[JoeRedskin]

I agree that Jay contributed to the lack of RGIII's development last year and I think the breakdown 30gut provided is not far off the mark.

I am hopeful that many of the problems 30gut sets out, specifically play calling and game planning, were caused by first time Head Coachitis and were the direct result of two things:

(1) Trying to do too much and delegating too little. Hopefully, with the addition of a QB coach, and a season under their belt, the 1st time HC and 1st time OC will have a better understanding of the time constraints and their relative roles and will delegate appropriately. Too much of the time last year, I think we had two QB coaches and no HC or OC. As a result, I think the play-calling suffered b/c, as people do when over-stretched, the play-callers fell into things easy and comfortable to them.

(2) Trying to force a round peg into a square hole. RGIII is not, and likely will never be, a straight drop back passer. Further, to try and turn him into one is a waste of much of his athletic ability - sprint options, roll-outs, moving pocket, play action, etc. all work to his strengths (limiting options, creating time to see the field). A game-plan that fails to adapt and accommodate the talent available is doomed to failure or, at the very least, under-achieve.

In terms of (2), however, I can see the other side to the argument: on one hand, play to a QB's strengths v. on the other, forcing a QB to develop the necessary tools for the long term (i.e., this is what we need a QB to do so we are going to go cold turkey on everything else). If not forced by the game plan, the QB will not do the work necessary to adjust his skill set. Sure, maybe more roll-outs etc. would have helped in the short term, but, ultimately, RGIII has to develop the skills necessary to perform in an offense that can challenge the entire field on any given play. If he only succeeds by the team limiting its options and playing half a field, he simply won't, ever, develop the skills he needs to become a guy who can drop back - when necessary - and run a traditional offense.

As to the coaching, and to me, it essentially boils down to JG's open criticism of RGIII. Either this was (1) simply naiveté by a first year coach not recognizing the circus atmosphere his words would create which 30gut, rightfully, condemns; (2) a deeper obliviousness with the same result as (1) but less correctable; or (3) a much needed smack-down of a young, over-confident QB who thought he was better than he was (As much as I love me some RGIII, he often seems to over-state the importance something he has done right - the equivalent of "Aren't I amazing? I did what other QB's do all the time"). Hopefully, JG's public honesty was the result of (1) or (3), got through to RGIII, AND JG realizes this type of candor is not something that can continue w/out ultimately being detrimental to the entire team.

Let's see how this relationship develops this year. It is critical for both. Each needs to show individual development as a QB and HC and both need to show they can adapt to the other. RGIII needs to show he can improve within the system provided and JG needs to show he can adapt his system to the talent on hand. While I believe it likely that RGIII's seat is hotter, my bet on both of them being here next year is around 50%.