Moving Towards our Future Front Office and Coaching Hires. All the Way to the Water Boy - Adam Peters Hired as GM! The Mighty Quinn is HC Kliff Kingsbury as OC. Joe Whitt jr at DC.

[Bantu]

17 minutes ago, KDawg said:

 

Well, the Penix mightier than the sword. 

[Andre The Giant]

 

[Skinsinparadise]

 

 

[MartinC]

25 minutes ago, KDawg said:

 

Well, the Penix mightier than the sword. 

 

I was going to say you're better than this - but then I thought about it ... 🙂

[KDawg]

Just now, MartinC said:

 

I was going to say you're better than this - but then I thought about it ... 🙂

Listen, if you can't have a little juvenile fun when names like Peters, Johnson and Penix are around at the same time, when can you?

 

Besides, after Rufus told me I was having a 3/4 life crisis at 39 years old I think I'm having some sort of life crisis now.

 

I blame him, actually.

[goskins10]

Just say no to BB!!  Start fresh all the way around!  There is a lot of data that BB is only as good as Tom Brady made him, 

 

Record with Tom Brady - 219 - 64

Record without Brady - 80 - 93  

 

Yes, his Ds helped those early SBs. But it was clear that while both had input, Tom Brady was more important to thier success than BB was. 

 

Also, I really am just more intereested in seeing someone fresh and with something to prove. Not to mention someone that's not in their 70s! 

 

[Voice_of_Reason]

2 hours ago, 88Comrade2000 said:

VOR, looks like you’ll be 1-1 on coaching changes. Right about Chicago but if Adam S. Is right, New England will have an opening.

Yep.  I guessed wrong on New England.  

[Riggo#44]

32 minutes ago, Skinsinparadise said:

 

You are really hung up on Penix.  It took me awhile to digest why but it finally penetrated. 

IT was a bit hard to swallow wasn't it?

[KDawg]

Just now, Riggo#44 said:

IT was a bit hard to swallow wasn't it?

 

As much fun as this is, for my own sake and all of yours, I hope this phase passes quickly

[RVAskins]

3 minutes ago, goskins10 said:

Just say no to BB!!  Start fresh all the way around!  There is a lot of data that BB is only as good as Tom Brady made him, 

 

Record with Tom Brady - 219 - 64

Record without Brady - 80 - 93  

 

Yes, his Ds helped those early SBs. But it was clear that while both had input, Tom Brady was more important to thier success than BB was. 

 

Also, I really am just more intereested in seeing someone fresh and with something to prove. Not to mention someone that's not in their 70s! 

 

Just imagine BB record if he still had Drew Bledsoe and not Tom Brady.

Just now, KDawg said:

 

As much fun as this is, for my own sake and all of yours, I hope this phase passes quickly

I'm sure it will be over in a matter of minutes.

[Voice_of_Reason]

1 hour ago, HTTRDynasty said:

 

That's a damn fine arm for a guy in his 70's.

 

Better than Hallock's arm by 10 miles for sure.  If we had only known Pete could sling it, we should have traded for him 2 years ago: Heinicke for Carroll straight up.  Heiny Heiny could coach the seahawks and Carroll could play QB for us.  We would have won more games and would have been on the winning end of that trade by a mile.  

[Riggo#44]

Just now, KDawg said:

I hope this phase passes quickly

So does my wife--11 years later, she's still waiting.

[Voice_of_Reason]

11 minutes ago, KDawg said:

Listen, if you can't have a little juvenile fun when names like Peters, Johnson and Penix are around at the same time, when can you?

 

Besides, after Rufus told me I was having a 3/4 life crisis at 39 years old I think I'm having some sort of life crisis now.

 

I blame him, actually.

Blaming @Rufus T Firefly is always a solid play in my experience.  

 

You're 39?  Damn.  I did seriously think you were older and wiser.  Well, at least older. 

 

[Skinsinparadise]

 

 

[KDawg]

Just now, Voice_of_Reason said:

Blaming @Rufus T Firefly is always a solid play in my experience.  

 

You're 39?  Damn.  I did seriously think you were older and wiser.  Well, at least older. 

 

yessir.

 

Been posting here since I was 18. I'm a cagey vet.

[Commander PK]

19 minutes ago, KDawg said:

Listen, if you can't have a little juvenile fun when names like Peters, Johnson and Penix are around at the same time, when can you?

Agreed

 

 

[Skinsinparadise]

 

 

[Voice_of_Reason]

Ok, after guessing wrong on the Pats, here are my guesses:

 

- Commanders: Ben Johnson who's going to aggravate me by running the ball too much.  If they win, I'll get over it.  If they lose, it's going to drive me insane. But I will approve of the hire and he's probably the best candidate on the board.

 

- Seahawks: Dan Quinn.  Connections and I don't think the Seahawks would have fired Carroll without having a plan. One fly in the ointment possibly is Quinn might be salty the Seahawks fired Carroll and might not take the call. 

 

- Patriots: Vrabel.  I don't think the Patriots would have moved on from Bill without having a plan in place.  NOTE: Bill leaving also opens a HOFO/GM role in New England, so will be interested to see what they do there. One possible fly in the ointment might be Vrabel might be salty Kraft fired Bill and not take the phone call.  

 

- Panthers: Belichick.  Tepper is going to do what Snyder did in 2004.  Throw a lot of money at a HOF coach to help him turn his reputation around.  The other option is Harbaugh, with the same type of reasoning.  But I'm putting Harbaugh in....

 

- San Diego: Jim Harbaugh.  He'll want to go where there is a QB, and that's San Diego.  

 

- Tennessee: Bobby Slowik.  They're going to want to go with an offensive guy after having a defensive guy. They have a second round QB who looks like he could be something, get the coach who helped Stroud.  

 

- Atlanta: Mike Macdonald. I think he's going to get a job.  The question is where.  I think he'll get either Tennessee or Atlanta.  But I think both teams are going to flip the side of the ball they had before: Atlanta had an offensive coach, so they'll go defensive minded, and Tennessee had a defensive guy, so they'll go offense.  

 

Honorable Mention: Frank Reich is going to be the OC in Chicago.  

 

Those are my guesses as of now.  

 

And Florio can shove it up his ass sideways with the Belichick to DC rumors he is making up.  Why anybody gives that ass hat the time of day is beyond me.  

 

[Voice_of_Reason]

9 minutes ago, KDawg said:

yessir.

 

Been posting here since I was 18. I'm a cagey vet.

I'd say wise beyond your years.  But ...  are you?  Unclear.  

 

3 minutes ago, Commander PK said:

Agreed

 

 

I have always found this picture both funny and extraordinarily disturbing.  

[Commander PK]

3 minutes ago, Voice_of_Reason said:

And Florio can shove it up his ass sideways with the Belichick to DC rumors he is making up.  Why anybody gives that ass hat the time of day is beyond me.  

 

With Snyder still in place it would be absolutely believable, but Snyder is gone.
 

Somebody must have forgot to tell Florio.

 

A Bellichick hiring doesn’t seem to fit the larger vision of what Josh and co. are trying to accomplish here.  

1 minute ago, Voice_of_Reason said:

I have always found this picture both funny and extraordinarily disturbing.  

Me also lol 

The shock the first time I saw the movie was palpable.  

[HigSkin]

 

 

Earlier this week, a handful of Chiefs fan blogs speculated on whether Kansas City could bring back Eric Bieniemy to fix the team’s stagnant offense for a playoff run.

 

That’s not going to happen, but it speaks to the level of esteem in which the veteran coach is held in Kansas City. It’s a love he never felt in Washington.

 

Bieniemy called the plays for the Commanders this season after taking over an offense that, while it finished 24th in the league in 2022, seemed poised to take off under proper leadership.

 

Instead, this year’s Commanders finished 25th in the league in points scored, failed to make a leap forward, and have now left Bieniemy in limbo just a year after buzz was building that he would be an NFL head coach soon.

 

Bieniemy’s hard-charging style never played well in the Commanders locker room, as veteran players bristled when he changed the schedule, demanding more of the team. Head coach Ron Rivera aired those concerns openly during training camp, later apologizing for creating a distraction and backing Bieniemy’s style.

 

Still, as the year ended, opinions were lukewarm at best among the team’s longtime players.

 

“I might be the only one to say it, but I think we had our ups and downs,” tight end Logan Thomas said. “We had some good, we had some bad. It’s one of those things where something new comes in after you’ve been used to something else for a couple years and sometimes you can bang heads. But I respect him for coming to work every day and being the same person every day. If you have a person who comes in and can be the same person, you can get on board with that.”

 

The culture clash is one reason new owner Josh Harris has instituted a sweeping evaluation of the building as he works to build his team moving forward.

 

Harris said Monday that Bieniemy would be approached as part of the coaching search, but made no commitments beyond that.

“I’ve enjoyed working with Eric, and obviously he’s had success over the years,” Harris said.

 

Offensive lineman Andrew Wylie followed Bieniemy from Kansas City, and lauded Bieniemy for not changing even as the environment around him did.

 

“He stayed to his guns this year,” Wylie said. “He didn’t change. EB has stayed the same coach that I’ve known for the last 5 years, and I commend him for that and I respect the hell out of him for that. I owe him so much in my life and my career, so I respect the hell out of him for not changing who he is, not changing his coaching style, and I don’t think he ever will.”

 

But Sam Cosmi, the team’s right tackle who was arguably the Commanders’ best offensive lineman this year, said the team lacked offensive balance.

 

At one point, quarterback Sam Howell led the league in attempts, even as the team had a losing record.

 

“I wanted to run the ball more,” Cosmi said. “And I felt like it was nothing but dropback passes. So, I just wanted to be more balanced, to be completely honest with you. Just run the rock, please. That’s all I would have to say with that.”

 

Where Bieniemy goes from here is somewhat unknown. It’s unlikely he has done enough to land a head coaching position, though all it takes is one team to hire him for that role. He could also chase one of the prominent offensive coordinator jobs, like Chicago or Seattle, and use success there to cleanse the memories of his time in Washington.

 

Regardless of which direction he goes, it’s unlikely that his time in Washington will be remembered as the career launcher it was initially hoped to be.

 

“I know it’s been a challenge because I’ve probably gotten more phone calls and more text messages than I ever have in the past 10 years,” Bieniemy said. “You try not to internalize it. It’s tough because when you are a competitor, you always want to win regardless.”

 

Edited January 11 by HigSkin

[FrFan]

54 minutes ago, NoVaSkins21 said:

I'm surprised that Florio's site hasn't exploded yet with the BB to Washington rumors

This is his last piece 🤮

By Mike Florio

Published January 11, 2024 09:51 AM

"I’ve been told (and stand by completely) that Commanders owner Josh Harris is enamored with the idea of Belichick coaching the team, but not necessarily running the operations."

In terms of ridicule he won't stop at nothing

 

Edited January 11 by FrFan

[Die Hard]

16 minutes ago, Voice_of_Reason said:

I have always found this picture extraordinarily titillating.  

 

[kingdaddy]

10 minutes ago, Voice_of_Reason said:

Yep.  I guessed wrong on New England.  

And speculation is getting louder in Philly over Nick Sirianni's future if the Eagles lose to Tampa on Monday night. The question would be "who can Howie get that he can control" if he replaces the controllable Nick Sirianni? Roseman's hands are in everything in Philly and his fingerprints are all over their implosion. I also heard another juicy tidbit yesterday; watch out in Buffalo if somehow the Steelers beat the Bills this weekend. Someone will have to pay if the Bills lose. 

[Chris 44]

16 minutes ago, HigSkin said:

 

 

 

 

 But I respect him for coming to work every day and being the same person every day. If you have a person who comes in and can be the same person, you can get on board with that.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"But I respect him for coming to work every day and being the same person every day. If you have a person who comes in and can be the same person, you can get on board with that.”

LOL, hardly a ringing endorsement, I drag my ass in to work everyday and Im also still the same person. My boss needs to get on board with that and give me a raise.