{"id":7892,"date":"2013-12-30T18:55:45","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T22:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehogs.net\/blogs\/?p=7892"},"modified":"2013-12-30T20:56:47","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T00:56:47","slug":"for-the-redskins-the-axe-man-cometh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2013\/12\/30\/for-the-redskins-the-axe-man-cometh\/","title":{"rendered":"For The Redskins, The Axe Man Cometh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of the coaching staff that were let go by the Redskins today:<\/p>\n<p>* Executive Vice President\/Head Coach &#8211; Mike Shanahan<br \/>\n* Offensive coordinator &#8211; Kyle Shanahan<br \/>\n* Special teams &#8211; Keith Burns<br \/>\n* Quarterbacks &#8211; Matt LaFleur<br \/>\n* Linebackers &#8211; Bob Slowik<br \/>\n* Wide receivers &#8211; Mike McDaniel<br \/>\n* Advance scout &#8211; Larry Coyer<br \/>\n* Offensive quality control &#8211; Richmond Flowers<br \/>\n* Defensive assistant &#8211; Bobby Slowik<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nRead Jake Russell&#8217;s <a title=\"Redskins Fire Mike Shanahan, Begin Search for New Head Coach\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2013\/12\/30\/redskins-fire-mike-shanahan-begin-search-for-new-coach\/\">comprehensive report<\/a> for full details.<\/p>\n<p>Conspicuous by his absence on the list is defensive coordinator Jim Haslett. How did this even happen? I tweeted my thoughts on the matter:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Has anyone seen Jim Haslett under Dan Snyder&#39;s desk lately? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/justSaying?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#justSaying<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TheHogs.net (@TheHogsdotNet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHogsdotNet\/status\/417774934694592512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of course players chimed in with their well wishes for the coach and how great it was to play for him.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all very sad.<\/p>\n<p>For the fan base.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; that has to endure countless more empty promises, a nearly complete re-building, and has experienced about as much success as the Betamax &#8211; and poignantly, that&#8217;s about when they last had the swagger of success too.<\/p>\n<p>All we have is each other at this point #RedskinsNation. Hail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of the coaching staff that were let go by the Redskins today: * Executive Vice President\/Head Coach &#8211; Mike Shanahan * Offensive coordinator &#8211; Kyle Shanahan * Special teams &#8211; Keith Burns * Quarterbacks &#8211; Matt LaFleur * Linebackers &#8211; Bob Slowik * Wide receivers &#8211; Mike McDaniel * Advance scout &#8230; <a title=\"For The Redskins, The Axe Man Cometh\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2013\/12\/30\/for-the-redskins-the-axe-man-cometh\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about For The Redskins, The Axe Man Cometh\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1443,745,1436,787,1447,1444,1446,540,1445],"class_list":["post-7892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-washington-redskins","tag-bob-slowik","tag-jim-haslett","tag-keith-burns","tag-kyle-shanahan","tag-larry-coyer","tag-matt-lafleur","tag-mike-mcdaniel","tag-mike-shanahan","tag-richmond-flowers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>For The Redskins, The Axe Man Cometh | The-Hogs.net<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2013\/12\/30\/for-the-redskins-the-axe-man-cometh\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"For The Redskins, The Axe Man Cometh | The-Hogs.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here is a list of the coaching staff that were let go by the Redskins today: * Executive Vice President\/Head Coach &#8211; Mike Shanahan * Offensive coordinator &#8211; Kyle Shanahan * Special teams &#8211; Keith Burns * Quarterbacks &#8211; Matt LaFleur * Linebackers &#8211; Bob Slowik * Wide receivers &#8211; Mike McDaniel * Advance scout ... 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