Met Shanahan This Weekend, Talked About Cam And Rgiii

[realstandman]

I was at the Greenbriar in (by god) WV this weekend. My wife and I were in the casino getting ready to cash out when i noticed the person in front of me in the line was Mike Shanahan. Of course my wife was ecstatic(redskins fan) but he asked what our names where and I of course let him know I was a panthers fan. He said I should be real happy where the franchise was is headed ( and I am ) and stated that Cam changed the way he viewed quarter backs.

I then asked him if he thought he gave up too much to move up to pick RGII and that I thought he did. He paused and answered, "would you have gave that much up for Cam", i said "knowing what I know now yes but we didn't have to and nobody at the time even knew how well he would transition to the nfl". he replied "I think he handled that really well." he said he thought RGII had a lot of the same skill set as Cam and is excited." I then said " but two firsts and a second round pick?" He said "Well you have to have a franchise quarter back and I'm sure you understand that" (smart ass) He said "they did their home work and he thinks it will work out but if it didn't it would set their franchise back 10 years". I was cordial and shook his hand and wished him luck...

Anyway, just a tid bit of personal first hand information...

[PhillyB]

nice.

i imagine redskins fans wouldn't be nearly as excited about RGIII if they hadn't seen cam lighting up scoreboards all last season.

[Kuech the Sneak]

Why were you harassing him about the trade?

[Dex]

douche

[realstandman]

Not really harrasing him.. just stating my opinion was that they gave up too much.

[liljah8303]

In before cool story bro.

[PantherPhann89]

I was at the Greenbriar in (by god) WV this weekend. My wife and I were in the casino getting ready to cash out when i noticed the person in front of me in the line was Mike Shanahan. Of course my wife was ecstatic(redskins fan) but he asked what our names where and I of course let him know I was a panthers fan. He said I should be real happy where the franchise was is headed ( and I am ) and stated that Cam changed the way he viewed quarter backs.

I then asked him if he thought he gave up too much to move up to pick RGII and that I thought he did. He paused and answered, "would you have gave that much up for Cam", i said "knowing what I know now yes but we didn't have to and nobody at the time even knew how well he would transition to the nfl". he replied "I think he handled that really well." he said he thought RGII had a lot of the same skill set as Cam and is excited." I then said " but two firsts and a second round pick?" He said "Well you have to have a franchise quarter back and I'm sure you understand that" (smart ass) He said "they did their home work and he thinks it will work out but if it didn't it would set their franchise back 10 years". I was cordial and shook his hand and wished him luck...

Anyway, just a tid bit of personal first hand information...

Nice, but I want my profile pic back...

[fieryprophet]

I have a feeling that Cam's game against the Redskins completely changed the future of that franchise.

[4Corners]

Good to know the redskins coach has his priorities down. What better way to prep for an important season in a tough division than at a casino.

Skins will be in the NFCEast cellar again this year. Mark it down.

[realstandman]

Sorry dude I've had this one since 2008 when the servers went down.. I just don't post that much.

[Zod]

I'm sure he found your take on it fascinating.

I probably would have just assumed he has forgotten more about football than I know and exchanged polite small talk with him.

[pOpCoRnPoPpEr]

nice.

i imagine redskins fans wouldn't be nearly as excited about RGIII if they hadn't seen cam lighting up scoreboards all last season.

Sorry but wrong

[Ivan The Awesome]

After that conversation with him, I'm sure your wife seemed like the better half.

[realstandman]

Understand your point Zod but he is not my coach and was curios.