twenty-eight Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 POSTED 10:07 a.m. EST, November 22, 2006 RUMORS FLY OF COWHER TO 'SKINS There are rumors -- we repeat, rumors -- snaking through the NFL grapevine linking Steelers coach Bill Cowher to the Washington Redskins. These are only rumors, but they're definitely out there. Part of the problem with any rumor mill is that the rumors aren't always consistent. Last week, a league insider expressed to us in no uncertain terms that current Redskins coach Joe Gibbs is, by all appearances, fully intent on returning in 2007. Earlier in the year, we'd heard rumors that Gibbs might pack in it after the 2006 season and return to his NASCAR racing interests. And even if Gibbs retires from the 'Skins and Cowher retires from the Steelers and then Redskins owner Dan Snyder offers to double or triple Cowher's annual salary, the Steelers would have to be willing to release their rights to Cowher for the 2007 season. In other words, a coach with time remaining on his contract can't jump to a new team merely by "retiring" and then a month or two later "unretiring." Regardless of whether the current rumors have any validity, we believe that the Redskins are one of the teams that eventually could land Cowher's services. Cowher is young, and we can't imagine a permanent "retirement" at age 49. And the 'Skins definitely would pay Cowher market value, which currently is at least $8 million per year and could be as much as $10 million annually. The only caveat? Cowher's mentor, Marty Schottenheimer, had a bad experience in his single season with the 'Skins; thus, Marty might advise Cowher to look elsewhere. Our guess? Cowher will spend a year or two working in television, and then he'll be available to the highest bidder that is in a locale close to his new family home in North Carolina. Hey, John Fox can't coach the Panthers forever, can he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santana_4_prez Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Complete Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Aint happenin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedskinsNation Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 oh dear lord...make it stop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPortJGibbs89 Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Whatever isnt Jeff Fisher coming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick86L Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Cowher to the Skins!?!!!?? No way I haven't heard this before :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stwasm Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 This is just ridiculous. We have enough problems in the front office without these stupid rumors about a new head coach flying around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Lloyd Christmas Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 old news......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Fakeman Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Go wash your mouth out with soap...and repent your sins...for spreading such blasphemy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorPickSix Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 They link every possible half decent coach that wants more money to us just because we have an owner thats willing to pay them what the want. You just gotta take it in one ear and out the other at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Om Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Now I'm confused. I thought it was Jeff Fisher? * Oops. I see that's already been mentioned. So I'll add this, at the risk of dignifying this silliness ... even if we WERE in the market, I'd hope we wouldn't serioulsy consider Cowher. As great as that chin is, and as long as he's had the Steelers respectable, after the title last year he'd no longer be a hungry young up and comer. He'd be someone else's peaked star trying to recreate glory somewhere else. Not something you see succeed very often. Five years ago, maybe. Today, it just doesn't feel right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo#44 Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Now I'm confused. I thought it was Jeff Fisher? What you mean Spurrier is not coming back?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavalry414 Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 http://www.american.com/archive/2006/november/patriots-vs-redskins ENJOY!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty-eight Posted November 22, 2006 Author Share Posted November 22, 2006 What you mean Spurrier is not coming back?? :laugh::laugh: I was j ust about to type the same thing! I dont know who our coach is but I have feeling its not going to be gregg after gibbs is gone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimm Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I'm surprised it doesn't have us trading our first round pick for Cowher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskin48 Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 it will be gibbs untill at least 2008 and I think we have more of a chance of Gibbs staying longer if we loose. For a man like gibbs I think that life is more about the ride then getting to where your going. Just look at his life. When something his is working on gets to the top he is ready for something else another ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 It would actually be what this team needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redskin48 Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 It would actually be what this team needs. A coach that is doing just as bad right now as we are?????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty-eight Posted November 22, 2006 Author Share Posted November 22, 2006 Cowher just wants to get PAID! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Om Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 It would actually be what this team needs. For real? Can you flesh that thesis out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwo40 Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 As great as that chin is, and as long as he's had the Steelers respectable, after the title last year he'd no longer be a hungry young up and comer. He'd be someone else's peaked star trying to recreate glory somewhere else. Not something you see succeed very often. Five years ago, maybe. Today, it just doesn't feel right. No dig on our current head coach, but can't most of the same stuff (besides the chin) be applied to him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'KanSkinFan Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 :wavetowel A Steelers towel just doesn't "go" with Hail to the Redskins........:laugh: :laugh: Nor does the laundry of the Steelers belong on the football field in the Campbell Soup commerials:doh: :secret: Rumors :doh: :2cents: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 For real?Can you flesh that thesis out? Cowher has a track record of developing talent from within the organization, cheaply and effectively. If I didn't know any better, I'd say that the Steelers had a farm system set up. That is exactly what this organization needs. We need to develop talent from within, rather than paying players for what they did somewhere else. I think Cowher has also done a good job getting the most out of his QB's over the years. He's never actually had an all star at the position until recently, but I think he's done a great job of maximizing the talent at that position. With Jason Campbell and Clinton Portis to build around, I think Cowher could do some scary things in Washington. Just my opinion though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaganaut Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 What great coach wouldn't want to come to Washington to go down the drain. How many players, coaches come here to go out to pasture? Mark Carrier, Bruce Smith, Troy Vincent, Jeff George, Adam Archuletta, Jeremiah Trotter. This team is cursed. Move the stadium off of the Indian burial ground and perhaps they will start winning. Cowher is as dumb as "Spitball" in the Bang Cartoons if he comes to Washington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty P For The Pulitzer Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 It would actually be what this team needs. Yeah, aside from the silliness of the rumors, I don't think it would be a bad move. I think Fisher would be a good pick up too. The fact that they're having bad years this year doesn't mean anything, they have very good recent track records. And it's no secret that the hard-ass, disciplinarian style of head coaching works in most cases better than the softer, "just one of the guys" type of coaches. I think Dungy and Payton are the only coaches with a winning record who are that style of coach. And, well, we all know Dungy's playoff record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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