WP: Shanahan to Remake Skins in His Own Image

[Fan035]

"An intensity burns in Shanahan, 57, that is unique even in a league of megalomaniac coaches. He is not a tall man, stands 5-foot-9, yet his compulsion about the smallest components and his demands that everything be perfect, creates an air of rigid formality."

Here's the whole article:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/06/AR2010010602487.html?hpid=topnews

[COWBOY-KILLA-]

We need an exorcism, I hope he and bruce can help us.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Good article. Touches on what makes him great and why he was fired in Denver.

There's a lot to be excited about, he loves to coach and he loves to work at it. However, as noted in several places before...his personnel decisions haven't been good.

It'll be interesting to see how this plays out. The end of the article notes that Allen is good at managing the cap...and thats nice, but don't we already do a masterful job of managing the cap every year?

We need talent evaluators. And good ones.

[Fan035]

Also toward the end of the article, it says Gibbs convinced Shanahan that Snyder would stay in the background and let Shanahan run the organization.

[Tochenzo]

It'll be interesting to see how this plays out. The end of the article notes that Allen is good at managing the cap...and thats nice, but don't we already do a masterful job of managing the cap every year?

We need talent evaluators. And good ones.

I don't think signing Haynesworth to a $100 million deal was good cap management

[authentic]

the Washington Redskins' new head coach and executive vice president of football operations: a man so obsessed with detail that he draws plays on napkins even when dining out.

wow :rubeyes:

[Spaceman Spiff]

I don't think signing Haynesworth to a $100 million deal was good cap management

Me either.

But hey, we're somehow under it :saber:

[stat2883]

Just my opinion - being under the cap doesn't necessarily mean we're managing it responsibly. We're too top heavy and lack depth across the board.

In other news, I'm of the "cautiously optimistic" people in regards to Shanahan.

[ibarramedia]

That is a great article. And it makes a lot of sense. I mean of course you will remake the team in your image and not in the image of someone like Bill Belichick or Jim Caldwell.

[Duckus]

He is going to find a weakness and his whole mind-set will be to attack that weakness relentlessly," Brewster said. "It's a chess match and Mike wants to see how you will adjust to what you see. He's great at keeping something he learned in the first quarter all the way until the fourth quarter when he can use it. And it will be lethal.

Love this paragraph.

[Atlass]

"I think Pat Bowlen wanted his team back," said one league executive, who asked not to be identified because he will have to maintain a relationship with Shanahan.

The surprise for Shanahan, friends and associates around the NFL say, is that the coach believed he was on the verge of greatness with the Broncos again, that the long search for the next Elway had finally been resolved with quarterback Jay Cutler.

Several times he told people, "I have my Super Bowl offense. All we have to do is fix up the defense."

Instead of the Super Bowl, however, Shanahan was gone.

That is exactly how I felt when Shanny was fired. He was on the verge of greatness again.

That was a pretty great article.

[Fan035]

Imagine thinking he's on the verge of greatness and getting fired instead. This is a coach who has something to prove and hopefully we'll provide him with that opportunity.

[cphil006]

57 years old? How much time will he need?

[Atlass]

57 years old? How much time will he need?

for a SB? 3 years. Playoffs in year 2.

[Brotherz]

57 years old? How much time will he need?

He will need 3 years.

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You heard it here first. Hail!

[Redskins Anonymous]

Before the induction, I walked down towards the stage in Canton when Monk and Darrell got in. I didn't really see anything except a bunch of people in suits that looked like family members. I realized I needed to turn around and get back to my seat as I felt out of place in my Monk jersey. When I turned around I almost ran over this guy that looked just like Shanny. I didn't care who it was, I felt like a jackass for bumping into him. I apologized and the dude was polite and said it was okay. But he gave me this dojo feeling in my head like, "You MORON; WATCH WHERE THE **** YOU'RE GOING!" I always wondered if it was who I suspected. The sticking point was that he was way shorter than me, and I didn't believe it was him as I am not exactly Minut Bol. Thanks to this article, I now KNOW IT WAS HIM. That weekend just keeps getting cooler and cooler...