APRaheem Morris will work for an NFL team other than the Buccaneers for the first time, but his role will be familiar.
The Redskins hired Morris to be their defensive backs coach, according to Rick Stroud of the St. Petersburg Times. Morris didn’t consider taking a year off despite having a year left on his contract.
“Man, I’m not into that,” Morris said. “I’m a football coach. This is what I do, it’s who I am. I’m entirely too young to sit out a season. I don’t need any rest, I don’t have any worn out feeling.”
Morris had the same role in Tampa for four years before taking over as the team’s head coach in 2009. Morris worked with both Redskins G.M. Bruce Allen and offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan in Tampa.
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Now this is the level that Raheem should be coaching at.
And the happiest three people are Tony Romo, Eli Manning and Michael Vick
Welcome Raheem,just get rid of Deangelo Hall and have Shanny pry Matt Flynn from the Packers and the Skins will be set!!!!
He is an excellent DB coach. I used to hate playing against his secondary. Good pickup by the the Redskins.
I hate the redskins but he’s a good DB coach.
2012 – Redskins fire Shanahan. promote Raheem Morris to interim head coach. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST!!!
His team flat out gave up on him in Tampa…I feel Morris has a harder time connecting to the younger guys on the team due to his tenure in the league.
Great hire. Shanny and Allen know what they’re doing, folks.
Now if we could just get Hue Jackson to be our OC, we’d be off to a good start for 2012!
Damnit Leslie.
The ‘Skins may have the greatest staff assembled since the ’95 Jets featured the legendary coaching triumvirate of Richie Kotite, Zeke Bratkowski and Jim Vechiarella.
Raheem will do a good job for the Redskins. Better than Snyder deserves. Raheem’s only problem was the Bucs blundered by making him HC before his time.
Ok, I guess this is good news.
Hope it works out for him there… he was just too young and inexperienced to be the head guy so soon.
Mental midgets!
i like Morris. he needed to go in Tampa but I’m glad to see him back in the NFL and hope he gets a second chance somewhere down the line.
Shanahan never worked in Tampa.
I hope he teaches Hall to cover Dez Bryant after 5 seconds pass!
He’ll be let go in a year along with the rest of the Redskins staff.
does he get paid for his final year in tampa bay or does he lose that because he signed on with the redskins? yes = thumbs up, no = thumbs down
Youngry lives on!
At least Raheem won’t have to go youngry in 2012.
Did they not watch how terribly bad the Tampa Bay defense was this year when they lost 10 in a row?
Trust me, we will hear from this guy again…he will earn another shot. He was just a little too green still.
Good hire.
Well if there’s one thing for certain… The Vikings don’t need a good d backs coach.
The cynics should reserve their criticism for the wife beating, drug taking, drunk driving, self entitled players. That is unless your not a loser yourself and able to hold a competitive job like Mr. Morris. Good luck Mr. Morris and good luck Tampa Bay. Gotta beleive Tampa needs the luck more.
chrisbrunson17 says:Jan 11, 2012 9:41 PM
Shanahan never worked in Tampa.
Thanks for the news break bud, but Kyle Shanahan did work in Tampa Bay.
Look at all the cowgirl fans posting. These fools love the redskins. Thy are at every home game. They help pay our bills. Thanks for that d-bags!!
mobdc202 says:Jan 11, 2012 9:22 PM
He is an excellent DB coach. I used to hate playing against his secondary. Good pickup by the the Redskins.
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Play against them on Madden?
On that note….”HAIL SKINS IN FA 2012!!”
Joining the Redskins staff is like picking up a shift at Burger King til the next good job comes along.
There’s a clause in the contract where if a team offers him a D coordinator job then he’s free to leave.
mobdc202 is a true redskins fan, hoping a pryed Matt Flynn is the answer. When will these idiot redskins fans learn that other peoples free agents are not the answer? Until Danny boy sells the team, skins fans are wasting their emotions…
He will fit right in with this staff, a staff that is populated by FIRED, former head coaches… It’s kind of like the Island of misfit toys. Redskins finish at the bottom of the East again in 2012
wait till he finds out he’s going into a gunfight with no bullets in the clip every week.
Greatest coaching staff assembled in recent memory would have to be 2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. No Offensive minds but Dungy at HC, Monte Kiffin DC, Mike Tomlin, DB coach and Rod Marinelli, LB coach.
Morris gets paid his HC salary minus what the skins pay him as DB coach. No doubt skins got him cheap.
Never say bomb on a plane,fire in a crowd,and yungry as a coach.
I think Morris’ situation provides NFL owners somewhat of a reality check. Coaching hires over the last few years have been about finding the next (insert young up-and-coming/won right out of the box coach’s name here) even before they prove themselves as a coordinator. John Harbaugh might be the exception or even Mike Tomlin (only one year as Def. Coordinator). But owners got enamored with finding lightning in a bottle and risked setting their franchises back two or three years.
We will be drafting a qb just now rg3 pleez. Morris idk Bout him
@thetooloftools says:Jan 11, 2012 11:23 PM
wait till he finds out he’s going into a gunfight with no bullets in the clip every week.
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It’s a magazine, not a ‘clip’. You watch too many movies. (damn civilians ; )
Nice pickup… Look out for the Redskins in 2012, Hail!
hesshole says: Jan 11, 2012 11:37 PM
Greatest coaching staff assembled in recent memory would have to be 2001 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. No Offensive minds but Dungy at HC, Monte Kiffin DC, Mike Tomlin, DB coach and Rod Marinelli, LB coach.
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Better than 1994 Packers with Holmgren at HC, Sherm Lewis at OC, Mariucci at QB Coach, Gruden WR Coach, Andy Reid OL/TE, Fritz Shurmur DC and Dick Jauron at DB’s. I’m not so sure about that.
@chrisbrunson17, umm yes Kyle Shanahan did work in Tampa (04-05). FYI.. I think this is an excellent hire, like the direction this team is going. Hail
Love it.. Hail
darrell green wanted the job .that’s who should have got it !! not some washed up numb HTTR
Who did they fire that Morris is replacing? In general you gotta applaud the move, their defensive backfield was a major weakness, so trying to upgrade it is a move in the right direction
Congratulations Rah! Please take the Buc’s secondary with you.
He’s now yungrier than ever to move back up in the coaching ranks.
No longer yunemployed. Chest bumps all around.
Happy for ya RahMo. Get a bit more mature, a bit more of a disciplinarian, then come back to Tampa after one of our elderly coaches cant quite coach any more.
Redskin are moving in right direction. Why all the D-hall haters? Wilson got burned way more than Hall. Nobody hateing on him.
@Suhisbetterthanu–
And how did your playoff game go?
I ‘m not in the NFL-How did yours go?
Good move by the Redskins.
chrisbrunson17 says:
Shanahan never worked in Tampa.
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Kyle worked for Gruden as an offensive quality control coach before he went to work for the Texans.
I looked at the Bucs passing defense when he was the db coach for four years. They were ranked 19th, 6th, 1st, and 1st. And 4th after he was promoted to defensive coordinator.
He deserves another job with the worst owner in football that thinks throwing money at a problem will solve the problem. Just like the Bucs (for some reason well beyond fathoming) thought that hiring a DB coach with no coordinator/head coaching experience, cutting all veterans, and having 20 undrafted free agents on the roster is a formula for success?!?!?!?