David Elfin On The Possibility Of Kyle Shanahan Being The Ravens New Offensive Coordinator
David Elfin is a columnist for 106.7 The Fan down in DC, the former president of the Football Writer's of America, and has a vote in the Hall-Of-Fame.
David joined Ed & Steve to talk about the possibility of Kyle Shanahan joining the Ravens as their offensive coordinator.
David Elfin
Steve asked David for his thoughts on Shanahan possibly coming here and how it would work. David said it would really be up to Joe Flacco, while Shanahan can produce a very good running game he has also rubbed quarterbacks the wrong way. In Washington Shanahan's "prickly personality" was a problem between he and McNabb which saw Donovan leave town, and the 2nd time Kyle was run out of town for not working well with RG3.
Ed asked about the possibility of a rift among the coaching staff in Baltimore and whether or not bringing Shanahan in would cause even more problems for the Ravens. David said that there was a rift in DC but it was mainly because Kyle's father was the head coach and other coaches thought he might be getting preferential treatment.
David talked about Shanahan's system and how he runs a West Coast type of offense and how that may be a problem between Flacco and Kyle. The west coast offense needs a very accurate QB which is something Joe has struggled big time with in his career and David said that will drive Kyle absolutely crazy. David noted that inaccuracy was the big problem between Kyle and Donovan McNabb.
