1 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Command Center podcast. I'm Julie Donaldson. The 2 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,920 Speaker 1: Commander's search for our next offensive coordinator is underway. Five 3 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: candidates have officially been interviewed for the position, including quarterback 4 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: coach Kinzimpezy, who's been in Washington since twenty twenty. The 5 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: Commanders have also interviewed Bronco's offensive coordinator Pat Shermer, Falcon's 6 00:00:24,239 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 1: Jubie coach at Charles London, Dolphin's running back coach Eric Studsville, 7 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: Ram's assistant head coach, tight Ends coach Thomas Brown, Logan Paulson, 8 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 1: and Santana Moss joined me to give their thoughts on 9 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 1: the search. Now, if you include looking for those are 10 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: looking for head coaching roles, Washington is one of twelve 11 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:43,239 Speaker 1: teams in search of an offensive coordinator, which makes it, 12 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: Santana a bit difficult trying to go out there and say, hey, well, 13 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 1: this is the job, this is the person that we want. 14 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 1: There's a lot of competition, a lot of competition, and 15 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 1: then one of the things that stand out to me 16 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: is just what are you really looking for? You know, 17 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: I'm big one. I'm not caught up in the whole 18 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: thing about the names of who the guys have edible. 19 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: I'm looking for systems. I'm looking for what system fits 20 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:05,120 Speaker 1: the guys that we have. And I've been a part 21 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 1: of teams where we had certain, you know, CALIBERO guys 22 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,680 Speaker 1: and we had bogus systems. So when I see those 23 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: guys me as a couple of guys that stands out 24 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: one Studsville and Brown just the system they those guys 25 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: both coached in recently. You know, logan, if you do 26 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: look at the names, is there anything that you can 27 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: pull from it for what they might be looking at 28 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: from this position, Yeah, I mean I think they're looking 29 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 1: kind of It's interesting because they're looking at guys who 30 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:28,039 Speaker 1: have a lot of experience and guys that are really 31 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: relatively new. And I think when you look at Schermer, 32 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: he's a guy with a ton of experience that Ron 33 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 1: knows relatively well, runs a system similar what Scott ran 34 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: last year, which would seem like a natural transition for 35 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: a guy like Sam Howell. Then you get a guy 36 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: like Stud Stutsville, who again is more West Coast, more 37 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:44,039 Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan Ishan his approach, which would be a pretty 38 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:45,960 Speaker 1: drastic departure. So obviously they kind of have a little 39 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: bit of both philosophies, but definitely that run first is 40 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: a priority for them. That's really what coach was saying 41 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: this offseason is they wanted to be a run first team. 42 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 1: But you can't ignore the fact that you do have 43 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: three dynamics receiver and Terry McLaurin, John Dotson, Curtis Sam 44 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: and you have to marry the two together. Santana. If 45 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: you look at the talent that this team does have, 46 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 1: what do you think would be one of the best 47 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: kind of like that they need to look for to 48 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: help this offense kind of get over that. You know, 49 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: the challenges they face last year of not being able 50 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: just to put up enough points. Well, you know some 51 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: of the things that stands out when you have that 52 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 1: kind of talent on your team. You want a coach 53 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 1: that can kind of go on, you know, think on 54 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: a run. I mean, like be creative, you know, as 55 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 1: things unfolded, you know what I mean. You want to 56 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 1: be able to say, Okay, I'm so I'm not so 57 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: stern into what I have that's my system, but if 58 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 1: we can do something that I saw before somewhere else, 59 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: let me let me, let me brain this and you know, 60 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,520 Speaker 1: implement that into what I have going on. So I 61 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: want to see a coach that can be creative on 62 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 1: the spot and say, hey, you know what I have 63 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: these guys, let me do this because they're just that 64 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,359 Speaker 1: dynamic and we can use it. Oh yeah, I think 65 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: that's a flexibility and speaking to your player's skill set 66 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: is something that you want to see. That was something 67 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: that was a criticism of Scott. He never really changed 68 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 1: his offensive philosophy to fit the skill position players. I 69 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: think you want the new guy to kind of embrace that, 70 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 1: hold that and find way is to be this run 71 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 1: first team because you know San Francisco is a run 72 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: first team, but also get the playmakers involved, which a 73 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: team like San Francisco does very very well. Now we 74 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 1: don't know exactly when they're going to make announcement on 75 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: whomever they do design to select, but we know it's 76 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: probably coming up relatively quickly the next few weeks or so, 77 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,359 Speaker 1: because you have draft and free agency coming up, and 78 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 1: logan the importance of putting that person in place before 79 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 1: you get to those parts of the off season. I mean, 80 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: I think it's critical because especially if you're going to 81 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: involve like a you know, outside zone coach or an 82 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 1: outside zone philosophy. You're the type of offensive lineman, for example, 83 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: it's going to be very different. You're not going to 84 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 1: look at the kid from Ohio State who's six s eight, 85 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: you know, three hundred and seventy pounds. That doesn't fit 86 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: that philosophy. But I think like those types of decisions 87 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: needs to be hammered in now. Yeah, that's all goes 88 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: back to what I was talking about. You need to 89 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: get that guy now because you want to know in 90 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 1: this little short period of time where we're gonna be 91 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: looking at draft picks, we're gonna be looking at that 92 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 1: free agency. You know, guys out there in free agency. 93 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: You want to make sure you're bringing the right guy 94 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: in that's gonna fit the coach that we bring in, 95 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: the style to play that he's going to implement or 96 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: expect these guys to go out and then play a 97 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: lot of off season priorities. Getting the right offensive coordinator 98 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: for this team would be number one for head coach 99 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: Ron Rivera and the front office. 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