy relationship with the owner, and how that relationship might have affected the team, have become the kind of "fact" that, repeated often enough, have started to take on a veneer of Truth.

Not so different than how history has been re-written on Marty Schottenheimer's time in DC. To hear tell these days, St. Marty had turned around the Redskins and had them on the verge of contending on a regular basis again. What has been lost to the fog of revisionism is how the team largely hated the man; and how, after 0-5 became 5-5, the final 6 games, where the games actually mattered, were a study in mistakes and lost opportunities, and how awful a GM he was appearing to be (Sage Rosenfels, anyone?). Should he have been given another year or two? Yes. Was there any REAL indication he was the candle in the dark the media and many fans have retroactively decided he was? Nope.

Anyway ...

Bye, Mike.
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But, given the way he assembled a dominant force in San Diego, immediately after he left here gives us a glimpse of what was probable here. No, it wasn't "great" the first year, but we watched him leave here and build one of the best teams in the NFL out west.
 
Boone said:
No - I think it's a ridiculous label. First of all - look at Shanahan's record - it's pretty abysmal and Griffin was only here for 2 of his 4 seasons. In one of those he was ROY and led us to an NFC championship. The worst thing you can say about Griffin on 2013 is that he came back too soon and wasn't nearly as effective. Griffin hasn't openly undermined his coaches, complained, or thrown anyone under the bus (unless one tries to twist some fairly innocuous comments into something ominous). There's also no evidence that Griffin or anyone in his camp has been actively trying to get Shanahan fired (other than media rumors which have never been substantiated). Shanahan got himself fired and he pretty much forced Snyder to do it.
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disagree - in a major way.

just to be clear on this: I have been a big RGIII advocate from day 1...still am. but anyone who denies what happened from the end of last season forward is masking reality. there were two parties to the Griffin/Shanahan dynamic. You expected Shanahan to be the adult. fair enough. I expected Griffin to keep his friggin mouth shut and focus on the essentials - including learning how to lead and set the example. there are elements of his character that ring of "me first". to a far lesser degree than Arrington....RGIII nevertheless reminds me of some of the same behavior patterns: most especially the play for money and attention early on. don't kid yourself for a moment that RGIII (with influence from his Dad) hasn't looked at his career from a business as well as team/performance point-of-view. Griffin has a role in all of this....and it isn't covered with glory. the hope is that a new coach comes in that knows how to teach him not only to deploy his prodigious talents as a real NFL QB, but how to conduct himself as someone in the spotlight who...while he is riding high...can influence people and outcomes.

Shanahan had a major hand in his demise. but, once again, there were all sorts of external complicating factors that made the situation exceedingly complex. we've run through all of this in past threads. IMO, he took a bad situation and made it better. his hubris got the better of him and he is on a train outta town. see ya. but I can see reality for what it is. this debacle has more than one root cause.
 
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