Schefter: "Skins NOT shopping Big Al"

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

Unfortunately Shanahan is a 3-4 guy, he's trying to get the appropriate player for that scheme, Haynesworth just doesn't want to switch to NT. Can't blame AH since when he signed he specified a 4-3 D. There was nothing wrong with running a 4-3 which Shanahan should have kept and everyone would be happy.

That's not how it works though.

A new head coach (especially an established and successful one) means new systems, new players, and a new culture.

[internetcareer]

I'm sorry but this is a tired old subject. As I said in a previous post, the most important word here is simply "anymore".

The shopping is over. The defense is being constructed WITH Big Al.

[GoSkins!]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

That's not how it works though.

A new head coach (especially an established and successful one) means new systems, new players, and a new culture.

While I agree with you about "that is the way it is", anyone with knowledge of systems science knows that using a prescriptive solution to a complex problem rarely yields good results.

If the Redskins succeed, it will be because the coaches fit an appropriate methodology to the system (players, culture, contracts, playbook, politics, money, egos...). This will require the coaches to re-evaluate their methods as much as the players will.