Del Rio to be DC for DC lol

[Mr. Scot]

33 minutes ago, Proudiddy said:

I have no idea.  I can't make sense of it unless it had to do with control somehow?  Just seems out of character that he employed so many friends towards the end here instead of competent coaches, gets a new job and immediately hires a respected DC with previous HC experience immediately.  Just seems...  not like Ron.

With Rivera, it's not so much a case of whether he wants a competent assistant as it is whether or not he can recognize one.

I don't doubt that Ron genuinely believed Eric Washington could be a great defensive coordinator, just like he thought Shula was a great offensive mind and Richard Rodgers could do... something.

[Car123]

34 minutes ago, Proudiddy said:

I have no idea.  I can't make sense of it unless it had to do with control somehow?  Just seems out of character that he employed so many friends towards the end here instead of competent coaches, gets a new job and immediately hires a respected DC with previous HC experience immediately.  Just seems...  not like Ron.

Maybe because he knows the coordinator won’t challenge him for the head coaching job in Washington right now.

[JARROD]

4 hours ago, Moo Daeng said:

Chudzinski will be  OC.....that would be hilarious 

 

Yeh it will be hilarious when they start air raiding everyone. There is no head coaching gig for Chud now so he won’t get cute showing off.

[rodeo]

Chudzinski was extremely underrated. he had problems, yes, but it was his first time ever as an OC. if he had several years to work out the kinks instead of being hotshotted into the Cleveland coaching graveyard he could have ended up much different

[TheRumGone]

Just now, rodeo said:

Chuzinski was extremely underrated. he had problems, yes, but it was his first time ever as an OC. if he had several years to work out the kinks instead of being hotshotted into the Cleveland coaching graveyard he could have ended up much different

He was pretty brilliant in some aspects but he couldn’t seem to draw up the right play when it mattered. Maybe he could’ve gotten better.

[Mr. Scot]

Sounding like Rivera might keep Kevin O'Connell.

Word is that he's already gotten a guy from the front office shown the door though (effective in may) because "he didn't know him".

[rodeo]

Just now, TheRumGone said:

He was pretty brilliant in some aspects but he couldn’t seem to draw up the right play when it mattered. Maybe he could’ve gotten better.

yeah that type of thing is what i'm referring to with experience. he had an amazing playbook and had cam throwing for 400 yards a game, he just needed to figure out some situational things, particularly the redzone. i think he could have if given 2 more years as an oc.

[TheRed]

What I want to know is where was this sort of hire for DC years ago? After McDermott all he did was promote from within. Now out of the gate he's bringing in Del Rio.

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, TheRed said:

What I want to know is where was this sort of hire for DC years ago? After McDermott all he did was promote from within. Now out of the gate he's bringing in Del Rio.

I know because I researched it at the time that there were better options available than Eric Washington.

But ya know, continuity...

[TheSpecialJuan]

nice

[GoPanthers123]

Why didn’t we go for him Mr Tepper? 

[Moo Daeng]

2 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

I know because I researched it at the time that there were better options available than Eric Washington.

But ya know, continuity...

You doing Google searches is irrelevant to what happens in the NFL. 

[AggieLean]

Del Rio is past his prime, and I believe the NFL has passed him by.

[TheSpecialJuan]

1 hour ago, AggieLean said:

Del Rio is past his prime, and I believe the NFL has passed him by.

that's not good