Cowher Talking to Skins about Job in '08?

I would rather us hire GW as head coach. We don't need Cowher one damn bit. Cowher is just trying to get paid cause he was under paid in Pittsburgh. If he coached here that means he is going to try and change the defense to a 3-4 so there would be an adjustment period. We would have to get players to try and fit that scheme. Plus he would probably overhaul the offensive coaches. That would mean JC learning another offense. Hire from within. We have two coordinators who are more than qualified to be head coaches. They have both been head coaches. Hell, they make more than alot of head coaches. You mean to tell me that you pay two guys a shit load of money to be coordinators yet you are afraid to let them be head coaches? That makes no sense to me. If GW isn't here then let AS coach the team.

Well you're right about he helmet in my sig....I might as well paint a target. Sorry about the spout off.

As for the reality of Cowher and his return to the NFL. One, lets consider his salary that he will be looking at. Probably somewhere in the 6 to 7 mill per year range.

There are only about 5 or 6 teams in the league that can afford a coaches salary that is that high....and three of those teams are in the NFC East. Washington, Dallas and Philly.

If there is any truth to this (which I highly doubt) than I would not be surprised to see Cowher roaming the Washington sidelines in '08.

Dallas would be a better fit for him. Wade is going to get fired after next year anyway. Plus you guys already play the 3-4.

He'd be stupid not to contact the Redskins. Gibbs won't be here forever (sad to say) and he'll get paid here and get whatever he wants.

That said, why does this keep being brought up every few months?


I really dont know. But if gibbs leaves in 2007 I want Cowher.

I heard very similar speculation months ago. It's an interesting thought. Gibbs has 2 seasons at best left in him, so why not? Cowher is what, 48? That's almost 20 years younger than Joe. And his style fits a Joe Gibbs footprint. Discipline, character, etc, etc. If it happens we'll probably get laughed at for "bribing" G.Williams by offering him $1M if we didn't make him Gibbs' successor and then choosing someone else.

I guess i am the only one up.

Speculation is interesting.
Reality is another thing entirely.
Redskins are blessed with the 2nd coming of Joe Gibbs. Restoring my faith in Redskins football and validating Snyder's ownership. Gibbs will work out the length of his contract unless of health issues (only 2 years). Cowher might choose to sit out another year in an attempt to get the Redskins job. Which would probably be his against candidates as Saunders and Williams. Ofcourse after the 2k5 season I was convinced Williams would be Gibbs successor. Now that's uncertain. Fortunately we'll all get to see 2k7 and how that plays out!!!

I have never been a big Cowher fan and always thought he was vastly over-rated. I think his screaming & yelling style works ok for about 2 or 3 years but then the players beging tuning him out. 2 seasons ago it was Bettis that kept the team tuned in and turned on.

I would also like to add that I have seen to many super star cordinators turn out to be bust aka: Norv. Cowher is a proven winner!


We'll get a better idea about Norv now that he actually has some talented players to work with -- something he NEVER had here.

Norv had 7 years here, all of those teams weren't completely void of talent. Plus, he had a hand in picking many of those players so let's not let him completely off the hook.

The team has released a press statement denouncing the Bill Cower report. No one in the organization seems to know anything about the report by PFT.