Saunders Quote in ESPN article

[irish]

That's typical (of late) redskins football. They make the playoff for the 1st time since 2000 and have an offense that is finally starting to click and what do they do for the 2006 season, scrap it all and start from scratch. This organization never builds on anything.

It seems like we all should have realized that super bowl contender and installing a new 700 page playbook were just not compatable.

[724Skinsfan]

Originally Posted by irish

That's typical (of late) redskins football. They make the playoff for the 1st time since 2000 and have an offense that is finally starting to click and what do they do for the 2006 season, scrap it all and start from scratch. This organization never builds on anything.

It seems like we all should have realized that super bowl contender and installing a new 700 page playbook were just not compatable.

For the short run they are clearly not compatible but what about over the course of 4 or 5 years. If it takes this long for the offense to learn it then it's going to take the rest of the NFL a whole lot longer to defend against it.

[irish]

Originally Posted by 724Skinsfan

For the short run they are clearly not compatible but what about over the course of 4 or 5 years. If it takes this long for the offense to learn it then it's going to take the rest of the NFL a whole lot longer to defend against it.

So now the fans have to put up with another 4 or 5 year plan that has no guarantees of success? Thats asking an awful lot from fans that are spending lots of $ on tickets to sit through another rebuild.

[724Skinsfan]

Originally Posted by irish

So now the fans have to put up with another 4 or 5 year plan that has no guarantees of success? Thats asking an awful lot from fans that are spending lots of $ on tickets to sit through another rebuild.

No, not at all. I'm saying the first year in this offense is a "sacrifice" so that the team can enjoy long term success over the next 4-5 years, hopefully longer but the chances of Saunders staying that long or longer are slim in my opinion.

[61cad]

Originally Posted by irish

So now the fans have to put up with another 4 or 5 year plan that has no guarantees of success? Thats asking an awful lot from fans that are spending lots of $ on tickets to sit through another rebuild.

Guaranty success? Are we talking about the NFL?

[irish]

Originally Posted by 61cad

Guaranty success? Are we talking about the NFL?

Thats my point, there is no gaurantee of success so the fans have to put up with another rebuild that may or may not work. I think thats a lot to ask for again.