I love how a small segment of fans are saying we must stay the course or he’s just another Snyder….what a crock of steaming horseshit.
I don't think anyone's saying that. They're saying that Harris is in the unenviable position of having to convince the fanbase that ANYTHING that might reek of Snyderism is completely in the past. So everything from the coaching staff up being a clean slate executed the proper way is key.
If you want the best GM candidates they'll want the freedom to build from scratch -- even the feeling or appearance of incumbent coaches, a "You can fire/cut everyone but these 9 people" situation, or anything else that smells like ownership encroachment could lose us the guru we need.
Same goes for coaching options, and for all the same reasons.
The "crock of steaming horseshit" argument is "Loving all the hypocrites that wanted Lavi out last year but want RR to stay this year." First of all, not many were advocating that Lavi be fired midseason, and those that were are the same "burn it down" people every sports forum has.
Secondly, people generally wanted Lavi gone because of the perception that he was standing in the way of the team getting some goddamn youth into the lineup. I think most would agree that he's a good coach, just not for a team on the brink of that kind of rebuild.
And lastly, I don't think anyone is for keeping Ron because he's misunderstood or venerated, or because he survived cancer. It has nothing to do with Ron. There's just nothing to be gained aside from a possibly weaker draft position and the risk of midseason drama being perceived league-wide as a continuation of a shit organization, sending a clear message to the best GMs, coaches, and free agents that coming to DC is still a really f***ing stupid idea.
We can't afford either of those things right now. Any players or coaches in the organization that can't see the forest through the trees and are thus so dispirited by their own impatience that they can't survive a few more weeks probably don't have the fortitude to stomach the time it'll take to build a winner regardless.
And I totally disagree a “complete rebuild” is coming. They’re not burning it down, they’re replacing management/coaching staff.
So they're not burning it down, they're just firing everyone so they can all be replaced?
This is just the same old "It's not a rebuild, it's a retool" semantic bullshit argument. Sure, the new regime might keep a coach and the players worth keeping. That's what always happens in a rebuild or retool or restructure or overhaul or whatever other masturbatory synonyms you want to throw out there to make nonsense distinctions between processes that are mostly identical.
Teams successfully rebuild by replacing whatever needs replacing, regardless of which word you pluck from the thesaurus.
I’m torn….like Sam, but I could be swayed and he might return a nice bounty in another year.
I agree, but Sam showed a lot this year, including the ability to learn and adjust. The recent downturn is team-wide, so I wouldn't be too quick to heap additional scrutiny or criticism on him when the whole team is reeling. All the right tools are there.
Given the quality of this draft, our abundance of picks, and likely high draft position, the only QB I'd even consider taking is another Howell -- someone that falls to the 4th or below that has all the qualities you look for but fell for reasons that don't matter. Then you've got Sam's last 2 cheap years to evaluate both, but you're using the top of your draft to fill our many desperate needs (that now also include pass-rushing D-linemen).
If the BPA in the first 3 rounds is clearly a QB and there are smart options to trade back, that's a no-brainer, and there are a couple O-linemen worth taking early. We don't need Howell to be the best QB ever. The potential he's shown should be plenty.
