Is Josh McDaniels a real possibility?

Seeing McDaniels up close and personal these past couple of years, I don't think he's the choice for the Skins at this time. While most of the pieces are in place for the team to continue on a positive slope towards a championship, I think a secure veteran coach would be better able to take a team that's close and build on it, rather than a first-timer who's upside is unknown, as well as an unknown downside. When Mangini left the Patriots, he had a great season with a team with a last place schedule. This past year, wasn't a step forward, and now the rumblings begin. And Mangini had never run the whole show prior to the Jets hire.

I love Mooch as a hire, if he has any communication with Zorn about a philosophy that can be meshed, but I'm thinking that Fassel or Giants boy is more like the hire. Fassel maybe, as he has coached in a Super Bowl, but as other replies have stated, he's not an "electric" hire that Danny Boy would like to spark the team and fan base. Which I don't really think this team needs. The Falcons needed a spark, and they got a dude. A solid hire is the best way to go for the Skins.

I love Mooch as a hire, if he has any communication with Zorn about a philosophy that can be meshed, but I'm thinking that Fassel or Giants boy is more like the hire. Fassel maybe, as he has coached in a Super Bowl, but as other replies have stated, he's not an "electric" hire that Danny Boy would like to spark the team and fan base. Which I don't really think this team needs. The Falcons needed a spark, and they got a dude. A solid hire is the best way to go for the Skins.

Lol! Yes please don't distract our coordinator so we can win our 11,000th Super Bowl title in the last 6 years. Come to think of it I wonder how many years it will take the Raiders to accumulate 18 wins? *Just a thought*

But on a serious note I agree with you on Mooch.

However I think the Falcons would have been better off if they had taken a shot at a guy like GW, Marty, or Meeks rather then a guy who most people didn't even know existed (same thing goes for the Ravens). They also seemed to have hired Bobby Petrino 2.0 as their defensive coordinator (Rob VanQuitter) who ironically was the head coach at my school (Georgia Southern) for an entire year before he quit after amassing somewhere around 4 wins.

Also can you imagine the uproar that would have taken place had the Falcons snatched GW while Dan Snyder was going through the process? I sware I think people would actually grab pitchforks and run down to Redskin Park.

I dont see either of those two to get the job. Spagnola or McDaniels. Two of the indicaters are the recent hirings on both sides of the ball. I dont think they would bring in Spagnola when they hired Blache and kept the staff in tact. Spagnola would want to bring in his D people and run a different style than what williams/blache had here. Same goes w/ McDaniels. hiring Zorn would work against that as well since they have two totally different approaches. I think its between Stever M and Fassell. Both have interviewed giving the signings of coordinators thier approval.

Joe Gibbs is not Joe Gibbs w/out Bobby B. Charley C. JKC and Ritchie P.

Touche'...but ask yourself one thing. What did those guys ever win without Joe Gibbs? Nothing. Gibbs goes elsewhere and he still finds a way to win Super Bowls for another franchise because he was that great, that innovative on the offensive side of the ball and one of the greatest leaders of men sports has ever seen. Gibbs doesn't come to Washington when he did Beatherd, Casserly, Kent Cooke and Petibone probably never win a single Super Bowl with the Redskin's.

Can't see McDaniels. This is a veteran team, with a veteran coaching staff and a fan base demanding credentials from it's head coach. It's not a good fit for him or Spags.

Touche'...but ask yourself one thing. What did those guys ever win without Joe Gibbs? Nothing. Gibbs goes elsewhere and he still finds a way to win Super Bowls for another franchise because he was that great, that innovative on the offensive side of the ball and one of the greatest leaders of men sports has ever seen. Gibbs doesn't come to Washington when he did Beatherd, Casserly, Kent Cooke and Petibone probably never win a single Super Bowl with the Redskin's.


If memory serves me correct, Bethard build a pretty damn good San Diego team that went to the Super Bowl. Casserly, unfortunately was trying to build a Texans franchise from the ground up, with mostly draft picks no using the FA pool so much. And, by all accounts, they may be turning the corner based on a decent season this past year.

no way. calling plays for the skins is going to be a bit harder than calling plays for brady and randy moss. he's got the easiest job in the world right now.

btw, the NE coaching tree hasn't exactly rocketted itself to the top thusfar.