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đđ Ron fired days ago. Mission Accomplished.đđ
woodpecker replied to 88Comrade2000's topic in The Stadium
Agreed! Even if I believed there was no chance of beating Dallas, I would never say it đ€źđ€źđ€ź but the fact is they lost to Arizona, so hell yeah we can win on Thanksgiving. -
The Game Prediction Thread - Week 10 - The Commanders @ The Seahawks
woodpecker replied to zCommander's topic in The Stadium
Just clicked over from the Howell hype thread, so Iâm feelin it for SammyâŠ4 TDs! Wash 31 Sea 23 -
Mostly a lurker, but I came to realize yesterday that Iâm a bit addicted to this site. Glad itâs back, not only for my personal sanity, but more importantly I wouldâve been seriously down on the new owners if they had really pulled the plug in the middle of the season without warning like that. I really canât stand social media, and dipping my toes in there a little bit yesterday reminded me of that. This is as far into it as I really want to go. Maybe a message board like this is simply social media for us older folks, but thatâs fine. I prefer a more mature conversation anyway.
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Both of those quarterbacks look great, but I think they will both be top five picks, and we shouldnât pay the price to move up. Have to agree with the people saying we are pretty much forced to go OL at this point. I will be pretty happy either way, just knowing that an actual GM is doing the picking finally! Sam is not looking like the next Brady, but I think heâs shown enough to give it another year. I was skeptical, so he has certainly exceeded my expectations.
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Washington vs. New England Week Nine Prediction Thread
woodpecker replied to Spearfeather's topic in The Stadium
Donât know if itâs the reason, but yeah he definitely lead with the helmet. as for the game, addition by subtraction may well be a thing. Seems like the defense has played better without CY the last few years. And now that we are probably better off losing, we will win. Wash 27 NE 13 -
I donât think anybody is saying it works all the time. Itâs just that it has a better track record than anything else weâve seen. Coach as GM has rarely worked well, if ever. âGM by committeeâ even worse. Pedigree or not, the Bears just made a bad hire at GM. Theyâll have to move on from him as soon as possible. Doesnât mean having a GM run the show is a bad thing. Instead of the Bears, why donât we talk about the Eagles, Ravens, Bills, 49ers and many other teams who are thriving under the leadership of good GMâs. Again, nobodyâs disagreeing with you that there is more than one way to skin a cat. But some ways are better than others, and I think a great GM is exactly what we need to turn this franchise aroundâso weâll just have to agree to disagree.
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OK. So sounds like he had the superstar player you need. And he got the lottery picks you need to put the talent around him. So the ingredients were there for a championship team, but some of the picks didnât work out and they fell short. Maybe the GM making those picks wasnât the greatest? Or maybe thatâs just the way it goes with draft picks sometimes. But it seems like you are making my point more than yours⊠The process was correct even if the results havenât been. As a wizards fan, I know enough to tell you that second round of the playoffs is certainly not easy for them. Not at all. In fact, I only remember once, when they lost to Boston. So again, I think you are throwing out exaggerations to try to make your point, which actually takes away from your point.
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Dang dude. I donât follow the NBA as closely as some, but A quick check of the results tells me the 76ers are far from being a âcolossal **** upâ. Sorry, he hasnât won multiple championships there yet, but in my opinion, he is doing things the right way. Doesnât mean it automatically works. Letâs set that aside for a second⊠We had Snyder for crying out loud. It canât get worse, so why not give this guy a chance? Forward thinking roster building and analytics may not be your thing, but a lot of us think itâs the way to go.
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Hi all. Canât tell you how pleased I am with the last 24 hours. Picks and cap space! Yay! Itâs been so long since this franchise actually made forward thinking moves. Harris so far has been exactly as advertised and I couldnât be happier. The GM hire will be far and away the most important thing he does, and these moves are making it much more likely that he hits on a good one. I blame the Cardinals for this, for giving away Dobbs for a ham sandwich. Otherwise, I bet we wouldâve been offered more. Personally, I wouldâve taken the sixth, but your points are valid.
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Well, we all know hindsight is 50-50, but Iâm not sure how much hindsite is happening here. Three years in a row he reached with his first round pick for second round talent. And it wasnât just us fans saying it, the experts all agreed. My hindsight is this⊠Ron hitting on a couple late round picks the first year turned out to be the worst thing that could happen. Made him think he knows what heâs doing. Reminds me of when Snyder hit on Larry Centers with his first attempt at playing GM. edit: I guess you could say Dotson was first round talent. But late first round, and was still considered a reach where we took him.
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Washington vs. Philadelphia Week Eight Prediction Thread
woodpecker replied to Spearfeather's topic in The Stadium
Well, we almost beat them at Philly, but this one is at home where we really suck. Phil 44 Wash 13 -
Sure thatâs true, but itâs not a binary choice. Whatever they do to fix âwinningâ (which to me is hire a GM and get out of the way) can surely be done in conjunction with the rebrand. With the size and resources of this ownership group, and the amount of employees working for them, I just donât buy this prioritization notion where they supposedly canât work on ALL important items right away. Itâs just an excuse to put off the rebrand because itâs uncomfortable. But for me, the longer they wait to address it, the more uncomfortable itâs going to be. and the less likely itâs going to be to happen at all. And Iâd hate to see that, because I will never embrace the Snyder moniker.
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Thanks for the reply. I would argue that Ballard was doing a great job as GM, until Irsay started butting in. Yes, we all know winning is priority one, there is zero disagreement on that point. There is no magic wand for that though, I agree with you on that point. All you can do is structure the organization the correct way, and hope for the best. That to me means hiring a GM and getting out of the way. That should be taken care of by February, if not sooner. Then what? Do you want the owners micromanaging everything the new GM does, or do you want them working on all the little stuff that needs to be fixed after the Snyder mess? We would probably prioritize the list of little stuff differently, but I know thatâs what I would want them to be working on.
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I would be with you 99% of the time on something like this. Like who cares about the name right? But this is different. This is about scrubbing the last vestiges of the scent of Snyder out of our hair. Itâs important to get every bit of it to give us the best chance becoming a respected franchise again. So, even the little things that donât matter on the field should be addressed. If you are going to prioritize the stadium experience for example then why not this? Having a name to be proud of or not is part of the âexperienceâ. Having people want to buy, and wear, your jerseys and other merchandise is important. These are the things I want the ownership group most focused on. âWinningâ will take care of itself when you simply hire a good GM, and get out of his way.
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Next Day Thread: I Can't Think of a Witty Giant Pun
woodpecker replied to KDawg's topic in The Stadium
It makes sense at this point to at least consider selling off some parts for future considerations. A competent GM would be doing that now. However, that will put GMRR in conflict with Coach RR, who needs to win as many games as possible to save both their jobs. Best solution for ownership would be to let Ron go at this point, and elevate one of the coordinators to interim HC. If you have your GM ready to go, great bring him in. If not find someone you can trust to run the ship until the end of the season. There are obvious moves that could possibly be made to improve the future outlook of the roster. On the field, the season is lostâtime to move on to next year and beyond. -
GM please. No rush, it has to be a good one. This will be by far the most important hire that Harris makes for the next 5â10 years.
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The Game Prediction Thread - Week 7 - The Commanders @ The Giants
woodpecker replied to zCommander's topic in The Stadium
As bad as our offensive line is, theirs is actually worse. And I dare say we may well have the better QB. Wash 24 NYG 19 -
Another potentially good coaching staff is drowning in a sea of incompetent roster building due to the lack of a legit GM in the building. Just as been the case since Snyder arrived. Time to relieve GM âRon and coâ of its duties and bring in an interim GM. Let Coach Ron focus on coaching while he plays out his final days here. Yay that we won, but it doesnât really matter much because this team is going nowhere. Iâm more focused on if/when we finally put a proper front office structure in place, because then, and only then will I feel like we have finally climbed out of the pit of despair that is the Snyder era. Would love to see the correct structure put in place now, even though significant changes wonât be able to be made until the off-season.
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Welcome to the Commanders Emmanuel Forbes CB Mississippi State
woodpecker replied to zCommander's topic in The Stadium
Sigh. Not sure how we talked ourselves into thinking a coach with no front office experience, and two former GMâs with track records of losing could combine to get the job done. Thereâs no way we can move on from the Snyder mess until we flush this whole coach centric nonsense down the toilet. I look forward to the day we get a legitimate GM for the first time since the 90s. Then, and only then, we will finally at least have a chance to return to respectability. -
Washington vs. Atlanta Week Six Prediction Thread
woodpecker replied to Spearfeather's topic in The Stadium
Even bottom feeders Arizona and Denver mostly marched up and down the field against our defense. Iâm expecting more of the same. Atlanta has a very solid O-line. I think the players have lost some faith in this coaching staff, and realize that they are all lame duck at this point. I suspect we will start hearing that old cliché⊠âTheyâve lost the locker roomâ. Howell will put up some yards in trash time again, but it wonât nearly be enough⊠27-17 Atlanta