Yesterday during the lack luster Washington Redskins vs. Carolina Panthers game I had to close Twitter down. Yes the team, especially the defense played poorly, but the fan reaction was getting ridiculous.
All the complaining about defensive coordinator Jim Haslett has reached the heights of ridiculousness. Is our defense terrible? Yes. Are some of the play calls questionable? Sure or definitely yes if you listen to the folks on Twitter who's combined football coaching experience is at best Pop Warner level.
I'm not making excuses for Haslett but at the same time a lot of the defense's under performance isn't exactly his fault. We knew last off-season that we needed to upgrade the cornerbacks and safeties. All signs pointed that Bruce Allen and company was looking to do such a thing, then bam, the night before free agency opens up this Skins are hit with a $36 million cap penalty, 18 million which was removed from this season. So a clear choice was made that th...
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Every time I hear Shanahan speak it appears as though he is (secretly) begging to keep his job. 'It will take years to develop RGIII', 'It will take years to develop this team', 'It will take at least(blank)years to......'.In Denver he had Elway; they fired him. How many years does it take to develop a veteran coach? The fish stinks from the head. Comments can certainly be made out of frustration. Good leaders are not frustrated. Perhaps not satisfied; but never frustrated. I spent a good amount of time in SE Asia years ago, and I would certainly not have been happy being led by a man like Coach. He is a whiner and incapable of true success.
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November 05, 2012
