1 minute ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

Does the Rooney Rule apply to coordinator positions or just HC? 

It covers just about everything now. HC, Coordinators, GM's etc. They even changed it so that every team must have one minority assistant on the offensive staff. 

5 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

yuck

Yeah I don't hate it but that Washington defense was a pretty big disappointment over the years. 

24 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

Who did we offer?

Fangio, Glenn Schumann, Leonhard. 

2 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Nope. Hasn't been a DC for 14 years now. He's a dinosaur who isn't going to bring anything new or exciting to the table. 

Valid point. They invested on defense early in the 1st for years on years and they didn't do much with them and had to trade away both their DE so I can see that he might not be a good choice.

Washington's defense gave up the most yards and TDs in the league last year so that's fun

5 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

Does the Rooney Rule apply to coordinator positions or just HC? 

Yes you must interview one external minority assistant for coordinator positions and 2 for head coach

Yes please

 

 

Ryan Nielsen is the right choice. Not Rivera.

Just now, paco said:

Yes please

 

 

The fact that it's not an Eagles hat is a fail. I've seen enough of Kelce in a Chiefs hat to last me a lifetime.

29 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

Zach Ertz just signed with the Lions. Their LaPorta backup was hurt. Gives me even more reason to cheer for the Lions.

Yep, I just saw that this morning, too.  Honestly surprised that he didn't sign someplace already?  I thought the Ravens were the leading contenders?  Anyhow, I'm all in on the Lions, too.  This would be the best story from the season if they could pull this off.

 

23 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

OK, if you all don't like it, let me point out a few things:

1. First, Rivera is looking for a good soft landing spot as a DC where he will stay as long for a while.  He won't be a one and done coordinator.  

2. He's been a fantastic DC everywhere he's gone. 

3. He's a very well respected guy around the league. 

4. Hiring him as DC will piss off Commanders fans.

I'd love to bring him in as DC.   He'd be a good hire.

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

Nope. Hasn't been a DC for 14 years now. He's a dinosaur who isn't going to bring anything new or exciting to the table. 

This defense lacks a basic, core competency in its coaching of fundamentals and how players are taught to understand their assignments. To that point I think Ron Rivera, who you'd think can address that part of the defensive failures, would be a great fit. They don't need innovation. They need players who understand the basic concepts of NFL defense and role assignments. If we ever get to the point where the Eagles can't get over the hump with a middle of the road defense because the offense just can't score enough points then maybe a guy like Ron won't be a good fit. Until then I think there's a ton of upside.

1 minute ago, Outlaw said:

The fact that it's not an Eagles hat is a fail. I've seen enough of Kelce in a Chiefs hat to last me a lifetime.

Not that it matters, but that is computer generated.

 

But if it was real, I would have to consider it  

Change everyone but the head coach.

4 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

Washington's defense gave up the most yards and TDs in the league last year so that's fun

He also sucks situationally. It won't be as magnified since Nick will struggle on his own making stupid situational calls, but if he's the "HC of the Defense" type they need, it will show up there at times too.

6 minutes ago, pgcd3 said:

Washington's defense gave up the most yards and TDs in the league last year so that's fun

Ron will become interim HC about a 1/3 of the way through next season.

4 years, 3 separate sets of offensive/defensive coordinators.

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, mayanh8 said:

This defense lacks a basic, core competency in its coaching of fundamentals and how players are taught to understand their assignments. To that point I think Ron Rivera, who you'd think can address that part of the defensive failures, would be a great fit. They don't need innovation. They need players who understand the basic concepts of NFL defense and role assignments. If we ever get to the point where the Eagles can't get over the hump with a middle of the road defense because the offense just can't score enough points then maybe a guy like Ron won't be a good fit. Until then I think there's a ton of upside.

The defense feels that way because they not only stupidly panicked and made a switch at DC, Patricia changed up the terminology and had them learn it on the fly in week 14. Any player is going to look lost changing the defense that much, that late in the season. 

2010 is such a long time ago in the NFL. Offenses have changed a lot since then. 

8 minutes ago, Outlaw said:

Ryan Nielsen is the right choice. Not Rivera.

this is the correct answer

Just think we could get Ron Rivera and Eric Bienemy and be just like the 2023 Commanders. Dare to dream

5 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Change everyone but the head coach.

At this point they should just get a new HC too. People use the record and playoffs but Brian was with Nick during that same record and he's getting canned

The guy who at the top shouldn't survive 

1 hour ago, Birdman said:

Such a low effort lame dad joke, just like Nicks coaching ability, but in all fairness he did a solid job of Fing the Eagles season, so I guess he’s good at something. 
 

By the way, my wife died of breast cancer 2 years ago, so you don’t get to mention her ever again, so go F yourself. 

 

 

Never will. My condolences 

but maybe talk to someone about that anger…

 

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

The defense feels that way because they not only stupidly panicked and made a switch at DC, Patricia changed up the terminology and had them learn it on the fly in week 14. Any player is going to look lost changing the defense that much, that late in the season. 

2010 is such a long time ago in the NFL. Offenses have changed a lot since then. 

Yeah, them changing the defensive coordinator in week 15 was absolutely ridiculous. There was no way you were going to get the terminology and everything down in a week and then before the playoffs started. You basically sabotage yourself thinking that oh we have an easy schedule, so he’ll be able to do it. And it completely backfired on him. They should’ve just stuck it out with the desai until the end. They would’ve at least been slightly below average. And at least Sean Desai showed in second half of games to make adjustments. Go through every game from week one until the last Dallas game. The only game where they had absolutely no adjustment was the first Washington game and the Niners game. And frankly the Niners game I don’t care who the hell is at the dc you weren’t stopping them because you’re defense sucks. The one thing he had going for him was in second half of games he actually understood how to make adjustments. He still wasn’t great, but he made adjustments. 

as for Ron Rivera, I don’t want him. He’s a defensive minded coach, and yet his defense somehow was the worst in the league. And don’t give me well they traded away two of his best players. They were as bad before they traded them. That defense wasn’t good all year. At some point in time the game has passed him by. Go Nielsen