Mark Maske on 980 today...

Personally I'm not buying it but we'll see.

What would the Patriots do with Springs?

Replace Samuel if they don't want to pay him.

And the Patriots comment was my idea, Maske did not say anything about Springs going to a specific team. I used the Pats since they tend to get veterans at discounted prices.

Win football games.

Totally.
I think he stays, and we get a corner in the offseason to supplement. Take a chance on his health in 2007. Look at another one possibly for 2008.

Replace Samuel if they don't want to pay him.

And the Patriots comment was my idea, Maske did not say anything about Springs going to a specific team. I used the Pats since they tend to get veterans at discounted prices.


Getting Vets at Discounted prices - Vinny Cerrato are you listening/taking notes? Vinny - stop overpaying for overhyped vets and start doing what the Pats do and pick up Vets at lower prices and what happens - you most likely start winning.

So now Vinny is writing the checks?

:doh:

So now Vinny is writing the checks?

:doh:

My bad - I should also add Gibbs and Synder but I said Cerrato because his title is VP Player Personnel.

Personnaly I never like Vinny Cerrato - he ruined the 49ers and now he is part of what plagues the Redskins. I know I have gone on before about how the team needs a true GM, but I don't want to get into another Babero discussion here.

Matty you don't support Vinny do you?

What is a true GM?

My bad - I should also add Gibbs and Synder but I said Cerrato because his title is VP Player Personnel.

Personnaly I never like Vinny Cerrato - he ruined the 49ers and now he is part of what plagues the Redskins. I know I have gone on before about how the team needs a true GM, but I don't want to get into another Babero discussion here.

Matty you don't support Vinny do you?

I don't support Vinny but in the grand scheme of things he's the least of our worries and I think he gets bashed for no reason at times.

What is a true GM?

I would say the being a true GM is a decsion maker who is not the coach - I believe that being a coach/GM like Gibbs is creates conflict and often forces the decision making too much to the short term side. The Skins have traded away too many draft picks to "win now" and as a result our depth and long term viability will be hurt.

Mike Holmgren was a coach GM and it did not work there until he relinquished this responsilbities. I do not know of many football teams where the coach/GM approach has won - please tell me a team that has won the Super Bowl that uses this approach?

Mike Shanahan? For all intents and purposes Andy Reid has been (at least until this year) the Coach/GM and he at least made the Super Bowl. I'm sure there might be others.

I just think "We need a GM" is such an open-ended statement