Why all the complaining?

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

Ok. So, I'm hearing people complain about Al Saunders. Fine. You guys were the ones who said we needed an offensive coordinator other than Joe Gibbs. What difference has it made? At least we made the playoffs under Gibbs' offense. And, that was an offense with Mark Brunell at quarterback, and with one goto receiver in Santana Moss.

So, knowing those facts, if we have all the offensive weapons now that we didn't have in '05, why wouldn't Joe Gibbs' offense work now? Don't get me wrong, until our record falls under .500 and we miss the playoffs again, I will continue to support this team and the coaches. But, I do believe the FO has done just about everything that the fans have asked them to do, and the fans still don't like it.

I never said that. I applauded the move, and I thought it was a good sign of Gibbs' willingness to change. But no, I was not one to say that Gibbs was over it and should hand the playcalling duties to someone else.

I've been a defender of the coaches from the beginning. Not once, even through the nightmare of the 2006 season did I call for any of the coaches to get canned. Even if we struggle with a mundane offense and finish with a record of around 8-8, I'd still say that Saunders deserves at least one more year to fully implement his offensive plan along with the further development of Campbell.

But at the same time, I don't think it would be unfair to say that this offense isn't anywhere near what Al Saunders really wants.

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by Beemnseven

I never said that. I applauded the move, and I thought it was a good sign of Gibbs' willingness to change. But no, I was not one to say that Gibbs was over it and should hand the playcalling duties to someone else.

My statement was a general statement toward a high majority of Redskins fans who kept crying in '05 for a new OC. But, I would assume if one applauded the move, then one supported it. I, personally, felt it was the wrong move. We made the playoffs under Joe Gibbs' offense with less weapons and a quarterback who most complained couldn't pass deep. We obviously have more offensive weapons now, so it seems to me it would've made more sense to have gotten the guys we had gotten (minus Brandon Lloyd,) and kept the same offense that took us deep into the playoffs the year before.

But, I did (and still do) go along with it, because Gibbs did state that Saunders was brought in to enhance the existing offense, but not to completely go away from it. So again, I ask, if we haven't went away from the offense we had purely with Gibbs, we should've just kept Gibbs offense in and focused on that.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

My statement was a general statement toward a high majority of Redskins fans who kept crying in '05 for a new OC. But, I would assume if one applauded the move, then one supported it. I, personally, felt it was the wrong move. We made the playoffs under Joe Gibbs' offense with less weapons and a quarterback who most complained couldn't pass deep. We obviously have more offensive weapons now, so it seems to me it would've made more sense to have gotten the guys we had gotten (minus Brandon Lloyd,) and kept the same offense that took us deep into the playoffs the year before.

But, I did (and still do) go along with it, because Gibbs did state that Saunders was brought in to enhance the existing offense, but not to completely go away from it. So again, I ask, if we haven't went away from the offense we had purely with Gibbs, we should've just kept Gibbs offense in and focused on that.

Yes, one can support the decision that was made, even if one wasn't originally calling for it.