Choose Your 2014 Redskins Head Coach (Volume 2)

[donofriose]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

They did better than the unproven hires. Gibbs and Shanahan had winning playoff seasons. Marty likely wouldn't have taken us to multiple playoff years had Snyder stuck with him.

Also, regarding the silly Brady-cousins comparison, no ones saying cousin is Brady. But Brady didn't become Brady right away either.

Look around the league and look at the coaches that are having success. Almost every single one of them were unproven or if they had coaching experience before, failed badly. I think its time the Skins started trying to copy success instead of doing it the way their fans want them to do it or creating their own, terribly bad ways of building a team.

[KI Skins Fan]

Complete control of their (false) image is apparently a primary goal at Redskins Park. Bullying the media and even the fans seems to be a part of the plan to control that image.

Who could forget the appalling sign and Tee-Shirt purge at the stadium at the end of the Vinny era. Then there was the taking away of the Washington Post's tickets, the law suit against the paper than published an unfavorable article about Dan Snyder, the favoritism shown to the Redskins' so-called "media partners", etc.

In short, I doubt that Dan Snyder would disapprove of Tony Wylie's snatching of this guy's press credentials.

[skinsfaninok]

Adam S says O'Brien to Houston

[mooby]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

Adam S says O'Brien to Houston

Well shit. He was starting to look like the best candidate but it seems we're too late.

[The Goat]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

Adam S says O'Brien to Houston

That means Lovie should be looking. Get him.

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by The Goat

That means Lovie should be looking. Get him.

If Lovie is so great then why are the Texans passing on him? I say that speaks volumes.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

If Lovie is so great then why are the Texans passing on him? I say that speaks volumes.

Who says the texans are passing on him? All reports you hear right now are BS

[MTK]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

Who says the texans are passing on him? All reports you hear right now are BS

Interesting that you're saying to pump the brakes on this rumor, but you're all in on any negative report regarding Griffin.

[44Deezel]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

Adam S says O'Brien to Houston

Have fun with that. QB situation is a mess. Foster is broken down and Andre Johnson is on the back-end of his career. That's a re-build situation.

[The Goat]

All excellent point 44Deezel.

To all the Lovie doubters:

If memory serves the ownership in Chicago was ultra cheap through most Lovie's tenure. I remember myriad sports observers say he didn't have a lot to work with. It makes sense looking at the minimal FA signings Chicago brought in over the years. Peppers and cutler notable exceptions, though cutler was mostly about draft picks. And I thought peppers was a risky signing.

Anyway, everyone says Lovie's guys play their hearts out for him. He's no-nonsense and wise enough to not be moved around by the media BS. Even if this isn't his dream job I think he would be perfect for it if that makes sense.

[donofriose]

Originally Posted by The Goat

All excellent point 44Deezel.

To all the Lovie doubters:

If memory serves the ownership in Chicago was ultra cheap through most Lovie's tenure. I remember myriad sports observers say he didn't have a lot to work with. It makes sense looking at the minimal FA signings Chicago brought in over the years. Peppers and cutler notable exceptions, though cutler was mostly about draft picks. And I thought peppers was a risky signing.

Anyway, everyone says Lovie's guys play their hearts out for him. He's no-nonsense and wise enough to not be moved around by the media BS. Even if this isn't his dream job I think he would be perfect for it if that makes sense.

Even though I am not a big fan of bringing Lovie in, it is interesting to note that for all the praise Trestman has gotten, the Bears actually finished with a better record under Lovie Smith last year than they will finish this year.

[The Goat]

Originally Posted by donofriose

Even though I am not a big fan of bringing Lovie in, it is interesting to note that for all the praise Trestman has gotten, the Bears actually finished with a better record under Lovie Smith last year than they will finish this year.

And the defense went to trash overnight. Peppers is a good example. Notorious for not giving 100% and certainly dogging it this year, but Lovie got the most out of him. And same goes for all his guys. It's not like he had elite talent everywhere but produced some elite defenses.

So, bring in an offensive genius under Lovie and let the fun begin.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by The Goat

All excellent point 44Deezel.

To all the Lovie doubters:

If memory serves the ownership in Chicago was ultra cheap through most Lovie's tenure. I remember myriad sports observers say he didn't have a lot to work with. It makes sense looking at the minimal FA signings Chicago brought in over the years. Peppers and cutler notable exceptions, though cutler was mostly about draft picks. And I thought peppers was a risky signing.

Anyway, everyone says Lovie's guys play their hearts out for him. He's no-nonsense and wise enough to not be moved around by the media BS. Even if this isn't his dream job I think he would be perfect for it if that makes sense.

Lovie was given the talent to get it done and he couldn't take that next step. I think Lovie would be a much worse hire than Shanny.

[diehardskin2982]

With O'Brien going to Houston I guess I like a Hue Jackson and Lovie Smith or Whisenhut + Russ Grim/ Rex Ryan combination. Mike Shanahan may be here next year with Kubiak.

$13 Million is a lot of money to lose.

Not to mention the $6mil that the skins would have to pay to Penn State for O'Brien and then the cost for his staff and him. Too much cost. He may not ever have been a option for the skins.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Why is everyone taking this obrien to Houston talk at face value? There is no reason for this report to come out, other than if it's not true and one of the parties involved is trying to push a third party in a certain direction. For example, Houston leaks this story to pressure Lovie smith into signing their best offer. Or, obriens camp leaks this story to get some other team to up their offer. If anything, this report makes me think it's highly unlikely obrien is close to a deal with Houston.