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Originally Posted by Daseal

Turns out I’m not nearly as mentally strong as I thought. I found myself reading thewarpath a bit, along with the parking lot, and I couldn’t stay away. After the game last night I kept thinking about the off-season and who I could talk to about stuff. Turns out, most people I know really don’t care about football that much, so I need a venting grounds! The break rejuvenated me, and gave me a chance to back away. Hopefully the offseason will kill a lot of the bad threads/dead weight.

Heck, we all could have told you you're not that mentally strong

Coaching Staff
Joe Gibbs: He’s had three years and to be honest, hasn’t impressed me. If he had any other name, we’d be wondering who the next head coach of the Washington Redskins would be. He’s done less with more than anyone I’ve seen. A lot of our recent losses look like the Joe Gibbs football we’ve been seeing since he came back. Get up by 14 or so points, start trying to kill clock in the 2nd or 3rd quarter, then lose the game. I’m willing to give him another year, but I’m still not sold Joe Gibbs has the killer instinct needed to be a coach now day. I think the old adage of run and stop the run is starting to become outdated. Don’t get my wrong, both are extremely important aspects in the game, but have lost significance since Joe Gibbs last coached. For instance, during the Giants game, why isn’t he ordering us to go deep. The Giants got pass interference after pass interference. It was obvious the officials wanted to call ticky tacky fouls, and we didn’t take advantage of it. We need to be more aggressive through the air and not stop playing. I don’t care if the other team feels bad because they had so many scored on them. I’ll give him one more year, but I’m currently not exactly happy with what he’s brought to the table this go around. One point my stepmother brought up about Joe Gibbs was that he probably doesn’t relate very well to young, rich, and mainly black athletes. She used Eddie Jordan as an example of someone who really connects with his players. Has Joe Gibbs lost touch with these players?

Seemed to me like we were airing it out when the opportunity presented itself. Our offense was excellent (save the last drive) in the second half in my opinion. Plus don't forget what a great drive we put together at the beginning of the game before Betts fumbled. As for what stepmother said, no offense but WTF?? Doesn't relate well to mainly black athletes? And maybe you could remind her of the "close bond" Eddie Jordan and Brendan Haywood have.

Greg Williams: Asking for this man to be fired is ridiculous. He’s had a top 10 defense nearly every year he’s been a coordinator. In my opinion, he’s entitled to his down year from time to time. We need a little more talent. Some big injuries in the secondary totally changed the way this defense played early in the year. I think later in the year we played much better. Had trouble with Tiki and Steven Jackson, but for the most part did well. As always, offense and defense go hand in hand. Even if our defense plays good, they need our offense to put together a few long drives to give them some breathers. This defense could be much better, but we need to either get Springs to restructure, or bring in someone like Nate Clements to take over for him as the #1. Springs has been a glass cannon this year. He’s been a real force when he’s been in, but he’s also been broken a lot.

"glass cannon" I like that. Why is Williams entitled to a down year, but not Gibbs though? I agree he shouldn't be fired though.

Al Saunders: I think it’s funny people are talking about how we need to go back to Joe Gibbs offense. His offense was one of the worst the league had seen last year. In the playoff game against Tampa Bay, they should have just disqualified both teams and pulled the 7 seed up as the winner. Al Saunders’ offense has been very good in Kansas City and I feel it will translate to Washington. He got a year to see how his offensive line worked, his new quarterback, and his receivers. I expect him to slightly retool the offense and get it going. That said, as the year went on we seemed to do great when we were trying to score. I think the team finally started to understand his offense. If we work on our red zone offense and keep going and not start trying to kill clock in the 2nd quarter our offense will be much improved. Run, run, pass becomes very easy for the opposition to stop. I don’t know who is in control of this. The way I understand it, Saunders calls the plays and Gibbs says the basic plan and tempo of the game. I don’t know who makes these calls, but they need to change.

The offense is a strong point on this team heading into next season I think