Scot McCloughan to be new Redskins GM

The deal is done, the details that have to be worked out are very minor

Thanks Smoot! Good, I feel better. I can't wait to hear the official details of the deal.

Smoot, will he make immediate changes to scouts and FO personnel, or will he start his own evaluations? Wondering if negotiations are also about other personnel additions? His own assistants.

Y would we get rid of PG? He's a stud

Smoot, will he make immediate changes to scouts and FO personnel, or will he start his own evaluations? Wondering if negotiations are also about other personnel additions? His own assistants.

Good questions, and my thoughts from reading the article from ESPN on McCloughan is that he has guys in mind in terms of scouting, coaching, etc...

So, I would assume he would want to bring in his own guys for the scouting department, and I'd say by all means, let him do it. The question is, does his GM responsibilities just go player personnel deep, or will he have say over coaching staff, trainers, color of the seats, color of the uniforms, etc.....

If he is a real GM, then Gruden is probably on a little bit of shaky ground because McCloughan didn't hire him.

schneed - my layperson opinion is that Allen has done a good job not handcuffing future caps with bad back loaded contracts. We also have some under performing or injured vets that can be cut at no real cap penalty.

are our present and future cap obligations in a very good position for McC to have a lot of freedom and options? i feel like for the first time in a long time, we have room and are not pressed up against the cap.

Yeah we should be in OK shape. Each year in the foreseeable future there are enough contracts expiring that will allow for some room to maneuver. That said we won't have the most room in the league. But you don't hire McCloughan if your intent is to build through free agency. This is clearly a pivot to the draft, and we'll have enough cap room to make a few key moves in free agency.

Don't expect an overnight fix by any stretch. Our roster is so bad. Scot will have to cycle through a few drafts before we're competitive again.

Good questions, and my thoughts from reading the article from ESPN on McCloughan is that he has guys in mind in terms of scouting, coaching, etc...

So, I would assume he would want to bring in his own guys for the scouting department, and I'd say by all means, let him do it. The question is, does his GM responsibilities just go player personnel deep, or will he have say over coaching staff, trainers, color of the seats, color of the uniforms, etc.....

having a full and legit personnel staff would be awesome.

i could never understand how we have this rich owner who will do anything to win .... yet it is like pulling teeth to get him to invest in the scouting dept or add amenities to Fed Ex.

i also really want to know scott campbells draft grades. can someone call wikileaks and make this happen?

schneed - thanks. can you tell me your grade of BA just on his ability to manage the cap? id put it at a B.

To compare Garcon to Amerson is like comparing LaVeon Bell to Roy Helu, big difference there. Not to mention you brought up Garcon if I am not mistaken.

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I was not comparing the two to each other. There is thread about Amerson and talk of what do with Garcon in here.

Neither points were brought up by me. I am just commenting they seem like moot points to me.

Getting rid of Garcon would be stupid. Beyond stupid.

Not if the front office thinks there is a WR that's an upgrade over Garcon....

Smoot, will he make immediate changes to scouts and FO personnel, or will he start his own evaluations? Wondering if negotiations are also about other personnel additions? His own assistants.

There will be some immediate changes, but I expect many won't come until after the draft at the earliest