Report: Shanahan to DC done deal

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

I'm not getting into that level of detail. I didnt break down playoff wins/losses. I broke down regular season wins/losses and playoff results.

Its a "what have you done for me lately" league. What Shanahan did almost 20 years ago is about as relevent to what Joe Gibbs 1.0 did.

What we should all be most concerned about is what did they each do in their past 3-10 years, because it most closely resembles what we could expect here.

Last 3 years
Cowher - 43-14 (0.708) in the Regular Season. Playoff Runs: 2. Results: 1 Loss in the AFC Championship Game, 1 Superbowl Championship.

Shanahan 24-24 (0.500) in the Regular Season. Playoffs Runs: 0.

Last 10 years
Cowher - Playoff Runs: 6. Results: 2 Losses in the AFC Divisional Game, 3 Losses in the AFC Championship Game, 1 Superbowl Championship.

Shanahan - Playoff Runs: 4. Results: 3 Losses in the Wild-Card Round, 1 Loss in the AFC Championship Game (to the Steelers).

Based on their recent records, with Shanahan, we can expect to make the playoffs less than half the time. When we do make the playoffs, it'll be as a wild-card and 75% of the time we'll lose in the wild-card round. Basically, Shanahan in Washington should feel A LOT like Gibbs 2.0. If that's good enough for you, then I guess we just have different hopes and expectations for our team.

You sound like the Dallas fans who come on here and say ... " Dallas has a better record in the last 10 yrs." but they don't want to look at 15 or 20 yrs worth of stats.

I'll buy the fact that I think Cowher would be better based off the fact he would be a disciplinarian and would not put up with the crap some of the players have tried. Shanahan I'm worried about but I have heard he treats all the players equal and there is no prima dona's on his teams. Funny he tried for T.O.

Although he would be HC (Shanahan) you still have to go beyond that and look at his supporting cast and Kyle Shanahan looks to be pretty good with his top 10 offense. Maybe dad can help get the running game back in order and son can get the passing game in order.