If only Casserly could judge talent like he works sports writers

Richard Justice posts this blurb about Charley Casserly:

The Washington Redskins could be looking for a new general manager, and one of the Washington Post's finest sportswriters, Leonard Shapiro, is recommending a viable and eminently qualified candidate. He's referring to none other than the viable and eminently qualified Charles Casserly. Knowing Charles, I'm guessing he has already spoken to Redskins owner Dan Snyder and laid every mistake--Phillip Buchanon, Jason Babin, Todd Wade, Gary Walker, Travis Johnson, etc.--on someone else.

Probably.

He's probably also buying a nice steak dinner for some D.C. sportswriters and chatting 'em up.

Indeed, our own Richard Justice might know how that works. Remember what Justice wrote back when the fate of Capers/Casserly was still to be decided?

Casserly should not be fired.

Got that?

He was more than competent when he was getting players for Joe Gibbs. It was only after he was turning players over to Norv Turner and Dom Capers that his competence became an issue.

He should get a second chance to hire a head coach. And this time, he should add a first-rate group of assistant coaches.

[snip]

Casserly knows the league and knows what's wrong with the Texans. He wanted fundamental changes as far back as last winter. He had lost confidence in offensive coordinator Chris Palmer. He had questions about Fangio, the defensive coordinator, as well.

He also became convinced the Texans weren't doing a good job of teaching and developing their young players at some positions.

And he also found a local sports columnist willing to suspend all skepticism and perspective and simply print comments obviously designed to save his own job at the expense of the coaching staff he hired.

Thankfully, that little trick didn't work. And as a Cowboys fan, I'm really hopeful that Casserly does wind up with an NFC East rival. That would be great! For the Cowboys.

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 12/29/06 04:22 PM | Technorati | Comments (2)

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