Holmgren Has an Itch the Skins Could Scratch
Before what’s supposed to be Mike Holmgren’s final season in Seattle, he’s already talking about coming back to be the head coach elsewhere. On Wednesday, he was asked about whether he’d return to the NFL as a coach and/or GM. He had this to say:↵↵⇥“Right in the back of my (mind), that little itch I can’t scratch, it’s still there,” Holmgren said. “Maybe someday.” ↵⇥↵⇥Asked if he wanted to coach another season, Holmgren wouldn’t bite. ↵⇥
↵⇥↵⇥“I’m not getting into specifics,” he said. “We’re just talking about itches here.”↵⇥
↵↵As we all know, itches requiring scratching ASAP, lest you go totally insane. Holmgren has said he wants to take at least one year off after the season. But there’s a lot of time between now and training camp, and that itch could turn into a horrible burning sensation that requires prescription strength ointment. Not that I’d know or anything.↵↵What I’m trying to say is that it seems entirely possible that in the coming months, Holmgren could decide he wants to continue coaching next season. This brings us to possible suitors, of which there is one obvious option: Washington. ↵
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↵It’s being discussed over at my other site currently, and Washington Post's Skins beat writer Jason La Canfora addressed the possibility at length earlier this week -- before Holmgren ever started talking about itches. Hiring Holmgren seems entirely possible for several reasons: 1) Jim Zorn is quickly falling out of favor in D.C. after seeing his team totally implode over the second half of the season; 2) Zorn could be demoted to offensive coordinator, a job that better suits him right now anyway; 3) The team wouldn't have to totally rebuild and install (another) new system -- they'd still use the west coast; 4) The team could finally rid itself of the poison that is Vinny Cerrato and allow Holmgren to make the personnel decisions, as he has in Seattle; 5) It’s the exact type of big-name-splash that Dan Synder loves to make, something he didn’t get with the tiny ripple hiring Zorn caused; 6) Holmgren has proven himself a winner for two different franchises.↵
↵↵Obviously, this is nothing more than rumor-mongering at this point, but it’ll certainly be an interesting offseason for team’s in need of a new coach (of which, there are plenty) with names like Cower and Holmgren floating around. ↵
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