Marching Orders... Interesting Points

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Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

I agree with you 100% here. There's no pain-free way to turn this franchise around. Snyder has done everything he can to avoid truly fixing this team. instead he continues to put bandaids on a wound when a heart transplant is needed, condemning us to eternal mediocrity.

We need to get rid of every veteran who's play is declining if they are "cutable." Due to salary cap ramifications, guys like Jon Jansen, Randy Thomas, and Clinton Portis are uncutable. Guys like Springs, Griffin, Daniels, Washington, Rabach, and Taylor are.

Now, if we can't resign Hall and/or decide to trade Rogers, arguments could be made for keeping Springs another year... but not if it prevents us from signing someone who could help this team in the long-term. We need to start building for the future, and not just the next year. Unfortunately, I think we arent going to start bulding until next year. in all likelyhood, Zorn and possibly Cerrato, will be gone after this season and the new regime will be the one most likely to commit to the big picture - If Snyder could give someone like Cowher or Holmgren total control, it would satisfy his desire for a big name and they would have enough "clout" to ensure Snyder gave them atleast 3 years. With that type of security, a guy like Cowher or Holmgren could afford to make temporary sacrifices with the goal of having a good, young, rising team ready by the 3rd year.

The Skins dont need a big name head coach. What they need is coaching consistency and firing Zorn wont do that. In addition, Cowher isnt coming to DC because DS wont give him total control and Cowher wont put up with DS's undercutting of the coach's authority. There was an interesting article in Sports Illustrated a couple weeks ago about how in the recent NFL coaching history, hiring big name retreads isnt the way to go.

Oh yea, Vinny aint going anywhere no matter what happens.