Shanahan Wants to Move Training Camp Away from DC Area

[C26 Run]

As the way it should be. :helmet:

[nace14]

come back to me redskins...come back...the gman is calling....

[jeremynt]

Yes, I'd like the back to Frostburg State scenario. That would be my back yard. And we have no beaches here, trust me.

[DarrellsMyHero28]

Blacksburg VA.

Got the facilities and everything down there. Perfect college town

Actually has better facilities in some respects than Redskins Park does.

And Danny would have to pay us :evilg:

[DButz65]

well how 'bout it? I mean lets not kid our selves, staying in ashburn 15 mins from D.C., with the opportunity to go home to wifey at night, doesn't constitute as 'camp'. It sounds more like 'cream puff'.

Ashburn is 15 mins from DC?? yeeeeaaaa ok, maybe in a helicopter

[bnewbs]

Yes, I'd like the back to Frostburg State scenario. That would be my back yard. And we have no beaches here, trust me.

Yup, biggest distraction there would be Dan's Rock LMAO....or the LaVale Mall....double lmao

[SkinsTerps26]

take them to minnesota, western carolina/pa/md

somewhere with no distractions and away from ashburn

[justice98]

I think where they hold training camp has next to nothing to do with why this particular team has sucked for so long. Get better players and you can hold training camp on the moon.

[BTBIRD 227]

Skins need to get back to their roots, Carlisle is a good place to bring back Redskin tradition. Hail:logo:

[skinfan133]

To join the chorus of folks offering their property up for camp, my backyard is perfect! well maybe it is a bit small, and perhaps it is in Ashburn also...

I know! They could hold camp on the parade deck at VMI, lots of open space there, and we wouldn't have to do parades

[OuterBanksTarHeel]

From '97 Broncos America's Game ("Training Camp"):

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-americas-game/09000d5d80091948/America-s-Game-1997-Broncos

^Good vid to get an idea of Shanahan's approach to TC

[jfr3ek]

please come to VA BEACH!!! we have an excellent facility you can use right down the street from my house! PPPLLLEEEAASSSEEE!!!

[Area51]

I was hoping they would do this. After Zorn letting most of our veteran players go home every night this past camp, I thought it was a good move from the player comments.

Later on, watching ESPN's "Mort goes to camp," he went to the Colts' camp, where they were in the middle of nowhere, confined in a small area. Whenever Peyton started talking about how much he enjoyed sharing a dorm room with Dallas Clark, and how "going away" for camp helped the team come together, etc.,...I realized that Zorn ****ed up.

Side note: gotta give DeAngelo some credit for staying @ redskins park with the younger players than going home. At the very least, he understood the importance of it.

[skinsfan44]

I would love to see TC moved back to where it belongs.

Carlisle, PA.

[bubba9497]

Blacksburg VA.

Got the facilities and everything down there. Perfect college town

:secret: uh, what about the Hokies?

[Chris0894]

From '97 Broncos America's Game ("Training Camp"):

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-americas-game/09000d5d80091948/America-s-Game-1997-Broncos

^Good vid to get an idea of Shanahan's approach to TC

WoW that vid got me all excited and now hes got 12 more years of experience!!!

[Stugein]

University of Delaware imo.

[Tastes Like Chicken]

I'm all for going back to Carlisle. I had some awesome road trips with my Dad as a kid.

Much different feel from what goes on in Ashburn. Much better, IMO.

[Vooskin]

Va Beach please.

[S.T.real,lights,out]

Yeah, dont recall him saying that. I hope he does. I think it would be good for the team.

[Super Bowl XVII]

come back to me redskins...come back...the gman is calling....

LOL...The Gman might be a bigger distraction. I think a few Hotchee Dogs at the Hamilton would do the trick. Does anyone have any idea if they were to move training camp when it would be announced to the public?

[DGREENHULK]

Remember the Titans anyone?

Shanny is going to take a page out of Coach Boones playbook...get them away from the comforts of home and toughn them up so to speak

[Raub]

I live about 5 minutes from Dickinson, that would be sweet. :helmet:

[BryanS]

if the OP is referencing what Shanahan said in his pc, he needs to fix the title b/c that's not what he said

and......the quote is right in the pinned thread at the top of the page:

On his philosophy on having training camp at the team facility or going to an outside location:

“Well, I’ve done it both ways. I’ve had more success going outside because the Super Bowls that I’ve gone to, the championship teams I’ve been with, most of the time we went out to camp. In Denver, for a number of years, we were at the facility. I kind of enjoy going away if you can get the right environment. You’ve got to have the right fields, the right facility, the right meeting rooms and if that’s possible, I would like to go to a camp. But I’m not sure that that’s possible because you’ve got to have a quality field and you’ve got to be able to have meeting rooms. We’ll look into that and do the best thing for the Redskins.”

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/football/nfl/01/06/shanahan.ap/index.html

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Things will surely be different under Shanahan. He said he'd prefer to move training camp away from the area, something the Redskins haven't done since 2003. He said he won't tolerate the kind of public bickering that surfaced in recent weeks from players such as

Albert Haynesworth and Clinton Portis. The roster includes major questions at offensive line, quarterback, running back and defensive back."

[ragintd]

Here is hoping they come back to Carlisle! That's an old Redskins tradition I would love to see come back!

:point2sky

Here is hoping they move it to Virginia Beach.