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Originally Posted by The Goat
All four teams I mentioned would beat the snot out of Mike's football team. I win 
I keed I keed. Not about all four teams beating Mike's though, that shit is real. We were in a lot of games last year, and the year before. We were a below average team. (BTW the intellectual acrobatics on display about all teams playing down to us story is impressive) This year we're in most of our games. We're (still) a below average team, and it's for many of the same reasons as in years one and two e.g. bad defense, lousy special teams, poor discipline, inconsistency, questionable play-calling/play-design, and FA busts.
Nobody that I know discussed canning Mike right after last year, and obviously not after his first year. I don't know where you heard that...but neither do you probably lol.
It's year three. Some of us don't see any overall progress. We traded in a good defense/average offense (pre-Shanahan) for a shit defense/great offense that struggles in a lot of situations, usually the kind that win football games. And that's with ROY at QB.
Sometimes there is a fine line between continuity and complacency, but this isn't one of those times. Mike does not know how to win anymore as an HC. Some believe it's because he could only really win with Elway. Some believe it also had something to do with playing in a week division, and against fewer elite teams in that era. Still others believe it's because he's not actually winning anymore. That last one is a real stretch if you ask me 
I think SmootSmack is right that the real continuity is with Bruce Allen. Well, SS hasn't said it that way yet but it's what he thinks.  |
The case for Firing Mike Shanahan - hailRedskins.com Fan Board
Not this forum board, but dont say I dont know where I heard it. I have heard it, and im sure you have as well
. The thread Im linking is not even after his first year, but during. Something tells me that if I was willing to spend the time to go back through this specific forum board, that I would find similar sentiments. Some people have been calling for his head since his first season. Granted some people also called the trade for RG3 to be one of the worst trades in the history of the entire sport.
A lot of people screamed "Young QB... Young QB..." his first two years. He waited, and we arent stuck with Gabbert. Let me repeat that... "WE ARENT STUCK WITH GABBERT". Most of the people calling for Shannys head would have taken Gabbert and called it a great day that the Skins finally have their QB of the future. And the losing would have continued for another decade regardless of who our coach is.
Did he screw up with the McNabb trade? Absolutely... But most people would not of had the guts to wait that extra year when an entire fan base was screaming for a young QB, and then had the guts to drop what was needed to bring RG3 here. Shanny does deserve credit for that, and if RG3 continues to develop into what I think he can be, then he deserves at least one more year beyond this year to see if he can make it work. We dont need to do to RG3 what we did to JC and change his offense every single year, that is a huge mistake.