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Oh, and don't think for a second that a substantial percentage of the media's piling on the current situation isn't directly due to the name change issue that they got their asses kicked on.
The politically correct gang hasn't gone anywhere.
 
If I were Dan Snyder, I'd be looking for a tall building to jump from... he has to be seeing and hearing all of this. Epic trashing of his franchise, front office, and himself personally unlike anything we've ever seen.

If this doesn't bring about some kind of epiphany and front offense cleansing, nothing ever ever will.


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Bingo.

I have a long drive home from work and shifted among channels. While folks want Allen gone yesterday, all talk radio paths (including former Skins players) lead back to DS. The meme is rather obvious: 20 years of this "stuff." There's only one constant.....and there is nothing to show from an organizational pov. DS simply isn't leadership material. It's that simple. By now, everyone knows it and sees it.

And Ax....got to part paths with you my friend. There are ways to get rid of anyone - and I'm thinking legal ones in this instance. The real optimist creatively conceives the answer - the hard part is organizing resources and executing a plan that realizes the vision.
 
If I were Dan Snyder, I'd be looking for a tall building to jump from... he has to be seeing and hearing all of this. Epic trashing of his franchise, front office, and himself personally unlike anything we've ever seen.

If this doesn't bring about some kind of epiphany and front offense cleansing, nothing ever ever will.


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You would think....but it's never bothered him before.

Hell, his stadium was full of Eagles fans last year and even that didn't elicit a response.

I just don't think he gives a damn about the fan base or the product he subjects them to.
 
You would think....but it's never bothered him before.

Hell, his stadium was full of Eagles fans last year and even that didn't elicit a response.

I just don't think he gives a damn about the fan base or the product he subjects them to.

Someone paid full price for those seats. That's all the danny cares about.
 
And Ax....got to part paths with you my friend. There are ways to get rid of anyone - and I'm thinking legal ones in this instance. The real optimist creatively conceives the answer - the hard part is organizing resources and executing a plan that realizes the vision.
Nadler, is that you?
 
If I were Dan Snyder, I'd be looking for a tall building to jump from... he has to be seeing and hearing all of this. Epic trashing of his franchise, front office, and himself personally unlike anything we've ever seen.

If this doesn't bring about some kind of epiphany and front offense cleansing, nothing ever ever will.


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Here is the problem though. I don't think he does hear it. He has that little weasel Allen in his ear telling him it's all just media driven hate. And I'm sure he tells him like Ax said, it's because of the name. I think Allen shields him from all the criticism and tells him that it's media and people with an agenda. It's going to take someone who can talk to Snyder without Allen around. And Boone, you said it best last week. The only person we know of that can do that is Joe Gibbs. I think he's the only person in the world who can convince Snyder of the problems and how they need to be solved. As long as Allen is there, I don't think Snyder will ever understand the how big and how deep the problems are with this organization.
 
Joe is too smart to get involved with things at Redskins Park at this point. It's a toxic dump site that can only hurt people. Even the best people.
 
Joe is too smart to get involved with things at Redskins Park at this point. It's a toxic dump site that can only hurt people. Even the best people.

I don't think he needs to be hired, even though they his type of leadership. I just think he needs to have a heart to heart with Snyder. I don't think anyone else can.
 
Maybe Cooley could take Bruce on an errand and everyone else storm Dan`s office & lock the door for an intervention

Edit: We honestly could be at that point for Dan to actually understand wtf is wrong in this picture.
 
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I don't pay enough close attention, but I've heard a few times in the last few days about Snyder requiring people to call him Mr. Snyder and people were to look him in the eye. How true do we think this is? The Mr. Snyder thing doesn't bother me that much. Heck Gibbs always referred to Mr. Cooke. The eye thing would be ridiculous. I've worked for people just as wealthy and much more so and I've never seen that.
 
Oh - I'm distraught baby.

I'll come down off the ledge, in my own good time.


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I stepped away from the ledge...but I am still distraught, just think I already went through what many are currently experiencing now.

Ax is right about one thing, no use crying over Snyder going anywhere...he's not. And he will likely give control of the team over to his children, so this team's ownership is set for life. So the idea that a petition will help, is a little...well...overly hopeful?

Snyder couldn't see the real problem 5 years ago when McLoughan was brought in, he probably doesn't see it now, Bruce Allen is the problem. And therein lies the only hope us old heads have.

If Snyder suddenly sees the light, it means Bruce Allen is gone, Gibbs has helped him find a replacement that is not some washed up Redskins personality from the past, or their child, and give that person the autonomy to do things.

But with the way they moved to get Haskins, another flash in the pan, it shows Snyder is still too vested in maintaining complete control of this team, which means Allen will likely stay, and we'll see the new coach given 5 years to fail, wash, rinse, repeat.
 
I don't think he needs to be hired, even though they his type of leadership. I just think he needs to have a heart to heart with Snyder. I don't think anyone else can.


I have to agree with you here...I believe the only one Snyder trusts more than Allen at this point is Gibbs. And I wouldn't want Gibbs back as anything other than a consultant to work on helping find the personnel Snyder can learn to trust to right this ship.

As soon as the NASCAR season is over next month, he should have Gibbs working on researching for a replacement...maybe even bring in someone outside of football, but is a great leader who will come in and put the right football mind in position to lead the team. Then they can all find a coach, and help that coach find a staff...all without Snyder doing anything more than signing checks.

Then once all the pieces are in place in time for watching the playoffs at home, the new regime can get started on cleaning house, and putting the pieces in place to create a foundation.


There I go hoping again! When will I learn?
 
I have to agree with you here...I believe the only one Snyder trusts more than Allen at this point is Gibbs. And I wouldn't want Gibbs back as anything other than a consultant to work on helping find the personnel Snyder can learn to trust to right this ship.

As soon as the NASCAR season is over next month, he should have Gibbs working on researching for a replacement...maybe even bring in someone outside of football, but is a great leader who will come in and put the right football mind in position to lead the team. Then they can all find a coach, and help that coach find a staff...all without Snyder doing anything more than signing checks.

Then once all the pieces are in place in time for watching the playoffs at home, the new regime can get started on cleaning house, and putting the pieces in place to create a foundation.


There I go hoping again! When will I learn?

We can all dream!

I firmly believe DS has certain character flaws that cannot be overcome.
 
I didn't say "make xxit up"!!!!

You advocate removing a business owner, who has broken no law, simply because you don't like him, or his product. Right out of the Buttercup playbook.
He's the owner of the business. Those who don't like it, can take their business elsewhere. That's America.
 
I don't pay enough close attention, but I've heard a few times in the last few days about Snyder requiring people to call him Mr. Snyder and people were to look him in the eye. How true do we think this is? The Mr. Snyder thing doesn't bother me that much. Heck Gibbs always referred to Mr. Cooke. The eye thing would be ridiculous. I've worked for people just as wealthy and much more so and I've never seen that.

When I was doing on the field coverage for ES I was on the field a couple hours before a Giants road game with another ES guy. Snyder and another front office guy were the only other people on the field. The guy with me had long hair and was, to be kind, dressed like a slob. Snyder was eye-balling him the whole time and sent his partner over to ask him ‘who the hell are you and what are you doing here?'

So while Arrington is an arrogant child who was probably the biggest player diva I ever saw - I would not be surprised if his comments aren't borderline factual (if perhaps exaggerated).


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Maybe Alex Smith can talk some sense into Dan? Doubtful, but he's been spotted chopping it up with him the last few games, and was reported to be in the long after game meeting with Dan and Bruce (following the Bears game).
 
If Alex Smith ever wanted to be a head coach, I'd be willing to turn it over to him immediately - with zero experience. That's how highly I think of him.


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If I'm Snyder today, I'm looking at a number of different things:


1. Some type of independent consulting on the injury situation. The Redskins have suffered a higher than average number of injuries causing missed games and even missed seasons. Obviously some of those injuries are just freak things - I'm thinking of Alex Smith's broken leg and Guice's torn meniscus. They can't all be freak, unavoidable things though. Love or hate Jay Gruden, I think we can all agree he has spent a lot of time over the last two and a half years moving players around to cover for these injuries, and that has contributed to this team's lack of continuity.

2. Some type of independent consulting around coaching. I've seen a lot of guys on this board suggest we bring in Gibbs for this. I think he could be part a committee to consult but I doubt he can do it all by himself. He himself said that the games changes fast and that sitting out even a couple of years leaves a coach ill-prepared to handle the job. He has a full-time gig in NASCAR as well. I don't think that allows him to keep up with the latest trends or who the best young coaching candidates are. I would welcome him as part of the process but not as the lone voice.

3. Some type of independent consulting on front office personnel. No one has suggested this but I might be tempted to reach out to another Redskin great and contact Beathard. Our scouting methodology needs a top to bottom review and our scouts might need some coaching of their own. Scouting reports from before a player joined the club should be evaluated against the reality of the player after joining and the individual scouts should be graded on those results (as much as is possible and fair). This should also include a list of recommended candidates to be the GM, who would have the final say on all football-related operations, including the selection of the coach.

4. Put together a group of employees from different areas, including a player or two, to define the organization's Core Values and Identity. I can only conclude from the on field performance that this club lacks these business basics right now. We simply do not appear to know who we are and haven't since the passing of JKC. That means that when things go pear-shaped the organization as a whole is rudderless becasue it has no North Star to align itself with.

These things sound simple and, in reality, they should be. However, when egos are involved, it gets harder. The more success a person enjoys, typically the larger their ego gets. Consider how many large egos live in any NFL organization. By definition, nearly everyone involved is consider a huge success just by being part of a pro football club. If reports are even close to correct, Snyder's ego might be bigger than any in the building, so I don't hold out much hope of any of the above being implimented, much less all of it. It's just what I would do. Of course, I'm not as big a success as Snyder (love him or hate him, he is a success) so don't have the ego he does. Hell, I sometimes even ask for directions.
 
It would seem that the emergence of McLaurin is surprising and pleasing to people including the team officials specifically because such high performing, no nonsense rookies have been so hard for this team to find.

Teams like Pittsburgh and NE regularly have rookies and free agents that come in and replace veterans who leave in free agency or retire, etc.

Ryan Anderson, Geron Christian, and other selected picks seem to come along very slowly, either because they are not a good fit for where they are playing OR as I am suspecting more and more the team is selecting NFL prospects but simply OVERDRAFTING THEM.

When you draft a player too early you set unreasonable expectations.

I remember Christian was rated a #5 or #6 pick before the draft. We took him in Round 3.

He has physical upside but was very raw and needed time. Usually second and third round picks are closer to playing than that.

In re Haskins, I think we may have a similar situation.

Haskins has a plus arm and accuracy down the field but his college coaches had him in a sandlot system without complexity.

He only started 14 games but it really didn't matter if he had started 30 in that system.

He wasn't NFL ready.

While I didn't trust Gruden the fact Callahan also puts Haskins in the ‘future' rather than ‘present' category to me points up that Dwayne was in all likelihood overdrafted.

Dwayne being drafted at #32 by New England and sitting behind Brady would have elicited no pressure to see him in 2019.

But when a team finishing in last place and starting 0-5 fails to trot a high pick out on the field early the pressure builds.

In truth, Haskins given the college system at OSU and the need for growth and learning SHOULD have have been a late first round or early second round pick.

Snyder jumped the gun on the pick not because Haskins can't play but because he wouldn't be a candidate to start right away and at #15 that's the expectation.

The Redskins may be in a position now where they need to bring Dwayne along as if he were a second rounder sitting behind a starter although one significantly less accomplished than Brady.

Haskins should get on the field to start some games at the end of the season but should not be put out there now and left to the wolves.

It would be a shame to ruin a player that can still be a success story here because everyone is impatient to win.

We have waited 25 years, we can wait one more.

Ideally, the new HC comes in and confirms Callahan's timeline.

Perhaps Alex Smith comes back in 2020 and we can have Haskins work with a legitimate NFL starter rather than journeymen like McCoy.

O'Connell would be the key here. His future here is tied to Haskins development. There is nothing the team can do with McCoy and Keenum, at 32 and 31 these guys are who they are.

Working over the next 6 or 7 weeks plus perhaps we can bridge some of the experience gap Haskins suffered through when Gruden left him along the side of the road over the summer.

It's not unreasonable to think game action for a portion of 2019 and intensive offseason work with a new staff wouldn't have Haskins ready to take the baton sometime in the middle or latter portion of 2020 without looking back.

If that's not something people are ready to swallow they need to look upward toward Castle Dracula....I mean Castle Snyder for creating the current dilemma.
 

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