Theory: Putting together a staff for the future

[SouperMeister]

Originally Posted by Dirtbag359

I think that right now the smartest thing for the Redskins would be to hire Fassal as Head Coach and promote Blache to DC. I think that not only would that help the Redskins maintain continuity but Blache would appreciate the chance to be in a position where other teams would take him seriously as a Head Coaching canidate.

I thought that I read that Blache wasn't interested in moving up to defensive coordinator, even had Williams been promoted to head coach.

As for Matty's premise on the long term viability of the staff (or lack thereof), I agree with that on the offensive side of the ball, but not on Defense. Williams is 49 or 50. He has some excellent young guys on his staff, particularly Jerry Gray and Kirk Olivadotti. Even with the loss of Sean Taylor, Laron Landry looked perfectly suited to step into Williams's deep FS role as exhibited by his two 4th quarter picks in the playoff game. If Fassel or someone else from the outside is hired as HC, I would feel a lot better if Jerry Gray was promoted to defensive coordinator. Gray also coached with Williams in Buffalo, and could bring some level of continuity to what Williams built on the Redskins D.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by SouperMeister

I thought that I read that Blache wasn't interested in moving up to defensive coordinator, even had Williams been promoted to head coach.

As for Matty's premise on the long term viability of the staff (or lack thereof), I agree with that on the offensive side of the ball, but not on Defense. Williams is 49 or 50. He has some excellent young guys on his staff, particularly Jerry Gray and Kirk Olivadotti. Even with the loss of Sean Taylor, Laron Landry looked perfectly suited to step into Williams's deep FS role as exhibited by his two 4th quarter picks in the playoff game. If Fassel or someone else from the outside is hired as HC, I would feel a lot better if Jerry Gray was promoted to defensive coordinator. Gray also coached with Williams in Buffalo, and could bring some level of continuity to what Williams built on the Redskins D.

Thats awseome. So we have three (two) viable candiates to run the same defense that has been the cornerstone of this franchise over the past few years. I guess D-Coordinators really are a dime a dozen. However in light of this information I would like to see Gray take the Coordinator job. The guy already served as a coordinator once and did a pretty good job.

Personally I don't disagree with Snyders reservations of having Grilliams be HC, given that in Buffalo he was so conservative that the announcer dubbed the opponents side of the field the "Maroon Zone." However Snyders people skills have a lot of work to do. If he hadn't led Gregg Williams on for so long then this wouldn't nearly be as big an issue, but then again thats been said about a millon times already.