per ESPN 980 facebook - Lou Spanos is going to be hired as the defensive coordinator at UCLA.

[c4man5282]

ESPN 980

The LA Times is reporting that Redskins linebackers coach Lou Spanos is going to be hired as the defensive coordinator at UCLA.

https://www.facebook.com/espnradio980/posts/10150480265616691

[Truant]

Congrats to him. LB is probably our best core, top to bottom. Even that rookie from FSU looked good in the preseason. Deserves a lot of credit and recognition for working with Riley, Kerrigan, and Rak. Taking two college DEs and making them solid OLBs this early in their careers... pretty nice.

Fletch... eh... he'd be a beast no matter who coached him up.

Good luck, Lou.

[terpskins10]

Aghhh that sucks. I was hoping he'd stay on and eventually become OUR DC.

Good luck, Lou!

[JohnnyUtah]

Man, that sucks, but only b/c I wanted to keep him here. Best of luck, Lou. You'll be missed, but hopefully not that much.

[HapHaszard]

Short article on this posted in Bubbas Redskins Breaking News Section

[Conn]

Nooooo. I really loved him on this staff. Wanted him to be our DC some day, possibly. But, this is what happens when you are successful! Congrats to him.

[atlSkinfan]

Congrats Lou. Maybe you will be the gift that keeps on giving by helping us scout out some possible gems from the Bruins for years to come. (smile)

[TSO]

Nooooooooo!! He was our best assistant coach on defense... oh well, congrats Lou you traitor! :pfft:

[cfm56]

I wonder if they would consider bringing back Greg Manusky. He was our LB coach back in 2001. Are you in favor of retread position coaches???

[Sweet Sassy Molassy]

Question becomes who will replace him?

I've seen Rick Venturi and heard mention of one of the Titan's D coaches being possible candidates. Don't know what the legitimacy of those claims are.

[HigSkin]

They outta just let Fletch be a player-coach.

[Dirt]

Hm, as excited we are about Morris working with DBs, and hoping there is a noticeable difference next year....let's hope there isn't that inverse effect on our LBs. I happen to think London Fletcher himself would refuse to let any sort of drop in LB production happen. no matter who Lou's replacement is.

[MartinC]

Big loss - he did a great job converting Kerrigan and the 'backers were a strength in our defense.

Be interesting to see who we replace him with - needs to be a 3-4 guy.

[RWJ]

Wonder if Kirk Olivadotti gets promoted to LB coach?

[oscarsandman]

Aw man, I'm going to miss seeing Lou yelling and gesturing from the sidelines.

Congrats Lou!

[Santana_89]

This sucks!

I'm happy for Lou and his family. I wish them well.

We better get somebody damn good to replace him.

[The Tris]

Wonder if Kirk Olivadotti gets promoted to LB coach?

We'd have to first rehire him...

[RWJ]

We'd have to first rehire him...

My bad. We lost him last year. The question remains who then.

[Hitman21ST]

Any word on whether we'll be promoting internally or looking outside?

I wouldn't mind looking to the Steelers, Texans, Broncos, or 49ers for someone from their staff...

[Leonard Washington]

Looooou! :wave:

Congrats to him. He'll be missed.

[GWinSkins83]

Atleast we know what school to get our 3-4 LBs from. Or should I say Defensive players from. They will already know our scheme.

[authentic]

Ain't this a ________!!! this is one coach i didn't want to lose. *Sigh*, anyway i wish him all the best. I wonder who will coach them .

[CoolHandLuke]

Terrible news for us. Unless he comes back to replace Haslett when Kyle takes over as HC.

[authentic]

Insider The Insider

MikeJonesWaPo: #Redskins likely to promote from w/in to replace Spanos, according to a source. Haslett works closely w LBs as is

---------- Post added January-17th-2012 at 06:59 PM ----------

ESPN 980

A name to keep in mind - for #Redskins LB Coach to replace Lou Spanos could be Rick Venturi who is currently working for ESPN 101/St. Louis, but was Jim Haslett's Defensive Coordinator w/ #Saints & also a high level assistant with Haslett w/ #Rams. They have a great relationship.

[SWFLSkins]

They outta just let Fletch be a player-coach.

He'd spend all his time yelling and miss out on some of those tackles. hahaha