Suisham released, Gano new kicker

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

A3-9 football team releasing it's kicker with four games remaining in the season may be a first. I don't know that I remember anything like that happening before. Could have, I just don't remember.

Did the kicking coach get canned too?.......David Ackers(sp)....Eagles,I bring him up becuase he was also a Redskin,wasn't he?

[MCWHITEY]

LeRon Landry is the one who cost us this game !!!!

With all the clapping and showboating he did all game making basic tackles, this guy is a joke and should be gone !!

How do you bite on a double move, up 7 under with 2 mins left????

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by MCWHITEY

LeRon Landry is the one who cost us this game !!!!

With all the clapping and showboating he did all game making basic tackles, this guy is a joke and should be gone !!

How do you bite on a double move, up 7 under with 2 mins left????

LeRon makes BIG plays all day long, and he does so with anticipation. What makes him good also makes him vunerable. I seem to recall another guy that played VERY similar at safety...TAYLOR! Everyone glorified Taylor as out best safety ever...Landry and Taylor are cut from the same mold. Landry is still young too. He could certainly use some coaching to help him have more wisdom in the secondary, but to say he needs to be gone...I mean that's just unbelievable.
If we put him on the market, he'd be scooped up before the ink was dry on the paper!

[RJ2kWJ]

As a die hard Seminole that was lucky enough to watch this kid a ton in person at FSU, I am PUMPED. Gano is going be awesome with us.

[pg86]

Id really love to see Gano Kick the game winner for us this weekend oh man!! Released with only a few games left!

[CRedskinsRule]

I like the move, again, it gives us real game film to evaluate him. Suisham had definitely enough opportunities. My concern would be how the decision was made {see other thread}

[firstdown]

There is a reason he is not on a team.

[KLHJ2]

Originally Posted by firstdown

There is a reason he is not on a team.

Yeah, because his season ended already.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by firstdown

There is a reason he is not on a team.

Tell me about it.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by firstdown

There is a reason he is not on a team.

Well, one is simply that teams in preseason are likely to go with who they know. That basically is why the Skins kept Suisham. Kickers rotate around the league until they find a home. I hope this guy pans out, if not, bring on the next leg.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by firstdown

There is a reason he is not on a team.

There was a reason David Akers couldn't make Carolina or Atlanta, got waived by us, got signed by Philly, sent to Berlin for a year, etc too. I'm sure that some of the other top kickers have had the same situations.

These are kickers we're talking about, not QBs.

[Gmanc711]

Had to be done in my opinion. I mean I've been very critical of Suisham over the years, have heard he's an awesome guy and really wish him nothing but the best as long as he's not playing against us... but this is a move that HAS to be made. Its time for people on this team to be held accountable for their poor play and I feel like too much on the Redskins, guys have spots handed to them when other guys are out performing them all over the place (I'm looking at you, Clinton Portis)... I just feel like there is no accountability sometimes... This is obviously just a fans perspective and really, what the hell do I know? In Suishams case, I've just seen the guy miss too many big feild goals for the Redskins, some of which I say directly led to the loss. Yeah other guys screwed up all over the place, but the Washington Redskins beat the New Orleans Saints last Sunday and the kicker blew it. Thats 100% on him in my book. Again, I wish the guy nothing but the best, but this is pro football, and you need to either be benched (or in a kickers case, cut) when you're not performing. Bottom line.

[SouperMeister]

Originally Posted by Gmanc711

Had to be done in my opinion. I mean I've been very critical of Suisham over the years, have heard he's an awesome guy and really wish him nothing but the best as long as he's not playing against us... but this is a move that HAS to be made. Its time for people on this team to be held accountable for their poor play and I feel like too much on the Redskins, guys have spots handed to them when other guys are out performing them all over the place (I'm looking at you, Clinton Portis)... I just feel like there is no accountability sometimes... This is obviously just a fans perspective and really, what the hell do I know? In Suishams case, I've just seen the guy miss too many big feild goals for the Redskins, some of which I say directly led to the loss. Yeah other guys screwed up all over the place, but the Washington Redskins beat the New Orleans Saints last Sunday and the kicker blew it. Thats 100% on him in my book. Again, I wish the guy nothing but the best, but this is pro football, and you need to either be benched (or in a kickers case, cut) when you're not performing. Bottom line.

Accountability - a word I keep coming back to. I was definitely in favor of this. You can't have a kicker who is unreliable with the game on the line, and Suisham has certainly missed more than he has made in big situations. Furthermore, I want to see Landry held accountable for abandoning his first assignment to protect against the quick strike TD (twice). I'm not saying cut the guy, but with his continued antics after every tackle, he clearly has a high opinion of himself relative to his real value to the team. I'm NOT saying cut Landry, but Rogers was benched for similar plays, so why not give Landry a time out to think about his role in this difficult season, and more importantly, becoming a better team player.

[saden1]

You miss an easy field goal you should be cut. If I cared about Suisham I would wish him luck but I don't,

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by saden1

You miss an easy field goal you should be cut. If I cared about Suisham I would wish him luck but I don't,

Suisham promised to do a chat with us two years ago...and then we never heard from him again...so F him