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Is Kyle Shanahan the Skins' x-factor?
August, 12, 2010 3:46 PM ET
By Matt Mosley
When I arrived at Redskins Park last Thursday, I expected all the players to be talking about Mike Shanahan. But what I quickly realized is that Shanahan's son, Kyle, is being embraced just as much as the head coach. The 30-year-old former Texas Longhorn is on the fast track to be a head coach in the NFL, according to the Post. Some folks already think Shanahan could succeed his father in Washington, but I'd like to see the offense play a couple games before jumping on that bandwagon.
On Thursday, Kyle talked to reporters about how difficult it is to be "better" than other offenses. Check out the following quote:
"Better is really your results," Shanahan said. "If you think you're a guru and you try to draw up a ton of stuff, and do all this stuff and you're punting all the time, you're not a very good coach. And it's hard in this day and age to have a team that's just absolutely better than the next team.
"Usually it's pretty even, so you've got to help give [players] advantages. If you go back to the days when you had those Cowboy teams, they just kept it simple because [their guys were] going to win every time. Their guys were just better than the guys they were going against. But with all the competition now, if you can change things up, I think that's a huge advantage."
So by my count, Kyle Shanahan was about 12 when the Cowboys started winning those Super Bowls in the 90s. I'm not so sure Norv Turner or Troy Aikman would agree with how "simple" the offense was at that point. But I understand Shanahan's point. With as much talent as you'll find on every NFL roster (including the Rams), it's important to provide your players with every little advantage.
Kyle did a nice job with the Texans, but let's give it a little while before we bring out the anointing oil, as Bill Parcells might say.
Is Kyle Shanahan the Skins' x-factor? - NFC East Blog - ESPN
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Amazing that a 30 year old guy is now our offensive "genius", and talked about as a potential head coach. On the practice field he looked like one of my friends out there -- goofy, wearing a t-shirt and shorts in the middle of guys 3 times his size. This guy is 8 years younger than our starting WR (and making millions of dollars). I buy the kool-aid, so I have high hopes for us, but it's very interesting. As far as I can see -- he's only had ONE year as the offensive coach calling plays, right?
Don't people start to figure you out after 1-2 years?
Kyle's resume:
- Bucs - "quality control" x 2 years
- Texans WR coach x 1 year
- Texans QB coach x 1 year
- Texans offensive coordinator x 1 year
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Texans offensive coordinator + calling plays - ONE YEAR
Not to mention the Texans had a ProBowl QB Matt Shaub and WR Andre Johnson during this period. Anyway, he could be great, but with ONE YEAR experience calling plays, that sounds awfully familiar to two years ago. Zorn's first year of calling plays actually went decently well. It was only the second year when people figured him out: always running left on goal lines and calling Swinging Gates. Twice.
Anyway, every year about this time there is a HUGE unbreakable optimism for the regular season. Every coach, every new player and every 35 year old player is going to the ProBowl. This year once again, I hope it is true.
I'd love for this 30 year old dude to be our head coach in 10 years --> that would mean we finally had a good decade.