Episode 1,236: Washington Commanders promote David Blough to offensive coordinator and more

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Al Galdi

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🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of the team promoting assistant quarterbacks coach David Blough to offensive coordinator Segment 3 - Washington Wizards: reaction to the team's trade for Trae Young being official and discussion of a 128-107 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans and a 112-93 loss at the Phoenix Suns Segment 4 - Washington Capitals: analysis of a 5-1 win at the Chicago Blackhawks and a 3-2 loss at the Nashville Predators as winger Alex Ovechkin is hot again Segment 5 - College Basketball: thoughts on Maryland's 67-55 loss at UCLA to fall to 0-5 in the Big Ten in the 2025-2026 regular season, Georgetown's 76-67 loss to Seton Hall in a game in which the Hoyas blew an 11-point second-half lead, No. 23 Virginia's 70-55 win over Stanford, Virginia Tech's 78-75 win over Cal and George Mason's 86-80 win over VCU The Nace Law Group, Accident & Injury Lawyers - visit WashingtonDCInjuryLawyers.com and make sure that you mention that Al Galdi sent you Visit NovaFireplaceAndStove.com, mention that Al Galdi sent you and receive $25 off any service For advertising inquiries, email Sales@BlueWirePods.com

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode 1,236 of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Monday, January 12th, 2026. It is the one-year
0:24.9	anniversary of the doink. January 12, 2025, the Washington Commander's 2320 win at the Tampa
0:31.8	Bay Buccaneers on a walk-off 30-70-yard doink field goal by kickers Zane Gonzalez in the wild card round of the NFL
0:39.1	playoffs for Washington's first postseason win since January 2006. Where were you when the doink
0:46.8	happened? Where were you when the doink went down? Mike Toriko and Chris Collinsworth on NBC
0:53.2	on the call.
1:03.5	The Washington Cup beggars off the upright, and it is he!
1:08.1	They doyke their way to the defensive round.
1:09.9	Unbelievable!
1:15.0	I have seen it all now. I even get a divisional doink.
1:23.7	Yes, sir, the doink seen round the world. Happy doink day to those who celebrate. Hello and welcome to this Monday installment of the Al-Galdi podcast. The commanders have a new offensive coordinator,
1:29.8	David Blow, the team this past Saturday morning announced having promoted assistant
1:34.1	quarterbacks coach David Blow to Offensive Coordinator. Next segment, in-depth reaction to
1:40.0	and analysis of the commanders promoting blau to offensive coordinator.
1:44.4	I have a lot to say about this, but my basic take is I really like this for a variety of reasons,
1:50.5	including this.
1:51.8	The team is retaining a well-regarded young offensive coach.
1:56.8	Washington, as you may have heard, let Kyle Shanahan and Matt LaFleur and Mike McDaniel and Sean McVey and Kevin O'Connell all get away.
2:06.8	Now, there is important context with each of those guys that people rarely, if ever mentioned.
2:11.9	And of course, those guys all got away when the team was owned by Dan Snyder.
2:15.5	But yeah, Washington, let Kyle Shanahan, Matt LaFleur,
2:19.1	Mike McDaniel, Sean McVeigh, and Kevin O'Connell all get away. Well, Washington now has kept and
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