For the second time this season, the Washington Redskins are preparing to face off against a coach they were once able to call their own.
Matt LaFleur is one of the many coaches who is now finding success outside of Washington, this time around as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers. In his first year as a head coach, LaFleur has found great success with Aaron Rodgers up north, as he’s started with a 9-3 record and a good chance to make a run in the playoffs.
Green Bay is the fifth team that he’s coached for, and every time he’s left an old team for a new team, he’s done so on his own accord. That is except for Washington, however. The Redskins are the only team that has fired LaFleur so far.
“I never took it personal, I know that’s part of the business,” LaFleur said, via The Athletic. “I once heard somebody say there are two kinds of coaches. There are coaches who have been fired and there are coaches who are going to get fired. That was my approach to it.”
Back in 2013, LaFleur coached a quarterback room in Washington that featured both Robert Griffin III and Kirk Cousins. The team finished 3-13 on the season, and he was shown the door. Now, LaFleur has seemingly found his calling as a head coach in the NFL, and he’s done well in his first year, keeping the trend alive of offensive coaches like Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay leaving Washington and finding great success.
Maybe someday the Redskins will learn to stop letting their best offensive coaches go find a better home.
