The HC Dan Quinn Discussion Thread

[Riggo44]

 

[ArtMonkWasMyHero]

I know this is not the NFL I knew in my younger days. Still, there is something strange about canning a HC who brought us to the NFC Championship game last year and another team to the Super Bowl not so long ago.

 

[SkinsNumberOne]

I know this is not the NFL I knew in my younger days. Still, there is something strange about canning a HC who brought us to the NFC Championship game last year and another team to the Super Bowl not so long ago.

I agree but I don't know how often you make it to an NFCCG and then have an 8-game losing streak that also features multiple demolitions of your team, and a shutout to boot by a 3-win team.

There is context here.

I'm not saying HC should (or will) get fired. Just saying that there are unique circumstances.

 

[Faithful Fan]

I think both things are true: the 2025 Commanders are shockingly and historically bad, and it is still too early to fire DQ because of his 2024 performance and the players’ love for him.

The team sucks, but DQ has earned a chance to turn it around. I hope he does, only time will tell.

 

[Conn]

You know that Kyle comes from his tree, right?

Come on. No he doesn’t, he just hired him. Silly to pretend that means Quinn gets to co-opt the Shanahan tree lmao. Kyle has his own tree at this point, Quinn really doesn’t.

Just like, to be fair, if Kliff were hired somewhere as HC (won’t happen)…he wouldn’t be a product of the Quinn coaching tree either. It’s not as simple as working for someone, you need to gain the most important parts of your skill set from them.

 

[Riggo44]

 

[Chris 44]

Somebody do an AI search for best NFL head coaches available 2026. Show us the results

If you had said this just one week ago I would have disagreed. The more I have thought about this your 100% right in my opinion. Just to touch on a couple of reasons I have changed my mind on DQ. Everyone bought in after last year, it's increasingly obvious we not only rode the JD magic but also got incredibly fortunate to win a number of those games last year. The Detroit game was also a bit of a mirage due to Lions decimated D. All that aside, I think this year exposed a lot of DQs shortcomings. Team rarely seems prepared, they get out schemed and coached on a regular basis. There was no excuse for a professional organization to lose the way they did against Minnesota. Quinn a great guy, players love him, which is fine when winning. But the cliches don't cut it when losing. I dont doubt his desire to win, I just no longer feel he can consistently improve this team. I dont think we will be 3 -14 next year but I also don't think we will become a 10+ win powerhouse each year. Just my opinion.

 

[Neophyte]

Lordy but we are a broken fanbase in desperate need of therapy.

With a significant portion of this thread calling for a change at HC and people in the JD openly talking about trading the best thing that has happened here since Riggins 4th down carry against Miami, the evidence of abuse is everywhere.

I'm going to need access to everyone's calendars and I'll get right on scheduling a group session.

Thinking Thursday at Noon.

 

[Chris]

Lordy but we are a broken fanbase in desperate need of therapy.

With a significant portion of this thread calling for a change at HC and people in the JD openly talking about trading the best thing that has happened here since Riggins 4th down carry against Miami, the evidence of abuse is everywhere.

I'm going to need access to everyone's calendars and I'll get right on scheduling a group session.

Thinking Thursday at Noon.

You have a better chance of trading that group session for 3 first round draft picks.

 

[burgold]

I envision a therapist leaving the room gibbering and drooling after the session. Sic us on some poor therapist? Why would you do that to the poor sap?

 

[Chris]

I envision a therapist leaving the room gibbering and drooling after the session. Sic us on some poor therapist? Why would you do that to the poor sap?

Sigmund Freud couldn’t fix this fan base.

 

[method man]

Come on. No he doesn’t, he just hired him. Silly to pretend that means Quinn gets to co-opt the Shanahan tree lmao. Kyle has his own tree at this point, Quinn really doesn’t.

Just like, to be fair, if Kliff were hired somewhere as HC (won’t happen)…he wouldn’t be a product of the Quinn coaching tree either. It’s not as simple as working for someone, you need to gain the most important parts of your skill set from them.

Being a part of someone’s coaching tree technically means you worked for them.

Anyway, Kyle had his most successful year as an assistant coach working for DQ, not Kubiak, not his dad and not whoever the Browns coach was. The time with DQ arguably saved his career. If he had flamed out in Atlanta, who knows what would have happened to his career

“Not at all. I loved my time in Atlanta, loved the people I was there with. I went there at a tough time in my career and just the two previous places I had been and went with a head coach that I hadn’t known, just talking to him on the phone and stuff where we developed a real good relationship. I didn’t know a lot of guys there, but got to know [Atlanta Falcons head coach] Dan [Quinn] over the phone. The first day I met him was the day after the Super Bowl when Seattle lost to New England, I was already sitting there in the office so I met him that Monday in person. I always thought he was going to be a great guy on the phone and then after being able to spend two years there with him, learned a lot from him. It was good to be in a good place like that and really enjoyed the players too.”

 

[Riggo44]

Shanahan also credits Dan Quinn with a lot of his success as a head coach. People are giving Quinn the Dan Snyder-Marty Schottenheimer treatment. The ones complaining about Kingsbury, while pining for Shanahan, are doing the exact same things fans did to the latter when he was OC here. People crying over Drake Maye don't realize he and Vrabel aren't doing anything different than we did last year--just against a much softer schedule. It's rather interesting to see.

 

[Chris 44]

Sigmund Freud couldn’t fix this fan base.

A consistently well performing team and organization certainly could though.
We just got embarresd....not for the first time....by a 4 win team going nowhere.
The defense was taken apart by a QB who has struggled mightily all year.
Our franchise QB with a fully healthy slate of weapons couldn't score a single point.
Yes we all understand we need an infusion of talent but this coaching staff seems unable to put together a game plan to even compete on a week in and week out basis.
Having said that I kind of expect that we beat the Giants on Sunday. For no good reason....just because this team is so all over the map.

 

[Riggo44]

Our franchise QB with a fully healthy slate of weapons couldn't score a single point.

To be fair, that's less on Daniels and more on Kingsbury. The Vikings pass defense is legitimate--they held the Seahawks to 14/26 for 124 yards, 4 sacks, at home--the previous week. The difference is the Seahawks ran the ball 32 times; we ran it 23 times. Our RBs averaged 5.2 and 4.57 YPC. That needs to be discussed this week.

Defense sucks. We all knew that.

 

[method man]

Shanahan also credits Dan Quinn with a lot of his success as a head coach. People are giving Quinn the Dan Snyder-Marty Schottenheimer treatment. The ones complaining about Kingsbury, while pining for Shanahan, are doing the exact same things fans did to the latter when he was OC here. People crying over Drake Maye don't realize he and Vrabel aren't doing anything different than we did last year--just against a much softer schedule. It's rather interesting to see.

I think Kyle, LaFleur and McDaniel all learned the human and culture side of coaching from DQ.

As we saw from his tenure here, I think these were weaknesses of Mike’s as a HC

 

[DCSkinz2023]

Maybe the focus should be getting Cliff out of here so we can all get on the same page with what we do well offensively.

 

[Riggo44]

Maybe the focus should be getting Cliff out of here so we can all get on the same page with what we do well offensively.

 

[RedWolf]

Keep DQ for at least another year or two. After three or four years , it will be very clearly evident. I think a lot of the locker room likes him and respects him, which is crucial

 

[RedWolf]

Sigmund Freud couldn’t fix this fan base.

With or without cocaine? 🤣