Jay Gruden to be named as Redskins head coach

[MrBill]

Per league sources familiar with the discussions-

[x0xHumblex0x]

well; we did need somebody......but not sure how i feel about it yet


he has worked with Bruce Allen and Haslett, not that will matter (Haslett).....or will it??
would like to see how much he getting in this deal

[RyanLeaf16]

Raheem Morris is likely to be his DC. Not Haslett.

[SuperKevin]

I like it. At least he's a new hire and not a retread. Hopefully he'll shift the Redskins into a more traditional offense instead of this read option

[MVPete]

This is interesting and looking forward to seeing how it plays out.

[Maynard]

i think he deserves a shot. he certainly has a great offensive mind and he get the bungals to the post season with andy dalton who isnt anything spectacular

[ram29jackson]

I believe this guy will know what he is doing considering the football family pedigree he is a part of... good luck Mr. Gruden

[tigstah]

hmmmmm not sure yet. dont know anything about his resume.

[Slateman]

Great idea. Give RGIII a West Coast offense. I'm sure that will turn out well.

[ram29jackson]

Great idea. Give RGIII a West Coast offense. I'm sure that will turn out well.

worked for Steve young and R Cunningham and F Tarkenton

[Maynard]

who else is out there really? there is cowher, john gruden and tony dungy...all of which wont be coming back...that leaves everyone else. nobody else is going to make you say hee haw

[Guest]

I've tried to be optimistic, but it's just not working.

First, I hope the media doesn't latch onto the Mike Brown story from the past weekend. Brown stated his desire to draft Colin Kaepernick, but was persuaded to draft Andy Dalton by none other than Jay Gruden. The reasoning? Dalton fit his offense better than Kaepernick did.

I also was not a fan of his play calling against the Chargers, and he was unable to adjust what his game plan was when the Chargers were shutting down what he wanted to do.

We've essentially gone nowhere in my mind. We did accomplish what I wanted to see in a coach, and that was someone who has not been a head coach at the NFL level. We also didn't pick a coach who is coming directly out of college as a head coach who doesn't have much NFL experience. In that respect, I do like Jay Gruden as a hire.

However, we are possibly looking at another QB controversy here, and also a guy who looked very much like Kyle Shanahan as an offensive coordinator in the playoffs. We've made yet another big "name" hire, instead of getting someone who was a better fit for the job. Bevell or Roman, two guys who are currently working with similar QBs in RGIII are who we should have targeted.

[Guest]

I have more reasons to not like this hire. We are expected to retain Haslett, Morris as well as Sean McVay, who may become the offensive coordinator. Despite that, Gruden still plans to call plays, which I hate from an experienced coach, much less a first year coach who has a lot of work to do. It rarely works out for coaches who try and do more, such as calling plays and having personnel power, so yet another reason for me to not like this hire.

[MVPete]

Bottom line is the way it fell apart with Shanahan probably made it tough for them to get any serious consideration from the big named guys out there, and Dan Snyder's reputation goes farther back than that as far as not seeing eye to eye with his coaches. Jay like his brother is completely enamored by the QB position, and the Redskins aren't doing anything till RG3 is fixed. They have solid pieces on offense, could probably use another WR and patch up the OL. Defense needs a complete overhaul or somebody that can get them to play better, idk if Morris is that guy though.

[Guest]

Bottom line is the way it fell apart with Shanahan probably made it tough for them to get any serious consideration from the big named guys out there, and Dan Snyder's reputation goes farther back than that as far as not seeing eye to eye with his coaches. Jay like his brother is completely enamored by the QB position, and the Redskins aren't doing anything till RG3 is fixed. They have solid pieces on offense, could probably use another WR and patch up the OL. Defense needs a complete overhaul or somebody that can get them to play better, idk if Morris is that guy though.

They are keeping Haslett so far as I know. As far as big names go, I didn't want Jon Gruden or Cowher. My preferences were Roman or Bevell, would have settled for McDermott too. I wanted to stay away from that big name.

As for the areas you've pointed out, here is my perception.

For receiver, Garcon is a great #1 for us, and we have depth, but no true #2. That is definitely something that we need to address, and I'd prefer that to be a receiver with size.

The offensive line is actually pretty good for the most part. Polumbus at RT fell apart, so I hope we can find a RT in free agency, but I'm very happy with the offensive line. If RGIII can make better decisions to throw the ball away instead of holding it too long, we see the pass protection improve immensely.

Defense does need some work in the secondary for sure. We need a #1 corner, and Hall needs to go. Meriweather is a solid safety, but plays recklessly and I'd rather go for a safer option in the off-season. The other safety spot needs to be addressed as well. I really like our line. Orakpo may want too much money, Fletcher is gone, so we need to replace two linebackers.

Plenty of holes to fix, and it's not happening all in one off-season. One thing Shanahan and Allen did was draft pretty well, and we have some good depth, better than we've had under any other team in the Snyder era.