How far can Beck take us?

[sportscurmudgeon]

Originally Posted by NLC1054

Get what? Fired?

And then who is Dan going to hire?

Mike's in a pretty good place right now. If Beck works out, he's a genius. If Beck doesn't, but he starts Rex and they do okay to well, he still looks good. If both of them fail, he's in position to draft his quarterback of the future in a much better draft class. Hell, he's in that position even if they do well.

If Dan fires Mike now, there ain't a coach outside of the organization that's going to want to come here. None of the big names like Gruden and Cowher, none of the up and comers. The only guy who could take over would be someone from within the organization...

And that guy would either be Has, or it would be Kyle. So nothing would change.

I'd say Mike feels comfortable regardless.

Surely you jest when you say there aren't coaches out there who would want to come and coach the Redskins. Maybe not the "trophy name coaches" on your list, but there are probably a hundred college guys and NFL assistants/coordinators who would give up their first born child to take a head coaching job in the NFL with any team that made them a decent offer.

The only way Shanahan gets fired at the end of the year is if he goes 0-16 PLUS he testifies for the Washington City Paper in the lawsuit that Snyder filed against that paper. Other than that, he is here next year unless he quits.

And from what I have seen so far - - I did not say this could never change but from what I have seen so far - - I am not convinced that Kyle Shanahan could be an effective NFL coach next year any more than I think Vinnie Cerrato could come back and be an effective NFL GM next year.