Gruden fires defensive coordinator Joe Barry

[Alvin Walton]

[FrenchSkin]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Barry shouldn't have been hired in the first place. It was a country club hire. He never had the talent to make it work anyway. But his inability to be aggressive and stay passive with below average talent was what did it for me. If you have scrubs you have to be able to scheme things up and he seemed to never be able to do that. The 3rd and longs that were always converted also were probably his downfall.

I hope Gruden hires the best person that's out there, and not one of his Tampa or Cincy buddies.

Even more than his play calling, some personnel decisions by this defensive staff drove me crazy.

Starting with sticking with Cravens at LB.

Among other things, Cooley gave some good reasons for a defensive staff change in his "what went wrong this year?" segment:

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[Buffalo Bob]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Barry shouldn't have been hired in the first place. It was a country club hire. He never had the talent to make it work anyway. But his inability to be aggressive and stay passive with below average talent was what did it for me. If you have scrubs you have to be able to scheme things up and he seemed to never be able to do that. The 3rd and longs that were always converted also were probably his downfall.

I hope Gruden hires the best person that's out there, and not one of his Tampa or Cincy buddies.

I don't understand how you hire a guy whose only previous experience as an NFL defensive coordinator resulted in a 0-16 season.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Buffalo Bob

I don't understand how you hire a guy whose only previous experience as an NFL defensive coordinator resulted in a 0-16 season.

To be fair you can't pin that all on him. If you go 0-16 you've got problems all over the place starting with a big time lack of talent.

[Schneed10]

I just have this annoying feeling Manusky is going to get the job, based on the tea leaves you can kind of read from my links above. Not sure he'd have the best resume if you could get an application from Gus Bradley, Paul Guenther, Wade Phillips and others who may be available.

[bigant]

love the news today about barry and okey,love to interview gus bradley and paul gunther , love to have both

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

I just have this annoying feeling Manusky is going to get the job, based on the tea leaves you can kind of read from my links above. Not sure he'd have the best resume if you could get an application from Gus Bradley, Paul Guenther, Wade Phillips and others who may be available.

Keim is saying he is the guy to watch on staff.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Keim is saying he is the guy to watch on staff.

I'm hoping that they'll just interview him as a courtesy to McC, but if he gets the job I feel like we'll be getting Barry 2.0. He has been fired multiple times as d-coordinator, idk how that track record doesn't speak for itself.

[NC_Skins]

A live look at Gruden's meeting this morning with the defensive staff:







All of these clowns should have been fired. They deserve it.

[OnceWeWereKings]

If things fall correctly, we may get wade phillips. I'm pretty sure that's what most of us wanted 3 years ago...

[Meks]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

A live look at Gruden's meeting this morning with the defensive staff:







All of these clowns should have been fired. They deserve it.

Th is Gold. No pun intended.

[metalskins]

This makes me want to pee my pants! The tequila celebration will be strong in the Metal house tonight!

[Schneed10]

More from the team:

Outside linebackers coach Greg Manusky, inside linebackers coach Kirk Olivadotti, assistant defensive backs coach Aubrey Pleasant and defensive quality control coach Chad Grimm remain on staff as well.

Redskins Have Young Core On Defense They'll Build Around

[NCSUredskin]

First, I would like to say that I feel like a kid on Christmas morning that Barry has been canned! Wouldn't mind seeing Wade Phillips or maybe even Gus Bradley.

Second, This is my first post on this site, I have spent some time with Extreme Skins but grew tired of that site. Did a little looking around and like the feel of this one. Hope to have some good interactions on here.....also I BS around on twitter with fellow Skins fans as well, follow me @JRouse84

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by NCSUredskin

First, I would like to say that I feel like a kid on Christmas morning that Barry has been canned! Wouldn't mind seeing Wade Phillips or maybe even Gus Bradley.

Second, This is my first post on this site, I have spent some time with Extreme Skins but grew tired of that site. Did a little looking around and like the feel of this one. Hope to have some good interactions on here.....also I BS around on twitter with fellow Skins fans as well, follow me @JRouse84

Welcome man you'll love it here. We're a pretty knowledgeable group.