Should Mike Shanahan be fired?

[SFREDSKIN]

Here's part of the interview with Michael Lombardi:

Michael Lombardi on Shanahan, the GM

[CrazyCanuck]

Mike Shanahan mising passport, stack of cash in Pittsburgh - Yahoo! Sports

Ok guys time to own up. Who was it?

Goooooaaaaattttttt????

Give him back his stuff. How's Shanny supposed to leave without a passport??

[REDSKINS4ever]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

Here's part of the interview with Michael Lombardi:

Michael Lombardi on Shanahan, the GM

Nice article. I question a lot of the decisions Shanahan has made in terms of personnel. Hankerson, Aldrick Robinson, Roy Helu Jr., and Dennis Morris should have never been drafted. After drafting Kerrigan and Jenkins last year, none of the stockpiled picks haven't panned out.

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by REDSKINS4ever

Nice article. I question a lot of the decisions Shanahan has made in terms of personnel. Hankerson, Aldrick Robinson, Roy Helu Jr., and Dennis Morris should have never been drafted. After drafting Kerrigan and Jenkins last year, none of the stockpiled picks haven't panned out.

I like those picks, except for the Dennis Morris pick. They were low round picks except for Hank and Helu, I still think they will pan out.

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

Here's part of the interview with Michael Lombardi:

Michael Lombardi on Shanahan, the GM

Snyder needs to listen to Lombardi. Mike too but I don't know if his ego could handle looking in the mirror and admitting someone could do better or at least that he needs some help. I think the fact that he hasn't hired any personell people kind of verifies that.

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by 53Fan

Snyder needs to listen to Lombardi. Mike too but I don't know if his ego could handle looking in the mirror and admitting someone could do better or at least that he needs some help. I think the fact that he hasn't hired any personell people kind of verifies that.

Isn't this the reason he was fired in Denver? Shanahan defenses always sucked and he is no GM. His ego won't admit it.

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

Isn't this the reason he was fired in Denver? Shanahan defenses always sucked and he is no GM. His ego won't admit it.

You and me talked about the exact same thing when we hired him. Nothing has changed.

[The Goat]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

Isn't this the reason he was fired in Denver? Shanahan defenses always sucked and he is no GM. His ego won't admit it.

Really really don't wanna sound like I'm defending Shanahan, but he's had some good defenses. Solid to elite defense helped him win SBs, and he had a few more top defenses in Denver. But he's a sub-par GM/talent evaluator outside RB and QB (I guess). And now he's a terrible effing coach too...

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by The Goat

Really really don't wanna sound like I'm defending Shanahan, but he's had some good defenses. Solid to elite defense helped him win SBs, and he had a few more top defenses in Denver. But he's a sub-par GM/talent evaluator outside RB and QB (I guess). And now he's a terrible effing coach too...

Haven't you been saying we have a talented team?

[Bucket]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Haven't you been saying we have a talented team?

Shhh.. I think it's funny when he contradicts himself.. It happens more then you think. I just like to laugh XD

[The Goat]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Haven't you been saying we have a talented team?

It sounds crazy at first but I think this team (talent-wise) is very similar to the one Mike inherited with the exception at QB, where this squad gets the clear edge on talent. But the other similarity is there's almost no depth, which was the main complaint about the roster he inherited. Where did we start the season with proven/quality depth outside WR and possibly TE? Obviously not in the secondary. And not on the d-line either because as soon as Carriker went down the d-line couldn't make an impact. Same can be said for LB. Offensively, we have no real depth at QB, RB, OL. We have ok depth at TE and WR, but outside of Moss nothing special (yet) among the guys still healthy.

Or, it's the really, really bad coaching on both sides of the ball. We won't know until a new regime takes over, but my gut is there's sufficient talent to win more games than we lose even with four or five starters out, apart from RG3.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

Here's part of the interview with Michael Lombardi:

Michael Lombardi on Shanahan, the GM

Lombardi is dead on. Hopefully Snyder will read this.

[REDSKINS4ever]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Lombardi is dead on. Hopefully Snyder will read this.

I read that article yesterday. Shanahan has drafted great in the first round in 2010, 2011, and 2012, but other picks in the later rounds with the exception of Alfred Morris have been quite poor. Terrance Austin was probably one of his best late round picks but I question the drafting of Aldrick Robinson and the selection of Selvish Capers. Even selected Hankerson in the 3rd round must be questioned. Drafting wide receivers who are fast but can't catch the ball is definitely Shanahan's fault. Or drafting receivers with size and big hands but can't catch is also his fault.

[Bucket]

Originally Posted by REDSKINS4ever

I read that article yesterday. Shanahan has drafted great in the first round in 2010, 2011, and 2012, but other picks in the later rounds with the exception of Alfred Morris have been quite poor. Terrance Austin was probably one of his best late round picks but I question the drafting of Aldrick Robinson and the selection of Selvish Capers. Even selected Hankerson in the 3rd round must be questioned. Drafting wide receivers who are fast but can't catch the ball is definitely Shanahan's fault. Or drafting receivers with size and big hands but can't catch is also his fault.

How many team draft difference makers in those rounds? It's a few in a dozen.

[NC_Skins]

HTTR 24-7 - Defensive Dysfunction: How Mike Shanahan Can Fix His Achillies Heel

Makes you feel bad for Haslett in a way.

Jim Haslett was hired as defensive coordinator on January 13, 2010. In the preceding three years, Haslett not hired one of his own coaches. Bob Slowik is a long time defensive assistant of Mike Shanahan’s. Jacob Burney is the same. Lou Spanos was actually hired as linebackers coach the same day as Haslett was, which shows how much input Haslett had on that call. Raheem Morris wasn’t hired by Jim Haslett, nor was Bobby Slowik (Bob Slowik’s son).



Haslett has not had a hand in hiring a single defensive coach. And that fact has started to show itself on game day, when the three levels of the defense often seem completely separate from one another, as if there’s not one, singular voice guiding the course of the defense. Sometimes it seems like the coaches don’t even talk to one another.



We already know that last year, Haslett went off the record and openly campaigned to fire Bob Slowik. To show how much Shanahan respects Jim Haslett, after Bob Slowik had effectively coached himself out of a job and was basically on his way out , after hiring Raheem Morris to basically replace him, instead of firing him, Shanahan moved Slowik to linebacker’s coach. Bob Slowik has never coached linebackers in his career, but Shanny still moved him to linebackers coach.



Bob Slowik was notorious for being political in the Denver Broncos organization. And now, he may be actively campaigning to be the defensive coordinator next year. Meanwhile, Raheem Morris is thought to be the guy who may the defensive coordinator next year. The problem with that? The defensive coaches don’t want him to be the d-coordinator and want to go outside the organization. Jim Haslett is a lame duck and the defense is a mess.

How in the **** does Slowik still have a job? Why is that dipshit on this team? He failed with that guy in Denver, did he think anything was going to change? Why is he coaching a position he's never coached before? This is the kind if shit I put on Shanahan. C'mon man!!