“I so wanted this moment,” said Dan Quinn about getting the call that would seal his position as the next head coach of the Washington Commanders.
In an introductory press
conference with the media Monday Quinn says he wants to “kick ass, and have
fun while doing it”, and he wants to do that for a long time.
We hope his ‘kick ass’ mentality means getting wins and
having fun while WINNING ‘for a long time’.
"I’m not going to use the term rebuild", said Quinn - a term that fans have heard repeatedly for the last decade, or more, with previous Commanders' regimes.
“I’ll say we’re going to recalibrate”, he said.
Is that code for he’ll need at least 5 years to get this ‘recalibration’
thing going before we see anything substantial? (Filing this under ‘we’ve heard that line before’).
Source: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/QuinDa0.htm
Owners say they interviewed Quinn twice, and it was like “we
had a connection.”
The hiring was branded as an alignment between ownership, GM
and the franchise. (OMG! I think I’ve heard that line, too, from previous
Commanders' regimes!)
Quinn said everything checked when making his decision to
accept the offer.
“This was the flashing light, this is the moment”, Quinn
said. “This is the one.”
“I got to see how Adam
works and how he bonded with coaching connections.”
Coaching connections, or good ole boy network?
One of which OC Eric Bieniemy
apparently is not a part of, as he was given the boot.
“I respect his work and I wish him the best”, said Quinn. But
said “he won’t be with us in DC.”
So happy that EB is gone, one DC sports show host expressed his gladness over
the Bienemy departure from the franchise by saying this:
“I’m glad he’s gone, now I can have my name back”, he said,
as the two share the same initials, EB.
Bieniemy
was here for one season. He wasn’t even
given the chance to ‘recalibrate’ after one season.
But back to Quinn and his wooing the media this afternoon.
Quinn also said he was impressed with Washington’s defense,
but “you have to have elite players", he said.
Quinn wants explosive plays and physical energy players who
can make forced fumbles and get sacks as he talked about channeling bold and aggressive
players.
Where will he get such players? Do we have such players already in the
Commanders’ coffers? (Two former players are playing in the 2024 Super Bowl his Sunday.)
Maybe Quinn can draft a few elite players in the upcoming 2024 NFL Draft, which
he claims he hasn’t given much thought to just yet.
Until then, can we just talk about the elephant in the room?
(Did I bury the lead, or did I just save the best part for last?) 
The record of Dan Quinn does not read like that of an ‘elite’
head coach. Quinn was fired,
mid-season, from his duties as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons. Owner Arthur Blank even said his inability to win games was the factor for his firing Quinn.
Darn! Did Washington get used goods again?
Can a non-elite head coach (NEHC) get elite players to play
for him? Does a NEHC even know how to turn non-elite players into elite
players?
The Commanders also hired Joe Whitt, Jr. as the defensive
coordinator, along with Kliff Kingsbury as the offensive coordinator, replacing Mr.
Bieniemy.
Isn't it ironic that Commanders fans spent years trying to rid a Dan from the franchise, but end up getting another Dan at the helm?
Like I tweeted earlier today, until I see some
substantial wins in the W-column (the dub column) this upcoming season, I’m not
drinking the Commander ade.*
And neither should YOU!
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*Please note that the Commanders do not officially have a beverage called Commander Ade, and if the team, affiliates, subsidiaries, and/or ownership should now, or in the future, produce, market or sell such a product without me giving me credit, royalties, compensation – there could be problems.
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