SPare Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 Do we want the coach to step in and become successful right away, or are we prepared to allow for a season of 7-9 or 8-8? The answer to that question matters, because it will shape the requirements for what kind of coach the skins hire. To get one to be successful right away, there are a few things: 1. You generally want to have seen success elsewhere, likely at the NFL head coach level. 2. You want to ensure that his systems fit the players that we already have (particularly important for an offensive minded coach) 3. He comes with a crew of assistants that have shown success elsewhere. If you're prepared to wait a year, then the kind of My inclination is that if you're prepared to wait a year, you run more risks, and potentially more rewards.... but, we will all have to live through another season of crap like the past 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsThug Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 However the new HC is, he has to have the power to recruit, bench or cut players as he sees fit. Players have to know who is in charge. No more of lil danny's Bruce Smith cr@p. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 I agree with skins thugs analysis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsblitz Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 Two things... 1) Bring in some discipline. 2) WIN!! Make that 3 things... and 3) Someone to smack Danny and Vinny around when they get out of hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 Give me a coach who can produce a winning record in 2004 and more importantly, a winning record in the NFC East. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W. Unseld Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 What worries me about the names getting thrown around by the Washington Post is none of them are really disciplinarians, this team really, really needs discipline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Die Hard Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 Myself, I side with "patience". I don't need to see immediate results... I just need to see progress towards an end (ie. wins and identity). If a new coach needs to cut some of the deadwood to steer the franchise into the right direction - even at the expense of letting talented player walk (though not stupidly... for draft picks of course) - then I'm prepared to wait a few seasons. But let's not kid ourselves. Any coach worth his salt should be able to get this team 6-7 wins with his eyes closed - with the present talent on hand. If the new coach makes some cuts - much like Marty did - I'm prepared to take a step backwards before we go forwards. That's the way I've always been with new coaches and implementing new football programs. Always takes a few years.... but moving forward and progress should clearly be evident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redblazer00 Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 Part of that discipline comes from assistants as well as Head Coach! Almost every coach on Spurrier's staff was a player friendly coach that can't work. We can have a player friendly type head coach and a ball buster lineup on assistants! Work these pukes into the ground and make them where pads for goodness sakes. This isn't pee wee football its the NFL! Spurrier and his whole staff was to easy going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TD_washingtonredskins Posted December 31, 2003 Share Posted December 31, 2003 2. You want to ensure that his systems fit the players that we already have (particularly important for an offensive minded coach) See this is something that bothers me. I think a coach should come into a situation and THEN see what system he will run. When did coaches become experts in just one type of offense or defense?? I want a coach that'll play each game the way it needs to be played to win. I'm sick of our coaches restructuring our personnel to fit their system... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPare Posted January 1, 2004 Author Share Posted January 1, 2004 speedwagon - that's not the way it works. Say you own a restaurant, and you hire a chef. This chef is a graduate of the Cordon Bleu cooking school, and has worked in the finest French restaurants in the city. Problem is, you have an asian place. Might work out, cuz the guy's skills may be up to it, but it's risky, simply because that's not the guy's specialty. AND, more importantly, you're not paying a guy top dollar to do something that he doesn't like to do. Now, if you figure that the French chef is the best thing for your restaurant, perhaps you allow a year or two to go by and allow your restaurant to become some sort of fusion thing, but the point is (and it carries over to the football analogy) you've taken that year or two to find the sweet spot between your guy's specialty, and the kind of restaurant you've already got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kameuh Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 Under New Management! Yes the Cajun cook is under new management.. Time to serve up some spicey southen LA fixins.. cause thats what our chef prepares! ahem :40oz: This isnt an expansion team.. the coach must conform to the majority of the current redskins roster(calls the game to the players strengths) or this will never work as 52 players cannot be replaced in a year, even with the dans wallet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinMac Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 An Asian restaurant and a French or Greek restaurant are entirely different things. You don't go to an Asian restaurant expecting to get the same thing you get a steak house. You DO go into a football game with everyone expecting the same thing: victory. The greatest coaches of all time, at all levels in all sports, have been able to adapt their style to that of the players. That is EXACTLY what Joe Gibbs did, and no one would dare tell him "that's not the way it works." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeSkin Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 I had a killer steak at Logan's Road House tonight. It was tender but not too tender. You know what I mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuckinIA Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 DISCIPLINE! and oral hygeine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 I want a coach with a juggernaut mentality. Give me a coach who demands the highest from all three phases of the game. Give me a coach who will make the final decision on who he puts on the field. Give me a coach who will be accountable to his players and the rest of the coaching staff. Finally, give me a coach who demands that the little things get done everyday. And that they get done right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn X Posted January 1, 2004 Share Posted January 1, 2004 I want a coach who's smart, disciplined, and not overly tendentious. End of story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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