Jay Gruden hired as head coach of the Redskins

[diehardskin2982]

WR and Running backs coach next.

[over the mountain]

I dont know whether adding defensive asst/positional coaching positions before naming your DC is the right move or not.

But it does seem odd. I would think the DC would want to pick his own staff or at least have major imput ... maybe the DC is in house (Has or morris) just hasnt been named yet.

It makes me think Gruden intended on keeping haslett as the DC but when he got here people in the organization told him to wait and think about it bc 1)the fanbase could get pissed if he is retained as the DC or 2) allen or DS dont want him to be the DC or 3) a lil of both.

If morris or haslett is named the DC I wont like it. the defense under Has has been bad and the secondary under morris was our biggest weakness this past season.

i dont know what they are doing, it could work out or it couldnt ... but this is a strange way of doing things.

not going through the process of interviewing all the potential candidates and throwing ourselves at the first legit candidate to interview seems .... like the skins of old in not letting a FA leave without a signed contract.

now naming an "outside" linebacker coach?

havent named a DC?

i trust allen to an extent ...... but this has been an odd, almost backwards process .. when we were told they were going to go through the process thoroughly and properly and it is going to take some time.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

I dont know whether adding defensive asst/positional coaching positions before naming your DC is the right move or not.

But it does seem odd. I would think the DC would want to pick his own staff or at least have major imput ... maybe the DC is in house (Has or morris) just hasnt been named yet.

It makes me think Gruden intended on keeping haslett as the DC but when he got here people in the organization told him to wait and think about it bc 1)the fanbase could get pissed if he is retained as the DC or 2) allen or DS dont want him to be the DC or 3) a lil of both.

If morris or haslett is named the DC I wont like it. the defense under Has has been bad and the secondary under morris was our biggest weakness this past season.

i dont know what they are doing, it could work out or it couldnt ... but this is a strange way of doing things.

not going through the process of interviewing all the potential candidates and throwing ourselves at the first legit candidate to interview seems .... like the skins of old in not letting a FA leave without a signed contract.

now naming an "outside" linebacker coach?

havent named a DC?

i trust allen to an extent ...... but this has been an odd, almost backwards process .. when we were told they were going to go through the process thoroughly and properly and it is going to take some time.

I imagine, if you interview 2-4 possible DC's and they all list guy x in the top 3 of their lower staff hires, then you would feel comfortable hiring him ahead of the final hire. Don't know that that is the case, but I think it likely that he got good marks from any candidates they are looking at.

[MTK]

Has is still under contract, so he's still the DC until something changes. If it even does.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Has is still under contract, so he's still the DC until something changes. If it even does.

Yeah, given the way things are unfolding, it would appear that Has is here to stay as DC. They're just not publicizing this fact.

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Yeah, given the way things are unfolding, it would appear that Has is here to stay as DC. They're just not publicizing this fact.

Yeah if he wasn't he would have been gone by now.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Yeah, given the way things are unfolding, it would appear that Has is here to stay as DC. They're just not publicizing this fact.

Yeah, Has and Morris appear to be safe. What the exact coaching configuration will be is yet to be seen.

[JoeRedskin]

Stuff on Kotwica:

Jets coach Ben Kotwica, Iraq veteran, is a leader on any field of battle | NJ.com

Jets season grades: Special teams | NJ.com

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Stuff on Kotwica:

Jets coach Ben Kotwica, Iraq veteran, is a leader on any field of battle | NJ.com

Jets season grades: Special teams | NJ.com

can't say that the season grades article is particularly exciting.

[WillH]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

can't say that the season grades article is particularly exciting.

Better then what we had this year for damn sure

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by WillH

Better then what we had this year for damn sure

let's hope the bar is higher than that.

[redskins5044]

I don't think Has is going anywhere, we might as well get over it.

[Lotus]

As long as we are raiding the Jets special teams, we should pick up John Hall and Chad Morton.

Oh, wait...

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by Lotus

As long as we are raiding the Jets special teams, we should pick up John Hall and Chad Morton.

Oh, wait...

I don't miss those days.

[HailGreen28]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

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.

Thanks guys.