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The way I understand it, after this coming season Kyle Shanahan's contract with the Washington Redskins as offensive coordinator is going to expire. Couple that with the news that tshile posted from the Washington Post that Kyle may be in contention for the Eagles job and you have yourself needing to think about the future.
On one hand, if Kyle is offered a job elsewhere, it's a real possibility he leaves. So if the team wants to keep him, the team may need to promise him the head coaching position when Mike retires. I don't like that strategy, personally. I believe that to be fool's gold. You never know what kind of shape you're going to be in at that point, so promising anything to anyone is foolish. Take a look at Raheem Morris. Now, we don't know that he was "promised" anything, but that's been the thought bandied about.
On the other hand, what do we do if we lose him by choice or from another team's offer?
Well, first off, if Mike Shanahan can show some kind of fight and improvement with his team the next few weeks, I think he needs to stay aboard. But I think he needs to do different things with each side of the ball:
Offensively we need a coordinator that is similar to Kyle and Mike in regards to the running game. But we also need a guy that can take advantage of our strengths in the passing offense. Griffin needs to be allowed to show off that beautiful deep ball of his more often. Even though he hasn't been great with it this season, he also hasn't had enough chances to warrant true evaluation. We also need to keep utilizing play action passes and quick releases. Mike Shanahan is an offensive mind, so he'd have a pretty tight grip on the offensive side of the ball still, which is actually okay. It leads to a degree of continuity. Which would mean Foerster, Hilliard and Turner could stay aboard, assuming Mike and new OC talk and agree that continuity is important and that those guys at least deserve one more year of evaluation.
On defense, we need a coordinator with a vision and a plan that can transform our defense. Scheme doesn't matter much other than using schemes that fit our current personnel and building towards a scheme that the coordinator thinks is possible through what we currently have and a sound strategy. The defensive coordinator needs to be allowed to choose his own staff. 100%. The entire staff needs to be blown up and revamped, including Shanahan's long time friend Bob Slowik. If this were Madden, the analogy would be "press the reset button!".
The overall goal would be for Mike to understand that he's not going to be around forever and that he needs to give some degree of control to the defensive coordinator to run things as he sees fit. And to understand that whoever he hired for either role... They are being evaluated to perhaps be the replacement for Mike Shanahan. Now, that should be an unspoken and unwritten understanding. When the time comes to replace him, you do due diligence and interview everyone. But those two guys should be on your short list.
On one hand, if Kyle is offered a job elsewhere, it's a real possibility he leaves. So if the team wants to keep him, the team may need to promise him the head coaching position when Mike retires. I don't like that strategy, personally. I believe that to be fool's gold. You never know what kind of shape you're going to be in at that point, so promising anything to anyone is foolish. Take a look at Raheem Morris. Now, we don't know that he was "promised" anything, but that's been the thought bandied about.
On the other hand, what do we do if we lose him by choice or from another team's offer?
Well, first off, if Mike Shanahan can show some kind of fight and improvement with his team the next few weeks, I think he needs to stay aboard. But I think he needs to do different things with each side of the ball:
Offensively we need a coordinator that is similar to Kyle and Mike in regards to the running game. But we also need a guy that can take advantage of our strengths in the passing offense. Griffin needs to be allowed to show off that beautiful deep ball of his more often. Even though he hasn't been great with it this season, he also hasn't had enough chances to warrant true evaluation. We also need to keep utilizing play action passes and quick releases. Mike Shanahan is an offensive mind, so he'd have a pretty tight grip on the offensive side of the ball still, which is actually okay. It leads to a degree of continuity. Which would mean Foerster, Hilliard and Turner could stay aboard, assuming Mike and new OC talk and agree that continuity is important and that those guys at least deserve one more year of evaluation.
On defense, we need a coordinator with a vision and a plan that can transform our defense. Scheme doesn't matter much other than using schemes that fit our current personnel and building towards a scheme that the coordinator thinks is possible through what we currently have and a sound strategy. The defensive coordinator needs to be allowed to choose his own staff. 100%. The entire staff needs to be blown up and revamped, including Shanahan's long time friend Bob Slowik. If this were Madden, the analogy would be "press the reset button!".
The overall goal would be for Mike to understand that he's not going to be around forever and that he needs to give some degree of control to the defensive coordinator to run things as he sees fit. And to understand that whoever he hired for either role... They are being evaluated to perhaps be the replacement for Mike Shanahan. Now, that should be an unspoken and unwritten understanding. When the time comes to replace him, you do due diligence and interview everyone. But those two guys should be on your short list.
