Coaching rumors tracked: Updated

Head Coach: Mike Shanahan (signed)/No job in 2009/ Head Coach Denver Broncos

Offensive Coordinator: Kyle Shanahan (signed) /Offensive coordinator Houston Texans

Defensive Coordinator: Jim Haslett (signed) /Head Coach Orlando Tuskers-UFL/Interim Head coach St. Louis Rams

Quarterback: Chris Meidt (rumored) /Offensive assistant Redskins 2009

Runningback: Bobby Turner (signed)/ Runningbacks coach Broncos 2009

Widereciever: Maurice Mann (rumored/interviewed)/ Widerecievers coach Tampa Bay Bucs 2009

Tightend: Scott Wachenheim (rumored to stay)/ Tightends coach Redskins 2009

Offensive line: Unconfirmed

Defensive line: Mike Waufle (rumored/interviewed) Defensive Line coach Giants 2009/ Tim Krumrie (rumored) Defensive Assistant Chiefs 2009

Linebackers: Lou Spanos (signed) Defensive Assistant Steelers 2009

Assistant Linebackers: Kirk Olivadotti (rumored)

Defensivebacks: Jerry Gray (interviewed/rumored to stay) DB coach Redskins 2009/ Bob Slowik (rumored)

Safeties: Steven Jackson (Rumored to stay) Safeties coach Redskins 2009

Special Teams: Danny Smith (Rumored to stay) SP coach Redskins 2009

Retiring like a true Redskins

Today Joe Bugel retired as a true Redskin. Joe Bugel called it a career after 15 years with the organization. Bugel who is beloved by fans and players alike is considered one of the greatest modern offensive line coaches setting careers like Chris Samuels and Randy Thomas, he put together an offensive line with player that would probably not even make another NFL team. He helped a player like Mike Williams get back into the NFL game after being absent from football for 3 years. I only wish Bugel could have gone out on top instead of leaving after a horrible 2009 season where we went 4-12. Bugel leaves a massive hole for Mike Shanahan to fill, DC sports talk will have up to date info on continued coaching news.

 OTHER NEWS:

Greg Blache followed in Bugel’s footsteps and ended his solid 20 year career as a defensive coordinator. Blache who was critized for his extremly conservative defense had no choice considering Jim Haslett had already signed a deal to be our new Defensive Coordinator. I wish Blache and Bugel luck in there retirement, they deserve a solid beach vocation to Hawaii.

More news coming tomorrow, Including a review on if we should switch to the 3-4 defense, add us to your favorites!

More suspensions handed down by the Washington Wizards

The whirl-wind of a season continued today with the suspension of Andray Blatche. Andray Blatche who has been a productive player off the Wizards bench was suspended for seemingly unknown reasons. But it has been confirmed that Blatche had a small dispute with trainers about his knee after yesterdays 115-110 loss to the Hornets. That dispute is unknown if it’s the cause of the suspension. What sticks out to me is that this isn’t a league given suspension this was handed down by the Washington Wizards front office. This is a suspension to a key bench player that will make the already shorthanded Washington Wizards in more depth need. This must have been a serious offense considering the team never suspended Gilbert Arenas and choose to wait for the league to hand it down. The Wizards must have now taken a no tolerance policy which is good considering our team needs a big attitude check and they need to focus more and block out the distractions. This season just continues to collapse for the Wizards. The only thing to look forward to as a fan is the expected trades coming at the deadline. This picture sums up the Washington Wizards season for fans and players

Offseason Review continued: Free Agents to go after Part 1: QB/RB/FB/WR

*All of my picks are Unrestricted Free Agents based on the thought that the CBA dosent come to an agreement, I have not included any Restricted Free Agents, Source: http://theredzone.org/FreeAgency/2010FreeAgents.aspx

 QB: David Carr-I believe he would be pursued as a backup to whichever starter that we obtain, HE WOULD NOT BE  OUR STARTING QB, I believe that Todd Collins is on his way out, and I dont believe Colt Brennan is ready to be a 2nd string QB, Carr has proven his skills in some clean up duty this season

 Carr Stats last 3 years as a backup:

Passing
Year	Team	G	Att	Comp	Pct	Att/G	Yds	Avg	Yds/G	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	20+	40+	Sck	SckY	Rate
2009	New York Giants	6	33	21	63.6	5.5	225	6.8	37.5	1	3.0	0	0.0	37T	2	0	2	11	93.6
2008	New York Giants	3	12	9	75.0	4.0	115	9.6	38.3	2	16.7	0	0.0	27	2	0	1	2	144.1
2007	Carolina Panthers	6	136	73	53.7	22.7	635	4.7	105.8	3	2.2	5	3.7	38	4	0	13	74	58.

  RB: If the CBA does reach an agreement I see potential: Mike Bell, Ronnie Brown, Jerome Harrison, Jerrious Norwood, Darren Sproles, Pierre Thomas, Leon Washington, or Lendale White. But I see no Unrestricted Free Agents that would help us, We should look in the draft for a feature Runningback.

  FB: Justin Griffin: I believe is is time to replace Mike Sellers, Justin is a younger replacement Fullback that the Redskins should take a look at.

 Career Stats:

Rushing
Year	Team	G	Att	Att/G	Yds	Avg	Yds/G	TD	Lng	1st	1st%	20+	40+	FUM
2009	Seattle Seahawks	13	4	0.3	6	1.5	0.5	0	3	2	50.0	0	0	0
2008	Oakland Raiders	7	2	0.3	2	1.0	0.3	0	2	1	50.0	0	0	0
2007	Oakland Raiders	16	7	0.4	27	3.9	1.7	0	6	0	0.0	0	0	0
2006	Atlanta Falcons	16	19	1.2	106	5.6	6.6	1	21T	2	10.5	1	0	2
2005	Atlanta Falcons	16	15	0.9	65	4.3	4.1	0	19	3	20.0	0	0	0
2004	Atlanta Falcons	12	9	0.8	39	4.3	3.2	0	10	2	22.2	0	0	0
2003	Atlanta Falcons	16	38	2.4	168	4.4	10.5	0	15	12	31.6	0	0	0
TOTAL		96	94	1.0	413	4.4	4.3	1	21	22	23.4	1	0	2

  WR: Kevin Walter: I almost guarantee Walter will get looks from the Redskins, Kyle Shanahan worked with him in Houston, he is 6 ft 3, and Antwaan Randel El is 30 and cant do anything right, Walter is a great player to go after.

Receiving
Year	Team	G	Rec	Yds	Avg	Yds/G	Lng	TD	20+	40+	1st	FUM
2009	Houston Texans	14	53	611	11.5	43.6	41	2	7	1	33	0
2008	Houston Texans	16	60	899	15.0	56.2	61	8	15	4	39	0
2007	Houston Texans	16	65	800	12.3	50.0	46	4	8	2	43	0
2006	Houston Texans	16	17	160	9.4	10.0	15	0	0	0	12	1
2005	Cincinnati Bengals	16	19	211	11.1	13.2	33	1	3	0	14	0
2004	Cincinnati Bengals	16	8	67	8.4	4.2	18	0	0	0	3	0
2003	Cincinnati Bengals	11	3	18	6.0	1.6	9	0	0	0	1	0
TOTAL		105	225	2,766	12.3	26.3	61	15	33	7	145	1

            Nate Burleson: If we cant get Walter I would go after Burleson who will be a great slot option.

Career Stats more
Season	Team			Receiving					Rushing					Fumbles
		G	GS	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	FUM	Lost
2009	Seattle Seahawks	13	12	63	812	12.9	44T	3	2	4	2.0	2	0	3	2
2008	Seattle Seahawks	1	1	5	60	12.0	20T	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	Seattle Seahawks	16	12	50	694	13.9	45T	9	2	4	2.0	3	0	3	2
2006	Seattle Seahawks	16	7	18	192	10.7	36	2	—	—	—	—	—	2	0
2005	Minnesota Vikings	12	9	30	328	10.9	20	1	2	-6	-3.0	-2	0	—	—
2004	Minnesota Vikings	16	15	68	1,006	14.8	68T	9	6	49	8.2	11	0	1	0
2003	Minnesota Vikings	16	9	29	455	15.7	52	2	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
TOTAL				263	3,547	13.5	68	27	12	51	4.2	11	0	10	5

Stats provided by http://www.nfl.com/

Kevin Walter

Washington Bayhawks 2010 Major League Lacrosse schedule released

2010 Washington Bayhawks Schedule

 

Week	Date	Opponent	Time
1	Saturday, May 15	LONG ISLAND	7:00pm
2	Saturday, May 22	@ Toronto	7:00pm
3	Saturday, May 29	@ Chicago	7:00pm
4	Friday, June 4	BOSTON	7:30pm
5	Saturday, June 12	@ Toronto	7:00pm
6	Saturday, June 19	DENVER	7:00pm
7	Thursday, June 24	TORONTO	7:30pm
8	Sunday, July 4	@ Denver	7:00pm
Thursday, July 8	MLL All-Star Game	7:00pm
9	Saturday, July 10	BOSTON	7:00pm
10	Thursday, July 22	@ Long Island	8:00pm
11	Saturday, July 31	CHICAGO	7:00pm
12	Saturday, August 7	@ Boston	7:00pm
Saturday, August 21	MLL Semifinals	12:00pm & 3:00pm
Sunday, August 22	MLL NB Zip Championship	1:00pm
HOME GAMES IN CAPS
All-Star Game in Boston, MA
Championship Weekend in Annapolis, MD

   Ticket info:

 

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Arenas suspended

Yesterday Gilbert Arenas was suspended by Commissioner David Stern for having several guns in the Verizon Center locker room and reportedly having an altercation with Javaris Crittenton over a gambling debt. This is an expected blow to the Wizards considering there was so much controversy surrounding Gilbert Arenas. Gilbert Arenas is now likely out until the investigations by the NBA and authorities are complete, if the authorities arrest him he will face a maximum of 5 years in prison which would mist likely end his NBA career. Gilbert Arenas’s absence was felt in the Washington Wizards loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers by121-98. Now someone needs to step up as a leader if the Wizards want to rally and win games down the stretch. Jamison now could be that leader to step up with the now team leading 21.3 points per game. Jamison who is a trade candidate in our “Blow it up” strategy may now be untradeable considering he is a team leader, instead look for Caron Butler being traded for expiring contracts. Also look for Mike Miller returning next game and hopefully picking up some of the slack that has been left by Gilbert Arenas being gone. The Washington Wizards have a tough road ahead of them but as our team always does they will keep working through all the diversities and challenges and hopefully win some games.

Mike Shanahan signs 5 year contract with the Skins

The Redskins as usual got the person they wanted. They signed there coveted new leader Mike Shanahan to a 5 year contract that could make him the highest payed coach in the NFL. Mike Shanahan brings a strong NFL resume including 2 Superbowl titles. This is something the Redskins wanted considering Jim Zorn never had many accolades. Mike Shanahan brings leadership to which will help shape up our media crazed players (cough-Portis-cough) and shape up our divided team. One good thing for Shanahan is he has the fans and players support:

          Clinton Portis “I think it’s a great idea,” “I really think it’s the best direction you can head in. You’re talking about a proven coach, a coach who’s going to come in and get things done, a coach that’s got something to prove. He’s a hell of a coach. I think the players are going to love him, and I think he’s going to bring in the right kind of guys.” I think its safe to say Portis never was a Zorn fan

          London Fletcher “I think it’s great. Being able to add a two-time Super Bowl-winning head coach, it’s phenomenal. He commands respect from the players right away. … He instantly becomes the face of the franchise.”

         Deangelo Hall “I think we needed a guy in here who people are going to respect off of his name alone and Mike Shanahan is that guy,” A jab a Jim Zorns lack of experience

         So far it seems like everyone likes the move. The Redskins have announced a press conference at 2 o clock pm for an “unspecified” announcement, So we will gain extra details on the hire. I will throw up a review post tomorrow. This is the day the Washington Redskins flipped the page and build to win.

Roster Review: LB/S who stays who goes

Linebackers

 London Fletcher-Stays, He is our defensive leader, although he is getting old he is our most consistent player and he has continued to stay healthy, He will be a veteran leader under Shanahan.

 Rocky Mcintosh-Stays, Rocky is a restricted free agent, but I think Redskins give him an extension, Rocky continues to be a solid outside linebacker, he still hasn’t hit his sealing, he still could be a pro bowler.

 HB Blades-Stays, HB Blades is one of our best special teams players and he will continue in that role

 Robert Henson-Stays, he got his feet wet and will fight it out in Training Camp to hopefully be a special teamer

 Curtis Gatewood-Fights it out, Training camp for special teams

 Alvin Bowen-Fights it out, Training camp for special teams

 Darrel Young-Goes, he will lose out, there is already to many special team linebackers, he is probaly the least likely to make it

  Safety’s

  Leron Landry-Stays, He still has potential, he just needs to get rid of his tackling flaws and work on double fakes in coverage

  Kareem Moore-Stays, He isn’t starting material but he makes a solid backup/special teamer

  Chris Horton-Stays, He will stay, he will be healthy and hopefully will be back to his rookie form, this will help the whole defense out

  Lendy Holmes-Goes, He will leave because even though he is a safety he was a backup to Fred Smoot a cornerback, He should have gotten the starting  job but he failed to do so, He will make it through Training Camp, he wont make the final team

   Reed Doughty-Stays, Reed had a solid year, He was 1 of the top tacklers on our team, He could be a great backup or a solid starter

Chris Wilson and Brian Orakpo will be featured in my defensive End review

SUPRISE: Ok not really, Zorn FIRED

Today 1/4/10 Jim Zorn’s 2 year tender as the Washington Redskins ended. Jim Zorn who compiled a 12-20 record while with the Redskins probably knew that this was coming. There has been speculation ever sense the end of 2008. The Redskins today decided to go into another direction from Zorn who lost his playcalling duties to a bingo caller midseason. The Redskins are now expected to hire Mike Shanahan as head coach, he brings 2 Superbowl titles and a great offensive knowledge. Shanahan brings the experience which Jim Zorn never had, Jim Zorn simply wasnt ready to be a head coach. He makes a great QB coach, which I expect him to find as a  job soon, possibly with the Cleveland Browns under his friend Mike Holmgrem. This is the start to the Redskins rebuilding process and is the turning point to the Redskins making it back to a Superbowl. It is hopefully the end to our franchise being the laughing stock of the NFC east. Its hopefully the end of Daniel Snyder thinking he leads our team and its hopefully the start of us having actual football minds leading the team. This is the so called “Glorious Revolution” of the Washington Redskins, this is the stepping stone of us changing back to our superbowl winning team of the early 1990’s.

Redskins vs Chargers: they lose to backups

Redskins finished off there train wreck of a season with a miserable loss with them losing in the final 2 minutes of the game to a bunch of backup players,  Billy Volek led the Chargers down field giving the killer blow to the Redskins in the final 50 seconds of the game. This was a game we clearly should have won, but the Redskins had many of those this season, They have yet to capitalize on opportunities, and they seem to always find ways to lose. But there is one good thing that we can see from this game, the miserable season is over, its time to turn the page and bring our franchise out of the ashes and back to the Superbowl.

         The Good: I saw some good things from Jason Campbell who had 281 yards and 2 touchdowns

                               Malcolm Kelly: 5 receptions/109 yards/84 yard long(should have been a touchdown but got tackled)

                               Tackling: I didn’t see the same crappy tackling, I saw actual wrapping up

        The Bad: Fred Smoot and Justin Tryon can’t catch

                              The running game

                              Only 1 sack

Roster Review Part 2: Tightends/Widerecievers Whos staying whos going

The passing game has been a weak point of the Redskins all season which is due to the combination of Jason Campbell faults and the horrid Offensive Line. This is my review of who is going and who is staying from the receiving core.

    Tightends

    Chris Cooley-Staying, there is a slight possibility of him getting traded but it is a great luxury to have 2 threatening tightends, teams will have mismatches covering our tightends, Captain Chaos stays.

    Fred Davis-Staying, Davis is a solid, young, improving tightend and will help cooley produce mismatches to other teams coverage, I will call them the Duo of Chaos.

    Todd Yoder-Goes, He is a solid blocking tightend but the team can easily find a younger and cheaper 3rd tightend in Undrafted Free Agency.

    Widerecievers

     Santana Moss-Stays, I think Moss has 1 more 1000 yard season left in him, plus he is a great mentor to our young receiving corps

     Devin Thomas-Stays, He showed his potential this season and he could be ready for a breakout season next year

     Malcolm Kelly-Stays, Kelly also showed some improved route running and managed to stay reasonably healthy, He will continue creating mismatches with his height

     Marko Mitchell-Stays, He got his feet wet with a couple of catches this season, he is developmental, and he needs to develop special teams skills to improve his chances to stay with the team

     Antwaan Randel El-Goes, We brought him in for his return ability and his ability for adding a spark to our offense, in his career as a Redskins all he did was be an OK slot receiver, he has completely failed at his supposed best feature punt returning, His Redskins career has amounted to a waste of money

WTF corner: More problems with the Wizards

The Wizards season continued the downward spiral with the report that Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton got in a dispute that eventually involved both players pulling guns on each other. Arenas on top of all of this was already in investigation for having an unloaded gun in his locker which is against league rules. These actions by both players could involve anything from fines to suspensions to even arrests considering this is a felony in the Nations capital. The wizards in response provided this official statement :

“The Washington Wizards take this situation and the ongoing investigation very seriously. We are continuing to cooperate fully with the proper authorities and the NBA and will have no further comment at this time.”

This sounds like a team that is unsure of what happened, so far all I see is a bunch of no comments and denying, So far the only “proof” we have that there were guns drawn is a guy selling out this story to the New York Post, I mean the “witnesses” that were there say they saw no guns, even if this isn’t true this now has produced a massive distraction to add to our already large lists of distractions.  This is simply not needed and if this is proven to be true, both players deserve to be shown the door because this team doesnt need baggage like this. Arenas is the player that our team is supposed to build around, if u notice the players that u build around like Lebron James and Steve Nash don’t have nearly as many problems as Arenas is having now, sadly these problems are bringing an already speedy end to our “Big 3”