Not first.

In today's meeting Williams asked Snyder abouyt media reports that he had disrecpetd Joe Gibbs. "Both Sndyer and Ceerato agreed that that had never occured and those reports were totally false,"

By Jason La Canfora | January 26, 2008; 1:19 PM ET

Anyone expecting a retraction from Jason La Canfora regarding his earlier comments on this subject, don't hold your breath.

The purge rolls on.

Chaos reigns.

Travesty... this is completely farcical.

Snyder must go!!!!!

CLEAVAGE

Hey barno, just because Snyder and Cerrato say to Williams that they didn't say he knocked Gibbs, doesn't mean that those two dunces weren't telling folks that.

Dannyboy and the rest of the front office's words aren't worth a damn thing. They lie more than the President and that says something, because the President never tells the truth.

Sickening...We love you Gregg! Best to you and Danny sucks.

This team is a joke!

Folks, realize that only once Danny starts to lose financially, will his way of dealing with this team change.

It's time the fans make him realize he is a fool. Do not renew your season tickets. Do not buy Redskins merchandise. Do not visit the website. Do not listen to his BS radio station. Do not do anything that shows support for this team!

Here's to hoping that many, many players demand to be traded, and that Williams goes on to have a successful future in the NFL.

This team is a joke!

Take off the gloves WAPO! Hit this lil napolean sob with everything you got. He deserves it!

Greg Blache has apparently been named Defensive Coordinator:

http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?t=235450

"Having driven out Zeus, chaos reigns."

Some Greek guy.

Okay, so Zeus quit.

I know, I posted this once already; but it's apt.

He reached out to Gibsb again Thursday and Friday and was asked to stay in, Demoff said.

Clear evidence that Gibbs is complicate in this farce. Williams has been out of contention for a long time, but here we have Gibbs carrying water for the clowns in order to control damage.

Shame.

Best of luck, Gregg Williams. You will be sorely missed by players and fans alike.

I am officially turning in my Redskins Fan Club card, as long as Dan Snyder is owner of this team.

This is the BIGGEST disgrace in the entire history of the Redskins organization. Snyder obviously is a complete idiot and would rather have his homeboy Cerrato happy than win a Super Bowl. Yet another owner in the DC area who knows jack about how to run a team...

Welcome to football hell.

Who didn't see this coming? What an absolute joke of an organization (fo)
Can it get any worse? Maybe the Dan should coach the team,we all know that he won't fire himself. This just makes you want to go and purchase more Redskins gear.

Thanks Dan. Thanks alot.

With a d-coordinator being named, the head choice will obviously be Fassel. What a joke.

I'd say we are the Raiders of the east but the Raiders went to the Super Bowl a couple years ago.

the best available coach has been told he's not wanted...great

i don't live in DC, and am pretty far from most of the media there. So i always felt Dannyboy had a bad reputation with the area...but i was just being ignorant and blind. He is single handidly destroying this franchise. I can't imagine how many players are going to leave when there contracts are up.

this sucks, worst season ever...

Snyder SUCKS!!

I think you all are being WAY too dramatic. Do I think letting Williams go was the right choice? Probably not. Unless, he is planning on getting the OC from the Patriots. I'd take him over Gregg any day. Williams was a good coordinator, but a very mediocre HC when he was with Buffalo. A lot of the defensive credit has to be given to Blache too, who will continue the system and be very productive. I think this hiring of coordinators before a HC is strange, but I don't think Williams was such a great choice.

FU Snyder and Cerratto!! You all are complete disgraces. I look forward to a Gregg William's coached team coming in and humiliating you two clowns! I have never been more embarrassed and ashamed to be a Redskin!

What A Colossal Fassel*!

Skins Fans to Dan: "Don't tase me, bro!"

Oh, too late.

*Fassel (fa-sul, noun)--a grievous mistake; for example, blowing up an emerging, playoff contending franchise by hiring an out of work, mediocre, has-been coach that other teams avoided; compounding the mistake by alienating the successor hand-picked, and groomed for 4 years, by a Hall of Fame coach; compounding the mistake further by failing to maintain team continuity as promised.

Let's dee here...

Blache for Williams.

Zorn for Saunders.

Girls, these are not upgrades.

I bet Snyder will hire The Giant's D-Coordinator and then the Giants will hire Williams. We get to face Williams twice a year then. Snyder you can go to hell!!

Williams will be a good fit in Oakland.
At least the owner there is only insane, not a complete and total George W Bush-like failure!

The last time I checked, Gregg Williams wasn't mentioned in the same breath as Vince Lombardi, Chuck Noll, Tom Landry, Bill Walsh or Gibbs. Yes, the players wanted him, at least that's what we hear. I haven't heard many offensive players support him. I'm not saying this process has been smooth but if Williams was so great, wouldn't Gibbs been more vocal to Snyder about this?? There is a reason Williams hasn't sniffed a HC gig since Buffalo fired him. Great DC, average HC, in my opinion.

People-- calm down, now.
Should GG have been our next coach-- at least for a year to try him out while Cowher waits in the wings? Probably. Now Jacksonville gets their man.

I think it is very weird to hire the coordinators first, but look on the bright side-- these are some good coordinators to build around, particularly Blanche. I'm still hoping its not Fassel (REALLY hoping)-- maybe the Danny is waiting to try to get one of the Superbowl buggers and using Fassel as a back-up. Wish they'd give Grimm a look.

Either way-- emotionally, this sucks. But they're unproven on the field and we are REDSKINS fans. We bleed burgundy and gold. We stick with them no matter what, through pain and sorrow (if you want to mope, try being a Browns fan... or worse, a Cardinals fan... or Detroit). We're okay right now. Continuity was a sham, but until we see how the players respond and all of the puzzles fall into place-- lets hold off our judgment for now, support our team (feel free to hate Danny in the process), and hope for a great draft and off-season.

HAIL, babies.

F Dan Snyder and F our future coach Jim Fassel. I'll still be rooting for this team every Sunday next fall but am completely dejected about the owner we have been saddled with and the fact that we will never be a consistently good team because of it.

Sell the team you ahole.

This simply sucks! We have the worst owner in the league. Gregg Williams and the Skins D was the brightest spot of the Gibbs 2 tenure.

Who are we going to get now Fassel -- how exciting! The rest of the NFL am sure is jealous -- people have been beating down Fassel's door for years offering him head coaching jobs.

And after his wonderful stint with the Ravens he's even in hotter demand as a coordinator.

Good thing Snyder isn't blowing this team a part after they were so close last season -- continuity is the name of the game.

Now lets hope we have a blootletting of the core chemistry players and lets bring on some old high priced FA's -- the good times are back! I think this bodes well for Brandon Lloyd. Maybe he makes a comeback now. He's a Snyder kind of guy.

Dan Snyder has handled this head coaching search with a total lack of class. Money ain't everything, Danny, you're nothing but a rich t*rd.

home opener next year?...10-20K fans in attendence...c'mon we can do it...

We will never win with Snyder as our owner. this is a total travesty and has turned his back on the players and fans that have pleaded to keep Williams and promote him to head coach this is a sad day on the warpath

The last time I checked, Gregg Williams wasn't mentioned in the same breath as Vince Lombardi, Chuck Noll, Tom Landry, Bill Walsh or Gibbs. Yes, the players wanted him, at least that's what we hear. I haven't heard many offensive players support him. I'm not saying this process has been smooth but if Williams was so great, wouldn't Gibbs been more vocal to Snyder about this?? There is a reason Williams hasn't sniffed a HC gig since Buffalo fired him. Great DC, average HC, in my opinion.

Posted by: homer0890 | January 26, 2008 01:53 PM

Actually, Williams was Associate Head Coach with the Skins for the past 4 years.... so his 4 year AHC job under a Hall of Famer should count for something.

Bottom line, as gdennie put it: so far, these ain't upgrades!

Wow - I take a shower and I come back to this? I just hope that things work out. I would be intersted in a HC that was not GG but all the names that have been mentioned are not people that I could get behind (GG was great for continuity, but his tenure in Buffalo was a concern).

And I agree with whoever wrote it above, I don't like how Gibbs has been used in this (whether knowingly or unknowingly).

Heckuva job Vinny!

You can email the Redskins on their website, and I just sent the following to Dan Snyder (though one highly doubts that anyone especially the owner will ever read it):

Subject: Go to hell Dan Snyder

Go to hell. You have destroyed what Gibbs brought in. I think I speak for all Redskins fans when I say I can not wait for you to sell this team. I'll be rooting for Six Flags to go into bankruptcy soon, and hopefully you to do the same so we can get an owner running this community institution in sane way. Congrats on completely destroying all the good will that Joe Gibbs brought to this team in less than two weeks. Getting rid of Gregg Williams was a huge mistake and your ego and obvious Napoleonic complex are getting in the way of your making sane decisions. I've been a life long fan of the Redskins, but I'd like to tell you personally I love the skins, but I hate the owner.

go danny go

Please somebody out there rescue this team and organization from ego-maniacal knuckleheads like Dan'can't stand the man'Snyder.
Why not make Tom Cruise the head coach?. That would make the headline splash Danzo is always looking for. Then we could have the next sequel in a long line of "Mission Impossible" You know like "Mission Impossible-Redskins win Super Bowl"!!!

If you're talking about leaving the team or not going to games over this, you're a fairweather fan. C'mon??! What happened to team loyalty for goodness sakes? Is Danny a tool? Sure, but he doesn't embody the Redskins of today or yesteryear. Reserve your judgment until Week 5 of next season. I'm ashamed of you.

Actually, Williams was Associate Head Coach with the Skins for the past 4 years.... so his 4 year AHC job under a Hall of Famer should count for something.

Bottom line, as gdennie put it: so far, these ain't upgrades!

Posted by: Alan4 | January 26, 2008 01:57 PM

We were 30-34 in those 4 years and blew more 2nd half leads than other team in the NFL.

Wow - I take a shower and I come back to this? Posted by: suzannepdc

Let's hear more about that shower....

well, I was all sweaty from the gym.....

The Redskins are a disgrace. We need Al Sharpton up in here to organize a million-fan march on the capital...

A serious rally combined with boycotts of key Redskins advertisers and vendors will send a message that will be remembered for ever.

The Washington Redskins today named veteran defensive coach Greg Blache to lead the team's defense and Jim Zorn as his counterpart on the offense.

The team also released their predecessors, Gregg Williams and Al Saunders.

"I want to thank Gregg and Al for all they did for the team," Team Owner Daniel M. Snyder said. "In particular, during our most difficult time last year, they both helped hold the team together as we kept moving forward. I am confident they will continue to be successful in the years ahead."

"Greg Blache is an outstanding coach with deep experience. Players respond to him, and his co-workers respect him. He has our full confidence," Snyder said. "We're counting on Jim to continue Jason Campbell's growth, while moving our offense forward."

"The process of selecting a new head coach continues, although no hire is planned until after the Super Bowl so as not to distract from the Championship game as well as to keep open all our options," Snyder added. "We are on track with our interviews, but in the interim we also are filling our coaching positions and re-signing several existing staff members. During our interviews with prospective head coaches we heard time and again how highly respected some of our 2007 assistant coaches were and who they would select to fill out their staffs. That intelligence is helping guide our hiring decisions."

why do you need a head coach if you already have offensive and defensive coordinators hired. what would be the head coaches job now?

Go look at the Redskins store:

http://store.redskins.com/showitems.asp?deptcode1=633

Looks like Portis and Moss could be gone soon. The Skins never reduce prices on jersey's (especially authentic ones) that much for players they plan on keeping.

well, I was all sweaty from the gym.....
Posted by: suzannepdc

Go on...

We were 30-34 in those 4 years and blew more 2nd half leads than other team in the NFL.

Posted by: homer0890 | January 26, 2008 02:01 PM

Not because of the defense. The offense was wildly inconsistent over the past 4 years, but how are you putting that on Williams?

Well danny boy has done it again hasnt he? This time though he has gone a lil too far if you ask me, now whoever he decides to bring in as the next coach if they dont make the playoffs i say we all riot and storm redskins park, nd oh by the way how u gonna hire an offensive coordinator nd not a head coach lets give it up for the worst owner in sports dan snyder

I'm on board with rawk. I urge everyone to voice their opinion to the Redskins whether you're pro or anti Grilliams. We need to be heard. The only way Snyder is going to get the hint is from the fans. Vinny sure as hell not going to steer him in the right direction.

http://www.redskins.com/fanzone/emailredskins.jsp

I already sent in my two cents.

Thank you, thank you, Gregg Williams, for being the spirited face of this organization. Your passion and devotion made a mark on me. I wish you luck wherever you land (like probably Jacksinville).

Greg Blache as the new DC. Hmmmmm, is that the continuity Danny was speaking of?

That's all you are getting!

home opener next year?...10-20K fans in attendence...c'mon we can do it...

Posted by: steviej1964 | January 26, 2008 01:57 PM

Yeah right, at least 60,000 seats are owned by the corporates who don't care who owns, coaches, or plays for the team.

I would love to make a statement to danny-boy, but I have nothing left to give up - I cancelled season tickets two years ago, have not gone to FedEx since then, have not bought any Redskins gear since then either. I do not listen to the awful Larry Michaels radio broadcast. The problem is, I bet danny does not make most of his money from the fans - it comes from the corporates and TV contract.

Here is Greg Blache's Bio, he has a very accomplished and extensive background in the game of football.

Greg Blache joined the Redskins in 2004 to head up a strong defensive line unit after five seasons as defensive coordinator in Chicago. Blache works closely with assistant head coach-defense Gregg Williams and focuses special attention on the development of the Redskins defensive line.
In 2003, Blache's Chicago defense finished the season fifth in the NFC in total defense, and 14th in the NFL, the team's highest league overall-ranking since the 1998 season. During his tenure, Blache's defenses forced 138 turnovers, including 37 in 2001, the most by a Bears defense since 1990, and accounted for 13 touchdowns (two in 1999, four in 2000, five in 2001, one in 2002, and one in 2003).

In 2002, Blache dealt with numerous injuries, leading to 11 different starting line-ups over the course of 16 games. While juggling personnel, the Bears defense continued with their attacking, aggressive style that set records during the 2001 season. They forced 64 tackles behind the line of scrimmage and reached a league plateau by forcing at least one turnover in 33 consecutive games, the second longest active streak in the NFL at the time.

In 2001, Blache molded the Bears defense into one of the top units in the league, producing the top-ranked scoring defense by allowing only 203 points in 16 games (12.7 points per game). His run defense finished second in the NFL and first in the NFC, allowing just 82.1 yards per game, while allowing only three rushes of 20 yards or more all seasons and only six rushing touchdowns.

Prior to joining the Bears, Blache served as defensive line coach for the Indianapolis Colts for five seasons (1994-98) and held the same position with the Green Bay Packers for six years (1988-93).

In addition to his pro coaching experience, Blache has held positions with several college programs. He began his coaching career as a defensive assistant at his alma mater Notre Dame in 1968, after suffering a leg injury that ended his playing career. Following his graduation in 1971, he stayed on as a graduate assistant and then as an assistant coach for the Fighting Irish for four more seasons (1972-75).

He moved on to join Tulane's staff in 1976, where he coached the offensive line (1976-77), outside linebackers (1978-79) and defensive backs (1980). He then returned to Notre Dame to coach the running backs (1981), defensive line and outside linebackers (1982-83). After spending 1984-85 as defensive coordinator of the USFL's Jacksonville Bulls, he returned to the college ranks at Southern University (1986) and Kansas (1987).

Blache started his collegiate career as a defensive back for Notre Dame, but a leg injury ended his playing career prematurely.

He earned his bachelor's degree in sociology and a Master's Degree in secondary education, both from Notre Dame.

A New Orleans native, Blache and his wife, Lynn, have six children: Greg Jr., Jennifer, Christopher, Sarah, Corrine and Matthew. They live in Leesburg, Va.

"That intelligence is helping guide our hiring decisions."

Same people who said thre were WMD's in Iraq right?

- Ray

Perhaps Danny Boy & Co. dont like anyone thats currently available and is just trying to throw something together for a year until Cowher is willing.

This blows.

I thought the WaPo just reported last week that Blache had no desire to be the DC. I sure hope he got GG's blessing before taking the job - I thought those two were close.

Alan4-Your statement about '4 yrs as AHC to a Hall of Famer should be worth something.' If that's the case, he was responsible as well. The first Giants game this year, our D could not get them off the field in the 2nd half. The second Eagles game was a complete breakdown on the Defense. Look, I'm not here to bash, I'm as diehard a Skins fan as anyone that is posting. I'll I'm trying to say is that Williams isn't getting enshrined in Canton anytime soon and I doubt he'll ever be a HC in the NFL again.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. There were only 3 candidates for the HC job:

1. Coach Williams
2. Coach Snyder
3. Coach Spineless Pawn.

Now there are only two options....what Spineless Pawn, lilly-livered, weak-kneed coach will take the HC job where they don't get to hire their own staff?

Coach Snyder is sounding more and more likely!

I'm happy about Zorn and very unhappy about GWilliams. Thank you for all your hard work Gregg. I wish you the best. I hope you will be able to advance your career and prove all the naysayers wrong. I'll root for you no matter what team you go to (as long it's not Dallas.)

And now that Gregg is gone I hope we get Meeks or McDaniels. I sure hope it's not Fassel, he is the least proven out there... Or actually the most proven; he's proven time and again he can't do it.

I wonder how many time-outs in a row he could buy?

I hope your wife leaves you Danny boy, then you can feel the anger and emotional heartache we deal with here...

You are truly a piece of Shti..I only wish I could see you out in public alone someday

If GG goes to Jacksonville like some are saying they're going to have a kick as$ team next year.

homer, the defense is the only reason the Skins got 30 wins in 4 years. How many games did the O actually take over and win in the past 4 years? Even when there were heroics, like the 14-13 come from behind win against the Cowboys a few years ago, it was only possible because the defense held the the Cowboys to 13 points for 4 quarters!

How the hell do you hire an offensive coordinator aand a defensive coordinator BEFORE you hire a head coach? Don't you need to have his overall vision in mind, and have say in hiring the coaching staff? Snyder is just interested in milking an economic pig, instead of the Hawgs going to the Super Bowl (Vinny's eyeballs go berserk)..

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the Skins have over 20,000,000 fans world wide. The U.S. population is about 300,000,000 and that would give the Skins about 7% market share of fanbase, sound reasonable?

The power of even 10% of those 20 million fans to boycott companies like FedEx, not eat at the stadium vendors, or even better not go to a game(s). I'm not suggesting anyone give up their season tickets because then someone else just fills your seat. I'm saying put your money where your mouth is and take a stand.

The internet is so viral that one you numm-nuts must be able to start a website, create a You-Tube video, etc..

As for me, where is the nearest UPS store so I can send a package to Mr. Snyder.

Most telling baout all this isn't that GW wasn't hired. It's the way all this was handled. GW had not heard from Snyder for 10 days after his last interview? Wtf is that? Bad bad bad. Bad PR, bad relations in general.

So far this whole process reeks of bad management. Snyder apparently thinks that because he has all the money, everybody must automatically respect him no matter what. Other football professionals operate in a world where respect is earned, not automatically given to whoever has the most money. Disconnect.

Goodbye, Redskins.

Complete BS!!! Synder & Cerrato are completed idots!!!! Top 10 defense 3 out of the 4 yrs he has been here and they decide to let him go. I am ashamed to be a skins fan right now cause now this team has to start all over again. Synder & Cerrato must go cause they are DESTORYING this once proud franchise. But Greg is atleast walking away with a cool million. Thanks for the great work you did here Greg Williams.

If GG goes to Jacksonville like some are saying they're going to have a kick as$ team next year.

Posted by: david | January 26, 2008 02:14 PM

They had a good team this year, where were you? If Northcutt doesn't drop that TD, it's 21-21 w/ 12 minutes to go at NE.

When are they going to get rid of Joe Bugel. He should have gone the day after Gibbs quit.

"The process of selecting a new head coach continues, although no hire is planned until after the Super Bowl so as not to distract from the Championship game as well as to keep open all our options," Snyder added. "We are on track with our interviews, but in the interim we also are filling our coaching positions and re-signing several existing staff members. During our interviews with prospective head coaches we heard time and again how highly respected some of our 2007 assistant coaches were and who they would select to fill out their staffs. That intelligence is helping guide our hiring decisions."

So basically Snyder interviewed these people just to pick their brains and now is stealing their ideas - so basically you see what other people are doing and copy (sounds like cheating to me - maybe that's how Danny has gotten through life). Well, with the help of his daddy's millions as well.

homer, by the way, Gibbs seemed to think Williams would make a fine HC, and encouraged him to stay in the mix.

I'm more inclined to agree with someone enshrined in Canton than you or Snyder on this one.

Well, that's it then. Four years of work blown up by Dannyboys big ego. I hope that Dannyboy and Vinny become the most hated maligned individuals in Washington DC and in all of sports. They have highjacked our team and the fans need to send them a message loud and clear. ugh.

They had a good team this year, where were you? If Northcutt doesn't drop that TD, it's 21-21 w/ 12 minutes to go at NE.

Posted by: homer0890 | January 26, 2008 02:17 PM

I know they had a good team this year GG will only add to it is what i was saying

Barno

I'd like to refute your rebuttal about the administration's dishonesty before, during, and after the start of the Iraq War. Let's look at what you said

1. You claim the United Nations believed that Saddam Hussein had stockpiles on WMDs.

Fact: The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) stated prior to the war that Saddam Hussein had no WMDs in 2003. To steal from wikipedia, "Based on its inspections and examinations during this time, UNMOVIC inspectors determined that UNSCOM had successfully dismantled Iraq's unconventional weapons program during the 1990s."

The cliff notes version can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNMOVIC

The longer version can be found here

http://www.unmovic.org/ (go to the Baghdad press briefings and have at it)

This report was accepted by the vast majority of the United Nations and the majority of the United Nations security Council. Its only detractors were the US and Great Britain.

2. You claim this administration is not lying, yet it CONTINUES to maintain that the Hussein regime was colluding with Al Queda.

Fact: This myth has been debunked REPEATEDLY (most recently in the non partisan 9/11 commission report), yet this administration CONTINUES to state this. There are three possible explanations for this

1. The administration is too stupid to understand any of these reports (though the 9/11 commission report statement "no credible evidence" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5223932/ can't get much clearer)
2. The administration is too pig headed to admit it is wrong
3. The administration realizes this statement isn't correct, but since this fallacy is a key support point to this war as well as a great ploy to get support from the populace at large, they keep saying it. This would be referred to as a lie.

I believe lots of things about the Bush administration, but I don't believe that they are stupid, so it can't be reason #1.

Reason #2 is possible, but it loses a lot of oomph when you look at the adminstration's stance on WMD. In 2002-2003, they claimed/told the US they were 100% certain Iraq has WMDs. In 2005, a massive preponderance of evidence (most noteably finding no WMDs in Iraq) forced George Bush to say in 12/18/2005

"It is true that Saddam Hussein had a history of pursuing and using weapons of mass destruction. It is true that he systematically concealed those programs, and blocked the work of U.N. weapons inspectors. It is true that many nations believed that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. But much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong"

Since there is equal (if not more) non-partisan evidence that no Iraq al-Qaida link existed in 2001-2003 and negligible credible evidence to establish this claim, most people (including several republicans I know) have come to the conclusion that the administration knows what it is saying isn't true, but continues to say it because this bogus assertion benefits them (i.e. they are lying).

3. You state "But it appears, though still not yet conclusively, that Hussein did not have the stockpiles of WMD"

Facts: The US military been in Iraq for almost 5 years. The US military and US intelligence has turned over a large part of the country and found no WMDs. The US military and US intelligence has interviewed/interrogated a large swath of Hussein's military machine who corroborate that Saddam Hussein had no WMDs when we invaded Iraq in 2003. Even the commander in chief now admits that there were no WMDs in Iraq in 2003. To repeat his 12/18/2005 statement (just want to make sure you read this)

"It is true that Saddam Hussein had a history of pursuing and using weapons of mass destruction. It is true that he systematically concealed those programs, and blocked the work of U.N. weapons inspectors. It is true that many nations believed that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. But much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong"

If your view of conclusive is to turn over every inch of soil in Iraq and not find any old WMD caches, I'll happily buy you a couple of shovels at Home Depot and provide you transportation to the country so you can do so. However, I don't think you'll need to do this so that others accept beyond any reasonable doubt that Iraq had no WMDs in 2001-2003. The facts speak for themselves.

Cheers

Adam

Bugel for head coach!

Oh now you get it updated...good job only 10-15 minutes after every other outlet had it.

I knew after how your writers handled Sean Taylor's death I should have never come back.

I knew this BS day was coming since napoleon snyder aligned himself with Tom Cruise.

I will no longer waste my time and money with The Washington Scientology Deadskins.

Give dan about 5 years he will sell the team(u can bet on it)

I guess we need to look at this in a more relaxed light. I am coming around to seeing what is happening here. The HC will not be Fassel in my opinion. That is Danny's gift to the fans. As great as he has been as a DC, GW was not a great or even a good HC in Buffalo. These hires show a great deal of thought has been given to what Danny and Vinny want. I am guessing that Jim Mora Jr. would have gotten the job if he wanted it and thus that is where Jim Zorn's name came from. The new coach will be someone we have not heard about yet. It will make sense and it will be fine.

Hail to the Redskins

Alan-Our D has been excellant, I'm not doubting that. I'm just trying to say that I don't get all the uproar over not hiring Williams as HC. It's a big difference from DC to HC. Blache played a huge roll in our D as well and keeping him is a good move IMO. Am I thrilled about Fassel possibly being HC? No. However, his HC record is a lot better than Williams was at Buffalo.

I'm a little surprised at Gregg Williams not being in the running. Al Saunders i do understand. He undercut Don Coryell in San Diego 22 years ago, and sort of played along with forcing Don Coryell out.

This will make a lot of fans happy--Cowboys fans, Giants fans, and Eagles fans.

Unbelievable, this should have been wrapped up a week ago with Williams being named head coach. Now the Redskins will be luckly to reach 8-8. No playoffs next year, and probably no Super Bowl for a long time. Snyder, this was such an easy decision and you blew it. How the hell did you make your money? Someone else must have called the shots because you have proved time and again that you are an idiot. If Williams and Cerrato did not get along, fire Cerrato. What Snyder needs is someone with Cerrato's position but who will have the guts to tell Danny "just shut up and write this check." Unfortunately, Snyder is not that kind of owner and will never do that. I'm not a big fan of southern tradition, but maybe it's time for fans to grab the pitchforks and run The Danny out of town.

On to the Capitals and Wizards who might make some accomplishments in the near future. The Redskins will be caught in a cycle of mediocrity for a long time.

Absolutely bizzare! Why in the hell would Spagnola or McDaniels walk into a team where BOTH coordinators are thrust upon them? So, if not them, why not just say it's Fassel? Good luck, fans, you're going to need it!

The ONLY way to speak to $nyder is to boycott. Don't buy concessions, merchandise, etc.

Adam = George Soros lover!!!! Lets keepit to Skins debate

mr. snyder make me sad.

Head coach will be Fassel. The Danny will interview Spags just for fun and will then name Fassel. Fassel is probably in touch with the Danny about who to hire from the existing coaching staff. The Danny is waiting for the fans to get indifferent or despondent about the the idea of Fassel before he announces. We will die a slow death......

redskins1-I agree with your comments, although I'm not so sure Fassel isn't the guy. I actually wouldn't have minded Mora.

I really f***ing hate Danny Boy. It must be weird to have have any relationship with the championed title holder of Narcissism. He must have body guards or lives in a compound because I can't imagine this guy walking down the streets without being pummled. If I was a player I would be sick to my stomach, knowing that I signed a contract with lucifer himself. I'm seriously considering cheering for any team playing the skins until fans stop buying tickets, danny stops making copius amounts of money and the Little General is driven out and is exiled back to the Shire. Dan Snyder, you sir are a real A**Hole.

THE TEAM PLAYERS PLAY on the FIELD, not the COACHES. Let's see what happens once the season starts. All you naysayers out there are acting like a bunch of babies. Both the OC and DC are good decisions. I think the REDSKINS will have a good season. I'm staying open-minded about the whole process. I want to see how all you "fans" react if the REDSKINS make it to the playoffs again.

Stop your whining. If you're really a true fan you'll support the team no matter what!

HAIL TO THE REDSKINS!

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G Williams' HC record: 17-31

Fassel HC record: 58-53-1

Why is everyone up in arms here? GW was clearly not up the job in Buffalo and yes, his defenses have been a big part in the many second half meltdowns over the past few years. At least with Fassel we get the likelihood of 8-8 and the occasional 9-7 seasons, any maybe a playoff berth.

And by the way, Danny doesn't CARE if you give back your tix or stop buying jerseys...someone else will take your place!

Sugar, they merged the damn thing.

-beep -beep *giggle*

REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED when Gibbs retired in 1991. Richie Petibon took over and the Skins went to hell. Snyder is probably superstitious about the whole thing. Who knows, maybe Williams really is a conceited, arrogant a**hole.

Let the Free Agent spending spree begin!

I can't believe the venom and ignorance that's spewing from this blog. It almost makes me not want to participate.

Saunders was a failure here. Regardless of whether it was Gibbs, Williams, Cowher, or anyone else it was unlikely he'd have been back. That's not Snyder's fault. That's squarely on Gibbs.

Williams was good when he was good, but he was bad when he was bad. Doesn't anyone remember the previous year? Didn't anyone watch him roll over and die during the Patriot's game? And how does ANYONE have respect for the man who kept the 10 man defense tribute a secret from Joe Gibbs. If nothing else, Gibbs deserves respect, and that was a slap in his face. Williams was NOT the second coming.

Blache IS consistency. He'll keep largely the same defense, and probably almost all the same players. In my opinion, there is no loss at the defensive coordinator position.

Zorn is an unknown, but he comes highly respected, and Seattle fought to keep him. He's a QB guy, and Soup needs that. I think it's a great hire.

I don't know why we don't have a head coach yet. But so what? It's been a bumpy process, but we're doing ok so far.

Remember none of this was Snyder's fault. This was Gibbs bailing out and blindsiding Snyder and everyone.

And you can talk all you want about consistency. If Snyder and Williams are oil and water, that trumps the idea of trying to keep Gibbs hand-picked successor. Snyder was wise to look past the obvious choice and find someone he CAN work with for the long haul.

All this temper-tantrum name calling and baseless apocalyptic pants-wetting is embarrassing. Especially those of you who want to give up season tickets or boycott games. It makes me sad that the legendary Wasington Redskins Fan Base is reduced to this.

WELCOME ABOARD Zorn, and CONGRATULATIONS Blache and Cerrato. Ignore these idiotic fans. The rest of us are behind you, and expect great things from you. You'll hear us boo if you lose, but until then we got your back.

if you all feel so strong about snyder and cerrato, just don't buy any more season tickets then watch the team be the worst of NFL AND EVENTUALLY GET SOLD!

I despise Daniel Snyder's tactics when it comes to running the Redskins. I no longer root for my hometown team because of this crap. I am a RAIDER fan...and oh look, its WORSE over there. There must be SOME WAY that someone can pry these two franchises from these two guys.

However, his HC record is a lot better than Williams was at Buffalo.

I'm so tired of hearing this bogus comparison... because it ignores the fact Fassel ended 4-12 and was fired in 2003. It ignores that he was fired again 2 years later as OC in 2006. It ignores the fact that he was passed over for OC in KC and has been out of the NFL since Oct 06. NOBODY WANTS HIS ASS! Why did Snyder want him in 2004 (before he got fired a second time) and now? Gibbs sure as hell didn't want him!

It ignores the fact that HOF Coach Gibbs handpicked Williams as his DC. It ignores the fact that Gibbs has groomed Williams for 4 years in his Associate HC position. It ignores the fact the Gibbs endorsed Williams as his successor. It ignores the fact that Williams has been with the Skins for 4 years and knows our personnel very, very well (which he could certainly use against us should he land with another NFC East team).

Gibbs is a Hall of Fame coach, who has taken the Skins to the playoffs twice in the past 3 years. His game has always been his people-skills. If Gibbs thinks Williams can do a good job, I'd say he's more credible than anyone else making comments about it.

And I have no doubt Williams will be a HC in the NFL again. Besides making the defenst the strength of the Skins, most people will respect a Gibbs endorsement.

Who's endorsing Fassel?

And yeah the good thing about this is now I can spend all my sports dollars on my new favorite team....one that is owned by it's fans. The Green Bay Packers. Come on everyone Join Me!

But at the very least stop buy Skins Merch, give back your tickets and all that good stuff. If you really feel that strongly about the decision. But it has to be a concerted effort for it to work and send a message.

Myself. I stopped buying Skins stuff a while ago. Last Skins item I purchased was a hat the year before Gibbs came back for the second time.

All that said I've been a skins fan since 1980...so I'd be lying if I said I was just going to turn it off and stop paying attention, even hoping for Blanch and Zorn to yet again...maybe be the solution....but the passion I once had is gone. Will I give Snyder one more cent of my money...not till one of those shiny football trophies he likes to display all the time, is actually one he earned.

But yet again we shall see.

"THE TEAM PLAYERS PLAY on the FIELD, not the COACHES."

Hey little boy.

Remember that when the roster goes through a complete upheval. Coaches always bring in "thier guys" no matter what.

A lot of those guys played for the coaches that were here, it doesn't mean they will for the new ones.

- Ray

I'm fine with Williams not getting the deal. If all those stories of him in buffalo are true and there's even a kernel of truth to the ESPN story then maybe he's not the right guy. But Dan and Vinny have handled the deal like two bumbling idiots. It's amazing to me Snyder made millions if he ran his other companies like this. You need good people to run solid organizations and all he seems to have is yes men.

"Who's endorsing Fassel?"

Actually this should read: Who's HIRING Fassell? ;)

- Ray

Perhaps the Danny has Brian Billick up his sleeve...

Anyone, anyone?

So much for continuity and stability - look fowrard to another transitional year a.k.a. losing season.

Dan and Vinnie, dumb and dumber. Snyder does not know football. Vinnie's track record is pathetic. The only remaining question is: will Fassel be fired after one year? What will be the Skins record? I'm gonna be a bit optimistic here and offer 3-13.

After this farcical process, and the shame and embarrasment bestowed on Washington and the beloved Redskins fans, Bill Cowher would NEVER work for this joke of an owner.

New stadium? Good luck filling FedEx in 5 years. Hell, FedEx will remove their name.

Good Gawd what a pompous little man.

This is crap. I am fine w/ Blache--that's great. At least the D will be in the same/similar system. But now when he hires some doofus like the old Fossil and someone says, "what about continuity?" He'll say, "hey, I promoted Blache from within. There's your continuity."

I'm also upset that the Gibber is complicit in this crap. He should have told Danny to go pound sand.

Good luck Grilliams. We'll always love you up here and think you're super smart!

Now, on to a new coach. Please, Please young up and comer (Grimm, Meeks, Schwartz, Anybody but Fassel (ABF!)

"The process of selecting a new head coach continues, although no hire is planned until after the Super Bowl so as not to distract from the Championship game as well as to keep open all our options," Snyder added. "We are on track with our interviews, but in the interim we also are filling our coaching positions and re-signing several existing staff members. During our interviews with prospective head coaches we heard time and again how highly respected some of our 2007 assistant coaches were and who they would select to fill out their staffs. That intelligence is helping guide our hiring decisions."

So basically Snyder interviewed these people just to pick their brains and now is stealing their ideas - so basically you see what other people are doing and copy (sounds like cheating to me - maybe that's how Danny has gotten through life). Well, with the help of his daddy's millions as well.

Posted by: david | January 26, 2008 02:17 PM

His quote is basically saying he doesn't know sh*t about football. Hire someone who knows what the hell they are doing and get out of the way. Sign the checks and shut the hell up. I'd be ok with the Zorn and Blache things if I knew we were not going to get Fassel. That is where this is headed and we will be mediocre under his direction. He lost the Giants and was fired. He has the same old tired media session in the middle of the season. Ante up, get on board the chips are on the table bs. Dan Snyder can go to hell.

By the way, does anyone remember Fassel's idiot rants the years leading up to his dismissal as Giants coach? This guy regularly sounded like an idiot. He also had to beg Brian Billick for a job and it's not a wonder nobody else in the league even considers him for any position now, much less head coach.

Who will want to come here to coach when they can't pick their own staff?

Would anyone be suprised if Tom Cruise is the next head coach? At this point it would take a crazy person to work for Snyder, and well he fits the bill.

This is a sad day for the Redskins. One of the worst since Sean's passing and losing to the Raiders in our last SB loss.

Coach Snyder is a tool. Please sell the team.

Well said Johnrobert6.

My Buffalo Bills Fan Friends were PRAYING that we got Greg Williams as their coach......

One email to me today: "Wow....you're team just dodged a big bullet....we still hate them".

Anyhoo....Williams is gone...the drama is over. If you wanna cancel your season tickets...go ahead.....Maybe my seats will move up 10 rows instead of the usual 2.

As for continuity.....we will have the same defensive scheme....and the offense was going to be scrapped anyhoo. After really thinking about the RICHIE PETITBON year and then the NORV tenure......continuity is is not always a good thing.

More importantly is getting good players....we have a good young corps to build around....

Now we need to find viable replacements for basically our entire secondary + Rogers and McIntosh (until they are ready to return) and our aging OL, and a DE.

I hear Lane Kiffin is available.

Dan Snyder is a complete idiot PERIOD !!!!

Continuity rulz.

This BS drulz.

Now there are only two options....what Spineless Pawn, lilly-livered, weak-kneed coach will take the HC job where they don't get to hire their own staff?

Coach Snyder is sounding more and more likely!

Posted by: Alan4 | January 26, 2008 02:12 PM

Well now, that's the rub here, isn't it?

The universe of coaches that would take a position in which their key assistants have already been named is pretty small. And unimpressive.

This is new precedent in the NFL I believe - both Coordinators named before the HC. This has NEVER happened in the past.

The new coach has been emasculated before he ever reaches the Dulles tarmac. He will never last over two years...

snyder is a scientolgist.

HEY RAY:

We will still have a core group of REDSKINS players from 2007 playing on the field. Every team goes through some upheaval in the off-season. It's called free agency. What world do you live in that you think every player would return?

I am a REDSKINS fan and I will stick with them through thick and thin just as I always have for the last 25 years.

HAIL TO THE REDSKINS!

BOO to all you BABIES and WHINERS!

maybe wade phillips will want the job?

Guys and Dolls:

The really sad thing about this turn of events at Redskins Park is that whoever the HC turns out to be, this team will be blown up. That means another two years of football hell until Danny gets tired of it and starts all over again.

What self-respecting HC would come into a situation where Vinny the Pooh has already been elevated to Supreme Leader Of All Things Football, and his OC and DC have already been named? Oh, I don't know: maybe some has-been color guy who hasn't had a job offer since the Clinton administration, who is desperate enough to take this job, any job under the dynamic duo of Snyder and Cerrato, and who will sit quietly in the corner while Napoleon and his henchman hatch their brilliant football schemes.

Maybe Snyder is going for the big splash and has been secretely talking to Cowher behind the scenes. Oh really? And you seriously think Cowher is going to come into a situation as described above with no say as to the organization or his assistants? I doubt it, but then I have always been a cynic. Nope. Got to be Fassel.

Just because Blache got promoted....doesn't mean that defensive staff is staying yet.

If the redskins go with the Giants DC.....the D staff could easily change.

Are there any rumors on which coaches are being re-signed ???

This is worse case scenario for the Skins. Ugh. And that whole flap about trying to drag Greg Williams name through the mud. I believe that's exactly what Vinny tried to do. What self respecting coach is going to come to Washington and have Dannyboy and BB Vinny say "ok well we've hired your offensive and defensive coaches for you now go out there and do what we tell you" ugh. No players will restructure their contracts to fit the cap. All free agents are gone. We'll see a mass exodus of talent. ugh. Thanks a bunch Dannyboy!

Great. Another 2-3 years breaking in a new staff, retooling the roster and having players get used to a new system. I would say that throwing out progress and starting fresh is ok as long as you don't do it every three years. We aren't going to make the payoffs in the next decade.

Blache sounds like continuity to me. He's more than up to the job. What is so WRONG about Snyder not choosing Williams? He chose Gibbs and you LOVED that right? Did you love that 2nd pick for Brunell? How about Baily and another 2nd for Portis? Or those picks for the S.F. wide reciever who will be gone. How about the two 2nd rounders for that running back last year? All Gibbs moves. Yet you all love Gibbs. Rabid fans are stupid. Just ask Giant fans who were clamoring for Caughlin's head early this year. Gibbs was a failure by any HOF standard. It won't take much to do better.

Also....why is anyone really feeling bad for Williams....remember he gets a million bucks for no trouble at all.

There was always the very real possibility he would not be Gibbs' successor...which is why that clause was in his contract....

I think he'll be pretty happy about that......

Daniel Snyder has brought nothing but shame and disgrace to this once proud and successful franchise. He knows absolutely nothing about football and neither does his no-talent assclown sidekick Cerrato. Snyder knows a lot about marketing and how to throw his fortune around but knows nothing about football. This will be a mediocre 8-8 football team for another 10 years. Thanks for ruining any hopes that I or any other dedicated Redskins fan once had for a championship.

Daniel Snyder is poison for this organization and the NFL as a whole.

I'm happy that Greg Blache is our new DC. He has done really good work, particularly this, with our d-line. That unit is probably the skins thinnest unit yet this unit has seen the development of Carter, Montgomery, and Goltson.

"Now we need to find viable replacements for basically our entire secondary + Rogers and McIntosh (until they are ready to return) and our aging OL, and a DE."

The Redskins are cap strapped, how do replace anyone?

The Redskins are going to start asking players to make adjustments to thier salaries and they are going to say "no."

Now you have more holes to fill and you just let go both your OC and DC.

This team is going to be a mess next year.

"What world do you live in that you think every player would return?"

You sound like Leprechaun Danny with his toy. Go away little boy. :P

- Ray

Dear Redskins Fans,

Screw You.

I got your money.

The Danny

And the farce continues out at Redskin Park.

How about hiring a GM? This is FUBAR.

What HC candidate in his right mind is going to take the job without input as to the OC & DC. Another season of overhyped mediocrity!

And Adam... GW eats puppies and murders babies. Stay on Subject Jack@$$.

GRIMM GRIMM GRIMM GRIMM

GRIMM GRIMM GRIMM GRIMM

GRIMM GRIMM GRIMM GRIMM

Dan Snyder is a putrid puddle of diarrhea. With corn and peanuts in it.

"It won't take much to do better."

Lol, ok we'll see.

Don't disappear when they are getting thier asses handed to them next season.

- Ray

With a heavy heart I say it's time to go lay a wreath at Redskin park because Dannyboy has finally achieved the unthinkable - he's killed the great Redskins organization.

hey there jvwright - 15 years of losing wears on a fan. Who cannot understand the frustration? Snyder and co need to remmeber that in todays day and age there are many more things than the local nfl franchise to spend our hard earned time and $$'s on. The team needs to turn it around or risk losing more fans to apathy and other distractions.

Another good thing is that now I have no expectations for the following season.

Are these guys just going to be the right formula, and just magically get the job done against all odds?

Is Snyder just hiring a throw a way crew for a throw away season so he can get who he really covets: Bill Cowher?

Will the structure that maybe kept with Blanch staying on, and getting some different minds in there that will help utilze the weapons the team already has. Portis, Moss Cooley..etc..

Or will the most likely thing happen with this much upheaval, and the team be lucky to win 5.

We don't really know. Just how it is in the NFL too many variables...and when you add more your odds go down. As fans we have to I guess hope for the best, but in my mind my expectations have gone from another playoff run to I would be quite satisfied with any more than 5 wins next season.

And that's nice...it takes some of the pressure and off...Thanks Danny.

Gosh I really can't stand Snyder, ruining the team! Gregg was and still should be the man for the job, endorsed by Joe Gibbs himself, what more could you ask for Danny?

I am stunned. Completely taken back by this. However, as I soak this all in , I have to say I do like the choices for OC (Zorn) and DC (Blache). It's just this departure of Williams is extremely disappointing! My thoughts were that Danny would try at least Williams for one year as HC, and if he doesn't work out, he could go for Cowher.

Now, I can only hope they snag someone other than Fossel. I just don't see him as a fit here. And I do hope they hold on to a majority of the current staff. In fact, with a OC and DC in place, it's hard to see a former head coach in the mix. Consider that a retread coach would want his own guys, whereas an up and coming coach would adapt more easily with a current staff.

With that in mind, I'm personally intrigued by Spagnuolo, who prior to the Giants was with the Eagles and has head coaching experience in NFL Europe. Good pedigree. He also has tie with the Redskins, going back to 1983.

Well, thanks to those two idiots, Snyder and Cerrato, I'll have a lot of free time during Sundays next fall--I guess I can start on my book.

Thanks to Danny and Vinny, for completely wrecking beyond repair, my favorite sports team. I never thought I'd say this, but I'm embarrased to be a Redskins fan.

It's sad to have to watch the slow, and utter destruction of my favorite team. This will surely set the team back at least a couple of years.

The only way for us fans to really show Danny how we feel is to hit him in the pocket book. I don't know if Redskin fans have the guts to pull it off, but a total boycott of buying anything Redskin, INCLUDING season ticket payments, would hurt in a way that even that cocky little SOB couldn't ignore. Just imagine what a powerful statement it would be if the stands were half empty for the opening game next season! Let's show him that the real "owners" of any professional team are the fans that spend the bucks. What do you say people, can we do it, or do we just sit back and keep complaining while Dan and Vinny destroy our favorite team?

Does Snyder travel with personal security? I would seriously be concerned if I were him. I enjoy(ed) the Skins and find the off-season drama entertaining, but it is obvious that he has crossed the line.

Anything short of Cowher, Russ Grimm, or McDaniel as head coach and I think there are going to be some crack pots who have had enough tracking down Danny and Vinny.

It's sad that the Skins franchise has come to this and the amazing thing is Gibbs had dug Danny out of the hole he was in and now he just fell into a deep well. He will never recover...

I guess we have all forgotten that the season ended for us Jan 5th. Joe Gibbs resigned on Jan 8th. Today is Jan 26th. Good on Danny for taking some time with this. Good on Danny for not jumping on the first horse that came along. Good on Danny for not doing this process in the media aka Arthur Blank. There is no rush to name a HC and I believe Danny already knows who that is and it is not Fassel. We all know that if Danny wanted Fassel he would be the HC now.

It is time to be a Redskin fan. Support this team and give the new HC whoever that will be a chance. If you all love the Redskins as you say you do then be calm and let the new HC play a few games.

http://www.redskins.com/fanzone/emailredskins.jsp

I already sent in my two cents.

Posted by: ayagci33 | January 26, 2008 02:07 PM

Just a few comments from a concerned, liflong Skins fan(since the moment of conception): Not sure how you could assume that there are many coaches that would be willing to take the Head Coaching job if they are not able to select their own coordinators. Do you think a coach from an orginzation such as the Patriots(Josh McDaniels for instance) would be willing to take on such a situation? Spagnoulo sounds like a credible candidate, but again, why would he take the job if he cannot select his own coordinators, or have any say in the structure of this team?

Can you please explain to me why Williams could not have been given 1 season to keep this team moving forward? If, after that 1 season, things did not work out, then you blow it up and start over. There are no other teams looking for Head Coaches now, so there would have been no competition for the coaches one would interview for the position. I just don't understand why you decided to flush all of Gibbs work over the past 4 years down the toilet(and I don't mean that this team, as it is, was absolutely on the way to a Super Bowl, but the TEAM chemistry built over the last 2 years WAS undeniable). And now that is all gone.

Zorn and Blache may be fine coaches, with great futures ahead of them with the Redskins, but they still would have been there next year too. And Fassel? Why do you think you are the only one in the league who thinks he is a worthwhile candidate for the HC position? He was with Billick because noone else even wanted him on their staff anymore, and Billick WAS a longtime friend(they no longer speak to each other by the way).

I am sure I will not receive a reply to this email, but I at least had my say.

I will ALWAYS be a Skins fan, but I am NOT happy about it right now.

Hail Skins!

This was mine, c' mon everybody, send it in. It won't matter, but I DO feel a little better.

This organization is an embarrassment.
The infrastructure, continuity and sense of "family" Gibbs implemented in his return is all gone.
Snyder and Vinne will get their "yes man" and the franchise will tank for years to come.
I'm disgusted.

Well now, what kind of head coach wants to work for Dan Snyder? No quality, intelligent coach is going top want anything to do with this organization.

Snyder is a joke.

As much as I hate to say it, Joe Gibbs has to take some of the blame for this current atrocity. Let's face it, the man hung the team out to dry, pure and simple. I'm not saying that Joe did not have legitimate motives, but the guy left the team in the hands of a madman and has to take some of the blame for everything that has happened since. His continued failure to admonish that little Napolean who owns the team is unimaginable. How could he do this to Gregg Williams and the rest of the team?

Who cares about all of this head coaching crap when there are far more important things to talk about in the world today.

Like, how is Diddy faring in Vegas?

@rmcazz.....

NOw you are getting it....Everyone thinks this team was not going to be overhauled magically if Williams was made coach.

Alot of Big Money players entering late years of their contracts (Portis, Springs for example).

Let's break it down:

QB: Campbell is the future....Collins won't have to be extended a huge contract now that Saunders is gone. Brunell Gone too. Who will the backup be?? Leftwich wants to come home......

WR: The whole lot could be scrapped save for Randle El....maybe Moss is safe. The rest.....expendable

RB: Portis - HUGE Contract Value this year....no renegotiaion = Trade or release. Betts was resigned IMO to be the future rock holder. Anyone think the SKINS would trade up to the PATS spot to grab a RB to pair with a young QB (and a young FA WR....cough...FITZGERALD)

OL: We have depth due to the younguns playing...but lets be honest SAMUELS, JANSEN, THOMAS, RABACH...are not young.

TE/HB: Cooley is one of the best...Yoder (if he improves his hands).....we are set for awhile.

DEFENSE

DL: Good Young Players who got lots of playing time. DANIELS is gone. Griffin good for a couple more years. GOLSTON, MONTGOMERY, CARTER are the real future.

LB: McINTOSH loss HURTS.....ALOT. Do we draft or pickup a placeholder?? Are Blades & K. Campbell up to the task?

Secondary: Whole thing could be blown up because of Taylor's loss, Rogers' injury, and Springs' Contract Hit. I expect Springs to be gone, Skins to make a run at Asante Samuel......or they will draft a CB. Taylor's position....how do you fill that??

WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS JACK KENT COOKE BACK !!!!

Why doesn't Dan Snyder appoint himself head coach? The two guys who are running the offense and defense are head coach caliber already so they don't need a real football guy above them. That way, Dan will be general manager as at present and head coach as well. If he needs any football information or expertise, there are plenty of football publications and web sites around to provide it. Seriously, for the long term this would probably work out best for the team.

I wonder what Gibbs will tell the remaining staff this week???.... it appears Dan has no problem demoralizing his staff, while at the same time making Gibbs look like an idiot.

Maybe Gibbs will want to resign from that adviser role, too!

I will go to the games.
I will buy Skins merchandise.
I will support the team as a fan.
All these haters might have to eat their words if the Skins kick ass next year or the following year.
I will not hate on Snyder as you all have. It's his money and his team and he's trying to make it a winner again. Gibbs retiring gave him every reason to reevaluate the coaching staff and I support it.
House cleaning was needed.
Saunders offense play calling was inconsistent, Greg Williams "D" broke down in the 2nd half way too many times this season.
How about our lost draft picks for TJ Duckett who is no longer with us, how about Brandon Lloyd, Adam Archuleta...etc.

I say bring back Lavar Arrington...he's the man who was wronged by Greg Williams in the worst way.

I think there was someone calling everyone babies and acting like a neck calling people that hate Danny Boy and his manlove Vinnie and talking how he will love the Redskins for life etc... to him I say, GOOD FOR YOU. Williams may not have been the best candidate for the job, but I think he earned the right to try and get fired. TO not be given a shot shows just how small Cerrato and his manlove really are. The "Conspicuously Gay Duo" of Saturday Night Live notoriety has been revived in the Nations Capital. The Skins and their fans deserve better.

I have been following the skins for 48 years and I road the trains from Richmond Va to see the skins in the old stadium. I followed them in the bad years and took all the bad jokes about the skins, but now I feel like a fool living here in Texas wearing my Redskin gear and to have Texan fans say I have a CRAZY MAN OWNING MY FAVORITE TEAM AND WANT A WASTE OF TALENT AND MONEY FOR HIM TO BE IN CHARGE AND SUCH A LIAR ABOUT HE WANTED TO KEEP A GOOD THING GOING.We see now that He lies faster than He signs a check. So whatever happens to the skins is Synder's fault and I will follow just to see Him fail again LIKE THE KID WITH TO MUCH MONEY AND NOT KNOWING WHEN YOU GOT A GOOD THING AND RECKING IT. SO MR. KNOW IT ALL HAVE FUN RUINING YOUR REDSKINS AGAIN.

Great news:

There is a quilt-making workshop in my area but they only meet on Sundays. Next fall I will have my Sunday's wide open.

Danny to Gibbs: 1.
Danny to Greg W: -1.
Total for Danny: 0.
Pissed RedSkins Fan off: Priceless!!!

Wonder if Greg got $1 mil for passing him as a HC?

I submit to the people of the Redskins Insider that Daniel Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins, be here forth called "The Architect," in honor of his glaring similarities to the character from "The Matrix: Reloaded."

I think this quote from the Architect is appropriate for what Daniel Snyder has done again:

"Denial is the most predictable of all human responses, but rest assured, this will be the 6th time we have destroyed [the team], and we have become exceedingly efficient at it..."

Ladies and gentlemen, the sky is not falling. Zorn and Blatche are very respected coaches and will probably do just fine. I am personally hoping they will contact Russ Grimm and I have been hoping for that since the day Gibbs resigned.
Gregg Williams is NOT such an outstanding choice as head coach and never was. He comes with substantial risk based on his Buffalo tenure.
Lastly, Jim Fassel is not a bad choice. He did quite well in NY (13 games over .500) until his last season distorted his overall record. He was an extremely well respected Offensive Coordinator prior to his days in NY. Blow off his Baltimore stint as Billick was tying his hands there and the offensive talent was marginal at best.

This is a farce. Snyder and Cerrato screw the team over yet again, all for their own egos. What a crock.

wesleya17 - where in Texas are you?

blog - After absorbing all of this, we DO need an update on PDiddy's luck in Vegas -

Any word?

R.I.P.

Snyder never beat Dallas until Gibbs came back. I hated that. Now Snyder won't beat Dallas again. But I'm more than OK with Jerry Jones b!tchslapping little Danny boy around 2x a year.

Would love to see Danny eat it with an 0-16. Season tix waiting list gone. 6 flags dying ... and Danny in bankruptcy. Might as well have his bankbook equal his dignity.

So much for 40 years of loyalty ....

Danny to Gibbs: 1.
Danny to Greg W: -1.
Total for Danny: 0.
Pissed RedSkins Fan off: Priceless!!!

Wonder if Greg got $1 mil for passing him as a HC?

Posted by: phanhoangthach | January 26, 2008 03:04 PM

Phan, I read that twice...it didn't work out so well for you this time but keep trying. Comedy is all about timing.

Given how this has played out coupled with the treatment received by previous head coaches under Snyder and the team's FO structure/performance, why would anyone want to come work for this dude?

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for real, this time. :-)

After what had to be the most emotionally exhausting season in recent memory, it's just what the 'Skins needed: a wholesale change at the top. The bonds built during the final charge into the playoffs between players and the coaching staff broken, just like that. It's just genious. Why doesn't Snyder trade Portis and Moss and give us something really to cheer about?

Gregg Williams paid his dues, had the support of players and fans, and deserved a shot to be HC. None of the candidates remaining have demonstrated clear advantages over Williams. Why, oh why? The suffering of 'Skins fans everywhere continues...

I don't think there has ever been a more highlighted moment of utter stupidity in the history of the Redskin's organization. Snyder has turned the once proud, winning stature of the Washington Redskins into a travesty based more on the fact the Redskins are the highest revenue team in the NFL. You want to be a winner Snyder? Fire that idiot Cerrato, model your team after the mold of the Pittsburgh Steelers, look what the Green Bay Packers did with far fewer stars this year, are you kidding me and the rest of the lifelong Redskin's faithful. You're not concerned with your players, your coaches, the fans or anything else other than the bottom line in dollars. You have spent a long time and alot of money making yourself look like you're clueless in the professional game of football and have softened our once proud Redskin team in the process, why would anyone in their right mind want to play for the Redskins for any reason other than money. A smart and savvy money guy like you sure has wasted alot of it on underachievers. Fire Ceratto, hire a GM, be reasonable with the money as it's obvious to all of us that it doesn't buy championships. Lastly stuff that incredible ego of yours someplace where the rest of us don't have to gag on it. Maybe then the Redskins will return to their rightful place among the NFL elite. I love the Redskins, always have, and always will, but you are the demigod. Get a clue and spare us all this agony!

GOOSEDUDE,

You are one of the most reasonable bloggers on this sight. I can see that you are a fan who contemplates the reality of the whole situation.

As with any team in the NFL, the REDSKINS will go through transition this year as well.

All we can do as fans is to stick up for our team.

HAIL TO THE REDSKINS!

It turns out Snyder hates the Redskins and the fans...

Nothing else makes sense.

I am not happy with the way this has been orchestrated. I hate the fact that Gregg and Al are gone. Having said that I am happy that if Gregg has to be replaced on D that it is Blache doing it. That means a great level of continuity on D. I am warily optimistic about Zorn (since he's already in and we can't bring Al back) but it's really a wait and see approach with him. Let's hope since he's in that Danny gives him the time to implement (Danny's track record is not good here) I still hate Snyder for this crap but I love the Redskins (Danny is NOT the Redskins no matter how much he thinks he is) and will pray for all of us.

The people that are backing Dan L Hubbard are the corporate flunky season ticket holders. FFFFFFFFFF this Jinxed by danny-scientology team!!!!!!!!!

I forgot to add that a lot of this is contingent on the whole Fassell thing, if he's hired, I might actually cry for all of our souls.

ONE MORE POINT DANNY SNYDER WANTS TO BREAK THIS TEAM SO IT WILL A LOST SOUL AND A GHOST OF WHAT IT USE TO BE, AND RUIN IT LIKE AL DAVIS HAS DONE TO THE RAIDERS, YOU SEE SNYDER WILL BE THE AL DAVIS EAST COAST ADDITION.

Thank You Gregg! Thank you!

To Gregg Williams- Your numerous efforts are well appreciated by the fans! We wish you were our coach and wish you and your family the very best!

To Daniel Snyder- You are an annoying pest of an owner who has doomed the Redskins to be losers. The only person you listened to was Gibbs and since he left you've proven you haven't changed a bit. You are nothing of the type of owner Jack Kent Cooke was and you are disliked by the fans (and that is putting it mildly). We are sick of your tinkering and your Yes-man running the show. Just leave! Go w/ crazy Tom Cruise, Vinny, and let us have a winning franchise again. Danny, you are a CURSE.

CAN WE PLEASE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING UPLIFTING, LIKE THE OFF-SEASON, THE DRAFT, OR FREE AGENCY?!??!?????!?!!!?!?

Please?

The above is getting to be too much.

It's a long shot, but I'm keeping out hope for Ron Meeks. He's been a part of a winning organization for the past 8 years. He has apprenticed under a coach who knows how to assemble a winning organization. To me Meeks is best candidate out there.

Yes, there is a man hated more than BUSH.

This is just crazy, things have gone from bad to worse in matter of a few days. At this point I'm not really sure how to react, will they really stick with Blache at D coordinator?? Its one thing to name an offensive coordinator ahead of time like the Cowboys did but how do you explain to your head coach that he basically has no say in who his coaches will be?? Is there any remote possibility that Blache could get a shot at the HC position. I know most have not considered this but at this point I'm thinking that Danny needs to find a way to limit the damage. Blache is the only remaining coach on our staff that has both experience (he was a d-coordinator with the Bears I believe)and the respect of our players and with Saunders and Williams out of the picture we need to find a way to keep this team together. Regardless of what happens my loyalty to this franchise has taken a major hit..I can't believe that Danny and Vinny have been so unprofessional during this process. There is a right way and wrong way to conduct a coaching search and Danny has done just about everything the wrong way. Going in another direction is one thing but lying to all the fans, current coaching staff and bad mouthing one of the top canidates shows ust how selfish and power hungry Snyder is!!

what a wonderful thing jerry snyder will not disract everyone from the championship game by hiring a hc before the game.That danny jones is always thinking of us!

It sure didn't take long to find out if Snyder learned anything from Gibbs.

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Gregg Williams thank you for being the only good that came out of Gibbs second time around. You were the one that bailed him out and You were the only positive. I'm sorry we have bone heads running the Redskin show. You were able get a nice financial win fall. Thanks for not being a YES man! Some men are not made to be a brown nosers. Thanks again and good luck! Soon to be an XRedskin Fan.

The Rams are reportedly interested in GG. They also want to talk to Saunders. Are the Rams on the Skins schedule next year?