HERE WE GO AGAIN… THE GHOST OF DANNY-BOY APPEARS, SCARY AS EVER!

Well, after 3 years of self-imposed radio silence, I am moved by the Redskins idiocy apparent in the last 3 quarters of the Seahawks/Skins playoff game, to share this post, as a therapeutic method (as always) of venting my un-ventable anger.

 

I mean, Jesus-fucking-Christ.  It does not take a rocket scientist, or my smart-as-shit son, to figure out that RG III  (aka i-can-play-with-two-broken-legs-if-the-stupid-coach-will-let-me) was injured in the first quarter, when just before the second TD, he rolled out right and limped to the ground, grimacing.  He tore off his helmet on the sidelines, in obvious pain.

 

Now whose fault is it that he stayed in, and thus cost the Redskins the game?  Is it his fault?  No.  RG III  (his aka is just too long to keep repeating it) is like a child who must have his toys taken away from him to get to bed.  More aptly, he is like a lieutenant leading his men into battle, who will go no matter what, to inspire his troops.  If the lieutenant leaves everything on the field, the troops will too.  If the quarterback plays hurt, the troops will too  (playing hurt being an ancient & misbegotten culture, alive and well in the NFL).  It was up to the commander in chief  (aka the head coach Shanny)  to be the adult, to tell the little boy it was bedtime, to tell the lieutenant to go to the infirmary because he was threatening the well-being of the troops.  The troops could get killed, just like the Redskins did in the second, third and fourth quarters.  OK, forget the 2^nd quarter, even though it was obvious he was injured.  Did you see him grimacing as he executed a (selfishly called) rollout around the left side, going out of bounds untouched?  Grimacing.  As in a lot of fucking pain.

 

Poor Cousins.  If Shanny had put him in at the beginning of the 2^nd half, with the Redskins nursing a 14-13 lead, we/he would have had a chance, he could have executed a regular 2^nd half game plan.  After all, he performed magnificently in such a role earlier in the season, playing a full game and leading the Skins to victory over the Browns.  The Seahawks might not have tried an “all in” blitz that occurred when we had 4 minutes to play and were down 10 points.  Kirk had no chance.  Shanny fed him to the lions, only yanking RG III when he fumbled and couldn’t turn around to grab the ball.   I thought he’d have to die, literally, before the General would scrape him off the field. 

 

So, we have the spectacle of Shanny channeling Bruce Allen  (son of George) and Danny-boy.  Yep, the “Future is Now”, short term thinking that pervaded every single season and every single decision since Danny-boy has owned the team  (remember $113 million Haynesworth?)  rose like a phoenix, like a ghost, and whispered in Shanny’s ear “Let’s win now, fuck his health, let’s win now”.   Perhaps the most stupid decision of Shanny’s so-called career.  He lost us the game, and lost RG III to knee surgery that will keep him out September & October  (probably November, too, since he will convince Shanny to give him a month before having the surgery, saying “I’m fine, it’ll heal by itself”).  We will be lucky if he still has a career  (remember Theisman, Gayle Sayers, etc.).

 

And let’s face it, Shanny has really only made one good decision the whole time he’s coached here.  And that was hiring his son Kyle as offensive coordinator.  You think drafting RG III was a good decision?  Well, if so, it was a bet-the-company good decision, a crapshoot, a roll the dice and hope we win situation.  And ok, he won that gamble, RG III is extraordinary.  But that’s it.  Two good decisions.  Drafting Morris was luck, drafting Cousins was luck.  He lucked out.  Truth be said, any good back could run through the holes that Morris has been running through.  The backs are fungible, interchangeable, as Shanny himself has admitted.  Credit goes to the offensive line.  As for Cousins, he was executing Kyle’s offense.  Executing it well, but any journeyman QB who is half mobile  (unlike Rex) could probably do it.  Two.  Good.  Decisions.  One.  Of.  Which. Was.  A.  Bet.  The.  Company.  “Decision”.  

 

What does this all portend, you might ask?  Kyle is outa here, he will be snapped up as head coach somewhere, in a NY minute.  You think he’ll stay to be with Daddy Shanny?  No way – why would a son want to stay with a dad who makes stupid, franchise-costing decisions?

 

Now if it were me, I’d fire Shanny.  Two stinking good decisions over several years.  And one ginormous terrible decision.  Contract extension?  Ha.  Fire him.

 

In his place, hire Davey Johnson.  Fire Allen and hire Mike Rizzo.  Hey, it’s all a ballgame, right?  At least they know how to make decisions that are in the long term interest of the franchise.  More importantly, in the long term interest of the PLAYER.

 

I could go on and on and on, but this has worked, the anger has subsided, and now I can return to real life.