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The theme of the weekend and perhaps this entire off season has been one of instability and dysfunction and certainly arguments can be made in that direction, but I want to point our attention to something a bit different. The Redskins are a model of stability.
You laugh. I can hear you laughing.
It's true.
The HC has been here for three years and has just been extended. Bruce Allen has been with the Redskins since 2009. That's eight years of one mind shaping and guiding the Redskins. If we look at our scouting department, they too have been here forever. Many even longer than Bruce. Now, I hear ya... what's going on with McCloughan! We have a new DC, a new OC, and we don't know what's happening with our QB and our two very good wide receivers. I'll give you that. How can I not? Still, the organization has been intact for quite a while. Our OC left because someone wanted to give him a shot at head coaching. That's a good thing. McVay wasn't going to turn that down. Our DC left because our defense has been terrible for two years (combo of coaching and talent). Again, losing him is not a sign of dysfunction, but proper decision making.
Okay, I can still hear you laughing, but the brain trust of the Redskins is stable. We wanted... I wanted McCloughan to be the chief brain of that brain trust and we don't know quite what's happening there, but it's clear that Bruce Allen was not given a phony title because of his family name. He's the boss of the Redskins and has been for a while. Eric Schaffer has been with the team since Moses parted the Redskins' sea. Scott Campbell has been here since 2006! Eleven years with an NFL team! How can that not connote stability. Doug Williams has been with the Redskins since the 1980's (okay, that's a lie.)
So, the Redskins are not an unstable group. Dysfunctional? Probably. Maybe. We'll see. What's probably true is they have a point of view that we are not in on.The ship no longer leaks (which also a signal of a functional franchise) Now, their plan*may be stupid or wrong, but that doesn't make it*dysfunctional.
How could it be when we have such a stable franchise!
You laugh. I can hear you laughing.
It's true.
The HC has been here for three years and has just been extended. Bruce Allen has been with the Redskins since 2009. That's eight years of one mind shaping and guiding the Redskins. If we look at our scouting department, they too have been here forever. Many even longer than Bruce. Now, I hear ya... what's going on with McCloughan! We have a new DC, a new OC, and we don't know what's happening with our QB and our two very good wide receivers. I'll give you that. How can I not? Still, the organization has been intact for quite a while. Our OC left because someone wanted to give him a shot at head coaching. That's a good thing. McVay wasn't going to turn that down. Our DC left because our defense has been terrible for two years (combo of coaching and talent). Again, losing him is not a sign of dysfunction, but proper decision making.
Okay, I can still hear you laughing, but the brain trust of the Redskins is stable. We wanted... I wanted McCloughan to be the chief brain of that brain trust and we don't know quite what's happening there, but it's clear that Bruce Allen was not given a phony title because of his family name. He's the boss of the Redskins and has been for a while. Eric Schaffer has been with the team since Moses parted the Redskins' sea. Scott Campbell has been here since 2006! Eleven years with an NFL team! How can that not connote stability. Doug Williams has been with the Redskins since the 1980's (okay, that's a lie.)
So, the Redskins are not an unstable group. Dysfunctional? Probably. Maybe. We'll see. What's probably true is they have a point of view that we are not in on.The ship no longer leaks (which also a signal of a functional franchise) Now, their plan*may be stupid or wrong, but that doesn't make it*dysfunctional.
How could it be when we have such a stable franchise!
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