After Mooch interview, John Clayton still predicts Fassel

I know this sounds crazy but do you think it is possible that Fassel would get the job for a year, after that he would be released so the Skins could pursue Cowher? I think it would be far easier to get rid of Fassel than Mooch. The majority of Skins fans are already ready for Fassel to be fired after next season.

I am not so sure Cowher would wnat to be the Skins HC under these conditions. I am not so sure Cowher would want to be told who his coordinators are and not have a say in who is in the FO. Danny Boy made his bed with Cerrato...

I know this sounds crazy but do you think it is possible that Fassel would get the job for a year, after that he would be released so the Skins could pursue Cowher? I think it would be far easier to get rid of Fassel than Mooch. The majority of Skins fans are already ready for Fassel to be fired after next season.


Why would that be,the assumption Cowher would come here kills me.If the Carolina Job is open there is a 125% chance he'll go there.Lets not forget people are taking themselves 'off' the Skins list for reasons not told.

As I said before IMO Fossil is already the coach. Snyder is stringing this along to let the fans chill out and accept the idea of Fossil as head coach...or at least take the edge off the anger. They keep interviewing to make it look like they are undecided. It's all a hoax...they found out fans like Mooch so they interview him to shut us up. That's all this is...

Why would that be,the assumption Cowher would come here kills me.If the Carolina Job is open there is a 125% chance he'll go there.Lets not forget people are taking themselves 'off' the Skins list for reasons not told.

First off I am not a big Cowher fan, but he was underpaid for most of his career in Pittsburgh. He is going where he can get money and control. Carolina would not outbid Snyder and snyder could offer him the same final say that Gibbs has and he would take the job. Time and time again we hear this person won't work with Snyder and it's proven wrong...Cowher's next job is all about the green. That's why he left Pitt...this stuff about a break is nonsense...sure he's taking a break but when he comes back he wants his payday.

Who really cares. There's not much difference between Fassel and Mooch. It's almost comical that people are so against Fassel. I almost want to see him get it now just to piss people off.

Why is Mooch better than Fassel? Answer, he's not

Coming back from a large deficit in the playoffs (I think 2002) and beating the Giants seals the deal for me. I've seen them coach quite a bit living in SF and I'm sure Oakland Red also has seen Mariucci coach. MOOCH, MOOCH!!!

Coming back from a large deficit in the playoffs (I think 2002) and beating the Giants seals the deal for me. I've seen them coach quite a bit living in SF and I'm sure Oakland Red also has seen Mariucci coach. MOOCH, MOOCH!!!


Wow one game,and lets not forget the NFL admit ref error at the end of the game.
Fassel knows what it takes to play in the NFC East divison,mooch did so well with the Lions???

Who really cares. There's not much difference between Fassel and Mooch. It's almost comical that people are so against Fassel. I almost want to see him get it now just to piss people off.

I admit I was (and still am - for what it's worth) opposed to Fassel over GW.

But, as time passes and inevitability increases, I am not jumping on the Fassel hate train. The man has been to the Super Bowl. If/when he's named coach, I'll root for the Skins and hope they do well. Fassel will be okay. As for all the haters, let's hope you all have a huge "mea culpa" at the end of the season.

Sometimes I think the hate at Fassel is just fan reaction to Little Danny and the Evil Dwarf and bears no relation to Fassel's coaching abilities.

Coming back from a large deficit in the playoffs (I think 2002) and beating the Giants seals the deal for me. I've seen them coach quite a bit living in SF and I'm sure Oakland Red also has seen Mariucci coach. MOOCH, MOOCH!!!


I have seen him coach, and I used to strongly dislike the 49ers, but when he became the coach, after awhile I saw a team that in spirit reminded me of Joe Gibbs' Redskins in some ways. And I found myself pulling for them when it didn't affect the Redskins.

Mariucci is a special coach.

I'm sure Jim Fassel is a fine man. We need someone with a special capacity for inspiration given the upheavel.

As far as what I would have expected, I would have expected we stay with the same offensive system, to allow the team to continue its definite progress with Al Saunders' approach, and I expected we would make a real run at the Super Bowl next season.

I expected that Gregg Williams would have a chance to coach the team and, with his strong and positive relationship with the players, take the team to the next level, building on the strong foundation that Joe Gibbs left.

I would not have expected that we tear up the offensive structure, going from a number based system (Coryell/Gibbs) to a word based system (Brown/Walsh) and expect the team to learn an entirely new football language, a team, further, whose players have not only been playing in the current general system for a long time, Saunders' version of it for two years, but whose talents would seem to best fit the current system.

I would not have expected the team be torn up right after the beautiful way that everyone came together to honor Sean Taylor, coming through the tragedy with a grace and grit that no team has ever shown in the face of such sadness. And Gregg Williams was a very big part of that.

Fortunately Rex Ryan was not available, or we would not have Greg Blache as defensive coordinator, who will give the team continuity with the system on defense.

Those are some of the things I expected.