Jim Fassel's biggest selling point to Danny Snyder has to be his leadership of the New York Giants, capped by a Super Bowl appearance which he lost to the Ravens. As pointed out by Wilbon today in the Post, most of the coaches in the playoffs this year are with their second (or third) team as a head coach (Belichick, Dungy, Turner, Phillips, Coughlin, etc). So Danny wants to keep up with the hot idea, and Jim Fassel appears to be the leading candidate after a third interview. Greg Williams has already had four (4) interviews, and has also been a head coach before. What's taking so long? Other teams are done after a second interview for at most the top two candidates, but Danny's first interview with Fassel reportedly lasted 2 full days and now he's had two more grillings. Hopefully, he'll choose the right person before the draft.
Unfortunately, trying to find a staff will be the new coach's first and biggest problem. With the Falcons expected to hire their coach today and the Ravens and Dolphins having already done so, the Skins are well behind the curve on getting the best assistants. (Exhibit A: Cam Cameron is supposedly going to be the new Ravens OC.) When Fassel was with the G-Men, he had John Fox and Sean Payton running the show during the Super Bowl year, both of whom are now head coaches. If we're banking on Fassel's experience running the team, we will need good coordinators to run the offense and defense. Williams isn't going to stay after a monetary guarantee from Snyder and four (possibly failed) interviews. I doubt Al Saunders or any of the Redskins' other millionaire assistant/associate head coaches will stay, even if Fassel wanted them.
Most owners can make a decision in a timely fashion and that benefits the franchise. Unfortunately, nothing Danny does benefits anyone but Danny (sometimes). In this case, the new coach, assuming he ever picks one, will be handicapped from the start.
January 23, 2008
Fassel (or Whoever) Will Have No Staff
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It's also looking increasingly like the Ravens will hold onto Rex Ryan (if Harbaugh in fact wants him). If Ryan decides to try his hand as DC elsewhere (Washington perhaps, as Marvin Lewis did as a way to prove he could succeed without Ray Lewis) Harbaugh has an excellent relationship with Ray Rhodes. So Harbaugh himself might not have head coaching experience, but if he has Rex/Rhodes managing the defense and Cam managing the offense there's a good chance he can focus on motivation and game-planning and not face such a steep learning curve.
As for the Redskins, Snyder definitely seems to want a retread, but I wouldn't put it past him to think he might have a chance at stealing Spagnuolo (DC)from the Giants or Josh McDaniels (OC) from the Pats.
Why doesn't The Danny throw $5 mil at Garrett? That would be funny, though perhaps not a good business move.
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