E-Dog Night Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Good read on Kyle Shanahan. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/27/AR2010032702288.html Redskins' Kyle Shanahan has grown out of his father's shadow By Rick Maese Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, March 28, 2010 Since he stood just a few footballs high, the name that stretched across the back of Kyle Shanahan's jersey has carried considerable weight. His father, Mike Shanahan, was the popular coach of the Denver Broncos, which focused as much attention on Kyle as anything he accomplished with his athletic ability. "I've had it my whole life," he says. "If I was the starting quarterback on my Pop Warner team, I was told it was because of my dad." It's difficult to outgrow expectations sometimes. Years removed from the youth fields around Denver, Kyle learned even more about pressure to perform when he followed his father into the NFL's coaching ranks. "I think any time a coach's kid gets in the profession, he's always going to be scrutinized a little tougher. It goes with the job," Mike Shanahan said. "Is he a worker? Does he know what he's talking about? Did he get the job just because he has a so-called name with the head coach?" Kyle, 30, answered many of those questions last season, when he directed the NFL's top-ranked passing attack last season in Houston. But he knows that this fall in Washington, in his first season coaching under his father, he'll have a whole new set of skeptics to convert. "I've always had a chip on my shoulder with that," Kyle says of his famous last name. "I would never act like it's been a hindrance. It's gotten me in a lot of doors." With Mike Shanahan working long hours -- first as an assistant coach in Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco and then as a head coach with the Broncos -- quality father-son time often came at the office. When a teenage Kyle was a fledging player, he lifted weights at the Broncos' facility after school, he drew up plays, he ran routes with Broncos receivers. Clink Link for rest of article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrifNick21 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Good story. Thanks for posting. I think I'm more excited about Kyle than I am Mike, honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunClintonRun26 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 How can you not get excited for the future of this team? We seriously have arguably the best young offensive mind in football on our staff . . . and hopefully we can keep him around for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zzj Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 good read, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikbug Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 What a great read. I'm reading it and totally forgetting this is one of our new coaches. Drinking madd koolaid right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KennyKhaos Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 That was a really good read. It heightened my interest is seeing what type of offense we'll run here. A Texans style passing game combined with the best of Shannahan's Denver running game would be a dream come true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theivorhick Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 GREAT READ!! I'm getting excited about possibly having a legit offense. Why can't football season be closer... I HATE waiting out the spring and early summer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiro Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 I hope we never let him leave Redskins Park. Kyle Shanahan may be the worst kept secret in the league, and could be a hot commodity in a year or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus87 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Kyle is easily the best assistant hire on the entire staff. Between Mike, Kyle, and Bobby Turner, I think this is the best offensive coaching staff we've had since the 80s. I just wish we had been able to hire Alex Gibbs too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsHokieFan Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 You gotta like a guy who realizes what opportunities his name gave him, but then took advantage of all those opportunities. Football is a young man's game now, especially in coaching, and having a young sharp mind is going to pay some serious dividends on offense. We may actually see our O staff outcoach another D staff. When was the last time we truly saw that happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobisimo Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 How can you not get excited for the future of this team? We seriously have arguably the best young offensive mind in football on our staff . . . and hopefully we can keep him around for years. Exactly! My greatest concern is that Mike is so happy to continue coaching that Kyle leaves for another team and his own opportunity to be the HC. Hopefully working with his father, and a bunch of big raises from Snyder, is enough to keep Kyle around until Mike wants to hand the reigns over to his son. And then hopefully Kyle has similar success and can stay around as HC for 20+ years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 a buddy sent me a couple of game rips from last season of the houston texans. He told me that texan fans were really pissed that kyle left, His offenses never looked the same game to game, he always liked to switch it up so other coordinators didn't get a read on what he is doing. I'm excited just because the redskins might look like a decent team for once. If you guys have a chance take a look at the texans playing the Colts Nov. 29 and the Cards on Oct. 11 from last season. I know they lost both of them but just look at how they played. I like how kyle changes his offenses depending on the opponent. Most Head coaches stick to there game plans but I like how Kyle wasn't scared of going head to head with those two teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s0crates Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Though father and son will work together closely on game plans, Kyle will call the offensive plays, and the Redskins' offense could be more of a hybrid of what Mike Shanahan ran in Denver and what Kyle used in Houston. Now that is something I'd be interested in seeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheItalianStallion Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 I have a feeling Mike is just a fairly temporary hire, and that Kyle will take the reigns himself in, say, 4 years. Course, we really shouldn't get ahead of ourselves, as this won't happen if the O doesn't turn around. However everything I've heard indicates that it will improve by at least a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kindred Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Pretty sure Mike is doing things the right way in grooming his son on how to be a head coach, and setting up a franchise the right way for him to eventually take over...As opposed to getting thrown into a mess like zorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoPro Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Nice read! Thanks for posting! I think we are building one of the best coaching staffs, and team, in the league!!! Hail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyndorf25 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 I'm not going to kid myself and say that the Skins will be in the playoffs this year. However, with the GM and coaching staff now in place, I feel confident that the Skins will finally right this ship and build a consistent winning team for a number of years. I haven't felt that way since I first heard that Gibbs was coming back out of retirement. Somehow this does feel different though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewCliche21 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Kyle is the best pick up that we've gotten since London Fletcher. We'll have Mike for a few years and then hopefully Kyle for a few decades. A quarter-century of a Redskins dynasty is coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSheets Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 I'm excited just because the redskins might look like a decent team for once. If you guys have a chance take a look at the texans playing the Colts Nov. 29 and the Cards on Oct. 11 from last season. I know they lost both of them but just look at how they played. I like how kyle changes his offenses depending on the opponent. Most Head coaches stick to there game plans but I like how Kyle wasn't scared of going head to head with those two teams. What a blessing for all of our current and future QBs. It's time to bring the offensive firepower and to punish opposing defenses for a change. I also look forward to the unpredictable play calling, keeps the defenses honest and the fans in their seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Diesel Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 You guys are getting way ahead of yourselves. Assuming continued success as a coordinator in DC, Kyle will be offered a head coaching position well before his father is ready to retire. He's not going to be the next Redskins head coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
authentic Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 I can't wait to play the Giants. for the past few years they have been walking all over us. Now its time to place a firm foot up thier rear ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Jones Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 You guys are getting way ahead of yourselves. Assuming continued success as a coordinator in DC, Kyle will be offered a head coaching position well before his father is ready to retire. He's not going to be the next Redskins head coach. Ahead, heck, we still need to start. All those accolades won by our coaches didn't win them any SB's recently. First, they have to obtain the talent, then they can coach the new talent. That was Shanny's biggest problem, and our own Gibbs II's biggest problem, bringing in the talent to win football games and go to the playoffs and win in the playoffs. That said, nice to see we are finally going to have some game plans that work and play calls that the defense won't be able to predict. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashburn Dave Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 The sky is the limit with an upgraded OL and a QB that can see the whole field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewCliche21 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 You guys are getting way ahead of yourselves. Assuming continued success as a coordinator in DC, Kyle will be offered a head coaching position well before his father is ready to retire. He's not going to be the next Redskins head coach. That's in the back of my head, but he'll be 35 when his father retires. A head coach any younger is going to be difficult to imagine. Also, he will have installed everything that has to do with the Redskins offense by the time his dad is gone. Why not take over? It's not like he doesn't already have his fingerprints all over the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Good article. Nice how Shanahan let his son cut his teeth with other NFL franchises before finally allowing him on staff this year I look forward to this season and the offense that is unleashed on the NFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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