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Mike Shanahan got fired in Denver for declining team performance. He followed that by getting fired after 4 years of total football control in Washington because he compiled he exact same winning percentage as did Jim Zorn and Steve Spurrier.
In Washington he proved to be poor at hiring supporting coaching staff for the defense and special teams. And on offense he hired his son as OC, let his son do what he wanted without repercussion or question, and alienated a good bit of the rest of the coaching staff.
Oh, the Skins were 24-40 under him, with double-digit losses in 3 out of 4 years. They had exactly one good stretch during the 4 years --- the 7-game winning streak in 2012 that culminated in a division title and a first round playoff loss in a game in which Shanahan let a clearly-injured QB play, badly, until he got injured enough to mess up the 2013 season.
I understand that there are people who don't like Robert Griffin and who would root for Shanahan in a Griffin-vs.-Shanahan struggle. I understand there are people (like me) who don't like Dan Snyder and would root for Shanahan in a Snyder-vs.-Shanahan situation. The point of this topic isn't whether you think Snyder will ever field a good, steady team, or whether you think Griffin will be seen as a good QB 10 years from now.
What I want to know is: what NFL team would hire Mike Shanahan now?
My personal opinion is that the last 4 years allowed him to display his abilities well enough that he doesn't get another head coaching gig. He's bad at choosing personnel, bad at hiring coaches, bad at motivating players, constantly outcoached on the field, and is a control nut. I don't think any other team in the NFL will hire him. Albert Breer thinks he'll have a hard time getting a job.
Here's a background article by 5 reporters with lots of sources in the Redskin organization: http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/mike-shanahan-hasnt-solved-washington-redskins-problems-during-uneven-tenure/2013/12/28/7df92930-6fd5-11e3-a523-fe73f0ff6b8d_story.html
What do you think?
In Washington he proved to be poor at hiring supporting coaching staff for the defense and special teams. And on offense he hired his son as OC, let his son do what he wanted without repercussion or question, and alienated a good bit of the rest of the coaching staff.
Oh, the Skins were 24-40 under him, with double-digit losses in 3 out of 4 years. They had exactly one good stretch during the 4 years --- the 7-game winning streak in 2012 that culminated in a division title and a first round playoff loss in a game in which Shanahan let a clearly-injured QB play, badly, until he got injured enough to mess up the 2013 season.
I understand that there are people who don't like Robert Griffin and who would root for Shanahan in a Griffin-vs.-Shanahan struggle. I understand there are people (like me) who don't like Dan Snyder and would root for Shanahan in a Snyder-vs.-Shanahan situation. The point of this topic isn't whether you think Snyder will ever field a good, steady team, or whether you think Griffin will be seen as a good QB 10 years from now.
What I want to know is: what NFL team would hire Mike Shanahan now?
My personal opinion is that the last 4 years allowed him to display his abilities well enough that he doesn't get another head coaching gig. He's bad at choosing personnel, bad at hiring coaches, bad at motivating players, constantly outcoached on the field, and is a control nut. I don't think any other team in the NFL will hire him. Albert Breer thinks he'll have a hard time getting a job.
Here's a background article by 5 reporters with lots of sources in the Redskin organization: http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/mike-shanahan-hasnt-solved-washington-redskins-problems-during-uneven-tenure/2013/12/28/7df92930-6fd5-11e3-a523-fe73f0ff6b8d_story.html
What do you think?