I did expect him to slide into the GM role that the team has been missing.  That does surprise me some.  Maybe he has a GM in mind as "special advisor" or maybe the Front Office All-Stars will remain as they are.  That worries me more than the next HC.

As for the coach, I expect it to be Gregg Williams.  It has been reported that he had the wink-and-smile deal in place when he came here.  I also expect Saunders to become the Associate Head Coach or Assistant Head Coach or whatever Williams was and remain as OC.  He would get autonomy as the playcaller and as the offensive boss, which I expect him to take.  I think he has much less of a desire to be a HC than Williams, but I could be wrong.  Often am.

Right now, it's kinda a wait-and-see type of thing.  I hope they do what the Steelers did and go way outside the organization and interview some up-and-coming assistants (Jason Garrett comes to mind) before deciding on a coach.

I think it was the right time for Joe.  I said to SP the other day that if the Skins won a game or two in the playoffs, Joe would definately do this.  I think after the season he's had, he deserves some time off to go fishing or play some golf... or whatever it is that Joe does.  Drive really fast in circles?  Good luck to him.

If we don't hire from within, we will be in for a horrible year. I think we need to factor what the players feel to and I hope Snyder is doing that.

These things need to be done sooner than later, I see this being a smooth transtion, or a disaster the likes of the Titanic.

Sure, it was in Buffalo with a less than stellar cast surrounding him, but the numbers are what they are.  Don't get me wrong, I love what he's done with our defense, and desperately want to see him remain in that capacity, I just question his ability as a Head Coach.  That being said, I believe every man deserves a second chance.  But is this the right time to gamble on a HC with that kind of track record?

This type of process allows to to get a b unch of opinions from very qualified sources on the state of the team and the varying philosophical approaches that exist in the NFL.

Hiring a new coach is less about getting a guy than it is about examining the organization, both in terms of current status and in terms of direction, as a whole.

Cowher would be a mistake. It would be like restarting from the ground up. This team has plenty of promise and a franchise QB. Why suddenly get a FA coach who might want to change everything so that he can claim autonomy?

And that is why John Clayton gets all the higher-profile, better assignments at ESPN.

From Lenny's shitty column:

Not only is the whole column about how great Len is by "predicting" Gibbs's failure, it isn't even written all that well.  There's a punctuation mistake within the first few sentences and there's nothing all tht revealing... and by that, I mean nothing Clayton hasn't already covered.

Lenny needs to move on (or move out).

Also, from Michael David Smith over at PFT:

That's an interesting revelation.  I'm not sure what it means as far as who will be the next head coach, but that certainly opens the door for outide-the-organiztion possibilities.  Cowher, yes, but I was thiking of other "big names" that Snyder might go after following Cowher's "no" response.

Interesing stuff.