Redskins interim head coach Bill Callahan wants to shed the interim label, as Kareem Copeland of the Washington Post writes. Callahan, who took over in October, believes the team has made significant strides under his watch. 
“I look at the fight of our players,” Callahan said. “I look at the resiliency, and [I] tried to bring back a work ethic into the program that I thought was lacking. I thought our players could have been better fundamentally. . . . I saw our players get better and compete for four quarters. I saw our players have stamina through four quarters of play. I thought long and hard about improving the team and what aspects I would really focus on. A lot of that was the second-half finish, and I thought we did that.”
The Redskins were 0-5 under Jay Gruden, but they’ve gone 3-7 under Callahan in the last ten games. Many believe that the Redskins will opt for a splashy hire, rather than staying the course with Callahan, but the 63-year-old isn’t giving up hope.
As Copeland notes, veterans were freelancing outside the scheme under Gruden in an effort to pad their stats. That didn’t necessarily stop under Callahan, but there have been fewer instances of players operating outside of play calls in recent weeks. Still, the Redskins still rank 31st in scoring offense and 24th in scoring defense.
Callahan will reportedly be considered for the gig, but he’s certainly not the frontrunner.
In comes Marvin Lewis
Yeah I’m thinking Callahan is better off updating the resume
because no one else is hiring him
Exactly
Bill is one of the best offensive line coaches around. I’m sure he won’t have a problem getting a job.
Wouldn’t be the worst idea keeping stability for Haskins with Callahan and O’Connell , but Dapper Dan will want a bigger name. Money probably better spent hiring a sober draft guru , and paying Scherff and Robby Anderson.
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Bill will get another job somewhere but not head coach.
If veterans are freelancing, it seems pretty simple- you bring in a tough, hard-nosed disciplinarian type. I don’t know if that’s Callihan, or not. I know there ain’t many veterans on that team I wouldn’t cut today though if they didn’t want to play team ball. There’s really only 5 or 10 guys in the whole league maybe where they’re just so good that you deal with the baggage.
So Synder will try for Meyer, Riley and other night names and strike out.
The Redskins ownership is much like NBA Knicks.
He’ll have to settle for a retread who wants to stay in the game and feel like they are in charge. I see Tom Coughlin returning to the NFC East soon
Not sure what the upside to keeping Callaghan as head coach is. Offensive line, yes. Redskins desperately need new DC.