Jay Gruden hired as head coach of the Redskins

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

96-00 he fielded some good defenses, the lowest they finished yardage wise was 13th, points 20th.

Jim Haslett Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks - Pro-Football-Reference.com

I think lack of talent has been the main factor in his time here.

but if you compare that to gregg williams or wade phillips, his lifetime of coaching really isn't very good as far as defensive rankings or whatnot. even if you excuse his redskins tenure (which i don't, at least not completely), his track record before then wasn't good either. GW had a top D in 2010, wade in 2012. if you need to go back 14 years to find a year that's not terrible, i mean, come on.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by That Guy

but if you compare that to gregg williams or wade phillips, his lifetime of coaching really isn't very good as far as defensive rankings or whatnot. even if you excuse his redskins tenure (which i don't, at least not completely), his track record before then wasn't good either. GW had a top D in 2010, wade in 2012. if you need to go back 14 years to find a year that's not terrible, i mean, come on.

Well put.

I'll offer this: Haslett has not had a top-10 defense in terms of points or yards since before Sept. 11. That's as a DC or a HC.

Haslett has NEVER fielded a top-5 defense in terms of points or yards. There are only 32 teams yet in almost 20 years he's never been part of the top 5.

This record cannot be written off as a lack of talented players or meddling by a head coach.

[SFREDSKIN]

How many times has Haslett done a defensive adjustment at halftime? Never!! That's my beef, a lack of adjustment.

[Alvin Walton]

Yes, our special teams were bad but you would have to be delusional if you think our waste of a season wasn't heavily to blame on Haslett.
Remember the first game against the Eagles????
With a rookie coach........McCoy ran on us for 184 yards.
We could have had Steve Tasker and Billy White Shoes Johnson on our team and we still would have gotten smoked.

And how about the Packers game?
Rogers threw for 480 yards.

[SFREDSKIN]

Redskins will retain Jim Haslett at defensive coordinator - The Washington Post

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

Redskins will retain Jim Haslett at defensive coordinator - The Washington Post

Someone in DC is getting the shotgun ready right now.