Coaching Staff update

Wait I thought Shanny was bringing his old oline coach w/ him, no?

We need an intense, genius type as OL coach. I mean best case scenario that guy gets two young studs out of this year's draft, but he's still gonna have to turn some current guys into winners.

Wow, McEgo sure is bringing down the hammer. I can't wait to see him crash and burn next year.

I am not predicting it in anyway, but I wouldn't be surprised if he had Zornesque 2nd season. I looked at a Broncos site when we brought Turner over, to get a feel for if they were upset about losing him, etc, and one thing I noticed was how eerily similar a feel their site had to the Warpath last year at this time, some of the comments were true deja vu moments.

I am not predicting it in anyway, but I wouldn't be surprised if he had Zornesque 2nd season. I looked at a Broncos site when we brought Turner over, to get a feel for if they were upset about losing him, etc, and one thing I noticed was how eerily similar a feel their site had to the Warpath last year at this time, some of the comments were true deja vu moments.

Same here, how do you think I knew about the name McEgo :D Still you're probably right to trust your gut in this case. I mean lets look at the similarities.

- Both won 6 games in the first half of their first season
- Both had rosters built mainly by Super Bowl winners (ie Gibbs and Shanahan)
- Both were considered QB guru's.
- Both were young (well if you believe the perception of Zorn around here you would have thought he was 40).
- Both got embarrassed by the Steelers at home on MNF which seemed to be the turning point of year 1 for both coaches.
- Both finished 8-8 at the end of their first year.

Still I feel sorry for Denver fans. They deserve better:
Mike Nolan leaving Denver: confirmed - Broncos Country Message Boards (http://forums.denverbroncos.com/showthread.php?t=161378)

ESPN just said Nolan is out over in Denver. That was a bit of a surprise to me.

That's interesting. I thought he was a decent DC. Atleast he had a better resume then Haslett.

i also found this:

Texans offensive assistant Matt LaFleur might be joining (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/fb/texansfront/6817339.html) former boss Kyle Shanahan with the Redskins.

yeah I think if you look him up on their coach staff he worked with the QB's. So I thought he might be brought over to work with our QB's for Kyle and get them up to speed on the plays.

Wait I thought Shanny was bringing his old oline coach w/ him, no?

We need an intense, genius type as OL coach. I mean best case scenario that guy gets two young studs out of this year's draft, but he's still gonna have to turn some current guys into winners.


Rumors abound, A.Gibbs (OL coach) is apparently miffed at Mike Shanahan for firing his son while in Denver. Rumor is he won't talk to Mike. Gibbs went to Seattle.

Dennison (OL coach) got hired by Houston.

Both of the best OL cut blocking coach's Mike Shanahan used are gone. That's why people are wondering who Shanahan will bring on board? We are kinda concerned. Who else is good at teaching the cut blocking scheme?

ESPN just said Nolan is out over in Denver. That was a bit of a surprise to me.

That's too bad. I would have rather had Nolan as DC than Haslett.

That's too bad. I would have rather had Nolan as DC than Haslett.

Maybe Snyder could buy Nolan more ice cream (http://www.redskinsdb.com/pt/blog/default.aspx?dtf=20080201000000&dtt=20080229235959).

That's too bad. I would have rather had Nolan as DC than Haslett.

been there, done that.

That would worry me. Not because he wouldn't do a good job, but with Haslett on board we already have one former head coach serving as an assistant. Throw in a Mora plus Shanahan, and I worry about the "too many cooks in the kitchen" cliche. That's a lot of egos on one sideline.


Understandable, but what about surrounding yourself with good people? Gibbs had Bugel and Williams in his second stint, both of whom had HC experience. I don't exactly see anyone banging down his door right now to co-ordinate their defense. Taking a reduced role might be a good thing for him rather than taking a year or so off. Then again, he might just land that head coaching job in the college ranks that he has been looking for. Tennessee maybe? I know that he really wants to coach the Huskies though.