Stan Hixon

[rbanerjee23]

Am I alone in thinking that Stan Hixon might have to be shown the door or at least pressured to improve the performance of the Wide Receiver Unit?

In countless analyses, it has been shown that a big reason the Redskins offense stalled the last eight or so weeks is because the vertical passing game became nonexistent. Not because of any suffocating defenses faced but rather that the Wide Receivers were running wrong routes, dropping easy passes etc. In fact, in one of the very respected game reviews, it was pointed out that on three of Jason Campbell's six interceptions (league-low?), it was directly the fault of the receiver that the interception occurred. Furthermore, the complete non-emergence of either Devin Thomas OR Malcolm Kelly in the passing game is annoying, frustrating, and extremely disappointing. Between them Thomas led the way in catches with 15!!!.

In my view this is completely unacceptable and I think a change at that staff position would not be completely unwarranted. However, I understand that this is the first year in the West Coast Offense and more time is necessary, I just feel as though that is a major area of improvement for 2009.

[CRedskinsRule]

You are not alone. If the Skins want to bring about change, he should be the first one out.

[SFREDSKIN]

I would ask Gary Clark if he's interested in coaching and bring onboard, he would fire up all the under achievers overnight.

[SkinzzFan]

I agree. I know the offense as a whole has struggled but WR seems to be the weakest link over the past couple of years. We need position coaches who can MAXIMIZE the talent we have. There is definitely talent at WR but it's underachieved and it's frustrating.

HAIL!!

[GMScud]

We need a WR coach with experience teaching the WCO. Not sure who the Seahawks WR coach is, but with that staff dissolving, I wouldn't mind bringing him here.

[tryfuhl]

we haven't had a receiver threat in quite awhile.. no matter what WR's we've had

you have to look at that from both the WR coach and the OC and/or HC

[SBXVII]

Funny. I have been screaming this all season. I was just looking up some other answers to a WR coach and was looking for my first place to put my first choice:

Clyde Christensen from the Colts....

Clyde Christensen enters his seventh season as wide receivers coach of the Colts. Christensen joined Indianapolis from Tampa Bay, where he served as offensive coordinator during the 2001 season.

In 2007, Christensen’s receiving corps continued producing outstanding numbers.

Christensen spent six seasons at Tampa Bay, tutoring tight ends from 1996-98 and quarterbacks from 1999-00 before being promoted to offensive coordinator. In 2001, Christensen presided over an attack that saw WR-Keyshawn Johnson post a franchise seasonal-best 106 receptions for 1,266 yards, while QB-Brad Johnson set a club seasonal mark with 340 completions. The offense set several club marks in 2000, including points scored and touchdowns.

We could call it a promotion and put him at OC. He could work with Zorn on designing plays and he could work with the WR's and TE's. Zorn could still call plays on game day.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

Funny. I have been screaming this all season. I was just looking up some other answers to a WR coach and was looking for my first place to put my first choice:

Clyde Christensen from the Colts....

Clyde Christensen enters his seventh season as wide receivers coach of the Colts. Christensen joined Indianapolis from Tampa Bay, where he served as offensive coordinator during the 2001 season.

In 2007, Christensen’s receiving corps continued producing outstanding numbers.

Christensen spent six seasons at Tampa Bay, tutoring tight ends from 1996-98 and quarterbacks from 1999-00 before being promoted to offensive coordinator. In 2001, Christensen presided over an attack that saw WR-Keyshawn Johnson post a franchise seasonal-best 106 receptions for 1,266 yards, while QB-Brad Johnson set a club seasonal mark with 340 completions. The offense set several club marks in 2000, including points scored and touchdowns.

We could call it a promotion and put him at OC. He could work with Zorn on designing plays and he could work with the WR's and TE's. Zorn could still call plays on game day.

That could be a good call too...

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

Funny. I have been screaming this all season. I was just looking up some other answers to a WR coach and was looking for my first place to put my first choice:

Clyde Christensen from the Colts....

Clyde Christensen enters his seventh season as wide receivers coach of the Colts. Christensen joined Indianapolis from Tampa Bay, where he served as offensive coordinator during the 2001 season.

In 2007, Christensen’s receiving corps continued producing outstanding numbers.

Christensen spent six seasons at Tampa Bay, tutoring tight ends from 1996-98 and quarterbacks from 1999-00 before being promoted to offensive coordinator. In 2001, Christensen presided over an attack that saw WR-Keyshawn Johnson post a franchise seasonal-best 106 receptions for 1,266 yards, while QB-Brad Johnson set a club seasonal mark with 340 completions. The offense set several club marks in 2000, including points scored and touchdowns.

We could call it a promotion and put him at OC. He could work with Zorn on designing plays and he could work with the WR's and TE's. Zorn could still call plays on game day.

I keep seeing a lot of suggestions for lateral changes

maybe I don't get positional stuff, other than salary differences, but why would someone go from wr coach for 7 years on one team to another?

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

I keep seeing a lot of suggestions for lateral changes

maybe I don't get positional stuff, other than salary differences, but why would someone go from wr coach for 7 years on one team to another?

Thats why I suggested OC position. He would have a lot in helping Zorn drum up plays to go a long with Zorn's wonderfull offense he provided and he would coach up the WR's. We all know if they did go out and get a OC Zorn would still be calling plays so who cares. Give him more pay, give him the WR's to coach up, and have him help Zorn with designing plays. but call him OC and it's not a lateral move. lol. right.lol.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

Thats why I suggested OC position. He would have a lot in helping Zorn drum up plays to go a long with Zorn's wonderfull offense he provided and he would coach up the WR's. We all know if they did go out and get a OC Zorn would still be calling plays so who cares. Give him more pay, give him the WR's to coach up, and have him help Zorn with designing plays. but call him OC and it's not a lateral move. lol. right.lol.

Ahhh, missed that part. So, fire Sherman Smith? Or make one of them assistant head coach, etc?

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

Ahhh, missed that part. So, fire Sherman Smith? Or make one of them assistant head coach, etc?

Not sure but changes need to be made in the coaching dept.


As for Coles being a scoring machine....I apologize for inflating his numbers. but I'll say he has done more there then he did here. Probably cause he's their #1 WR or #2 but he's done more. One would think after 2 years with us the team would figure out how to utilize ARE in a proper way instead of making him a #2 WR. If he is truely our second best talent on the team at WR we are screwed and I blame this on our WR position coach for not coaching up the two tallest WR's we have even though they are rookies. Heck we had a tall WR at the beginning of the preseason who was catching everything thrown his way and we let him go. As much production as we got out of Thrash we could have kept the other WR as a #2 untill Kelly and Thomas came along.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

Funny. I have been screaming this all season. I was just looking up some other answers to a WR coach and was looking for my first place to put my first choice:

Clyde Christensen from the Colts....

Clyde Christensen enters his seventh season as wide receivers coach of the Colts. Christensen joined Indianapolis from Tampa Bay, where he served as offensive coordinator during the 2001 season.

In 2007, Christensen’s receiving corps continued producing outstanding numbers.

Christensen spent six seasons at Tampa Bay, tutoring tight ends from 1996-98 and quarterbacks from 1999-00 before being promoted to offensive coordinator. In 2001, Christensen presided over an attack that saw WR-Keyshawn Johnson post a franchise seasonal-best 106 receptions for 1,266 yards, while QB-Brad Johnson set a club seasonal mark with 340 completions. The offense set several club marks in 2000, including points scored and touchdowns.

We could call it a promotion and put him at OC. He could work with Zorn on designing plays and he could work with the WR's and TE's. Zorn could still call plays on game day.

If Christensen came here, he might be driven to put a pistol in his mouth after watching what pass patterns Zorn likes put our receivers in.

[30gut]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

If Christensen came here, he might be driven to put a pistol in his mouth after watching what pass patterns Zorn likes put our receivers in.

If Christensen came here he would know enough about the WCO and the
passing game in general to tell Zorn...hey maybe we should
try_______ because we know it worked in Indy.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by 30gut

If Christensen came here he would know enough about the WCO and the
passing game in general to tell Zorn...hey maybe we should
try_______ because we know it worked in Indy.

Yeah, that sounds great. But based on what Zorn has said, he's not changing a damn thing with regard to his scheme, or his philosophy. And he sure as hell isn't going to do it for some guy named Clyde Christensen.

To me, that's the most alarming thing about Zorn. Officially, I'm against the idea of firing him. But if he shows absolutely no willingness to adjust his system to the players we have, especially if the players are better suited to a different system, and if he refuses to at least show he's got an open mind about tweaking his offense if there isn't marked improvement in '09, then that's a problem.