New contracts for Andre Carter and Randle El

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Originally Posted by Mattyk72

In the case of the punting situation notice we're replacing the player, not the coach. It's a talent issue, not coaching. The same applies to WR, let's see what Hixon can do with some actual talent. Not some fan favorite scrubs who haven't done jack in this league for anyone before or after being a Redskin.

I know that it is different with a coach vs player, not to mention receiving stats include TE's and RB's (which only adds to the sadness when you consider Cooley's yardage drop out of the totals).

Can I ask a few questions though:
1) if we can't look at pure stats; and we dismiss the drops, wrong routes, etc as mental errors, then what criteria can we as fans look at to rate a coach. After all; we consider Jerry Gray a top notch coach, but he certainly has naturally gifted players. And Zorn was considered an excellent coach with what he did with Hasselback - but what if Zorn hadn't coached him, would he have been added to the list of "favorite scrubs" and Zorn given a pass?

2) After 5 years, what is the argument FOR keeping him? I am not trying to hate on Hixon, I am confident he is a good guy-or he would have been gone. But the defense of keeping him really seems to be: "he is here, lets keep him".

3) Can we do worse if we bring someone else in? Are we hurting the team by trying to get a top tier WR coach? Does he have a strong locker room or esprit de corps value which is understated?

4) and finally, Through massive coaching changes in the last 5 years, why does he rise above the fray?

I just want to understand what he brings to the Skins that makes him valuable enough to have, what seems like, more immunity - with much less on the field results -than many of the coaches we have released .