Redskins promote Greg Manusky to defensive coordinator

[ethat001]

Originally Posted by FrenchSkin

-When asked about what he's expecting from Breeland, he said "he needs to listen", said that listening is the number one quality a player must have "if you don't have it you're garage" ! Man that DB room must have been a REAL mess last year... Sounds like Breeland was a big part of it.

-When discussing playcalling he said he didn't care that much about the call, most importantly he wants players to be on the same page, it drives him crazy hearing a player say "I didn't get the call".

Yeah, not sure what was happening in locker room, but from bunch of reports it seems like there was clear mutiny / people freelancing / people not on same page. Ultimately that comes down to the coach, but likely involves the type of players you have. Maybe people weren't listening to Joe Barry because the calls were just late to come in / bad calls? Maybe just a few players who were causing it -- wonder if Baker / Jean-Francois were part of the mutiny..?

Hoping it will be better with Manusky. He's an internal candidate, so technically he was part of blame last year, but could be better now that he's in charge.. You can talk tough in the offseason but just need to see results.

Breeland- just needs to play. Get the feeling the talent is there but he's been holding himself back because of lack of focus. Bet he was really offended when Norman started to travel because Bree screwed up with #1 WR - and Breeland never recovered after that..

[TheMalcolmConnection]

I worry Breeland will be Amerson for us. He seems ultra frustrated and it's obvious the talent is there. Just can't see us extending him.

[rocnrik]

Breeland is a head case..I'm not sure he will ever reach his potential.

[MTK]

Well he was certainly more qualified than Zorn. Much more qualified.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by MTK

Well he was certainly more qualified than Zorn. Much more qualified.

I will concede that. Still doesn't paint our franchise in a good light that when it came down to it, our options were old retread with a mediocre track record or a qb coach who had never been a coordinator. That's a failure on Vinny and Dan by extension for allowing Vinny to make that decision in the first place.

[SolidSnake84]

Originally Posted by mooby

I will concede that. Still doesn't paint our franchise in a good light that when it came down to it, our options were old retread with a mediocre track record or a qb coach who had never been a coordinator. That's a failure on Vinny and Dan by extension for allowing Vinny to make that decision in the first place.

If we shit the bed this year, and some other things go wrong including having Cousins walk / trading Cousins in 2018, that will be our options again I'm afraid. I think Gruden and his staff gets to play out his last two years unless this coming year is horrible, like 3-13 or something that bad...

Maybe more pressure than we've ever had to have three consecutive winning seasons, which i really don't know when the last time we did that. Had to be some time in the 70's or 80's.....

[Kope]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

Maybe more pressure than we've ever had to have three consecutive winning seasons, which i really don't know when the last time we did that. Had to be some time in the 70's or 80's.....

Or the team continues to grow and solidify under Gruden and Allen. Please dont forget how much better the team was last year. Two years ago any good team whipped us, like 2 to 3 scores bad. Last year we held our own across the board except for Pit in week 1.

Gruden has shown clear growth each year. He did again this off season by getting rid of DC, DB, and DL. The D will be better under Manusky. Watch the effect hiring Tomsula has on DL. He might not be a HC but he is a legit PRO DL coach. Look at how many kids the new DBs coach has in the pros from FLA and VT...yes that is athletes but that is coaching too. The team will be better over all.

In reality, Snyder's biggest sin is he does not even try to have a relationship with the local media; antagonizes them even. Not. Smart. He pissed off the Post year 1 and hasn't backed down. Jerry Jones has done some extra stupid things on the order of Snyder.... but they give him a pass because he makes sure he has a good relationship with the press.

Follow the team, enjoy the team, support the team, and leave the fault finding to others with an agenda.

[metalskins]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

If we shit the bed this year, and some other things go wrong including having Cousins walk / trading Cousins in 2018, that will be our options again I'm afraid. I think Gruden and his staff gets to play out his last two years unless this coming year is horrible, like 3-13 or something that bad...

Maybe more pressure than we've ever had to have three consecutive winning seasons, which i really don't know when the last time we did that. Had to be some time in the 70's or 80's.....

'89-'92 was the last time period in which this team had more than two consecutive winning seasons. I was a teenager. I'm now in my 40's.

[sdskinsfan2001]

This isn't about Manusky, but about the other coordinator. Awesome interview, I'm a fan of this guy. I think our offense is still in great hands.

Redskins Home

Between him, Gruden, and Callahan, our offense is in great shape.

Httr.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by sdskinsfan2001

This isn't about Manusky, but about the other coordinator. Awesome interview, I'm a fan of this guy. I think our offense is still in great hands.

Redskins Home

Between him, Gruden, and Callahan, our offense is in great shape.

Httr.

great interview and post. Very interesting about red zone offense, and I especially agree with bigger receivers solve the red zone issues, that's just not true:

Cavanaugh chalks that up to not executing - in play calls, in passes, in catches and in runs. He dispelled the notion that big receivers will inherently solve all of these issues in 2017.

"But that will be a part of it," Cavanaugh said. "We're going to have more size on the perimeter. But we've got some talented people. We've spent a lot of time this offseason studying everybody in the league and some of their red zone concepts. Many we already have in our playbook, a couple that we've added. So now we've got to go out and execute over the next three months and get ready for the season to start and hopefully we have that consistency with a good mix of run and pass down there and just make more plays, quite honestly."