Calls Current System The Best In 17 Years
Coach Mike Shanahan talking to fans at the 2010 Welcome Home Luncheon. Photo/CD Brown.
Perhaps the best (and most believable) remarks ever uttered from a Washington Redskin head coach at a Welcome Home Luncheon in more than a decade came from Mike Shanahan today.
Shanahan seemed confident about the class of 2010 saying, "When you think about the last 17 years and look at our defensive system, if you study it, you're going to see it's the best system over the last 17 years."
Shanahan praised the coaching staff and Special Teams.
"We got one heck of a coaching staff", said Shanahan, one that includes his son Kyle as offensive coordinator.
Explaining it's going to take some time to get the team "to do things the right way", Shanahan jokingly (but seriously) said, "It's going to take about three months".
Quite less time than previous administrations have given the organization who predict one or two years for the players to gel with the new scheme, the new offense, and the next new coach.
Shanahan has already turned around a franchise that was as discombulated as Pop Warner league team.
"One thing I'm looking for is passion", exclaimed Shanahan. "I want people who can make a committment and want to play."
While the ultimate goal this year, (as it is every year) is winning a Super Bowl title, Shanahan also said he wants players who have the passion and work ethic to go the distance.
"If we're going to be the best, it starts with everybody in this room.
There were a few winners in the room, some collected much deserved awards.
Lorenzo Alexander won the Special Teams Player of the Year award.
London Fletcher won the Defensive Player of the Year award (his 4th).
Casey Rabach won the Offensive Player of the Year award.
The annual Silent Auction took in some nice numbers with the Redskins v Dallas package being sold for $2,700. The Academy of Country Music Awards package went for $2400. The ultimate fan auction item, the 2010 Super Bowl Experience, sold for $5,500. Joe Gibbs racing package didn't fare as well only selling for $1300, seven-hundred dollars below the asking price.
The event was emceed by Rick 'Doc' Walker, and included Brian Mitchell, and several other Redskin alumni.
Perhaps the best (and most believable) remarks ever uttered from a Washington Redskin head coach at a Welcome Home Luncheon in more than a decade came from Mike Shanahan today.
Shanahan seemed confident about the class of 2010 saying, "When you think about the last 17 years and look at our defensive system, if you study it, you're going to see it's the best system over the last 17 years."
Shanahan praised the coaching staff and Special Teams.
"We got one heck of a coaching staff", said Shanahan, one that includes his son Kyle as offensive coordinator.
Explaining it's going to take some time to get the team "to do things the right way", Shanahan jokingly (but seriously) said, "It's going to take about three months".
Quite less time than previous administrations have given the organization who predict one or two years for the players to gel with the new scheme, the new offense, and the next new coach.
Shanahan has already turned around a franchise that was as discombulated as Pop Warner league team.
"One thing I'm looking for is passion", exclaimed Shanahan. "I want people who can make a committment and want to play."
While the ultimate goal this year, (as it is every year) is winning a Super Bowl title, Shanahan also said he wants players who have the passion and work ethic to go the distance.
"If we're going to be the best, it starts with everybody in this room.
There were a few winners in the room, some collected much deserved awards.
Lorenzo Alexander won the Special Teams Player of the Year award.
London Fletcher won the Defensive Player of the Year award (his 4th).
Casey Rabach won the Offensive Player of the Year award.
The annual Silent Auction took in some nice numbers with the Redskins v Dallas package being sold for $2,700. The Academy of Country Music Awards package went for $2400. The ultimate fan auction item, the 2010 Super Bowl Experience, sold for $5,500. Joe Gibbs racing package didn't fare as well only selling for $1300, seven-hundred dollars below the asking price.
The event was emceed by Rick 'Doc' Walker, and included Brian Mitchell, and several other Redskin alumni.
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