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Owner Daniel Snyder is common denominator to Washington?s problems | The MMQB with Peter King
It’s December now, and that means Washington fans know their way home from here. As another football season in the nation’s capital dissolves amid a state of disarray, dysfunction and every-man-for-himself syndrome, the descent feels so familiar: meaningless games attended by disenchanted fans bearing almost worthless tickets as they watch a team that long ago gave any hope of competing, let alone winning.
It’s all happening yet again, and while the names and faces change from year to year, the results never do. Not for long at least.
This season’s episodes of Washington’s annual melodrama have centered on quarterback Robert Griffin III’s ill fit with rookie head coach Jay Gruden; the fool’s gold choice between backups Colt McCoy and Kirk Cousins; the sorry spectacle of Griffin’s weak standing in his own locker room; and even a cameo return to the scene by retired linebacker London Fletcher, who saw fit to level a score-settling blindside hit to the reputation of defensive coordinator Jim Haslett. And Fletcher didn’t even draw a flag for unnecessary roughness.
But don’t get distracted by merely the latest wave of failures and controversies. That’s missing the big picture. At some point they all just blend together and add to the perception that we are watching the most misguided and dysfunctional franchise in professional sports do its thing. Only when you step back and view the franchise in its totality can you fully appreciate the utter on-field disaster that has been Daniel Snyder’s ownership era.
Rest at link. Article is depressingly spot on.
It’s December now, and that means Washington fans know their way home from here. As another football season in the nation’s capital dissolves amid a state of disarray, dysfunction and every-man-for-himself syndrome, the descent feels so familiar: meaningless games attended by disenchanted fans bearing almost worthless tickets as they watch a team that long ago gave any hope of competing, let alone winning.
It’s all happening yet again, and while the names and faces change from year to year, the results never do. Not for long at least.
This season’s episodes of Washington’s annual melodrama have centered on quarterback Robert Griffin III’s ill fit with rookie head coach Jay Gruden; the fool’s gold choice between backups Colt McCoy and Kirk Cousins; the sorry spectacle of Griffin’s weak standing in his own locker room; and even a cameo return to the scene by retired linebacker London Fletcher, who saw fit to level a score-settling blindside hit to the reputation of defensive coordinator Jim Haslett. And Fletcher didn’t even draw a flag for unnecessary roughness.
But don’t get distracted by merely the latest wave of failures and controversies. That’s missing the big picture. At some point they all just blend together and add to the perception that we are watching the most misguided and dysfunctional franchise in professional sports do its thing. Only when you step back and view the franchise in its totality can you fully appreciate the utter on-field disaster that has been Daniel Snyder’s ownership era.
Rest at link. Article is depressingly spot on.