The Washington Redskins Season ended on December 29th, 2019… in a matter of days from the final loss of the year the team has a completely new power structure and is headed in a totally different trajectory…
The most important move of all was the firing of team President Bruce Allen, without this move nothing else would have mattered, it would all have had the same outcome as almost all problems spurred from Allen's shortcomings. The second most important move that the Redskins will have made this offseason was the hiring of Ron Rivera as our new Head Coach, this move was not made hastily, it was not a situation where the owner just through money at a big name coach to get him in the door, this move took months of research and careful planning on the owners end…
It all started with Dan Snyder identifying what attributes winning teams share, determining why they were successful and how they were structured… he then identified who would be the best possible candidate to come into that structure, take control and completely overhaul the organization and the culture. After determining that Ron Rivera was his ideal and top candidate, Snyder acted swiftly and spent a tremendous amount of time with him tediously going over every aspect of the organization and fully laying out his vision to return winning football to the Washington Redskins. After many meetings over several weeks, Dan Snyder and Ron Rivera agreed to terms on a five year contract to become the next Head Coach, allowing Rivera to be the center-piece in a Coach-Centric organizational structure, with the authority to have final say in all decisions (despite Rivera claiming it will be a collaborative effort). Within days of Rivera being named, almost all of the existing coaching and training staff had been jettisoned and new coaches began being hired…
Here we are weeks after the 2019 season has ended and the Organization looks completely different, from the very top down almost every single position has been overhauled and there are a lot of new faces in the building, there are also some familiar faces in new positions too. One of the first hires and one of the most important pieces in this new coaching staff, is Jack Del Rio, who will take over as the Defensive Coordinator. On the opposite side of the ball, Scott Turner (son of Norv Turner) will take over as Offensive Coordinator, and returning from his first year as Special Team Coordinator with the team is Nate Kaczor (one of two coaches who was retained from the old regime). Below the coordinators is a new group of coaches, most are from Rivera's days with the Carolina Panthers, and some are from elsewhere around the league…
In Episode Twenty-Nine, I will take an in-depth look at every change that the organization has made in the last few weeks, from the restructuring of the Front Office, to the complete overhaul of the Training staff, and finishing with the brand new personnel coming in to round out the Coaching staff. I'll provide some interesting details about each of the new hires and how they fit into the new structure. I take a deep dive into Ron Rivera's introductory press conference and break down some things that he said that really get me excited for what comes next… I close the Podcast with a look to the future, what these changes mean and what comes next for this team…
As always, enjoy my unsolicited and unrealistically optimistic opinions on all things Washington Redskins in this Episode covering the beginning of the Offseason and the complete restructuring of this team… If you are enjoying the Podcast (and I hope that you are), please subscribe, leave a rating or review and tell a friend, it really helps to reach a wider audience and I would be very grateful… if you don’t already please follow me on Twitter @HTTRChamps and as always #HTTR
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