tribeofjudah wrote:We need someone with the "offensive" mind.... Who can that be? Gregg is great with the D. Sanders is great with the O.
Dare we say Pete Carroll? I would not put this past the Danny.
He wants to WIN and Carroll has been a winner at USC. And, he's a players coach.
The Redskins will reportedly meet with Titans defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz regarding their head coaching vacancy this week.
Redskins assistant HC/defense Gregg Williams was initially considered the frontrunner to succeed Joe Gibbs. That the first candidate Washington will interview is a defensive mind doesn't bode well for Williams' chances.
NBCSports.com's Tom Curran reports Titans defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz has emerged as the front runner to replace Joe Gibbs in Washington.
A league source tells Curran that Schwartz blew the Redskins away during his interview Thursday. Schwartz runs a similar defense to current 'Skins' defensive boss Gregg Williams, so Williams will likely move on if Schwartz is hired. Schwartz still has interviews set up with Atlanta and Miami.
JansenFan wrote:If we hire Pete Carroll, I'll puke.
Jake wrote:JansenFan wrote:If we hire Pete Carroll, I'll puke.
If we hire anyone other than Gregg Williams, I'll puke, whihc as it appears now, I'm going to be sick real soon.
Swengali: Two People Need to Replace Gibbs
DURING TUESDAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE at Redskins Park, Dan Snyder looked like a guy who'd just been dumped.
Powerless to change Joe Gibbs' mind, Snyder morosely listened to the coach's explanation for his second retirement.
"You don't replace Joe Gibbs," the brokenhearted owner said.
Snyder was right — just not in the way he meant it.
Gibbs, whose bust is already in Canton and who owns three Super Bowl rings, had the credentials to run the whole show in Washington. And despite some questionable free-agent misses early on, Gibbs picked more good players than bad.
If the list of candidates to succeed Gibbs is to be believed, only one candidate, Bill Cowher, is worthy of controlling player-personnel decisions. Otherwise, Snyder should be looking for two people to fill Gibbs' shoes: a coach and a GM.
By already ruling out the possibility of a GM, Snyder is showing signs that he learned little from Gibbs. The owner is a brilliant businessman with odd tastes — Johnny Rockets? — but his track record for picking players is atrocious.
The man who signed Jeff George, Bruce Smith and Deion Sanders was responsible for the Redskins' chaos before Gibbs returned.
A second tenure with Snyder as GM could spell disaster for a franchise that finally found stability. With any luck, Snyder will have second thoughts on how to run the promising Redskins team Joe Gibbs has left behind.
osted at 3:52 PM ET, 01/10/2008
Coaching Update
From what I hear the meeting between Dan Snyder and Jim Schwartz, Tennesee's defensive coordinator, is taking place today (probably at Morton's, if history is an indicator). Joe Gibbs has been in the building all day and consulted with Dan for much of Wednesday, but is not taking part in the interviews.
By all accounts this is an interview for the head coaching gig. That's how everyone in this building is taking it. It's not being perceived as a chance to line up someone to make a lateral move (ie hire Schwartz to run the defense under Gregg Williams but give him more money and a better title than he has with the Titans). If that is to the contrary I will let you know, but without a doubt the vibe here is that this is the start of the process to see who will replace Joe Gibbs.
This is the first interview and I am sure several more will follow with other candidates. And the team must comply wih the Rooney Rule, obviously. as well. Four more teams will become fair game once the games are over the weekend, and I hear guys like Colts assistant Jim Caldwell and Seattle assistant Jim Mora could be candidates. I would be very surprised if the Redskins did not reach out to several coaches next week once the NFL is down to its Final Four.
Marty Schottenheimer's agent told me his client is certainly intetrested in a return to the NFL in the right position, but that the Redskins have not contacted him. Rex Ryan has not been contacted either. Word from Bill Cowher's camp continues to be that he is happy doing what he is doing.
Also, if you are scoring at home, here is a list Jason Reid put together of teams who the Redskins definitely have NOT asked for permission to interview a coach under contract to this point: San Diego, San Francisco, New Orleans, Buffalo, Houston, Cincy, Houston, Philly, St. Louis, Pitt. Still waiting to hear back from several other teams but those clubs reported no contact from the Skins.
I would love it also.Hes also NFL experience.skinsrule84 wrote:Wow I'd love Pete Carrol. As long as he doesn't completely overhaul the coaching staff and offensive/defensive system then he'd be the dream coach IMO.
por-tiz2skins wrote:I would love it also.Hes also NFL experience.skinsrule84 wrote:Wow I'd love Pete Carrol. As long as he doesn't completely overhaul the coaching staff and offensive/defensive system then he'd be the dream coach IMO.
http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/7656970
Jake wrote:JansenFan wrote:If we hire Pete Carroll, I'll puke.
If we hire anyone other than Gregg Williams, I'll puke, whihc as it appears now, I'm going to be sick real soon.
Replace "Pete Carroll" with "Steve Spurrier" and you'd be living in 2004. Let's not make that mistake again. Very few uber-successful college coaches make the transition to uber-successful NFL coach, because it takes two different types of people to be successful
ey and be done with it.
DieselFan wrote:Mark my words... Gregg Williams will be the next coach of the Washington Redskins. Schwartz will be the (very highly) paid Defensive Coordinator (or, Assistant Head Coach - Defense in Redskins vernacular).
I'm so certain, that if I'm wrong, I'll buy dinner for da Boss and all TheHogs.net staff that makes it up for training camp.
