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Snyder-Shanahan meeting

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:05 am
by Todd Bowles
There is a rumor circulating that Snyder flew to Cabo and met with Mike Shanahan --- has not yet been confirmed by the mainstream media, but some bloggers (including me) are talking about it...

http://theworldsombudsman.blogspot.com/2009/01/coaching-ombudsman-redskins-12-step.html

enjoy! - #23

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:59 pm
by Fios
welcome to the site Todd

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:46 pm
by Trample the Elderly
Yeah I heard that Shanahan met with Danny Boy. I think it stinks.

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:11 pm
by DEHog
A better ending would have been Snyder named himself HC

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:29 pm
by Deadskins
DEHog wrote:A better ending would have been Snyder named himself HC

:lol:

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:31 pm
by tcwest10
I have your rookie card. '86 Topps .
Thought your old backfield team mate Mayhew was interviewing your for the HC job in Detroit? :)
Seriously. Why Todd Bowles for a user name?

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:39 pm
by KazooSkinsFan
Wow, let's hear a rumor, assume it's true, bash Snyder for his failure to let his team gel, and if it doesn't happen we can bash him for failing to make obviously needed changes. When we never hear of it again, we can say how no one would ever work for him, which is why we haven't had a head coach for the last ten years and count Zorn and Shanahan on the list of coaches who were fired by Snyder even if Zorn is still coaching since clearly we can conclude now that Snyder didn't want Zorn to be the coach.

I think I covered it all...

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:19 pm
by Cappster
Maybe Danny might hire him is a GM.

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:23 pm
by Sir_Monk
Cappster wrote:Maybe Danny might hire him is a GM.


That's what i was thinking. Was Shanahan the GM in Denver?

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:41 pm
by tcwest10
Shanahan was one of the Holmgren-type coaches with final say in all football matters. He got Sundquist (the paper GM)fired last spring, and took on the title...which is to say, he was a fantastic coach, but a horrible GM. Who else would look at the D-Line of another team and then buy the whole line? After Elway retired, they went through the dance with Griese's kid, then bought Jake "The Snake" from Arizona, stuck with him for a while, went to Cutler, eventually. We dealt with Shanahan with the whole Bailey/Portis deal, not Bowlen or the GM.
To bring him here as a GM would be disastrous.

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:18 pm
by MDSKINSFAN
Cappster wrote:Maybe Danny might hire him is a GM.


Thats what I was thinking. The blog is sounding like he wants Shanahan to be the HC but he doesnt its Zorn, and thats final. Maybe he wants him as a FO guy or maybe a FO job with some influence on the coaching, like helping out Zorn some, giving some advice. Idk, who does anymore?

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:27 pm
by andyjens89
We can't hire Shanahan..... we'd have to change our name to the Orangeskins

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:29 pm
by aswas71788
Shanahan is the last person we need either as a coach or GM. The NFL had passed Joe Gibbs by and he had an excuse of being away for many, many years. The NFL has passed Shanahan by and he was/is still coaching.

Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:35 pm
by tribeofjudah
Snyder is a douche bag.......

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:19 am
by Wahoo McDaniels
Wahoo McDaniels wrote:How fast do you think that Vinnie and Dan are tripping over themselves right now to call Shanahan?

Man, I bet they wish they wouldn't have said that Zorn's job was safe.


I've heard the same. I'd love to say I was a fortune teller when I posted this the day Shanahan was fired, but you really didn't need to be Nostradamus to see this one coming.

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:49 am
by VRIEL1
#1. Unless someone is tracking Snyder's plane I call BS.

#2. The whole article reeks of sarcasm or as a failed attempt at humor.

#3. Due to #2 the writer is an idiot.

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:36 am
by Gibbs4Life
Zorn was 8-8 with a more talented roster than other rookie head coaches one of which is in a conference championship game; Shanahan has rings, I am not married to Zorn but I don't see him being fired.

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:43 am
by brad7686
andyjens89 wrote:We can't hire Shanahan..... we'd have to change our name to the Orangeskins


ROTFALMAO

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:44 am
by PulpExposure
Gibbs4Life wrote:Zorn was 8-8 with a more talented roster than other rookie head coaches one of which is in a conference championship game; Shanahan has rings, I am not married to Zorn but I don't see him being fired.


Lol. There is no way you can say the Redskins have a more talented roster than say...the Ravens. No way.

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:50 am
by NJ-SKINS-FAN
PulpExposure wrote:
Gibbs4Life wrote:Zorn was 8-8 with a more talented roster than other rookie head coaches one of which is in a conference championship game; Shanahan has rings, I am not married to Zorn but I don't see him being fired.


Lol. There is no way you can say the Redskins have a more talented roster than say...the Ravens. No way.


i agree pulp....

this O line was watching people run past them like the fat kid on the middle school play ground, the WR could not get open deep....the dline NEVER got pressure, the LBs were always hurt (washington, rocky) the DB were a surprise, good thing hall was signed cause springs was hurt alot again.....

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:27 pm
by kingfish51
I'm one of the "Snyder Bashers" but this is nothing but ...rumor. It doesn't mean a damn thing until it's been confirmed.

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:52 pm
by Chris Luva Luva
Gibbs4Life wrote:Zorn was 8-8 with a more talented roster than other rookie head coaches one of which is in a conference championship game; Shanahan has rings, I am not married to Zorn but I don't see him being fired.


Offensively this is only half true.

Baltimore has the better QB... I said that before we played them and I was chastised not that I cared, lmao.

Baltimore has a better STABLE of RB. We have the better individual back.

Baltimore was in our position with offensive line woes but a better run FO has gotten them to a respectable degree in just 1-2 years.

We have a better TE.

We have a better WR corps if you go by potential.

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:46 pm
by brad7686
Chris Luva Luva wrote:
Gibbs4Life wrote:Zorn was 8-8 with a more talented roster than other rookie head coaches one of which is in a conference championship game; Shanahan has rings, I am not married to Zorn but I don't see him being fired.


Offensively this is only half true.

Baltimore has the better QB... I said that before we played them and I was chastised not that I cared, lmao.

Baltimore has a better STABLE of RB. We have the better individual back.

Baltimore was in our position with offensive line woes but a better run FO has gotten them to a respectable degree in just 1-2 years.

We have a better TE.

We have a better WR corps if you go by potential.


Statistics would beg to differ. But Flacco is pretty impressive for a rookie. And Tennessee did succeed in not covering Derrick Mason last week. Who, by the way, is much better than any of our receivers because he actually runs routes and makes tough catches. And still has some speed.

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:51 pm
by CanesSkins26
brad7686 wrote:
Chris Luva Luva wrote:
Gibbs4Life wrote:Zorn was 8-8 with a more talented roster than other rookie head coaches one of which is in a conference championship game; Shanahan has rings, I am not married to Zorn but I don't see him being fired.


Offensively this is only half true.

Baltimore has the better QB... I said that before we played them and I was chastised not that I cared, lmao.

Baltimore has a better STABLE of RB. We have the better individual back.

Baltimore was in our position with offensive line woes but a better run FO has gotten them to a respectable degree in just 1-2 years.

We have a better TE.

We have a better WR corps if you go by potential.


Statistics would beg to differ. But Flacco is pretty impressive for a rookie. And Tennessee did succeed in not covering Derrick Mason last week. Who, by the way, is much better than any of our receivers because he actually runs routes and makes tough catches. And still has some speed.


If you had the choice of Flacco or Campbell right now which one would you take? I know that I would take Flacco without hesitation.

Statistically they were similar, which isn't saying much for JC since this is his 4th year in the NFL and Flacco is only a rookie.

Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:55 pm
by Chris Luva Luva
brad7686 wrote:Statistics would beg to differ.


*smackforum* your statistics. Wins beg to differ. I watch him play every week, he's better than Jason. Get over it.