Jay Gruden hired as head coach of the Redskins

I don't want to be Debbie Downer i swear, but am I the only one who is reminded just a little bit of the Jim Zorn hire? The situation sort of feels the same to me....a guy who all of a sudden is becoming head coach...

I think the results will be better than Zorn, but the way the situation has been handled so far makes me think of that....

Gruden has been a solid contender for HC jobs this year and last year. Zorn was picked because no other options remained. That wasn't the case here because Bevel at least would have been an option to throw buckets of money at. I think an equivalent hire might have been the Dallas ST coach. Kinda out there, some reasons to think he might but overall not a strong candidate.

I don't get the knocks on Gruden, even as I sit with a wait and see approach. This guy, and most of the staff he is putting together, have won together at various stops along his football journey. Despite what JLC (and SS) seem to imply, the 5yr 20million isn't an outlier from contracts handed out and published in the last 2 years.

Will he be great, who knows, but to suggest this was close to a Zorn pick, or any other past Skins coach search seems a bit mindless to me.

(For history sake, hindsight tells us that Zorn was already on staff, we couldn't hire who DS probably wanted (Fassel), and ran out of other options, then they hired him.)

Ugh. Educate yourself please...

Ok, Robert Quinn was the wrong comparison.
The problem with you Schneed is you can't make a comment to another member without being disrespectful. At the end of the day Orakpo is not Elite. He does not deserve a Elite paying contract. The team was 3-13 and his impact didn't win us any more games than last year, regardless of how much you try to pacify him. It shouldn't matter who is around him, his job is to produce. IMO he doesn't have secondary rush moves than a bull rush. I think he can grow with the new coaching staff. But, he needs to do a mutually beneficial contract.

Again, JLC is not affecting my argument.

Crucial here is not the number of contract years but the number of guaranteed years.

And I'm willing to grant that this individual issue is not a big deal. But having seen us fail to reinvent the wheel again and again, every attempt to be "different" (like having a GM whose specialty is not talent evaluation and giving an unusual contract to our new HC) makes me very leery.

And I'm left with the question: why not just do things the normal way?

but, and I tried to show it better in the one post, is that I don't think it is an unusual contract when you look at the last two years of new coach contracts. Kelly got 6.5M for 5 years guaranteed(5/32.5). Bruce Arians, a highly sought coordinator got a 4yr guarantee last year. Jim Harbaugh signed a 5yr/25mil deal in 2011.

I think, best as I can tell, the contract years are the guaranteed years. Only one was listed with an option year and that was Lovie, which brought him to 5 years but only 4 guaranteed.

I know it's frustrating, but I think the organization is trying to grind it's way to the standard model.

but, and I tried to show it better in the one post, is that I don't think it is an unusual contract when you look at the last two years of new coach contracts. Kelly got 6.5M for 5 years guaranteed(5/32.5). Bruce Arians, a highly sought coordinator got a 4yr guarantee last year. Jim Harbaugh signed a 5yr/25mil deal in 2011.

I know it's frustrating, but I think the organization is trying to grind it's way to the standard model.

Fair enough. I see how you did the guaranteed money now.

I'll leave the "why can't we just be normal?" argument aside...for now. :)

If Belicheat wants to do something eccentric, he's earned the right. No one at Redskins Park has earned that right.

Why are we always doing things differently from other teams? For 20 years we've tried to do things our own unique way...and for 20 years we've been losers. Maybe it's time to do things like other teams, such as giving a "normal" contract to a first-time HC.

Oh well.

Idk man but it sucks losing, if Jay gruden gets fired after 3 years or 4 Idk how anyone would follow the team anymore, in fact its getting harder and harder already

Fair enough. I see how you did the guaranteed money now.

I'll leave the "why can't we just be normal?" argument aside...for now. :)

If Belicheat wants to do something eccentric, he's earned the right. No one at Redskins Park has earned that right.

I agree with that 100%.

Aside from the year he was out in 2012, Rak has averaged about 60 tackles and 10 sacks a year.

Rob Jackson had 37 tackles and 4.5 sacks in 16 games in 2012.

So that's a 23 tackle and 5.5 sack difference. It's relatively easy to find someone who will put up Jackson's 4.5 sacks; it is hard to find someone who will put up 10 sacks. That hole.

Well Jackson didn't start the entire year in 2012. I'm not saying Jackson is as good. He's not as good a pass rusher, but maybe a combo of Jackon and Jenkins can get the job done vs paying Rak 9 mil a year.

Well Jackson didn't start the entire year in 2012. I'm not saying Jackson is as good. He's not as good a pass rusher, but maybe a combo of Jackon and Jenkins can get the job done vs paying Rak 9 mil a year.

The redskins will not sign Orakpo for 9 million. They will probably end up franchising him(11 million) and letting him show them he is worth the 12 to 13 million a year he will want. Yeah, its going to cost that kind of money to sign him.

the bad news in FA is rak is the #1 pass rusher on the market, and it's pretty well known. he's not JJ watt, but he's still pretty good.

the bad news in FA is rak is the #1 pass rusher on the market, and it's pretty well known. he's not JJ watt, but he's still pretty good.

very true..he will be targeted by teams, but i wouldn't pay him 11-12 per year. He isn't just a pass rusher though he drops in coverage too and very average at that. I know if he left it would be a big hole to fill.