Burning Every Bridge They Can Find

Because he thinks he's something he's not

What happened to continuity?

The last team with no coach keeps screwing itself out of anything resembling a real candidate. For all the now oft cited negative fan reaction, Jim Fassel would have been a fine head coach, he did turn a pretty weak looking Giants team into a Super Bowl contender, it was under Jim Fassel that Tiki Barber first became Tiki Barber.

Phil Simms, John Elway blah blah yeah who needs a guy that can develop a young quarterback right? Because even though Jason Campbell wants to keep Al Saunders' offense in place I don't much sense that Al Saunders works with the players, I get the sense that he is a system guy.

That's not to bash on Redskins quarterbacks coach Bill Lazor it's just that Jim Fassel is proven as a guy that works well with young QBs and Jason is a young QB.

Now Jim feels manipulated and it looks like he's falling off teh radar, it makes me wonder how much input Jim had in the aborted formulation of a prefabricated coaching staff, Jim Zorn, Rex Ryan and John Ramsdell.

And it makes the Redskins really look amateurish, what are these other teams just going to bow down to the Redskins and give up their assistants for lateral moves to Washington?

Why do I get the sneaking suspicion that now is the time the Redskins chose to go cold turkey on giving up draft picks, picks that would have gone to the Seahawks, Ravens and Chargers for these guys? Great idea, bad timing.

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Now step back and imagine you are Gregg Williams, twisting in the wind for three weeks. Would you be psyched for this job after four seasons and then this?

Dan Snyder and that snake Vinny Cerrato think they are in the position of strength because there are no other coaching openings and for those teams with a new coach the coordinator spots are filling fast. In reality they are pissing off a bunch of wealthy people that don't need to work for the Redskins this year.

Gregg Williams can pay the mortgage out of his pocket and I bet someone will pay him some scratch to talk about football for a year before he comes back as a legitimate head coaching candidate, the future narrative being the Redskins experience having quote matured him unquote better than his four years as a coordinator for the Redskins.

Jim Fassel, he has nothing to lose, he was not a coach last year, it's status quo for him. And once you've been to a Super Bowl as a head coach you never ever have to do the kneel and bob thing to get a job.

So now we are on to the next group of guys (op. cit.), the magical mystical guys that will somehow bring positive change and maintain continuity, Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo and Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, both conveniently not available until after the Super Bowl.

Unless the team is looking at them as head coaches their current teams can just block interviews. And if the team is looking at them as potential head coaching candidates then they wasted a fucklot of time and the coordinator cupboard will be pretty bare, these guys better have a bunch of loyal assistants that are ready to jump ship with them to the Redskins for promotions, a bunch of first time guys, there's your continuity for you.

The Redskins will not have a coach in place until February.

[cue mental patient laughing in background]



Burning bridge from here.