Doc Draper Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Its easy to overreact to the stomping the redskins received from the Cowboys. The game could have been much worse had Dallas run the ball more. The Redskins were very depleted on the Offensive line, and injuries to the DL, ILB and a new kicker didn't help. But thats not why we are bad. The bad weather actually helped us by keeping the score lower than it should have been. Rather than whine about a game, here is what our real problems are and a proposed solution. We are stuck with Danny unless his wife divorces him forcing a sale of the team. So how can we win with him as an owner?Danny needs to do the equivalent of putting the Redskins into a "Blind Trust"- meaning he has zero control on the decisions, stops going to Redskins park on a daily basis, stops socializing with select players as he has done and currently does with Portis, RG, DHall, Norman, etc.. Impress your friends with former Redskins who won super bowls at your parties. It will be better because you will actually own a winner. Right now you have to be embarrassed that Redskins stadium is a home game for every visiting opponent. You are becoming the Wizards Susan O'Malley who gave up trying to get Wizards fans to buy tickets and simply marketed to visiting team fans. Fire the front office and hire a true experienced General Manager. Start with Allen. He won't be able to get you your stadium in Virginia anyway as he has lost influence there. Try to steal someone like Schneider from the Seahawks who may be ready to move. Make them the highest paid GM in sports history, get the best guy and give them a 7-10 year contract. Move all the marketing and PR staff out of Redskins park and have them operate completely separate from the football operations. They can report to you as you re a good marketer. The current team focus is all about marketing, not about winning on the field. Let your general manager have total control of all football operations including front office and coaching. Give them a budget and let them run the team. No questions asked, no meetings during the season, stay away from raining camp etc.. The New GM needs to decide on the Front Office first. What is Doug Williams role and value? Maybe he is more valuable as a Redskins ambassador rather than the schill and fall guy Allen has positioned him in. Take the front office budget and double it getting the best talent evaluators. You can afford it. The GM should decide on the coach. The coach reports to the GM, not a President or to you. This is key because right now the Redskins have no clear vision or identity. Who are we? How do we win? What are we building? are we a passing team or a running team? A defensive team or an offensive team? Then empower the GM to hire the best coach and hire the best staff not the cheapest staff. Make them the highest paid staff in the NFL just as Cooke did. Gruden isn't the worst coach, but he certainly isn't the best either and I don't believe he will ever be upper quarter coach. He doesn't prepare his team, makes no in game adjustments (we can't seem to score after the first quarter as the defense adjusts), is a poor judge selecting assistant coaches, and very slow to make changes in lineups or schemes. And he hasn't shown great football intellect. Let the GM build for long term success. That means tear it down, then build it up. Right now we have an old LT that is overpaid, and a top 12 quarterback on a franchise deal Both should be gone next year Trent for draft picks and Cousins for a comp pick. I know many hate the celtics here, but they know how to run an organization. Wlash was also great at this- sell your players when they are highly valued and buy them low. Its also a great time to start fresh with a new coaching staff for next year. I wouldn't make any changes now. Its just not professional. But the day after the last game hire the new GM after firing Allen and let them decide the fate of the others with total control. Sit in your box every game and act the big man on campus you always wanted to be and never were and endure two or even three seasons of losing and by 2021 we will have a much better chance to be a long term super bowl contender. You have made progress as an owner but too many half measures. I think Shanny was a good decision, but you paired him with a terrible front office and gave him too much control of player acquisition and set up a toxic political environment where he and the GM were competing with each other. Then you elevated Allen and he convinced you to hire a HC no one believed was going to be a great HC.in Gruen. Incompetent people hire other incompetent people. If you need a Consigliere ala Tom Hagen in the Godfather, hire Brian Mitchell for this position because he will tell you the truth and won't blow smoke like Allen does. Show us you want to win on the field. Of course if you don't like this proposal, we will all be better off if you adopt a George Constanza approach to decision making- whatever you are thinking, simply do the opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavar703 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 I have no idea how you think Trent Williams is overpaid but there's about 30 other teams that would kill to have him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 9 minutes ago, lavar703 said: I have no idea how you think Trent Williams is overpaid but there's about 30 other teams that would kill to have him. If you're going to go through a full foundational rebuild, then that's great! Have them bid up the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 @Doc Draper, other than my disagreeing with you that Snyder is a good marketer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavar703 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Just now, Woz said: If you're going to go through a full foundational rebuild, then that's great! Have them bid up the price. As I said before, I'd deal Trent. But not because he's overrated or overpaid but because he's the only top 5 at his position talent we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Just now, lavar703 said: As I said before, I'd deal Trent. But not because he's overrated or overpaid but because he's the only top 5 at his position talent we have. Still works out the same way, doesn't it? It's disagreeing on semantics here. However, all of this predicated solely on Snyder: Firing Allen; Hiring someone truly competent; and, Completely getting the eff out of the way I just don't see #1 happening this offseason, and I don't think #2 or #3 will ever happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavar703 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 It seems so easy but he makes it very difficult. Hire a GM with an eye for talent, fire Bruce Allen and start from scratch. He just can't stop himself from getting involved. The moment Scot had this thing headed in the right direction he and his henchmen had to intervene. It's upsetting but it's never going to change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 1 hour ago, lavar703 said: Hire a GM with an eye for talent, fire Bruce Allen and start from scratch. Technically, they need to do #2, then #3, then #1. If they want to fix things, they don't want Allen still in-house before hiring the right GM. Of course that assumes: That they want to fix things; That they can identify the right GM; and, That they can convince said right GM to come to this mad house. 1 hour ago, lavar703 said: He just can't stop himself from getting involved. The moment Scot had this thing headed in the right direction he and his henchmen had to intervene. Far be it from me to defend Snyder, but my instincts tell me Scot's firing was at Allen's instigation. Granted, Snyder went along with it, but I don't think he was the primary culprit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanTaylorsaPIMP Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Man, what a GREAT post! The only problem with this is that Snyder will NEVER do any of this. You are right when you say that he has improved in his role but only by half measures. The problem here is that I think this is as far as Snyder can push. He's way too egotistic to further himself anymore than he already has. We all know the problem with this team and organization and it is all on Dan Snyder. He is the common denominator in our 20+ years of suckage. I would love for everything you said to happen but as long as he is here, we're on this psychotic merry-go-round that seemingly never ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woz Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Just now, SeanTayorsaPIMP said: but as long as [Snyder] is here, we're on this psychotic merry-go-round that seemingly never ends. If anyone is looking for a sig quote, might I suggest this brilliant gem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanTaylorsaPIMP Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 11 hours ago, Doc Draper said: Gruden isn't the worst coach, but he certainly isn't the best either and I don't believe he will ever be upper quarter coach. He doesn't prepare his team, makes no in game adjustments (we can't seem to score after the first quarter as the defense adjusts), is a poor judge selecting assistant coaches, and very slow to make changes in lineups or schemes. And he hasn't shown great football intellect. The bold is the only part of your whole post that I disagree with. I do think that Gruden has built a good coaching staff here, especially with Callahan and Tomsula. I like Manusky too, but that might be because of comparison to his predecessor. Joe Barry was admittedly a poor choice on Gruden, the others have been fine (Raheem Morris kinda sucked too lol). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 4 hours ago, Woz said: Still works out the same way, doesn't it? It's disagreeing on semantics here. However, all of this predicated solely on Snyder: Firing Allen; Hiring someone truly competent; and, Completely getting the eff out of the way I just don't see #1 happening this offseason, and I don't think #2 or #3 will ever happen. Snyder proved that #2 & 3 will never happen this offseason. Bruce Allen is awful but he's just a mirror of his boss. Allen and Snyder were mad that McCloughan was getting credit for the team's recent success and through a tantrum, performed a public slander campaign, fired him and retook control of the organization. So if we ever hired a competent guy that got Snyder to stay out of things, it would just be a matter of time before Snyder stepped back in again. Jerry Jones is the exact same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanTaylorsaPIMP Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 19 minutes ago, Woz said: If anyone is looking for a sig quote, might I suggest this brilliant gem? Haha, Snyder is by far the easiest to analyze on this forum. He pretty much hand feeds you the material! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeezy Fanatic Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 There is not path forward. Only a treadmill of mediocrity https://media.giphy.com/media/472LylbvdqDgA/giphy.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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