Jay Gruden hired as head coach of the Redskins

If he is going to be OLB coach, does this mean we're going to have another coach for the inside backers?


London Fletcher. :D

I do like that Gruden and Allen seem to be supporting Haslett since they're keeping him, by getting him the help he wants.

Despite Haslett's run here so far under Shanahan, he has a good track record and is respected league wide. I heard on 980 last week that another team actually contacted the Skins about interviewing Haslett for their DC job right after the season ended. No mention of who.


On offense...

Cooley had huge praise for McVay and his age (27) is a little scary but Coach Gruden says he's handling the playcalling, so the leap from position coach to coordinator won't be too huge of a leap hopefully.

London Fletcher. :D

I do like that Gruden and Allen seem to be supporting Haslett since they're keeping him, by getting him the help he wants.

Despite Haslett's run here so far under Shanahan, he has a good track record and is respected league wide. I heard on 980 last week that another team actually contacted the Skins about interviewing Haslett for their DC job right after the season ended. No mention of who.


On offense...

Cooley had huge praise for McVay and his age (27) is a little scary but Coach Gruden says he's handling the playcalling, so the leap from position coach to coordinator won't be too huge of a leap hopefully.

I think Gruden is handling this the right way. Obviously McVay is well respected, so promoting him but not placing the playcalling responsibility on him right away is the right way to do it. That way, Gruden is not having to "do it all" in terms of being an OC as well as the head coach. I also like that since the 'skins are keeping Haslett on as DC (even though I'm not thrilled about it) surround him with the coaches he wants. Hopefully they'll also get the players he wants/needs in the offseason, then we can truly see if Haslett fails as a DC, then we know it's all on him.

in blocking of the move you mean is there some union rules were the skins couldn't just demote Haslett?

no, if he is an assistant head coach, then a team that wanted to hire Haslett (if there are any) would have to be offering him a HC position, or the Redskins could decline the other team an opportunity to interview Haslett.

^ correct and if they want to go after Guenther They could offer the DC job otherwise it's a lateral move.

Looks like Zimmer got the Job in Minn
Vikings hire Mike Zimmer as next head coach | ProFootballTalk (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/15/vikings-hire-mike-zimmer-as-next-head-coach/)

So G will be promoted to DC in Cincy.

Fletcher as a coach is an interesting idea. Especially since his comments about the coaching staff on twitter.

Pretty sure Fletcher said he isn't interested in coaching. He'll have plenty of TV opportunities.

I think Fletcher would be good on TV as well as a coach. He did so much on the field coaching as it was, and all of the actual coaches referred to that ability with him. I wonder whether his competitive nature will make him want to get into coaching at some point. I love the guy; I would love to see him have some involvement with the team going forward.

If he is going to be OLB coach, does this mean we're going to have another coach for the inside backers?

To me, the more interesting question is whether this suggests that we're sticking with a 3-4 defense (or is there really going to be a coach for just two positions in a 4-3)? I would be curious to know whether folks have any insights here. Are we going to shift to a 4-3 and then go get personnel suited to it, or is Gruden going to see whether the 3-4 or 4-3 is likely to be best with the personnel we have? So in other words (and channeling my inner geek): 4-3 or not 4-3, that is the question.

Gruden said at his first presser that he's a fan of the 3-4, I don't see why we would switch.

He said it was a challenge to coach against the 3-4 also.

Plus, we did spend 4 years gathering 3-4 personnel. While most of the guys did play 4-3 in college, why have to revamp the entire D again?

The 3-4 scheme is not the problem. Our inability to gather a full defensive roster was. We never built a secondary and our D-line has looked good in Week 1 on paper but we never had the depth to survive a whole season on the line. The only solid part of the defense were the linebackers and now we have to replace Fletcher.

Keep the 3-4 and plug the holes. I really think Haslett could do at least an acceptable if not great job if he actually had players on the field. When Reed Doughty has been one of the keys to our defense for a few years, that's a bad situation.

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