Greg Blache stands up to Cerrato and Synder...

[Bill B]

If what JLC is saying about Cerrato and Synder below is true, thank God that Greg Blatche and Gregg Williams had enough sense to stand up to them. I am worried if personnel decision making is back in the hands of Synder if what JLC says is actually true below...


"Blache, when working with former assistant head coach-defense Gregg Williams the past four years, put a premium on acquiring teachable players. Last season, for instance, owner Daniel Snyder and Cerrato were enamored with several veteran linemen who became available -- Simeon Rice, Sam Adams and Corey Simon, in particular. But Blache and Williams staunchly resisted acquiring those players, with age, work habits and/or selfishness an issue (none of the bunch came close to being productive in 2007)."

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[HOGTIMUS PRIME]

Originally Posted by Bill B

If what JLC is saying about Cerrato and Synder below is true, thank God that Greg Blatche and Gregg Williams had enough sense to stand up to them. I am worried if personnel decision making is back in the hands of Synder if what JLC says is actually true below...


"Blache, when working with former assistant head coach-defense Gregg Williams the past four years, put a premium on acquiring teachable players. Last season, for instance, owner Daniel Snyder and Cerrato were enamored with several veteran linemen who became available -- Simeon Rice, Sam Adams and Corey Simon, in particular. But Blache and Williams staunchly resisted acquiring those players, with age, work habits and/or selfishness an issue (none of the bunch came close to being productive in 2007)."

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Cerrato is only around because he will reinforce Snyders inability to asses talent, neither has a clue about talent evaluation.

[cpayne5]

Originally Posted by HOGTIMUS PRIME

Cerrato is only around because he will reinforce Snyders inability to asses talent, neither has a clue about talent evaluation.

Like all the desk jockies at the Warpath do...

[mooby]

If that is true, then our only hope is Greg Blatche, because he'll be the only one that can stand up to those two. But on the bright side, remember that Vinny has acknowledged that the blame will go to him if something goes wrong. I guess time will tell if we will see absolutely retarded moves like those go down, which I hope not. Then again JLC could just be going on his "Snyder and Cerrato" agenda again.

[Skins4Life101]

Greg Blache is lobbying for a YOUNG DT... and A. Odom from Tenn.

[MTK]

Or maybe this is just an indication that the front office listens to the coaches on personnel?

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Or maybe this is just an indication that the front office listens to the coaches on personnel?

as they have in the past....Brunell (Gibbs), Lloyd & ARE (Saunders), Archuletta (GW). These moves were all pushed for by coaches.

I guess it's the off-season and there isn't much to write about until the combine & FA on March 1st so we pass the time with "Snyderatto" bashing.

[SKINSnCANES]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Or maybe this is just an indication that the front office listens to the coaches on personnel?

heh, nice Matty. The last few weeks ive really admired you moderators, you spend a lot of time balancing discussions and being the devils advocate so both sides are represented even if its not your opinion! Keep up the great work!

Our organization, Danny boy and Vinny included, have really grown since they got here. Originally it was just danny playing madden and signing all the free agents, but later, even though it looked like we were signign everyone, it was the coachs picks not theirs. We went out and got Brandon Llyod, and yes he didtn work out, but its not like he was some big name free agent, the coachs thought he was a great young talent so we traded for him. Sometimes things dont work out but at the time it looked like we would have 'return or the smurfs' and the second coming of the greatest show on turf, but on grass, etc, etc

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SKINSnCANES

heh, nice Matty. The last few weeks ive really admired you moderators, you spend a lot of time balancing discussions and being the devils advocate so both sides are represented even if its not your opinion! Keep up the great work!

Our organization, Danny boy and Vinny included, have really grown since they got here. Originally it was just danny playing madden and signing all the free agents, but later, even though it looked like we were signign everyone, it was the coachs picks not theirs. We went out and got Brandon Llyod, and yes he didtn work out, but its not like he was some big name free agent, the coachs thought he was a great young talent so we traded for him. Sometimes things dont work out but at the time it looked like we would have 'return or the smurfs' and the second coming of the greatest show on turf, but on grass, etc, etc

Thank you and I'm glad that people notice these things once in a while. Sometimes the mods do indeed play devil's advocate for the sake of balanced discussion and too often people misinterpret this as the mods being pro-Snyder.

[SKINSnCANES]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Thank you and I'm glad that people notice these things once in a while. Sometimes the mods do indeed play devil's advocate for the sake of balanced discussion and too often people misinterpret this as the mods being pro-Snyder.

yea sometimes it seems like a conflict of interest to drink the kool aid, blow snyder, want to make exceptions of who we should overpay for, and talk abotu growing through the draft at the same time as wishing we could get Spurrier to come back from college and golf, but someones gotta keep the peace!

[djnemo65]

So big time free agents hit the market, the owner is willing to spend the money to get them as they fill an immediate need on the team, the coaches say no these aren't the kind of guys we are looking for, the owner and VP both say OK, they dont get signed, and this is a problem???

[MTK]

Originally Posted by djnemo65

So big time free agents hit the market, the owner is willing to spend the money to get them as they fill an immediate need on the team, the coaches say no these aren't the kind of guys we are looking for, the owner and VP both say OK, they dont get signed, and this is a problem???

Only when it's the Redskins.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by djnemo65

So big time free agents hit the market, the owner is willing to spend the money to get them as they fill an immediate need on the team, the coaches say no these aren't the kind of guys we are looking for, the owner and VP both say OK, they dont get signed, and this is a problem???

....it is when you get rid of the coach that was standing up to the owner.

[djnemo65]

Originally Posted by Giantone

....it is when you get rid of the coach that was standing up to the owner.

Do you mean Greg Blache? Because he's still with the team.

[sportscurmudgeon]

SmootSmack:

I am not limited to Jeff George and Patrick Ramsey. Recall that "Someone" around here thought Bruce Smith needed to be in DC and to be a starter on the DL even when the coaches recognized that Smith was a hollow shell of his former self. That wasn't me - - or you - - or a dog named blue...

By the way, the QB who had to be kicked to the curb to make room for Jeff George was Brad Johnson. Johnson went on to bee a "Super Bowl QB" soon after the Skins got rid of him. Unless I was in a coma, Jeff George never made it to a Super Bowl without buying a ticket. And neither did Patrick Ramsey... Or did I miss something?

I do need to thank you for helping me win the honor of best sports blog for 2007. My time in Las Vegas with people seeking content providers for a variety of sports outlets was very enjoyable and potentially profitable - - maybe sufficiently profitable that I can fold the small management consulting company that my wife and I run.

However, I think the real reason I won that "contest" is because a lot of people recognized that I point out the illogic and the inconsistancies and the sillinesses that happen all over the sporting landscape - - not just with the Redskins or the NFL. Here on the Warpath, I only get to point out the foibles of the Redskins' FO and coaches and players when they stink in spades. It happens here; but trust me, it happens elsehwere too. In fact, I probably don't rag on the Redskins more than 1% of the time in my Internet rants because there is so much other material to deal with that is so much more outrageous.

Some folks here - - not you - - have suggested that I hate Danny Boy and/or Vinnie Boombatz. That is simply not the case. In order to hate someone, that person has to be a monstrous individual [Adolf Hitler, John Wayne Gacy. Jeffrey Dahmer] or one has to know the person directly to recognize the hateful aspects of his/her being.

For the record, I have never met Vinnie Cerrato unless I was in such a state of insobriety that I didn't realize to whom I was introduced. I have been in the same room with Daniel Snyder once - as part of a throng of people - and I shook his hand for all of three seconds. He does not know me - and surely does not want to know me; I do not know him - and have no desire to be one of the folks who takes pride in orbiting around his presence. I tell you this to demonstrate that I do not know either of these men, so I cannot hate either of them.