BGO Blind Pig: The Position Coaches

[Boone]

The guys give the lowdown on our brand spanking new position coaches and key assistants, and give our overall vibe check on Washington's now completed coaching staff. Any unauthorized bowel movements during the making of the podcast occurred without the express written consent of BGObsession.com and in violation of our strict standards of conduct and toileting etiquette.

 

[Chris]

Notable from Keim- the coaches that are remaining from the Rivera staff (Prichard, Engram, Kerrigan, Toub) were rehired more than retained. They all had to go through an interview process and their contracts were extended to match those of the new coaching staff.

 

[Solitary Man]

Great work fellas. They have added new titles. They have planned for down the road successions. They have added folks with competing philosophies. I am confident that no other newly hired head coach has come close to putting together this combo of experience and youth.

I look forward to the next one.

 

[Solitary Man]

One of the big unknowns that you guys touched upon was the defensive backfield. How will Forbes fit in with the Joe Whitt Jr’s Run and Hit, put our bodies on people violently, this is not for everybody, defense. If Forbes is going to survive in this defense, there will need to be some consolidations or compromises. Otherwise, he won’t last.

Quan, BSJ physically should be keepers(Although Whitt wants guys who can catch the ball). The ball is life. If I were BSJ, I would be spending hours on ball catching drills.

Whitt, Donatell and Simmons have their hands full. Especially if the team opts to let Curl walk. We have money though. We absolutely will need to use some of that cash on the db position, this year. Curl or elsewhere. Not just the draft.

 

[Neophyte]

Listen to David Raih talk about the leadership.



Dude sounds excited.

 

[Chris]

I would not discount Derrick Forrest and Percy Butler. Both are fast, athletic, hard hitters that I believe fit the parameters that JWJ is looking for.

 

[Chris]

Listen to David Raih talk about the leadership.



Dude sounds excited.

He sees pumped to get going with the Tight Wide Receiver Ends. 😉

 

[Voice_of_Reason]

Interesting nugget from Keim's podcast yesterday or the day before, I can't remember. My man puts out a lot of podcasts.

There has been a thing being pushed by some of the more nincompoop beat reporters a significant reason Tavita Pritchard, Ryan Kerrigan and Bobby Engram were retained was because they were on the first year of a 2 year deal and to save some money, unless there was a reason to get rid of them, just keep them. JP Finlay, Mitch Tischler, Nicki Jhabvala and Ben Stadig are the ones I can remember saying it. I'm sure a whole bunch of the 980/106.7 dumb dumbs have repeated it or believe the same.

Keim refuted this. He said they had to interview for their jobs, and they were offered jobs, and they were extended along with the rest of the coaching staff for 2 years. Brian Mitchell once said Keim is never wrong because he gets everything confirmed 7 times. I can't remember the last time he reported something which was factually incorrect, if it has ever happened. This doesn't apply to his opinions, just his reporting. So, I'm going to go with the fact he's right, and the other dinglebombs are wrong.

I think this is important for 2 reasons:

1. (more importantly) Shows again the team didn't settle on something because it was easy or convenient.
2. Our local media is full of lazy useless dumb nincompoop dinglebomb bozos.

 

[Boone]

Coaching salaries at that level are literally chump change for an owner. Suggesting their salaries had a big influence in their selection is dumb imho.