NFL.com: Report: Mike Shanahan's comments bother Redskins

[thesubmittedone]

I remember when Mike first came in and as we went on in the 2010 season some players were openly questioning how he was treating the McNabb and Haynesworth situations. Every situation they questioned MIKE WAS RIGHT ABOUT. Like I said, I'm with you Bang. Let the players have a problem with it. If they do, we don't have to worry about a locker room being "lost" because it's not worth keeping.

Lorenzo should have said I feel bad we made our coach feel that way and that I'm going to do everything I can to turn it around. That is all.

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That's my point. How does this get fixed? I think the floodgates are opened and the bell is tolling.

Mike will "have a talk" with anyone who feeds into it. Let the media do their thing. If the players arent complete idiots they'll realize they put themselves in this situation and shouldn't open their mouths.

[pjfootballer]

Honestly, I think the guy is going to resign at the end of the year his heart is going.... and then the cycle begins again with some other has been clown.

I'm on the Grimm bandwagon.

Everything around our team is Grim.

Russ Grimm? What do want to do, revive the Riggo Drill? I'm so tired of fans trying to reach into the past. Grimm hasn't been a viable head coaching candidate in about 5 years. Do you really think he'd come in and wave his magic Hogs wand and make us contenders? I don't. No thanks. We need to move forward, not backwards.

[BRAVEONAWARPATH]

Give one good reason why he should trust THEM as opposed to their selfish little "we don't like the coach" crap.

~Bang

Give one good reason why the team should trust HIM.

[Hunter_R]

I remember when Mike first came in and as we went on in the 2010 season some players were openly questioning how he was treating the McNabb and Haynesworth situations. Every situation they questioned MIKE WAS RIGHT ABOUT. Like I said, I'm with you Bang. Let the players have a problem with it. If they do, we don't have to worry about a locker room being "lost" because it's not worth keeping.

Lorenzo should have said I feel bad we made our coach feel that way and that I'm going to do everything I can to turn it around. That is all.

But that's not what Lorenzo said. How do you nip this in the bud, now?

Also, that was when Shanahan was new. Things are a bit different now. Mike doesn't have as much going for him a he did in his first year.

[SkinsCrushCowboys]

That is why I hate post game pressers. Too fresh and every answer is picked apart.

He should evaluate players each and every week. I am not afraid to bash Shanahan when needed, but at 3-6 no matter what he says he is going to get killed. Say he is happy with the team he is called an idiot who is in denial. Say that the team is not talented and he is accused of calling his players out. Say that a coach needs to be fired and he hears that needs to keep that in the locker room. So he says that he will be evaluating players, coaches, himself.

Some of the players should be doing some self evaluation as well.

[Warhead36]

Everything around our team is Grim.

Russ Grimm? What do want to do, revive the Riggo Drill? I'm so tired of fans trying to reach into the past. Grimm hasn't been a viable head coaching candidate in about 5 years. Do you really think he'd come in and wave his magic Hogs wand and make us contenders? I don't. No thanks. We need to move forward, not backwards.

Agreed.

I'd rather hire Arizona's D-Coord, Clancy Pendergast. He's very good.

[DC9]

You know what? I'm going to go with the old Madden adage about 4th and short.

If you have a 4th and short and your players want to go for it, you look at them and say "next time, don't leave it short."

If you, as players, want to ***** about the comments Shanny is making, do a better job of execution during the game. He challenged you with the must win mantra and you failed. And now, you are all going to cry to Mike Wise, who absolutely hates the Redskins anyways, so I'm sure he's loving this ****. Cry me a river...

[dcdiscokid]

I have absolutely no problem with what Shanny said. I mean, how many teams that started 3-6 have made it to the Playoffs? This season is pretty much over, time now to evaluate and see who can be a good contributor and who needs to go.

4 in the history of the NFL....

[BRAVEONTHEWARPATH93]

Regardless of what ever he meant, I expect more from my veteran coach

He knows what sets off the media...he's been doing press conferences since before I was born

He know goddamn well how to not start unnecessary bs. So not only does he have to answer for being a ******* failure of a coach but now he has to talk about this nonsense

What happened to us not being a circus anymore? Getting rid of the distractions ?

I don't give a **** how the players feel, I'm pissed because my head coach can't even get through a press conference without saying stupid ****

[DC9]

Agreed.

I'd rather hire Arizona's D-Coord, Clancy Pendergast. He's very good.

Yeah... I think Aaron Rodgers liked him too.

[Hunter_R]

Mike will "have a talk" with anyone who feeds into it. Let the media do their thing. If the players arent complete idiots they'll realize they put themselves in this situation and shouldn't open their mouths.

That's all well and good, but Shanahan opened the doors for this with his comment. Not the other way around. "Do as I say, not as I do," isn't quite as good as leading by example.

[Hiro]

What happens once the players are starting to doubt the coach? Is it possible to come back from that?

I'm down on Shanahan as much as the next guy, but this isn't sentiment I fully agree with. Winning has a tendency to cure all, and it's amazing how much cutting a couple of bad eggs and adding more respected players to the locker room can help.

I'm not willing to bet that Shanahan can turn this around, but to be fair, how many times have guys like Tom Coughlin and Bill Belichick had 'annonymous' sources complain to the media, only for those voices to be silenced when the team turned it around?

[2v2nv]

It's a bye week, so of course Mike is going to evaluate his players and staff. I think this quotation is being taken way out of proportion.

I thought this too but his mention of the playoffs is what is making everyone freak out. I'd like to see us get a different DC and come back to the eagles game swinging. The only major problems I saw on the offense was our lack of trust in them. The gimmick plays were pointless and the knees in the second and fourth quarters are really starting to piss me off. If we went back to a regular passing/running offense I'd be fine with Kyle and Mike. Its hard for me to root for a team that gives up or throws Banks the ball behind the line of scrimmage on a 4th down at the end of the game.

[Skinz4Life12]

4 in the history of the NFL....

wow, that really sucks for us.

by contrast, i'd like to know how many 4-5 teams have made the playoffs. i feel like we should have 4 wins one way or another

[JoeSkins]

4 in the history of the NFL....

So you're saying there's a chance...