Fassel Becomes Favorite for Redskins job

[spidernat]

That rumor was started by John Riggins as sort of a joke in which he was taking credit for predicting it a couple weeks ago. The problem is that other outlets hear something and they feel the need to go with it in oder to keep up. However, the Redskins have done nothing to dispel the myth (if it's a myth) and all they have really done in the last few minutes is to say that Fassel has not been offered the job YET. The longer they drag this out the more perception and scrutiny problems they encourage from the media and their fans. I always felt that you should not be in a rush to choose a head coach but this has become a joke. Especially since the rightful candidate is already on the payroll. This should've been an easy transition but Snyder has fumbled the football once again and allowed it to become what it is. Maybe he likes it that way though. He is a total moron.

[Dave B]

This should've been an easy transition but Snyder has fumbled the football once again and allowed it to become what it is. Maybe he likes it that way though. He is a total moron.

I wouldnt even have called it a transition, more like a getting rid of ball and chain.  Saunders could have done his thing. Williams would continue to do his thing.  And somebody would manage to adeqautely call time outs, determine when to spike the ball, and make challenges.

[nats2playoffs]

... But I share your frustrations with Snyder...  Snyder is like the guy that has a girlfriend but every pretty girl he sees he goes  Damn I wouldn't mind having her instead.

If we're going to lose most of the games anyway,
then Snyder might as well hire a coach who looks like this:

[CALSGR8]

No, it would distract the players too much!    

Who would be paying attention to the game when they are constantly looking to the sidelines for "signals" from the head coach!

[spidernat]

If we're going to lose most of the games anyway,
then Snyder might as well hire a coach who looks like this:

This would lend new meaning and duties to the HEAD Coach.


Funny how there was such an outrage over the Fassel hiring and then last night an anonymous source says that Fassel has not been offered the job. Atlanta settled on their head coach so that leaves the Redskins as the only team without a head coach. Snyder must be loving all this media coverage. I'd love to see people stop buying merchandise for a whole year to see how he likes it. It may urge him to sell the team.

[PC]

I honestly believe that Dan Snyder has some sort of mental problem.  And I'm not joking about that at all.

His decision making abilities are so poor that some kind of mental disability would explain a lot.

[metssuck]

I'm not a big fan of Fassell, but he would be a good coach for Campbell, who despite progressing, is sitll green behind tha ears. Fassel is great at developing QB's and for tha skins to even think about being a force int ah league they need for tha for former Auburn qb to get better. Fassell can speed up his progression and put him where he needs to be. Plus Fassel  know nohow to run/manage an offense.


Its better than givin some lameduck college coach his nfl coaching debut.

[GburgNatsFan]

I'm betting Cambell would benefit much more from the consistency of having the same offense for more than one year in a row as he would from having a quarterback-oriented head coach. Supposedly Jim Fassell did a great job with John Elway. That's a hell of a canvas. Hard to draw a bad picture on that canvas.

I'm not a big fan of Fassell, but he would be a good coach for Campbell, who despite progressing, is sitll green behind tha ears. Fassel is great at developing QB's and for tha skins to even think about being a force int ah league they need for tha for former Auburn qb to get better. Fassell can speed up his progression and put him where he needs to be. Plus Fassel  know nohow to run/manage an offense.


Its better than givin some lameduck college coach his nfl coaching debut.

[metssuck]

I'm betting Cambell would benefit much more from the consistency of having the same offense for more than one year in a row as he would from having a quarterback-oriented head coach. Supposedly Jim Fassell did a great job with John Elway. That's a hell of a canvas. Hard to draw a bad picture on that canvas.

I know Al Saunder has a good rep for his offensive playallin in tha league but have you really been impressed with tha redskins offense under his philosophy. although you have to take into consideration that him and gibbs shared tha playcalling duties on offense..

[Ray D]

I know Al Saunder has a good rep for his offensive playallin in tha league but have you really been impressed with tha redskins offense under his philosophy.

I was very impressed, once he got the quarterback in there that he wanted all along.

If Saunders stays, I don't really know what this means in terms of who will be quarterback. My impression was that Campbell was not a good fit for Saunders system. But it's very hard to know. It could be that he just needs a bit more time. Or it could be, even though Collins isn't a long-term solution, that Collins, operating under Saunders system next season, could lead the Skins to the promise land.

[spidernat]

The fact that the offense was opened up when Collins came in to the game was a coincidence because of Campbell injury. At least I believe that to be the case. I think Gibbs had no choice but to withdraw from his way of thinking/coaching after what he did in the Buffalo game. He had no option at that point but to take the handcuffs off Saunders which he had been doing for some time.

[Ray D]

The fact that the offense was opened up when Collins came in to the game was a coincidence because of Campbell injury. At least I believe that to be the case. I think Gibbs had no choice but to withdraw from his way of thinking/coaching after what he did in the Buffalo game. He had no option at that point but to take the handcuffs off Saunders which he had been doing for some time.

Well ok that could be the case, but that's just further reason to keep Saunders (and to be glad that we unloaded Gibbs).   

Keep the current system in place, hire Williams as head coach - presumably Saunders will stay on if Williams is hired, and will leave if not.

[spidernat]

I can't argue that. Keeping Saunders cannot be seen as anything but a positive.

[saltydad]

I can't argue that. Keeping Saunders cannot be seen as anything but a positive.

QFT

[GburgNatsFan]

I don't know. I think Collins is a guy that relies more on his head and less on his arm - because he has to. Cambell could certainly get there (and further), but sometimes being a very gifted athlete can delay a player's mental progression - having always trusted your arm, its harder to trust that a really good scheme trumps it.

The fact that the offense was opened up when Collins came in to the game was a coincidence because of Campbell injury. At least I believe that to be the case. I think Gibbs had no choice but to withdraw from his way of thinking/coaching after what he did in the Buffalo game. He had no option at that point but to take the handcuffs off Saunders which he had been doing for some time.

[GburgNatsFan]

So the news tonight is that everything is on hold and the interviews will continue into February.

Danny is an evil genius. He's going to tie up Saunders and Williams until they have no other options.

[ronnynat]

Cowher needs to change his mind! I'd take him over any of the outsiders.

[CALSGR8]

Cowher needs to change his mind! I'd take him over any of the outsiders.

Yeah I heard if no decision is made soon, he'll wait until after the Super Bowl so he can interview a Giants coach

[nats2playoffs]

I don't know. I think Collins is a guy that relies more on his head and less on his arm - because he has to. Campbell could certainly get there (and further), but sometimes being a very gifted athlete can delay a player's mental progression - having always trusted your arm, its harder to trust that a really good scheme trumps it.

I thought the acquisition of Brunell was a huge mistake, since no GM in the NFL wanted him when Jacksonville benched him.  (The Redskins front office admitted that they would have grabbed Kerry Collins instead, if they knew that the Giants were going to release him, after they made the trade with San Diego to get Eli Manning.  Keep that in mind if Jim Fassel is hired.)  I don't think that Campbell benefited from playing with the practice squad for so long.  He fumbles a lot, doesn't read defenses well at times, and overlooks open receivers downfield at times. He needed to replace Brunell much sooner, and got stale on the bench. 

They need to get a big receiver who is 6'4" or taller, like Campbell's teammate from Auburn, whom they hired late in the season.  Team with big WR's made it to the playoffs.  STOP getting more shrimpy receivers!!

Gibbs admitted that he took over the play calling for most of the 2007 season, when the Redskins got in the red zone.  That explains why the teams couldn't finish drives.  Remember the exact same running play, called six times with the penalty, in the loss to the Giants at FedEx?  Gibbs kept calling it, the Giants kept stopping it.  I agree that Gibbs finally backed off late in the season, and gave Saunders full control.  Keep him.

The Skins had one of the worst defenses in the NFL in 2006, and I think that may be giving Snyder pause about hiring Gregg Williams as head coach.
   

[ronnynat]

Fletcher was a HUGE reason why our defense was better this season.

[spidernat]

Cowher needs to change his mind! I'd take him over any of the outsiders.

I don't think I could stomach watching his press conferences waiting for his dentures to fall off. At least that's the way I felt watching him on the BS pregame show. Couldn't he get some that fit better?

[ronnynat]

I don't think I could stomach watching his press conferences waiting for his dentures to fall off. At least that's the way I felt watching him on the BS pregame show. Couldn't he get some that fit better?

Dude, I've had to deal w/ Gibbs' ever-loving ass for the last few years. I can deal w/ some bad dentures.

[spidernat]

Dude, I've had to deal w/ Gibbs' ever-loving ass for the last few years. I can deal w/ some bad dentures.

I had forgotten about that. They were almost carbon copies of Norv's pressers but seriously I don't think I could handle expecting the dentures to fall out while he talks about fumbling the game away

[spidernat]

They just reported that Al Davis asked Kiffen to resign as Raiders Head Coach. I can't help but feel like we resemble that franchise way too closely

[Dave B]

They just reported that Al Davis asked Kiffen to resign as Raiders Head Coach. I can't help but feel like we resemble that franchise way too closely

this resign/re-sign thing kills me. at least i could get the point by reading the second sentence. can we petition websters to spell the one that means "to quit/leave/whatever" r-e-z-i-g-n