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Introducing Dan Quinn: New Head Coach of Washington Commanders
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2/2/2024
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new ownership group outside the nation's capital and now a new head coach Dan Quinn, the new head
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coach of the Washington Commanders. Donnie, you gave it a C in terms of the grade for the hire
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when we opened up the show with this news about 10 minutes ago. Why is it just an average grade
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for you? Well, here's how we can break it down too because if you just go based on last year,
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right, D'Amico Rinds gets the job at the Houston Texans, high draft pick at a quarterback. It
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worked out really well for them. It did. That's the exception to the rule. Most franchises and
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foundations are built upon this. We have a high draft pick. We're going to pick a quarterback.
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Let's get the best offensive coordinator we can to get this kid started in the right direction.
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Bobby Slulk was really good for the Houston Texans, but also you take a look for the Carolina
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Panthers. Their number one pick didn't work out so well and that was actually with an offensive
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coordinator slash head coach in Frank Reich. So we're not saying that this is a terrible move,
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but for me, future of the NFL is getting the offensive guy and getting him to stick around
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here. But also let's take a look at what went into this for the commanders and how they wound up
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with Dan Quinn as their head coach. And also this is a franchise in a little bit of turmoil,
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moving out of the clouds of, you know, Dan Snyder's, the ownership group and all the
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nonsense that they had to deal with for the past 25 years. I like the hirings in the front office
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and I think they did it the right way. You know what? New ownership group. Let's get new management
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in. Then we're going to find our general manager. Then we're going to find our head coach. I think
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that's a very healthy way to basically start a franchise. But here's the problem I have.
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You can't tell me right now that they back channeled for weeks upon end on Ben Johnson.
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We heard from multiple guests here and it looked like it lined up that Ben Johnson was going to be
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your offensive coordinator. Now the question with this was is you never would have thought that when
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they were looking for a coach, they would have wound up with the defensive coordinator because
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they, okay, look, new, new ownership group, innovative quarterbacks come to town. Let's
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get the best offensive guy we can get, which really makes it interesting where the backup
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plan basically was a scramble to say, now we just got to get a competent coach. Who's been a head
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coach before that's going to rally the troops and we won't embarrass ourselves. That's a tough swing
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and miss here for the Washington commanders. I don't care how they paint the picture. Cause if
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you remember Ben, they got on that plane with their ownership group and front office to go
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meet with Ben Johnson, basically to say, you know what, here's what we're going to pay you.
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Why don't you sign this and come back on the plane? We'll introduce you in a press conference.
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The next day they get up in the air. He says no. And they're basically like, oh my goodness. Now
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we're in full scramble mode and made sure they put out all that good PR by going like, look,
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we were going out there for an interview. There was no sure thing. We're even going to
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get Ben Johnson the job, no shot. Cause they would have already moved. This wasn't a franchise.
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It's like, Hey, you know what? We just got knocked out of the playoffs. Now we're in a real tizzy
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and we're trying to fight to see what the next head coach is going to be. Cause it didn't work
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out. This was an organization that basically went through the last entire season. Once you had that
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coaching chance, excuse me, once you had that ownership change that knew they were looking for
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a new coach and Ben Johnson was going to be it. And he left them at the altar. They scrambled and
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just had to get somebody at this point, Ben.
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