Redskins Hog Heaven Is Awake Now E-mail
Written by Anthony Brown   
Thursday, 28 January 2010 17:50

Like Rip Van Winkle, Redskins Hog Heaven awakes from a long slumber and finds that the world has changed.

Real life get in the way of our blogging passion, so I am three weeks behind on the relaunch Hog Heaven on Bloguin.com. The good news here is that we were missed. I'm both grateful and humble that so many of you wrote to say how much you missed us. 

Most of that is behind me now, so new content should be up three to four times each week during the offseason.

 Just so you know, Redskins Hog Heaven is a passion for Greg Trippiedi and me. Translation: we are bloggers, not journalists. Our deadlines are goals. Life has a way of intruding at the most invenient times.

Being bloggers doesn't mean that we are given to rants; well, maybe a few. Hog Heaven's theme has always been thoughtful analysis about the Washington Redskins, the NFL and the sport of football. If we know anything about this team we love, it is to be skeptical of the hype from Redskins Park. Independent thinking is a defense mechanism.

If ever there was a sign of the blurring of distinction between blogger and journalist, it was to hear head coach Mike Shanahan take a question from Rich Tandler, the dean of Redskins bloggers, at his introductory press conference.

 So, who are the deep thinkers at Redskins Hog Heaven?

Anthony Brown is a freelance writer and lifelong Redskin fan. He has first hand memories of Sonny Jurgensen touchdown passes to Bobby Mitchell, Charley Taylor and Angelo Coia.

Anthony has a twenty year background as a sales executive with the world's largest computer technology company.  He gathered insights from many executives about success and failure in business operatons and applies those lessons to analyze moves by the Redskins. Unfortunately, Anthony saw management blunders by Washington's front office as the main obsticle to team success in 2009.

Anthony was the author of the Running Redskins blog starting in 2004. He joined Hog Heaven on the Most Valuable Network in 2005. He occasionally seen on the Washington Redskins front page of Bleacherreport.com.   

Greg Trippiedi is a long time contributing editor of Hog Heaven and frequent contributor at The Warpath Redskins forum. He is the talent behind Live Ball Sports.

Greg doesn't just give you Redskin analysis, he gives you scouting reports after looking at tape of games. His deep dives go beyond the obvious to assess if a play worked or failed because of player execution, teamwork, playcalling or the opposing team.

I'm certain Greg is going to be in some front office somewhere sometime, in which case I hope he gets me tickets. 

Follow Anthony on Twitter @SkinsHogHeaven. Follow Greg @GTrippiedi



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Thanks, Anthony, and Best Wishes
written by Tom Jackson, January 28, 2010
Anthony, great stuff as usual....and thank you for the good wishes you sent to Eagles Eye at eagleseyeblog.com I honestly believe the Redskins will shock the NFC East in 2010, with a 10-6 or 9-7 record and a wild-card berth...I'll be hoping the Eagles can at least split our 2-game series with you in 2010. It's gonna be fun! Sincerely, Tom Jackson at Eagles Eye
Very nice site, I like it guys,
written by Bloguin Dave, February 02, 2010
Welcome again to Bloguin, very glad to have you!
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written by ultimatenyg, February 03, 2010
Welcome to Bloguin. Speaking as a Giants fan, you have to look beyond the competition inside the division. As the NFC East goes, so goes the ability of each of our teams to win the title. Here's to a strong division, informative posts and great bloguin. Good luck always.
Andy
http://www.ultimatenyg.com
Welcome!
written by The Miz, February 03, 2010
I must be a little late on this, but I want to welcome you guys to the network! Any time you'd like to collaborate on some Redskins stuff, please let me know, and I'll do the same. You're always welcome over at Fight For Old D.C., and I hope everything goes well with the transition to the Bloguin team. Let me know if you need anything!

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