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Lol, ok. He started generating head coaching buzz immediately after that season, so I'm going to go with "no" on that one.
His offenses in Washington were 18th, 16th, 5th, and 9th in yards, and were 25th, 26th, 4th, 23rd in points. Half of those years were with Rex fucking Grossman and an old broken down Donavon McNabb as the starting quarterback.
And to answer your question, yes, I absolutely do think his one year of success was special enough to warrant consideration for other jobs. RGIII was never going to last in the NFL regardless of what coach he had. His body wasn't built for the NFL, and the guy never learned to slide correctly. Russell Wilson and Colin Kaepernick ran a lot of the same stuff RGIII was running and they came out of it okay. I think it's unfair to lay blame on his OC for a guy being injury prone, who by the way, still had a tough time staying healthy even after he left Washington.
If Shanahan is such a genuis, how come his great offense scored 6 effing points and only won because of his D and STs? He gave up the farm to get a QB in the draft and then decided to start Jimmy-6 point-Garopollo ..... he is lucky the Packers could not get their hands on all the floating ducks Jimmy G was throwing which should have resulted in at least 2 pick sixes..... Shanahan's offense was worse than what Nagy showed vs the Packers in both games,... sure the conditions were bad but he is supposed to be this guru at running the ball....
Reality is Shanny has been riding his D in San Fran too .... his Offense cost him the SB last time when Jimmy G missed an easy throw for a TD....