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Why for about three days did I think Matt Cavanaugh had already taken the job? I swore somewhere I read he had accepted the offer.
Anyway I want Him to get the job. Offense will be very similar, and between him and Gruden they will fix the RZ issues. Christ all you have to do is dumb them down a little and you're headed in the right direction. McVay always got cute and out thunk himself down there. With our weapons and the continuity and experience Cavanaugh brings to the table McVay is a total afterthought.
Now Romeo has to realize that his defensive prowess is a waste in Houston because they are terrible on the other side of the ball. We got money and draft picks to sprinkle all over our defense, and that guy would make us instant contenders. (I know it is a pipe dream).

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[quote=punch it in;1163193]Why for about three days did I think Matt Cavanaugh had already taken the job? I swore somewhere I read he had accepted the offer.
Anyway I want Him to get the job. Offense will be very similar, and between him and Gruden they will fix the RZ issues. Christ all you have to do is dumb them down a little and you're headed in the right direction. McVay always got cute and out thunk himself down there. With our weapons and the continuity and experience Cavanaugh brings to the table McVay is a total afterthought.
Now Romeo has to realize that his defensive prowess is a waste in Houston because they are terrible on the other side of the ball. We got money and draft picks to sprinkle all over our defense, and that guy would make us instant contenders. (I know it is a pipe dream).[/quote]

I thought the same exact thing. I'm sure I didn't dream up the idea that Matt Cavanaugh was being promoted to OC. If he's not promoted, I'm kind of nervous about him getting promoted elsewhere. I think he should be given as much, if not more, credit for developing Kirk Cousins. But maybe it's the same as Bill Callahan. Maybe Cavanaugh is more than happy with his job as a quarterback coach and doesn't want to be promoted? If that's the case, then I definitely understand continuing to search for McVay's replacement.

And speaking of Romeo C, McVay pretty much gave Phillips the job right away, and we could essentially do the same for Crennel. Not only would it satisfy the Rooney rule, but how great would it look on the Redskins to quickly hire a minority candidate? And a successful one at that? But yes, probably a pipe dream because he's probably not moving on from Houston.

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I think where McVay will be missed is in game planning. His play calling was fine, but ultimately replaceable. Where somebody needs to step up is in designing route concepts that attack a team's weakness, and communicating the reads to Cousins during practice.

He was hired as a head coach for a reason, I don't think we can assume we'll be fine without thinking hard about how we'll shuffle duties around and remain organized.

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If we hire a good QB coach then Cavanaugh can step up, and if Gruden is smart about organizing a process and assigning duties, we won't miss a beat.

I'm a little worried though that Gruden isn't the most organized guy in the world.

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[quote=Schneed10;1163213]If we hire a good QB coach then Cavanaugh can step up, and if Gruden is smart about organizing a process and assigning duties, we won't miss a beat.

I'm a little worried though that Gruden isn't the most organized guy in the world.[/quote]

I think Gruden is best when the organization is in place for him. He's a great X's and O's guy (much like the ol' ball coach), but I'm a little skeptical as to his building a coaching staff. That's where I believe Scot and some of the other top brass are trying to help Gruden with putting together a decent defensive coaching staff. I think that part might be over Gruden's head.

As for game planning, I think we will miss McVay. I think we'll miss him with some of the playcalling. But, Gruden has been a successful offensive coordinator, and he's been a successful quarterback (albeit in the Arena league) and successful head coach (again Arena League), so I don't think he's completely clueless when it comes to designing route concepts and so forth. He's also got another ex-quarterback with Matt Cavanaugh on staff as well, so I think there's enough to keep the continuity going. Still would like that solid OC to come in and buy into the offensive philosophy.

Wonder if Al Saunders is available? :D (I keed, I keed!)

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Well there goes that.....

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#Redskins had interest in speaking with Crennel about DC job, but source said they were denied permission to speak with him.

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I highly doubt Crennel wants to come here.

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Crennel promoted to assistant head coach.

[url=http://www.theredzone.org/BlogDescription/tabid/61/EntryId/61250/Texans-promoting-Vrabel-to-DC--Crennel-to-assistant-head-coach/Default.aspx]Texans promoting Vrabel to DC, Crennel to assistant head coach[/url]

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[quote=Alvin Walton;1163224]Crennel promoted to assistant head coach.

[url=http://www.theredzone.org/BlogDescription/tabid/61/EntryId/61250/Texans-promoting-Vrabel-to-DC--Crennel-to-assistant-head-coach/Default.aspx]Texans promoting Vrabel to DC, Crennel to assistant head coach[/url][/quote]

So, there goes that. There also goes interviewing Vrabel. So, now, the question is, are the 'skins still hellbent on interviewing up to 8 candidates, or can they say at this point, they've interviewed enough? They've interviewed five. How many teams around the league still don't have a DC yet? There's the 49ers, Chargers, Redskins, and I think the Dolphins. Who else? That's four teams. There's, technically, five candidates that we know of.

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[quote=metalskins;1163230]So, there goes that. There also goes interviewing Vrabel. So, now, the question is, are the 'skins still hellbent on interviewing up to 8 candidates, or can they say at this point, they've interviewed enough? They've interviewed five. How many teams around the league still don't have a DC yet? There's the 49ers, Chargers, Redskins, and I think the Dolphins. Who else? That's four teams. There's, technically, five candidates that we know of.[/quote]

Good point. It may be time for the Redskins to go with Plan B.

Or, could they be waiting to interview a coach whose team is still in the playoffs?

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[quote=skinsfan69;1163222]I highly doubt Crennel wants to come here.[/quote]

why? was there past bad blood with him and the 'skins?

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Just heard we are interviewing Dennis Thurman for D.C. Job,he has been a db coach most of his coaching career maybe we bring him on as the db coach and hire Bradley or pettine as the D.C. Since they both worked in Baltimore together..

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[quote=bigant;1163267]Just heard we are interviewing Dennis Thurman for D.C. Job,he has been a db coach most of his coaching career maybe we bring him on as the db coach and hire Bradley or pettine as the D.C. Since they both worked in Baltimore together..[/quote]

Satisfies the Rooney rule.

[url=http://www.espn.com/blog/washington-redskins/post/_/id/29818/andre-carter-sold-on-jason-tarver-football-iq-on-another-level]Andre Carter sold on Jason Tarver: 'football IQ on another level' - Washington Redskins Blog- ESPN[/url]

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Can we please get a DC who has coached defenses that were NOT at the bottom of the league rankings. It's not a complicated thought.

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Dennis Thurman would make the sixth candidate (and satisfy the Rooney Rule). I don't really know of any coach on the defensive side of the ball for the Packers I would want here as our DC, I don't think the Falcons are going to want to lose anymore coordinators or coaches (with Shanahan set to leave for the San Fran job), maybe there's someone one the Pittsburgh or New England coaching staff that is ready to make the next step up to defensive coordinator? Other than that, I don't really see a need to wait until the playoffs are over to interview anybody from those teams.

I think the 'skins just need to go ahead and pull the trigger on Pettine or Bradley.