Random Commanders Thoughts

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Chris said:
I struck me as quite the opposite.

“Lance got hurt in his 2nd game as the full time starter and SF didn’t miss a beat. They just kept building from where they were instead of blaming injuries for their lack of success. If Harris could get a guy from that organization, that is the way to go. Most people have to be reminded the 49ers blew it with Lance. It’s a footnote for them now. That’s what being successful brings.”
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There's a message in that I really want to see moving forward. In both the Jay Gruden and Rivera regimes, it feels like some players were kept just to keep face. The importance of being right became more important than getting it right. I think that's why it took so many games to cut Cheeseman. I think that's why Davis never saw anyone compete for his job. I think that's why they never sat Wylie and put Lucas in. Now, every so often the long leash worked out. Chris Thompson, for his first three years, was unproductive and injury riddled then bang he had a few really productive years. More often than not, the drafted player or free agent kept their starting job way too long and never even got decent competition. But we've had far more Troy Apke stories where the light bulb stayed off than Chris Thompson stories.
 
What I am saying is that even with that mistake, they built a great team that is currently considered one of the best in football. That’s the type of GM and front office that is needed. Not one that brings excuses about injuries or bad decisions previously made. They pick up the pieces and move forward.
 
Anyone chuckle when Ron Rivera said yesterday that basically he got the quarterback situation wrong and that more than anything prevented the team from having more success?

Ron never prioritized the quarterback position in four years.

He never drafted a quarterback with a pick in Round 1 or 2.

He never signed a free agent for more money than the $10M he gave to 39 year old Ryan Fitzpatrick.

His only trade was for a guy in Carson Wentz that was going on his third team in three years at age 29/30.

You would have to have the defense of the 2000 Ravens or 2002 Bucs to be able to win games consistently with those types of quarterbacks.
 
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Did he really say that? That’s awful.

What he should have done is what Boone did and point out how favorably Howell’s first year compared to other QBs. Then, he could have qualified the struggles while pumping up his QB.

Though to be honest, the team’s failures lay 75% at the feet of the defense in my opinion.
 
That's Ron's area on the field - did you think he was going to admit he couldn't coax better than a 32nd place finish for the defense and that did him in? :grey:
 
True, but if the only thing Ron has going for him is character…. Well, he’s throwing himself under the bus, too.
 
Ron actually looks quite relaxed................or relieved :sneaky:

He's at the end of the road, he knows it and I think actually is glad it's time to go home to his family and leave Washington behind.

Of course he had the worst boss in NFL history but he picked to come here after he had already been a HC for 10 plus years in Carolina and money salted away, so he wasn't going in totally blind.

But this idea of a 'coach-centric' system where he had ALL of the responsibility for the entire football operation was too much for him and after that first year or so I think could see he was in over his head.

In part it was a failure to see how difficult the front office responsibilities are in the NFL. In today's game most teams have LEGIONS of guys working scouting, analytics, NFL free agency, etc. and it's a full time job plus to stay on top of that alone.

And then there is the role of head coach which can be undermined by the failure to find players to bring in that have the right mindset and skill mix.

The first sign I thought this setup wasn't going to work out so well with Snyder was the fact Ron was forced to retain Haskins and play him that first season despite showing nothing in camp and the preseason that he was ready to be an NFL starter.

Guys that were successful in 'coach-centric' systems, Parcells, Belichick, etc. never allowed someone else to make decisions about who hit the field.

Not only did Snyder not operate well in that system but Ron wasn't well acclimated to it either.
 
If Harris and Co are going to buy and build a luxury casino/hotel in Canton you should all really consider going. They've changed that area up already big time to make it a destination point and this will just help.
 
Harris is gobbling up sports and entertainment businesses at a dizzying clip :rotflmao:

Is there another NFL owner that also owns an NBA and NHL team?

All this guy needs to do is buy the Nationals and he has all 4 major sports covered.
 
Wayne Huizenga simultaneously owned the Dolphins, Panthers, and Marlins, but never an NBA team.
 
It really ****** off Philly fans when 76ers star Joel Embiid showed up for Harris' introduction as owner of the Commanders :geek:
 
Owners have always had multiple teams. Jack Kent Cooke owned the Lakers and Redskins for a handful of years. The Glazers own the Bucs and Manchester United. But the king of sports ownership has to be Stan Kronke. He owns a butt load of teams across many sports, even e-Sports. I think this is who Harris is chasing.

From Wikipedia:

He is the owner of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, which is the holding company of Arsenal F.C. of the Premier League and Arsenal W.F.C. of the WSL, the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL, Denver Nuggets of the NBA, Colorado Avalanche of the NHL, Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer, Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League, the Los Angeles Gladiators of the Overwatch League, and the Los Angeles Guerrillas of the Call of Duty League.
 
Harris is a busy guy. No way he can hog tie down a front office and coach in Washington with all those assets to manage.

One of Snyder's biggest issues was he never found anything else to do other than go to Redskins Park and cause trouble.

His other business endeavors were almost all busts, he has to bless his lucky star that NFL franchises are practically idiot proof :poop:
 
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Harris is a busy guy. No way he can hog tie down a front office and coach in Washington with all those assets to manage.

One of Snyder's biggest issues was he never found anything else to do other than go to Redskins Park and cause trouble.

His other business endeavors were almost all busts, he has to bless his lucky star that NFL franchises are practically idiot proof :poop:
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That's exactly right. He hires the front office people and lets them do their thing. I'm sure he gives his input, but he can't keep up with it all and act like he knows more than the people who are paid to make decisions.
 
This seems like good news, of course preliminary and general.

It appears Harris will look to hire the GM and then work with him on filling out the balance of the organization, giving the GM a wide latitude to make decisions as long as they seem logical and reasonable to Harris in discussions.

I also don't think from reading this that Washington is going to go 'all in' in Year 1 on spending $90M in free agency to bring in a 2020 Rams type haul of veteran players on big contracts.

The approach seems more incremental than that.
 
A key snippet from that Keim article....

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I am not sure what any of this means for my highly preferred coaching hire - Jim Harbaugh - but regardless, it is so refreshing to know we are actually going to have a real GM here in the first time in forever. As fans, everyone is going to have their personal preferences from the long list of potential hires in both the GM and coaching pool, and likely many of us will have some level of disappointment when guys are actually appointed to positions that were not 'our' guy. However, regardless of the outcomes, we will have to remind ourselves that being professionally run for once trumps everything. It's truly time to finally just start trusting the process in Washington. Let's go!
 
I am currently more invested in who will lead the football side; President or GM or the like. I want to know who will have the power and responsibility to chart the course ahead.
 
I love hearing the "no retread" talk coming from the ownership group.

Since they said they are going to hire a GM first, I don't if "no retreads" only applies to the front office, but right now that's where my head is at. Clearly, Harbaugh is still a very effective hardnosed coach, but I can't shake the feeling that picking Harbaugh would be a Snyder move or in a slightly kinder light a look that looks back instead of looking forward.
 
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