Biggest Disappointment (All Time List)

[WSHRedskins3ATLBraves3]

Gibbs 2???

You're kidding, right?

[Taylor703]

Firing Marty to hire Spurrier-

What a disaster this turned out to be. While I wasn't the biggest fan of Marty, mostly due to him cutting Larry Centers, he was actually building something here and Dan allowed his inner fan to destroy that progress. I was also pretty irritated with Marty for picking Rod Gardner over Santana Moss however I was much more PO'd when Spurrier picked Jacobs over Doss.

[NVskinsfan]

Stubblefield and Wilkinson
Carrier
Westbrook
Washington
Jeff George.

[MR2Drift]

Picking the Redskins as my team of choice would probably be it I love them but I've only experienced 90% failure with this team so dwindling it down to a few disappointments would be tough. But the major one would have to be the Vinny and Dan trying to build the team primarily through horribly overpaid and over the hill players instead of getting a good coach that would build primarily through the draft. All that is water under the bridge though since everything I wanted has been coming into fruition these past years and I'm hopeful that we will be a force to be reckoned with for the next decade.

[jaysonx]

Steve Spurrier and Patrick Ramsey

[B&G]

Without a doubt, Superbowl 18. I remember to this day that big dummy Jimmy the Greek saying that Joey T. always threw high in the big games. If we had won that Superbowl, that team would have been remembered as one of the best all time.

[cphil006]

1. Vinny Cerrato
2. Dan Snyder (only for hiring then re-hiring Vinny after Marty fired Vinny)
3. Norv Turner
4. Jack Kent Cooke's will
5. Heath
6. Dana and Dan
7. McNabb
8. Deion
9.
10.

[cphil006]

1. Vinny Cerrato
2. Dan Snyder (only for hiring then re-hiring Vinny after Marty fired Vinny)
3. Norv Turner
4. Jack Kent Cooke's will
5. Heath
6. Dana and Dan
7. McNabb/Ramsey/Campbell
8. Deion
9.
10.

[kleese]

Stubblefield and Wilkinson
Carrier
Westbrook
Washington
Jeff George.

I've done it for years around here, so I'll keep it up every time I see it...

The only disappointment for me having to do with Jeff George was that Norv didn't turn to him sooner. He was a superior QB to Johnson in 2000 and had Norv recognized this earlier, we would have made the playoffs that year.

[hail2skins]

The only disappointment for me having to do with Jeff George was that Norv didn't turn to him sooner. He was a superior QB to Johnson in 2000 and had Norv recognized this earlier, we would have made the playoffs that year.

Tricky, because when would you have made the move? After getting off to the shaky 1-2, the Skins did win five straight (albeit largely courtesy of the defense) to get to 6-2. Then they lost the MNF to a Titans team that finished 13-3 (marked by the Rolle long INT return at the end of the first half in which no Redskin on the O side of the ball seemed to make an effort to bring him down) and then George, whether it was due to injury to Johnson or some hidden reason, came in to play Arizona.

Of course Norv, always snakebit against the Cards, loses when a Davis fumble in the end zone returned for a TD makes for a 14-pt swing, and our kicker misses a reasonable FG that could've been the difference (yes, the lack of a kicker was a recurring theme that year). Followed up by the nice effort against the Rams, and then a home loss to an up-and-coming Eagles team that featured a sequence where we ran six plays inside the three but had to settle for a FG because Davis was out injured and Skip Hicks was worthless. Then Norv went back to Johnson against the Giants, which was a fatal mistake.

I do agree that if George starts the Giants game, they probably win to go to 8-5 and Norv keeps his job. However, the next week they played the Cowboys on the road, and if you think even with George that Norv wins that game......no way. Then Pittsburgh, who was having a down year, on the road......maybe. Then home against the Cards.....turns out we won it anyway even after the turmoil. So yeah, 10-6 and I think we would've won the tiebreakers vs the Rams and Bucs.

Also agree that George is unfairly maligned because at the time the deal was made, it was widely hailed as a nice insurance move by Dan and Vinny, especially since Jeff had a good 1999 season with the Vikings. Also believe that George was in a bad situation the next season with Marty, whose offense, even after cutting the #3 car loose, didn't score a damn thing really until week 7 of the season.

[kleese]

^I would have pulled Johnson during the Titans game and never looked back. I also might have pulled him during the Lions game early that year.

[Zazzaro703]

I'd like to add FedEx field as one of my biggest disappointments. We need out of there and fast. For the new stadium Snyder needs to not emulate Jerruh with Danny World either. We need a state of the art 65,000 person stadium. Period. We all know any seats after that will mostly go to enemy fans anyways. Make Redskin tickets valuable again like the 80s where if you didn't know a season ticket holder or pay a fortune... You watched from home. Consult an architect too in order to get the most out of the voices of 65,000 and how to get that noise back on the field to deafen the visitors on offense like Seattle.

Edit: Vinny Cerrato deserves to be listed at least twice. His damage to the franchise is one for the record books and would take the screw ups of the browns and raiders together to equal the damage he has unleashed on the redskins with his "Playoff Rosters".


My top 3 disappointments:
1. Vinny Cerrato
2. FedEx Field
3. Vincenzo Cerrato

[spjunkies]

I'd like to add FedEx field as one of my biggest dissapointments. We need out of there and fast. For the new stadium Snyder needs to not emulate Jerruh with Danny World either. We need a state of the art 65,000 person stadium. Period. We all know any seats after that will mostly go to enemy fans anyways. Make Redskin tickets valuable again like the 80s where if you didn't know a season ticket holder or pay a fortune... You watched from home. Consult an architect too in order to get the most out of the voices of 65,000 and how to get that noise back on the field to deafen the visitors on offense like Seattle.

I guarantee we will be out of that dump within the next 10 years.

[NIKKI8]

For me it is Mr. Cooke's will first and formost which led to a new owner and front office that did things like trade a #1 shut down cornerback AND a 2nd round draft choice for a good rb but once you have a true shut down cb you do everything in your power to keep them because they are so hard to come by and then pick a overrated safety in the 2007 draft instead of someone like Patrick Willis, Revis or Adrian Peterson. Who else but that Snyder/Cerroto front office would pick 2 safeties in the top ten of two drafts.

[tthorsen5]

I don't know how Haynesworth can't be one of the tops for most responders. He cost us twice. Once for the high salary and no play and the second by the 36 mil hit we took by restructuring his contract and the salary cap. Such a HUGE aste of money. Another of mine is the trade made for Desmond Howard. We gave up 2 first round picks for a punt returner and he wasn't that good of a returner for us. There are others like the hiring of Spurrier and Zorn but I think these two cost us for a long time.