New contracts for Andre Carter and Randle El

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

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 .

I agree. I haven't seen anything to say Hixon is a great coach. I've watched him give an interview and other then being a nice guy there wasn't anything really impressive about him. I"ve heard Danny Smith called out this year even though he's done well in the past and doesn't really have much on teams. I've even heard Buges called out even though he's working with senior citizens on the o-line. You never hear anything about Hixon and our passing game sucked this year. Granted he hasn't had alot to work with but can anybody name anything good that he gets credit for? I've never heard the players or coaches even mention his name. It's not that I want to blame him for anything, I'd like to give him some credit....But for what?