So Now Who Do You Want?

[Longtimefan]

Ron Meeks......Young and intelligent with potential to grow. His future is ahead of him not in the past.

[SFREDSKIN]

What happens if Rex Ryan is hired as the HC? I like him, but worry about his weight, he has to take better care of himself or the stress of coaching could kill him at a young age.

[Rock31]

Hands-down Cowher. Fassel is a close second. You have to grab experience whenever the opportunity presents itself. What would be so rotten about lending the keys to the mansion to Cowher for as long as he wants it? We've already had what amounts to a regime change among the coordinators, of course to a greater extent on the offensive front. These do not seem like Cowher's peeps however (Zorn and Blache), and I agree with one of the contributors on this topic who said it may have been Fassel throwing out strong hints as to who he'd be comfortable with that led to the hire/fire/promotion. You've already lost half of the "Gibbs DNA" as it is with GW's firing. I'm more interested in what we do with the personnel. Cut ties with the aging, injury-prone veterans on defense (Griffin, Springs) and draft that stud DE to make us a more fierce blitzing unit. The West Coast Offense will suit many of our current offensive staff, methinks. Randle El may outproduce Santana in receptions and yards next season. Cooley will remain a fantastic endzone threat. We'll see a new and invigorated Clinton Portis catching short dunks and dinks and spreading defenses out on tosses and sweeps. I am optimistic about our prospects.

[SmootSmack]

Nice post Slingin. I can definitely see the case for Meeks, including his ties to the Redskins.

[Yellow31]

is it monday yet.....this is getting more irritating by the day

[SBXVII]

I tried but am to tired an lazy to figure out what system each coach uses and if they would be a match with any of the new coordinators. All I've done so far is find Cowher: he started out as a special teams coach then a DC under Schotty. I don't think it's the same defense that Blache uses though.

Fassell: was an OC. not sure if he was WC oriented though.

Spagnoulo: he coached the D in Philly and prior to that worked under Bobby Beathered in San Diego. not sure if he runs the same defense.

Meeks: has been all around the league including Washington back in 2000. not sure if that was when Lewis was around but if so then he might run a similar D as to what we already have.

Then I got tired of looking. lol. The other idea is that the coach is only going to be a figure head. Someone to lead the team. Let the coordinators run the show. Then Fassell probubly would not be bad. I can't see Cowher taking this job with these coordinators just like someone else said....does not seem to be his type of people. Although maybe he wants to try something new....a different type of offense. unless I'm wrong and he had the WC in place in Pitt. If the idea was to get younger at the coaches spots also then as you all have mentioned why Blache unless they were having a hard time getting a defensive coordinator and then your best bet is to keep status quo....we were in the top 10.

[SFREDSKIN]

[QUOTE=SBXVII Spagnoulo: he coached the D in Philly and prior to that worked under Bobby Beathered in San Diego. not sure if he runs the same defense.
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He actually started his NFL career with the Redskins in 1983 working as an intern/gopher for Charlie Casserly.

[jdlea]

I would love to have Mike Singletary come in here and take over the job. I've said before that I'm also high on both Caldwell and Meeks. I know Caldwell is done now, so I suppose, if I had to choose from the list...it's Meeks.

Also, supposedly McDaniel is on the list for possible head coaches. I thought he had said that he would stay with NE next season. If that turns out to be false, I wouldn't mind him.

[JCK and RFK]

who wants to come coach a team who had all of snyders guys in place. how can you hire the whole coaching staff without a head coach?

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by JCK and RFK

who wants to come coach a team who had all of snyders guys in place. how can you hire the whole coaching staff without a head coach?

Haven't you learned already that we do things in an unconventional manner here? We're going to get to the mountaintop without the courtesy of a climb. Maybe we'll rent another limosuine ride to take us there.

[GMScud]

I mean at this point Cowher is a pipe dream (for this year at least), but if we're talking in hypotheticals of course I'd take The Chin. So that's who I voted for.

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by JCK and RFK

who wants to come coach a team who had all of snyders guys in place. how can you hire the whole coaching staff without a head coach?

Maybe the "guys" just hired were recommended by one or some of the potential HC candidates and Snyder brought them in / re-signed them to show the new HC candidate/s Snyder will give him what he needs/requests.

[Rock31]

You've gotta admit that the longer Snyder buys time, the chances of a lucrative, just-can't-refuse offer for Cowher panning out increase exponentially. Strictly odds-speaking here.

[That Guy]

no one that wants to stand up to snyder is going to get hired. i think that's part of the deal, that you let him run around feeling important and making deals that may or may not be good for the team.

i'm mad with how it's gone down, and outside a surprise deal for cowher or fisher, i don't really understand how this whole episode is going to make the team better or provide stability... cause every year we've made a major change in staffing, we've had a terrible record to show for it.

[70Chip]

Originally Posted by That Guy

no one that wants to stand up to snyder is going to get hired. i think that's part of the deal, that you let him run around feeling important and making deals that may or may not be good for the team.

i'm mad with how it's gone down, and outside a surprise deal for cowher or fisher, i don't really understand how this whole episode is going to make the team better or provide stability... cause every year we've made a major change in staffing, we've had a terrible record to show for it.

There's no way Cowher or anyone else will come near this job now, save to secure his families future. I suspect that's why Grimm is not in the mix. He knows what the deal is with this job and wants no part of it. Any good will or rehabilitation to Snyder's image that had been generated by the return of Joe Gibbs has been pissed away in days. This "Saturday Morning Massacre" has undone in one fail swoop all the well intentioned efforts of four years.