NFL Coaching Rumors and Moves

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

There was no way this Redskins team was going to be a playoff bound team from the get go. MS was/is the type of coach that all of us were begging to have, and now it seems like fans are complaining because he wants to have control of his team. Dysfunction begets a dysfunctional team. Discipline begets a disciplined team that wins more often than they lose.

Think of it like this. If a mechanic wants to rebuild an engine, he doesn't just simply add parts to it that he needs, he takes the engine apart, tests parts that he thinks works, gets the parts that he needs to replace, puts it together, and then tweaks it until he knows it working in unison with the other mechanical parts of the car. That's pretty much what Mike had to do this year. He's in the taking things apart and testing each piece deal. Next year, he knows a little more about what he needs and hopefully once he gets the pieces in place (which might take a couple more seasons,) he should then have a team that just takes a few tweaks here and there, but is ready to compete.

I totally agree with you. I think there is just no pleasing anyone or I should say no pleasing everyone. People finally got on a bandwagon together to get rid of Cerrato and Zorn and have Snyder stay out of the football decisions. We got that. Snyder hires Allen/Shanahan and people complained. Snyder said he would leave the football decisions to them. People complained about Haslett getting the DC job. People complained when they picked up McNabb. People complained at how Haynesworth was being treated. People complained about McNabb's benching. People complained about Haynesworth being suspended. People complained about McNabb being relegated to 3rd string.

I'm beginning to think people complain to just hear themselves complain since they don't have anything better to do. I'm actually excited about the disciplin. If you remember correctly when the Giants hired Tom Coughlin he came in and instilled disciplin also. The players complained (some), the fans complained, and reports were the HC might get fired. The second yr the team played better and the players stated they liked Coughlin. 2004 Coughlin got hired and made the play offs each yr and won the SB 3 yrs after his hiring in 2007.

People need to give this a chance. We can't keep on the course of picking up a new HC every 2 to 3 yrs. Most would agree it takes a HC 3 yrs to get a team in the right direction.... thats "if" they are rebuilding. I know we are not rebuilding but if you look at the sum of the whole, Shanahan had to bring in his style of WCO to the team and the defense completely changed scheme's with out having the right players to run it. So although the team is not in "rebuild" mode, they essentially are "rebuilding" this team. Zorn was the first to bring the WCO to Washington and most teams who switch take a few yrs to get the offense connecting. Zorn might have helped or started the transition for Shanahan but the scheme's are not completely the same.

All I'm saying is lets be patient and give Allen/Shanahan more then 1 or 2 yrs to get the right people in for the offense and defense before we lable Shanahan OR Haslett a bust. Also remember Haslett helped build the Steeler's defense and they have kept the same scheme even after he left. Haslett should understand their scheme and be able to impliment it, which I'm guessing is why Shanahan picked him for the job.