Jay Gruden hired as head coach of the Redskins

[calia]

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.

[calia]

Originally Posted by mooby

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.

[MTK]

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

[Monkeydad]

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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[MTK]

Originally Posted by Monkeydad

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.

Yeah 34 or 43 doesn't matter if you don't have the talent to begin with. Never understood why folks get so hung up on that. For years it seems all we heard was why don't we switch to the 34, we finally do and everyone wants to switch back now.

[Kindoy]

Originally Posted by diehardskin2982

I have beating the Ken Norton Jr. drum for a couple months now. But I guess we are going to have to watch Ole Jimmy look silly on the sidelines for another year.

I was Ken Norton III linebacker coach when he was playing pop-warner and I was a senior in high school… talk about pressure. Would be a hire I'd be happy about.

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Originally Posted by Mattyk

Yeah 34 or 43 doesn't matter if you don't have the talent to begin with. Never understood why folks get so hung up on that. For years it seems all we heard was why don't we switch to the 34, we finally do and everyone wants to switch back now.

Exactly. The key now is getting the rite personnel for the 3-4. If that's what Gruden wants to run of course. Sounds like he does.

[Jayroc24]

I like it....... proof is in the pudding!

[diehardskin2982]

Special teams coach is here

Ben Kotwica Hired as Redskins Special Teams Coach « CBS DC

[MTK]

Originally Posted by diehardskin2982

Special teams coach is here

Ben Kotwica Hired as Redskins Special Teams Coach « CBS DC

Good news. I like that we're actually getting coaches here that coached the position before (Baker) and are also experienced and well established (Kotwica).

What an amazing concept.

[MTK]

Redskins hire Ben Kotwica from Jets - Washington Redskins Blog - ESPN

[skinsfaninok]

Can't be any worse than what we just had.

[Chico23231]

Whats the news on Haslett? Is he going to be the DC?

[GTripp0012]

I'd bring back Bill Musgrave for QB coach.