Will Shanahan bring more winsto Washington or more of the same?
- With all the talk that Mike Shanahan has won 2 Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos as of the 2009 season, as far as head coaches are concerned, no head coach has won Super Bowls with different teams. Five head coaches have coached two different teams into the Super Bowl but neither won with two different teams.
- Mike Shanahan and Denver Broncos failed to make the playoffs during his last 3 season in perhaps the weakest division in the NFL in the AFC West which included bottom feeders such as the Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs. If Shanahan becomes the head coach of the Washington Redskins, he will coach in the strongest division in the NFL in the NFC East. The NFC East which has 2-3 playoff teams every year, holds the most Super Bowl wins out of any division with 11.
- As my friend John Manfreda says, genius has an expiration date. Can Mike Shanahan strategies still work in 2010 as they did back in 1997 and 1998 when he won back to back Super Bowls. Former Broncos QB Jake Plummer alluded that Shanahan's firing was "past due"and that his tactics had grown tiresome with several players.
- Given Shanahan's age at 57, will Shanahan make prudent long term decisions for this franchise or make short term moves in order to win now at all costs? Redskins fans have seen this before with Joe Gibbs 2.0 who chose to build through free agency rather through the draft and within.
- When Shanahan won his super bowls, he had a hall of fame quarterback in John Elway. Can Shanahan even be competitive with Jason Campbell or a new QB?
- Do the Redskins really want a head coach that is the primary decision maker in all personell decision. The Denver Broncos while talented were horribly constructed especially their defense which was one of the worst during Shanahan's tenure. Then again, it probably would be an upgrade over Dan Snyder and Vinny Cerrato making decisions.
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