What does Chris Cooley think regarding the Washington Commanders search for a new offensive coordinator?
A guest Friday on the “Kevin Sheehan Show” podcast, here are some of Cooley’s thoughts concerning the Commanders Offensive coordinator candidate, Greg Roman.
“If you want to be a run-based team, I think Greg Roman is as good as it gets as a coordinator in the league.
He would be number one on my list. He is going to be coveted by more teams as coaches get hired. That is going to be a tough get.
I don’t think Greg Roman is going to Washington with the potential of being fired in only one year. I am not saying that is going to happen. Roman could come to Washington, and they win 10,11,12 games, and the narrative be completely changed. But I think that is a tough hire.
“I would love that hire. I would hire Greg Roman anywhere.”
Sheehan read how Roman’s offenses have finished repeatedly in the top in the NFL. So he asked Cooley why Roman has not become a head coach.
“Probably because rushing the ball is not cool. Rushing the ball just seems to be not cool.
I don’t know if it is even fair to say, Greg Roman is a run-offense type of guy.’ I am sure Greg Roman could come up with a pretty good plan to throw the football.
He is very good at formations, very good at creating motion, very good at creating misdirection and pre-snap problems. All of that ties into throwing the football as well.
Robert Griffin III spent some time in Baltimore as a backup quarterback, tweeting regarding Roman.
Greg Roman may be of the greatest run game tacticians I have ever been around at the NFL level. RBs and TEs love his system because they EAT. WRs absolutely hate it. That’s why free agent WRs didn’t want to go to or stay in Baltimore. It was never about Lamar Jackson.
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) January 19, 2023
Cooley responded to the Griffin tweet, simply concluding, “I would say yes, to Greg Roman.”