Episode 1,001: reunion with Chris Cooley on 2024 Commanders vs. 2015 and 2016 Skins vs. 2012 Skins and more

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Al Galdi

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🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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15:53 - Guest: all-time-great Washington tight end Chris Cooley on his life as an assistant wrestling coach for NJCAA powerhouse Northwest College, to what extent the Commanders' great 2024 season made him feel attached to the franchise again, his memories of his innovative - and controversial - film breakdowns on radio and his in-depth analysis of the 2024 Commanders' offense vs. the Redskins' 2015 and 2016 offenses vs. the Skins' 2012 offense in terms of offensive coordinators Kliff Kingsbury, Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan and QB1s Jayden Daniels, Kirk Cousins and Robert Griffin III 50:12 - Capitals: breakdown of a 6-3 win over the Florida Panthers to extend the Caps' home point streak to 14 games - the third-longest regular-season home point streak in franchise history 55:04 - College Basketball: analysis of Georgetown's 74-69 loss at Xavier and VCU's 96-66 win over La Salle Call Nova Fireplace And Stove at 571-513-3803, mention that Al Galdi sent ya and receive $25 off any fireplace or chimney service Follow @WSHOnTheDaily on Instagram and visit WSHOnTheDaily.com Download the PrizePicks app and use the promo code "Galdi" for $50 instantly after you play your first $5 lineup Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode one, episode 1001 of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Wednesday, February 5th, 2025. It is the day after we
0:26.9	learned of the first coaching staff hire by the commanders in the 2025 offseason, reports on
0:33.3	Tuesday afternoon that they are hiring Brian Schneider as assistant special teams coach.
0:39.1	This is the replacement for John Glenn, who reportedly is leaving his job as
0:43.5	commander's assistant special teams coach to become the Seattle Seahawks linebackers coach.
0:48.8	Brian Schneider was the San Francisco 49ers special teams coordinator March 22 to this past January when he was
0:56.4	fired by the Niners. But he was with the Niners during Commander's General Manager
1:02.0	Adam Peters' time as Niners Assistant General Manager. Peters worked for the Niners January
1:06.8	2017 to January 2024, was their assistant GM February 2021 to January 2024.
1:14.5	Also, Brian Schneider was the Seahawks Special Teams Coordinator January 2010 to September 2020
1:20.8	when he left for personal reasons and was replaced by current Commander's Special Teams Coordinator Larry Izzo. And Schneider's time with the Seahawks included Commander's head coach, Dan Quinn's two stints with the Seahawks.
1:33.6	Quinn was the Seahawks assistant head coach and defensive line coach for the 2009 and 2010 seasons and was the Seahawks defensive coordinator for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.
1:44.1	A lot of connections for Brian Schneider
1:46.2	to people currently with the commanders. Hello and welcome to this Wednesday installment
1:50.7	of the Al-Galdi podcast. During the opening segment of Tuesday show, episode 1,000, teased
1:57.5	that the celebrating of this podcast getting to 1, thousand episodes would continue with this episode 1001.
2:04.8	Well, next segment for the first time in the history of the Al-Galdi podcast, I will have on as a guest, my former radio partner, former Redskins tight end, Chris Cooley, yes, Cooley on the podcast.
2:21.6	Next segment, way too long since I had spoken with Cooley.
2:25.4	We will engage in a whole lot of scheduled fun and reminiscing.
2:29.3	We also will do some hardcore commanders football talk as Cooley is the OG of talking skin slash Washington
2:35.3	football team slash commanders from an X's and O's perspective. And what we're going to do is
2:39.5	drill deep on a topic for which coolly is perfect, the 2024 commander's offense, versus
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