Do you trust Snyder?

[Coff]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

You know it's funny. Snyder stated that one of the things he has learned from Gibbs is patience. Some of us applauded that, but now here we are begging for him to make a quick decision. LOL

Ha! That is funny. It is true, the guy just can't win with the fans, regardless of what he does. However, the reason he can't win is because he hasn't won, and the longer he goes without fielding a championship-caliber team, the more his judgments will be questioned.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Coff

Ha! That is funny. It is true, the guy just can't win with the fans, regardless of what he does. However, the reason he can't win is because he hasn't won, and the longer he goes without fielding a championship-caliber team, the more his judgments will be questioned.

Well he hired Gibbs to field that championship team and Gibbs failed to get us their but he was looked at as a success. So what are the standards to judge a coach? I'm sure if GW takes over the team and leads us to a few playoff games and an over all loosing record he will not be looked at as a success.

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

You know it's funny. Snyder stated that one of the things he has learned from Gibbs is patience. Some of us applauded that, but now here we are begging for him to make a quick decision. LOL

I know what you're saying, but could look at it a couple of ways though. Snyder has already interviewed 1 candidate & that's confirmed, and according to another post here he may be on the way to talk to Grimm.

For all we know, it's his impatience that's driving these meetings, rather than being patient & talking to the in-house candidates.

Don't get me wrong, to be thorough he's got to talk to all of these guys before they're scooped up by other teams, but at the same time his eagerness to set up interviews w/them could be due to looking for the theoretical quick fix hire, rather than patiently working through the details of keeping this staff intact. I don't know one way or another, but I think there are signs of DS reverting to past form.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by freddyg12

I know what you're saying, but could look at it a couple of ways though. Snyder has already interviewed 1 candidate & that's confirmed, and according to another post here he may be on the way to talk to Grimm.

For all we know, it's his impatience that's driving these meetings, rather than being patient & talking to the in-house candidates.

Don't get me wrong, to be thorough he's got to talk to all of these guys before they're scooped up by other teams, but at the same time his eagerness to set up interviews w/them could be due to looking for the theoretical quick fix hire, rather than patiently working through the details of keeping this staff intact. I don't know one way or another, but I think there are signs of DS reverting to past form.

I think you may be reaching a bit here.

If he already knows what he has in-house, and by now I'm sure there have been some in-house discussions with Williams, I don't think the fact he's out there interviewing other coaches should be misconstrued has him not being patient.

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I think you may be reaching a bit here.

If he already knows what he has in-house, and by now I'm sure there have been some in-house discussions with Williams, I don't think the fact he's out there interviewing other coaches should be misconstrued has him not being patient.

I am reaching a tad bit, but I don't think you can ignore the timing & speed of the last 2 days. Hopefully there have been in house discussions & they've managed to keep them on the serious down low & not leak to anybody. My point is that simply on the surface w/out knowing any more than we do, Snyder's behavior thus far since Gibbs announcement doesn't give the fans much confidence that he indeed has changed.

I guess I agree w/JLC who said that his "vow of silence" hurts his image & leads to speculation about him wanting to hire from the outside. We're all speculating here anyway, but I'll also say that Shneed has good points about all signs so far indicating he'll not hire GW. Whether any of it can be chalked up to impatience or not, I don't know, but it does seem that Snyder is showing early signs of his old ways.

Maybe he's just trying to increase traffic on redskins.com?

[sportscurmudgeon]

If "do the right thing" = "maximize team revenues and profits", then absolutely Danny Boy will do the right thing.


If "do the right thing" = "make the single best football decision for the team", then Danny Boy is not likely to do the right thing. HOWEVER, even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while...


If "do the right thing" = "hiring a coach with sufficient 'celeb value' such that Danny Boy gets more than 2 minutes of face time on TV", you can count on him doing the right thing.


Let me pose an ancillary question here:

What makes Redskins' fans think that Danny Boy gives a fig about what they think or what they wish for the team? During the winding path of his goofy moves over the past eight or nine years, how often have the fans rebuked him in any meaningful way?

Redskins' fans have taught Danny Boy that he can ignore them and he can even do precisely what they don't want him to do - - and they'll be back spending their money on his product without abatement.

There are only two things valuable to Danny Boy. One is his wealth and the business empire he controls. Two is his ego. Unless Redskin fans rebuke one of those two things when Danny Boy does something they don't like, he will continue to patronize them some of the time and ignore them most of the time.

[dmek25]

Snyder will definitely do what he thinks will help the redskins win. whether or not its the right thing......

[skinsnut]

I say yes and no.

Yes, he will hire GW as head coach...good move for consistancy.

No, he will blow the golden opportunity to get a GM in here to fix team for the long haul

[RobH4413]

Originally Posted by skinsnut

I say yes and no.

Yes, he will hire GW as head coach...good move for consistancy.

No, he will blow the golden opportunity to get a GM in here to fix team for the long haul

Yes, because a GM is the cure-all to all of our woes. I know I'm not the only one here that thinks Snyder knows what he's doing now. I feel like he's tweaked a flawed system, and has finally turned a major corner...

IMO our F.O. has done an outstanding job since Gibbs has taken over the reigns. I'll tend to agree here with Snyder. If it aint broke, don't fix it. I guess we'll see.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by RobH4413

Yes, because a GM is the cure-all to all of our woes. I know I'm not the only one here that thinks Snyder knows what he's doing now. I feel like he's tweaked a flawed system, and has finally turned a major corner...

IMO our F.O. has done an outstanding job since Gibbs has taken over the reigns. I'll tend to agree here with Snyder. If it aint broke, don't fix it. I guess we'll see.

I heart you

[724Skinsfan]

Do I trust Snyder? Implicitly

I mean... Death to Dan Snyder!

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

Based on past history and what Snyder claims that he has learned from Gibbs tenure, do you trust him to do the right thing in the coaching search? (mods can you do a yes/no poll)

I'm not a huge fan of Gregg Williams, but all the players seem to support him and Bill Cowher's not walking thru that door people. For the sake of continuity and locker room politics it seems like Grilliams is the way to go, but will Snyder do the right thing?

No. I don't trust him at all. He's probably going to go back to his old ways now that Gibbs isn't around. Gibbs is the only guy that I think Snyder really really respects.

Not to hijack this but I've seen a lot of people say they don't like GW. Why? 3 out of 4 years he has had a top 10 defense with what I would call average to slightly above average talent. Meanwhile, Gibbs side of the ball, which is the offense, has had trouble scoring points all 4 years he was here. Basically the defense has carried the team and if there was any kind of offense in 04 we make the playoffs. For the life of me I don't understand why people don't like GW.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

No. I don't trust him at all. He's probably going to go back to his old ways now that Gibbs isn't around. Gibbs is the only guy that I think Snyder really really respects.

Not to hijack this but I've seen a lot of people say they don't like GW. Why? 3 out of 4 years he has had a top 10 defense with what I would call average to slightly above average talent. Meanwhile, Gibbs side of the ball, which is the offense, has had trouble scoring points all 4 years he was here. Basically the defense has carried the team and if there was any kind of offense in 04 we make the playoffs. For the life of me I don't understand why people don't like GW.

An overwhelming majority are in favor of Williams taking over according to our poll (76%).

[birdz4gibbs]

i,ll say it again whatever danny boy decides ...let it take it,s course and i hope the danny does whats right for the redskins in deciding on the next head coach.

do i trust synder ...well ummmm..he has the money and will get whoever he chooses so i remain mum ..i will wait on that decision.
if it aint broke ,don,t fix it.....

[Sean"Big Hurt"Taylor]

No, Synder is a marketing guy who will always look at this team as a money making scheme. If he wanted to bring a super bowl back to d.c. he would have hired people who know about football. We need a GM plain and simple. We need a president as well. Vinny just does not know what he is doing. We need a GM first then a coach. We need to hire Chris Polian to be the GM (Colts). We need to hire young coach who will be here for the next 10 years instead of the turnover we have had over the last several years. We need to start building through the draft as well as make a little splash in free agency. Let fix our front office first then address our head coach. The only thing that should be a must is Saunders remaining as the offensive coordinator as well as making him the quarterback coach. Again I say this SYNDER WILL NOT DO THE REASONABLE THING FOR THIS TEAM SINCE HE DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE GAME OF FOOTBALL BUT HE CAN MARKET HIS TEAM THOUGH!! Until we get some proper structure in the front office which leads to coaching we will not win a super bowl nor will we reach it.