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Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha
The Redskins were awful this season, but we're under new management, we have high draft picks to supplement a talented roster, and our new coach has experience winning Super Bowls. Thankfully, I can't say the same of the Cowboys, a team that is always overrated and consistently underperforms when it counts. Who here thinks Wade Phillips will ever win a Super Bowl for Dallas? chirp.......chirp...........chirp.....
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I applaud the hiring of Shannahan, the best move that could have been made.
More importantly, and please do not take this in a bad way, it seems that Snyder has taken page out of Jerry Jones book.
After 3 consecutive 5-11 season with Dave Campo, Jones decided that in the best interest of the club that he needed to "release the reins" a bit. He hired Bill Parcells and surrendered a lot of the control that he had. The result was good and the talent level increased dramtically.
Snyder has done something very similar with Shanny, and that is a smart move in my opinion.
But based on your statement, failure is anything less than a Super Bowl. So every year, based on what you said, there are 31 teams that fail.
And yeah, Shannahan has experience winning Super Bowls. But so does Parcells. And since the 1986 season how many Super Bowls has he won since? With the Pats, Jets or Cowboys?
Shannahan won 2 Super Bowls with arugueably one of the greatest QB's to ever play the game. Since that QB left the NFL, Shannahan won only one playoff game, just one.
And while that subject is in the air, how many coaches in the Super Bowl era have EVER won Super Bowls with 2 different teams?
None is the correct answer. Guys like Parcells, Holmgren, Shula, Vermeil, Reeves and Gruden have made it to the SB with different teams. But none has ever WON Super Bowls with 2 different teams.
Not saying Shanny won't get the job done, I am just saying if you are expecting "instant results" next season or even the following season, you may be just as disappointed as 2009.