I get the distinct impression that there was a lack of imagination on the part of the Redskins, but not a lack of interviews.  By my count, we interviewed at least 7 people for the job.  That is a respectable number, but unfortunately, there was never a name that really got me excited.  And Schwartz from the Titans was the only one that seemed to show any effort to bring in someone with something new up their sleeves.

We have a problem teams like the Steelers and Pats never have.  We have not concentrated on grooming young coaching talent to put into place as the older talent moves own so the cupboard is bare. I thought that was the plan with Williams and even though I’ve never seen head coaching material in him, I was willing to give him a shot.  Now, we’re starting over and we may still not have any young talent to groom.

-DW

The Redskins interviewed Ron Meeks, the Colts defensive coordinator, who is african american. So we didn’t avoid them. Though frankly, I don’t think we went out of our way to cast a large net in general or specifically for african-americans.  But I don’t think it has to do with the fact that Redskins fans wouldn’t like it.  I don’t have any numbers to support this, but one look around Fed Ex and it is clear a large number of Redskins fans (and Washingtonians in general) are african-american.

If this would be a problem for the team, the ownership, or the fans, I’d be very disappointed.  Thanks for the comments, Drew, and anyone wanting to comment on the race issue, should feel free to do so.

-DW