Riggo#44

Have any of our candidates? I don’t count Brian Johnson. I’d rather have just about anyone else.

Reading the retorts from Johnson’s camp, I had the same thoughts. I was involved in something where a lot of falsehoods were written that affected me, personally. We did not respond. It eventually died out and forgotten about. When you respond, it puts another log on the fire and puts it back at the top of the Twitter list. It will be very interesting how his interviews go next year. I still hope he stubs is pinky toe on the leg of the bed, every morning, for the next year.

And when he does, he clearly states it's his opinion and it should be taken as such. Keim is a rarity these days--he cares more about being right than he does about being first.

EB was barely an upgrade from Scott Turner.

The only thing I worry about there is the lack of a run game. I don’t want to throw 50 times, especially with a rookie QB and questionable pass protection

My concern with Klingsbury is how his offense would falter in the 2nd half of the season, like clockwork. A lot of factors can go into that, and Murray is a major diva. What was his offense like at USC, schematically?

Yeah it’s not like people highly regarded and connected with the team, like John Keim for instance, haven’t been saying for WEEKS he was a legitimate candidate or anything. Clearly a Jim Zorn scenario

He and Mike Wise had awful shows. Although Wise vitriol was more the soap box of the name. I wonder if he’s still championing Native causes?

I have no idea why anyone would. Dude is a moron

Yeah, and that latter part should tell you all you need to know about Reid. He’s a Mike Wilbon wannabe

I mean…we’re not much better

Why did The Screaming Idiot put wonder in quotes? I think I answered my own question

Ahem, Ben “Uncured Syphilis” Johnson

I don’t know why we didn’t go with waffles over pancakes! Red flags! Fire Dan Peters!

Did ANYONE really interview them? I know Smith got one and Kafka got one team each, but they weren't exactly hot names. Joe Brady would have been a real stretch, since he only became an OC when Dorsey was fired.

Well, they did fire the GM, so there's that. And Wright is on the business side, so he likely had nothing to do with the record. Calling it a red flag is pretty reactionary. He's worked with Mayhew before, so Peters knows what he's capable of. Keeping him on is in no way a red flag. Likewise, we have no idea what their roles are behind the scenes.

Would you prefer he came in and fired every one?

I wish someone would do a comparison to all descriptions of new coaches and see how common the language is. I bet there is a lot of overlap in the platitudes doled out.

If it was a one-time article, sure. But it's been a campaign for her. She went on 106.7 and spouted off things about the Lerners being broke, they're undercutting Rizzo, leaving him to twist in the wind, etc., that turned out to be untrue, so her credibility is already low on this subject. I write and edit technical documents for a living--so I always read articles with a critical eye. I always look for unsubstantiated claims. Specifically, she states there are buyers. Really? Who? The MASN thing didn't get cleared up until recently, and that was the major stumbling block. Sure, that might bring interested buyers, but there aren't any now, that we're aware. There was a 2.1B offer from Leonsis and Rubenstein a while back, but in closer analysis, it was ironically like Harper's $315m deal with all the deferrals--e.g., not nearly what it seems to be. That was the only offer they received--and that was almost a year ago. It's been almost two years since they said they would look into a sale, and nothing came of it. Lerner has stated he's in it for the long haul, which she dismisses at the end of the article with a "pfft, that's what Angelos said." But the difference is, Rubenstein was announced as a potential buyer in December, not April. Even then, Angelos dismissed those rumors AFTER Rubenstein was announced as interested. No one is currently interested in the Nationals. It's an entirely different situation. It's not to defend the Lerners, it's my utter disdain for lazy, crap journalism. She's clearly not current on the situation and it's a lazy article--not unlike Florio pushing the Belichick narrative. She has a narrative she wants to push that ignores current information for her agenda. I find it annoying. And I'm not mad, I just dislike this agenda-pushing narrative that discounts very relevant, available information. And this isn't vitriol. If it was, I would have called her a dumb ****.

(oops, those were dogs too, I thought you had like 7 kids)

@PleaseBlitz My point isn't to defend Lerner--I would be perfectly happy if he sold, he's not his dad, who I think was a really good owner. My question is she keeps pressing this issue despite lack of buyers, multiple people saying the sale is all but dead. MASN was a stumbling block--he came out and said he is in it for the long haul. It's just an odd take. Add to that her spouting off garbage like the Lerners are writing personal checks to make payroll a couple months back? I find it very odd. I've never seen any one person championing a sale like this--especially one who has had success and a willingness to spend on payroll. Ghiroli talks about him like he's Dick Monfort.

You're not wrong in the comparisons--but they are different people. I am not wild about the hire, but calling him Rivera 2.0 is just invalid. But the circumstances are wildly different as well. Mainly the organization structure is set up so Quinn isn't in charge of everything. Rivera dealt with Covid, cancer, the team name, the investigations, the team being sold, Snyder being checked out and on a shoe-string budget. Rivera made a ton of mistakes, don't get me wrong, and he was checked out by the end. He was too worried about public perception more than anything else. His staff was highly questionable. He made really poor personnel decisions. Quinn will be able to focus only on the football aspect. I think that would make even Rivera better.

Yep. Caught me. 🙄