Lost Some Faith In Shanahan

Dude, how about letting people vent and say what's on their minds? If people choose not be "negative" and focus on the knee, fine. If they want to talk about how much Shanny sucks, there's a thread for that too.

Fans are justifiably upset. There's nothing wrong with that. Let people be emotional.

EDIT: This is the Shanny sucks thread. So it's totally fine to post that shit here:)

Summo's thread is place for that.

Probably. When we were little kids some mormons gave my friend (who was poorer than my family, which was no small feat) a bike!! I've never forgotten that.

It might have just been a recruiting tool?

Lmao. I must say ive never met an angry mormon.
Edit: im not sure ive ever met a mormon period? Are they the ones that knock on my door all the time? They seem nice.

No, those are tax collectors.


All of the doorknockers I've encountered are actually Jehovah's Witnesses, not Mormons. Different thing.

I'd like to have Shanahan evaluate old footage of the Theisman injury, and see if he would send him back in?

I'd like to have Shanahan evaluate old footage of the Theisman injury, and see if he would send him back in?

Only if Joe T screamed he was ok. Lol. Gotta trust your players. ;)
Edit: thinking about Monty Python when the guy has all four limbs hacked off and is saying "its just a flesh wound". Lol.

The article i'm about to link is crap, in my opinion (Ried does what he always does and exaggerates and is overly dramatic to try to make a point), but there is some insight into shanahan's thought process, from a private interview with Jason Reid:

Mike Shanahan, faced with biggest decisions, failed Redskins, Robert Griffin III - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/mike-shahahan-faced-with-biggest-decisions-failed-redskins-robert-griffin-iii/2013/01/07/826b9c72-592a-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_story.html)

Shanahan would say he didn’t err. In fact, after speaking privately with Shanahan in his office Monday, I left convinced that, if Shanahan could do it all over again, he wouldn’t change a thing.

“I completely trust Robert,” Shanahan told me. “He has proved it to me.”

During our conversation, Shanahan revealed he planned to remove Griffin, who appeared slow to Shanahan while running out of bounds, in the second quarter of Washington’s Week 16 victory over Philadelphia.

“He told me was fine,” Shanahan said, recalling the conversation. “And he lasted the whole game.”

The article i'm about to link is crap, in my opinion (Ried does what he always does and exaggerates and is overly dramatic to try to make a point), but there is some insight into shanahan's thought process, from a private interview with Jason Reid:

Mike Shanahan, faced with biggest decisions, failed Redskins, Robert Griffin III - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/mike-shahahan-faced-with-biggest-decisions-failed-redskins-robert-griffin-iii/2013/01/07/826b9c72-592a-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_story.html)

What do you think he is exaggerating about?

it kinda sucks that the WaPo skins beat writer is a cowboys fan. qtf.

The article i'm about to link is crap, in my opinion (Ried does what he always does and exaggerates and is overly dramatic to try to make a point), but there is some insight into shanahan's thought process, from a private interview with Jason Reid:

Mike Shanahan, faced with biggest decisions, failed Redskins, Robert Griffin III - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/mike-shahahan-faced-with-biggest-decisions-failed-redskins-robert-griffin-iii/2013/01/07/826b9c72-592a-11e2-9fa9-5fbdc9530eb9_story.html)

A lot of people feel Mike Shanahan sacrificed the franchise by allowing RG3 to continue to play. But what folks don't realize is if he had pulled Griffin, the player mainly responsible for getting the Redskins as far as they got, then that decision would have alienated Griffin from Shanahan and Shanahan would have lost Griffin's trust with the risk of losing the entire locker room. I think Mike Shanahan will only repeat a decision like this one during a playoff game only when the season is on the line and allow RG3 to keep playing.

A lot of people feel Mike Shanahan sacrificed the franchise by allowing RG3 to continue to play. But what folks don't realize is if he had pulled Griffin, the player mainly responsible for getting the Redskins as far as they got, then that decision would have alienated Griffin from Shanahan and Shanahan would have lost Griffin's trust with the risk of losing the entire locker room. I think Mike Shanahan will only repeat a decision like this one during a playoff game only when the season is on the line and allow RG3 to keep playing.

Would a responsible parent care about upsetting or "alienating" his kid because he tells him he's not allowed to go outside to play because he's sick?

Mike dropped the ball on this one and should have been the responsible "parent", especially dealing with a 22 year old kid who thinks he's invincible.

Shanahan let his ego get the best of him(yes,Mike has one) and has not been in a winning position like this in a while. He wanted to win at all costs even if it meant running his shiny toy into the ground.