New Coach…..New Chapter?

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I have been trying to blog since Thursday….I haven’t been busy, just needed the motivation to do it this week. I found some…so let’s dive right in…

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It has been one of those weeks for the Redskins, as we all knew it was coming. October 7, 2019 Jay Gruden was officially fired as Head Coach. The Skins went 0-5 for the first time since 2001.  A lot of times team dysfunction is in place well before coaches get there but the blame is often placed on them, especially when the team is losing. In this situation,I think the blame can be placed on the owner and GM. This is only my opinion but ever since Dan Snyder took over as the Owner and Bruce Allen as GM, the Skins haven’t been a team but a dollar sign business. Coaches, QB’s, top notch players all come and go without being able to fully establish themselves. The last good Redskins team we had was in 2012, and then unfortunately RG3 got hurt and the story wrote itself, he was on his way out. In the Gruden situation, it brings up questions for the Redskins future.

  1. Did the Skins wait too long to let Gruden go? Any hopes of restoring a future for skins now takes longer because he was longest tenured coach with no recent success.
  2. Will things get better or worse for the Skins?  At this point only time will tell what happens, but I hope it gets better. As a fan I am tired of seeing them lose year after year. We are honestly a joke of the NFL and until something is done in the front office, we will continue to be.  I will always be a fan but something has to come from this coaching change, yet again.
  3. Who is really to blame for the dysfunction for the Redskins? You can place on the coaching staff, players, performance but in most companies a lot of the mess and drama comes from the owner and trickles down. Believe it or not, the NFL is a workplace and workplace dysfunction is real. Ultimately, you will have to be honest with yourself and if you want success and to rebuild your name, then on the inside it starts with you to change it. We will see going forward what is to come. I just hope for positive success. 🙂
  4. Lastly, what does the future hold for the Redskins?

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To answer this last question, the Redskins have started to look towards the future. Moving Bill Callahan as Interim Head Coach. Bill worked with the offensive line and with looks of it is bringing back team on team aspect in practice. What goes down must come up right? I’m hoping Bill can help get this team back on track, one game at a time starting with the Dolphins. He has already announced Keenum as starting QB and Haskins as backup QB. The future for Haskins, I think is bright, I hope we get to see more of him. He is talented and I know will do well, the Skins just have to believe in him.

I guess we will have to wait and see…..

Thanks so much for reading!

We shift gears next week..How about those Nats?.. baseball I am coming for you!

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Case Keenum

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For as long as I could remember, I have been a Washington Redskins fan. I have gone through the highs and lows with the many changes this team has gone through. The Redskins have gone through so many quarterbacks, that each time there is a glimmer of hope and then each time there is a let down.

From Mark Brunell to Jason Campbell to Rex Grossman to RG3 to Kirk Cousins to Colt McCoy to Alex Smith to Case Keenum, so many different era of players and each in their own right have left their mark.

In Keenum’s position he is most remembered for his 2017 run with the Minnesota Vikings and leading them to a 12-1 record and game winning touchdown drive by Stefon Diggs to beat the Saints. Keenum had a lot of promise and then he was traded to DC.  For as long as I have been watching football, fans have so much hope with each quarterback change and always expect this quarterback to be the one who will lead us out of the trenches and back into the playoffs.

Coming to a new team, is like starting a new job. You have to feel everyone out and learn the system and procedures. If you want my honest opinion, I feel that the Redskins should have started McCoy for the first few games if he was healthy enough, which would give Keenum a little more time to learn the system. With quarterbacks, there is always high expectations and if you don’t meet those expectations, the fans will let you hear it. All in all this is a learning experience for everyone and I hope once everyone is healthy that the Skins can get some wins and hopefully a quarterback we can rely on and believe in again.

I always have hope for any team I root for, I just hate watching us lose. So I’m keeping an open mind that Keenum can potentially be that guy for us but we need some wins and we need to communicate. Now all we can do is watch, wait, and see. It is still a bunch of games left for the Skins, but their schedule only gets harder but I still have hope. Go Skins! Let’s get back in the WIN column. 🙂

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