JLC: The HC Horserace

My vote goes to Meeks, not because I actually thought Snyder would hire him, but because I feel he has the potential to be a good HC.

Considering the way this coaching staff has been put together, it would be difficult for me accept any concept other than it was Snyder's every intention to hire Jim Fassel from the very beginning. I believe Fassel was on board with Zorn, and Blache after the deal for Ryan fell through.

After witnessing the backlash to Fassel from the Redskin nation because of the overwhelming support for Williams, somewhere, it was leaked that Williams had made some derogatory coments about Gibbs, in an atempt to subdue the support for Williams.

Snyder then proceeded to expand his search to other prospective candidates while public opinion chilled. I believe it is his intention to use this [so called, expanded search] to interview other candidates so in the end he'll be able to say, we've exhausted our search, interviewed numerous candidates extensively, and have come to the conclusion that Jim Fassel is the best candidate to lead the Redskins into the future. I hope I'm wrong, but I honestly believe that Fassel was Snyder's man all along. I believe this simply because of where Fassel was in the interview process when the remainder of the staff was agreed upon.

The sad thing is that you are probably right. I would much rather have Mariucci, Meeks, Schwartz or Spagnuolo than Fossil.

You know who else would've been a retread? Yeah...exactly, he's interviewing for the Jags D-Coordinator job now. Just sayin'

I'm worried that Steve Mariucci has too many syllables in his last name. The fact is (I think) that the only Super Bowl winning coach with more than two syllables in his last name was Lombardi. If he legally changes his name to Steve Mooch then I'm all for it.

Thats funny, I was gonna say that the reason everyone favors Mariucci is because his nickname is Mooch, and Fassel is said Fossil.

I'm good with Fasselucci.. Either of those 2 is fine with me..

bring on mooch

My vote goes to Meeks, not because I actually thought Snyder would hire him, but because I feel he has the potential to be a good HC.

Considering the way this coaching staff has been put together, it would be difficult for me accept any concept other than it was Snyder's every intention to hire Jim Fassel from the very beginning. I believe Fassel was on board with Zorn, and Blache after the deal for Ryan fell through.

After witnessing the backlash to Fassel from the Redskin nation because of the overwhelming support for Williams, somewhere, it was leaked that Williams had made some derogatory coments about Gibbs, in an atempt to subdue the support for Williams.

Snyder then proceeded to expand his search to other prospective candidates while public opinion chilled. I believe it is his intention to use this [so called, expanded search] to interview other candidates so in the end he'll be able to say, we've exhausted our search, interviewed numerous candidates extensively, and have come to the conclusion that Jim Fassel is the best candidate to lead the Redskins into the future. I hope I'm wrong, but I honestly believe that Fassel was Snyder's man all along. I believe this simply because of where Fassel was in the interview process when the remainder of the staff was agreed upon.

Whether it's intentional or just a symptom of this exhaustive "search," Snyder is certainly giving himself an out. Regardless of the outcome of all this, no one will be able to say he wasn't thorough in his search.

Whether it's on intentional or just a symptom if this exhaustive "search," Snyder is certainly giving himself an out. Regardless of the outcome of all this, no one will be able to say he wasn't thorough in his search.


That's exactly the point, when this is all said and done, no one will be able to say he made a hasty decision. He exhausted all his options and arrived at the conclusion he wanted to origionally pursue. Imagine the difference in what the public opinion would have been had his initial interview been with Williams, and his second option had been Marriucci.

mooch wins in a landslide. that's pretty decisive.

mooch wins in a landslide. that's pretty decisive.

Probably means it's going to be Fassel.

mooch wins in a landslide. that's pretty decisive.

Probably means it SHOULD be Fassel.

I dont believe the fan base can make the best pick for a coach since we aren't nearly informed enough and turn it into a popularity contest. The popular choice when made by people without all the information needed to make that pick is usually the wrong one.

BTW I hate the idea of Fassel. I dont really know why I just hate it. I really wanted GW but he must have been really bad in his interviews to be dismissed from the process while two retreads that no other teams seem to have interest in lead the way especially since he had the endorcement of Gibbs who Snyder worships.

I think its Fassel, and I'm coming to grips with it. The Giants didn't suck during his tenure, they actually made a Super Bowl and he won with Dave Brown and Kerry Collins. I don't like Jason Campbell in the west coast offense, but I didn't like Clinton Portis for the Gibbs smashmouth either. If I had a vote, I'd cast it for Meeks but with staff already assembled the coach has already been picked. Maybe in business you bring in a manager after you have a staff, but team chemistry involves the coaching staff too.