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Have Some Fruitcake
It turns out with the Burgundy and Gold's season in the bag, they have become very difficult to follow. It's not because Rex is the QB; they would have the same lack of sex appeal if Ole Number 5 were quarterbacking. All the new guys, who are playing as well as they can, aren't really getting me revved up. The problem lies in the fact that with one game to play, no one knows, where this team stands. They can't travel; they have no I.D. and they appear to have no idea. This Rex Grossman nonsense is exactly that.
My suspicious mind is caused by what I saw last night in Atlanta. What a difference a QB makes. I'm not going to get all gooey, gooey like Gruden did when he referenced Drew Brees as a "rare cowboy", or Steve Young by saying he's among maybe two other people in the world, who can do what he does. But those guys throwing passes last night are elite players, and their sublime play take their respective teams to their particular levels of excellence.
Without Mr. Big Time QB, there is no system that turns sow's ears into silk purses. Does Kyle know this? And this, in turn, shows how far back the Burgundy and Gold really are in relationship to their competitors. Kyle Shanahan is the mastermind of an offense that has accomplished nothing in the big leagues, and yet his father sings the praises of his "system."
I thought it's the sorcerer, not the apprentice, that knows how to summon the magic. My gentle suggestion to Mike, " Fire Kyle!" between the three of you, and this includes Number 5. This was botched so badly, two of you have to leave. We really don't need the "soap opera" that comes with the father, son, head coach, offensive coordinator relationship. When I think of the machinations the two have cooked up this fall, I don't feel particularly "Zestfully clean".
I think Mike was let go in Denver partially because he forgot how to play defense. Didn't he go through four or five defensive coordinators there, in the last five years or so? If he starts right now, I'm not sure the fans will get their fruitcake by next Christmas..
I feel that Kyle S. needs to take his act somewhere else. Is he any better than Jim Zorn (a positive, heads- up "winner" type guy) as a play caller? Not from what we've seen so far. Who doesn't believe that Matt Schuab (sp) should get the credit for Kyles success in Houston?
Could be if Kyle and McNabb had worked together the Redskins could be headed to the playoffs this year.
Riggo,
I remember how fustrated you were at the end of Zorn's first season. After seening the 19th straight dissapointing year for my Redskins, I want to drop this observation.
Zorn and the Shanny both had week 9 byes their first season. Their records after the byes: 2 wins each. And at least Zorn had wins that were actual solid wins.
Mr. 'silver lining' over on the postgame show likes to talk about how we could have won more.. well, the way I see it, we could have lost more as well. The final record for this season is deceptive. I witnessed FIVE overtimes this year, and the only game we seemed to have in the bag by regulations' end was the Bears game. I really belive the Redskins are a 1-15 team, possibly 3-15 including the Dallas and Philly games early on(came down to the last play, but they did end in regulation). The other 4 wins were sudden death OT victories. And they wreak of Lefty Gomez.
At least I can say the vast majority of Zorn's wins were decisive. I'm no apologist for him, he was what he was, an emergency hire when Spagnolo smartened up and went to st. louis. Nobody in their right mind believes Dan really wanted that man to coach. I just want to give some real perspective on Shanny: he actually, when you really take a hard look at this, did worse than Jim Zorn.
So sick of the Redskins being bottom feeders. If I don't see 8 wins, at least 7 of them solid non-OT wins next year, I'm calling for the plug to be pulled. Thats is, of course, if we have football next year...