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BuddyLee

BuddyLee

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Shanahan could be introduced Tuesday

[FONT=Times New Roman,times,serif]<!-- begin category/blogger sigs --><!----><!-- end category/blogger sigs -->Mike Shanahan is expected to be named head coach of the Redskins, according to sources in the organization, and, barring unforeseen glitches, will likely be introduced in a news conference Tuesday.

That timeline makes sense, they said, because new General Manager Bruce Allen last week told people in the organization that the unsettled situation surrounding the Redskins' top coaching position likely would be completely resolved by Tuesday.

Shanahan arrived this afternoon, his flight from Colorado landing at Dulles at around 3 p.m., about 12 hours after Jim Zorn's two-year tenure ended.

As we previously reported, Allen instructed assistant coaches to begin completing their season-ending evaluations of players. Allen will provide Shanahan with the forms, the sources said, in an effort to help Shanahan get up to speed on the roster as soon as possible.

Several of Zorn's assistants are under contract for the 2010 season, but the staff will undergo sweeping change, according to a league source familiar with Shanahan's plans. What remains unclear is whether Shanahan will have the dual title of team president and coach, as Joe Gibbs did in his second stint with the Redskins under owner Daniel Snyder.

Regardless of titles, though, Shanahan is expected to have significant input in player-personnel decisions. Allen is an adept football administrator and a salary-cap expert, league sources said, but he is not considered as strong in evaluating talent.
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Pete

Pete

Repete
Shanahan just took a crap in the downstairs bathroom at Snyders house. Reports say he flushed twice. ~Channel 5
 
PsyOps

PsyOps

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Larry Gude said:
Easy. They won 4. Shoulda beat the Bolts who were playing for nothing. A gimme is a gimme. That's 5. They shoulda beat the Cowboys once, Saints and Eagles once, that's 8. Say they don't get the one against Philly. The other two were wins lost on gimme field goals, that's 7. Say they beat the Chiefs and Lions, shoulda, coulda, woulda, that's 9 and they had the Panthers beat. That's 10.

Does my argument of what coulda happened need to take into account likely change of what may have happened later? Sure. Point being, in the NFL, where 1/2 the teams in the playoffs this year were not in the playoffs last year, finding a few more plays, finding a few more wins is not fantasy. So-so teams do it all the time. That's why I aksed you to define 'winning' team.

If we're talking about the Pittsburghs, the Indy's, the Pats, the Eagles, the Chargers, then that is where that dominant feature, most importantly a great qb, come into play and that is where we are years away from the CONSISTENT winners.

:buddies:
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I'm not sure what's up with this coulda-shoulda-woulda stuff. They only won 4 games. Over half their losses were by a touchdown or more. This has really been their story for the past 10 years. They struggle to even score touchdowns. They get the ball in the redzone and have to settle for fieldgoals. Sure they should have beat Dallas in their first meeting but Dallas pretty much settled that in their second meeting. Sure they should have beat the Saints, but given the rest of their season, that was a fluke. Against the teams that really mattered (Cowboys, Eagles, Saints, Giants), the better teams, they didn't stand a chance. They lost to a couple of really pathetic teams (Chiefs, Lions). So, if you want to talk about coulda-shoulda-woulda - they should have at least beat them.

:shrug:
 
BuddyLee

BuddyLee

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Pete said:
Shanahan just took a crap in the downstairs bathroom at Snyders house. Reports say he flushed twice. ~Channel 5
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Damn, I was watching Channel 4 and ESPN on split screen.

I hope Channel 5 reports that again.
 
Larry Gude

Larry Gude

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PsyOps said:
I'm not sure what's up with this coulda-shoulda-woulda stuff. They only won 4 games. Over half their losses were by a touchdown or more. This has really been their story for the past 10 years. They struggle to even score touchdowns. They get the ball in the redzone and have to settle for fieldgoals. Sure they should have beat Dallas in their first meeting but Dallas pretty much settled that in their second meeting. Sure they should have beat the Saints, but given the rest of their season, that was a fluke. Against the teams that really mattered (Cowboys, Eagles, Saints, Giants), the better teams, they didn't stand a chance. They lost to a couple of really pathetic teams (Chiefs, Lions). So, if you want to talk about coulda-shoulda-woulda - they should have at least beat them.

:shrug:
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No. I don't wanna talk about it.
 
BuddyLee

BuddyLee

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kom526 said:
Mr football will be on here soon enough to tell you Shanahan's record is misleading and that he is really that great a coach.
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:lol:

Dick Vermeil once said he [Shanahan] was the best in the business.

I was shocked he got the boot in Denver.
 
BuddyLee

BuddyLee

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One great leaves and another enters? ...perhaps.

http://blogs.chron.com/sportsjustice...nahan_and.html

December 19, 2009

If Shanahan and Gibbs leave Texans, we'll wish them well and move on

Alex Gibbs is one of the great coaches in NFL history. He's right there with Jim Hanifan and Joe Bugel and Hudson Houck and a few others on the list of the best offensive line coaches in history. The Texans got better the day he walked in the door and have been better for every minute he has been here.

Likewise, Kyle Shanahan seems to be on his way to being a first-rate coach. He's a first-rate player-caller, and according to Gary Kubiak, very good with game-planning and building a relationship of trust with Matt Schaub. The Texans have been lucky to have him, too.

There's probably a good chance the Texans won't have either of them next season. At the very least, it seems likely Kyle will join his dad with the Redskins or Cowboys. And Gibbs? He has been coaching on a one-season-at-a-time basis for quite awhile.
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Having Alex Gibbs on the coaching staff would be awesome!
 
BuddyLee

BuddyLee

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BuddyLee said:
One great leaves and another enters? ...perhaps.



Having Alex Gibbs on the coaching staff would be awesome!
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Quite the resume...

Alex Gibbs enters his second season as the Texans' assistant head coach/offense. He was hired by the Texans on Jan. 9, 2008, and re-signed on Jan. 29, 2009.

Under Gibbs' zone blocking scheme in 2008, the Texans averaged a franchise-record 4.27 yards per carry a year after mustering only 3.8 yards per carry. The Texans had the fourth-ranked passing attack in the league with a team-record 4,267 yards, allowing only 32 sacks. The offensive line also paved the way for the league’s 13th-best rushing attack with 115.4 yards/game, which was the second-highest total in the team’s seven-year existence.

Before joining the staff in Houston, Gibbs served as the assistant head coach/offensive line, as well as a consultant, with the Atlanta Falcons from 2004-06. In 2004, the Falcons led the NFL in rushing for the first time in team history. They rushed for a team-record 2,672 yards, third highest rushing yards total in the NFL since 1990.

During the three seasons with Gibbs on staff in Atlanta, the team led the NFL in rushing with 8,157 yards. Atlanta was the only team over that three-year period to record a rushing average above five yards at 5.1.

Gibbs worked with Texans head coach Gary Kubiak, who served as the offensive coordinator in Denver, from 1995-03. During their time together, the Broncos led the NFL in rushing with 20,150 yards. Denver finished second in total offense with 54,167 yards during their nine seasons together.

He spent 13 combined seasons (1984-1987 and 1995-2003) mentoring the offensive line with the Broncos, where he established several franchise records. He played an essential role with the Broncos during their back-to-back Super Bowl wins in the late 90s. The offensive line set numerous franchise records during his second tenure with Denver, including most total yards (6,554 in 2000), most first downs (383 in 2000), most rushing yards (2,468 in 1998) and most rushing touchdowns (32 in 1998).

From 1995-2000, Gibbs’ offensive lines did not allow more than 35 sacks in a season. And during that span center Tom Nalen went to four consecutive Pro Bowls; and in 1998, three Broncos offensive linemen were nominated to the Pro Bowl for their role in winning their second consecutive Pro Bowl and blocking for NFL MVP Terrell Davis, who rushed for over 2,000 yards.

His NFL career began with the Denver Broncos in 1984 and he helped the team make two straight Super Bowl appearances in 1986 and 1987. He continued on to coach in Kansas City, where he helped the Chiefs drop their sack total substantially from 48 in 1992 to 19 in 1994. During his tenure with the Indianapolis Colts (1992) he experienced similar success and also helped the San Diego Chargers (1990-1991) to the second-best rush offense in the league in 1991. With the Los Angeles Raiders (1988-1989) he coached guard Steve Wisniewski, who would earn eight trips to the Pro Bowl in his career.
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Shawn

Shawn

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BuddyLee said:
One great leaves and another enters? ...perhaps.



Having Alex Gibbs on the coaching staff would be awesome!
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It would be nice but some sources are saying Shanahan isn't going to raid the Texans staff since he's close with Kubiak; hearing that it's more likely we pick up Dennison from the Broncos.
 
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