Trouble in Redskins Park?

Allen insulted and belittled Scot by issuing him a gag order. That does not bode well for their relationship.

back to back winning seasons and we are talking about Scot being in trouble. Un fucking real

It's a high pressure business. When you're first hired you get a grace period in the first year or two. But after that it's time to show results.

Definitely an important offseason. I would manage the situation a little differently if I were Allen. But if McC, or Allen, or anybody thinks there wouldn't be pressure going into year 3, they're kidding themselves.

As Allen I would have football operations reporting directly to me, with Gruden and McC as peers on the org chart, not responsible for each other.

The reason Gruden and McC should be peers is their jobs necessitate a dichotomy - a push-pull between the go-for-it-now mindset (Gruden) and the build for the long haul (McCloughan). Allen should not get involved in player selection, but he should tell Scot when to get more aggressive in FA and when not to. He should have Schaeffer reporting into him, also a peer with McC and Gruden, and he should listen to Schaeffer's guidance as to when the cap situation calls for aggressiveness and when it calls for restraint.

But Allen should absolutely not be picking players. The directive to McC should be get me a solution to the D line and safety this offseason, and we can afford to spend $__ (Schaeffer's number) in guaranteed money. Do it. And that's it - walk away and let McCloughan pick the players.

Nailed it. I assume the Kirk deal is holding everything up, just because it will be a lot easier to plan once a huge chunk of the pie is taken care of. I know Kirk's deal will only account for 1/3 of the available cap at most but I'm sure they want to get it done first.

back to back winning seasons and we are talking about Scot being in trouble. Un fucking real

Yeah I got to agree. McC isn't close to the problem..

Allen insulted and belittled Scot by issuing him a gag order. That does not bode well for their relationship.

Do we know that's a true statement? Couldn't it be that SM didn't want to spend time answering redundant questions, and that BA was the person to do it? (I mean I can certainly see a no-nonsense GM wanting to pass the press off to a figure head guy, and then letting the figure head claim that he made the decisision)

Yeah I got to agree. McC isn't close to the problem..

I'm telling ya man, if we let Scot go I'm really done. The fact that this is even a possibility is amazing to me.

Bruce Allen needs to hit the road. He fucking sucks at picking players and should have been fired after 2014. Can Eric Schaefer do his job? Why is Snyder still employing this clown? What has he done since he's been here? Piss away draft picks for lazy ass, flabby, out of shape McNabb? Piss away more picks for RG3? Or overpay old ass Jason Hatcher? This idiot paid Andre Roberts big money and he couldn't catch the ball. Long, Breeland and Murphy are only serviceable players! Nothing more. Ryan Grant is a practice squad player. Amerson? Total bum that wanted to play video games all day. Tracey Porter played like 3 plays his only year here. His best players are Reed, Moses and Thompson.

I'm telling ya man, if we let Scot go I'm really done. The fact that this is even a possibility is amazing to me.

I won't say I'm really done, but I'd seriously consider it. McC is probably the best FO move we've made since Bobby B. Allen deserves credit for that 2014 draft but I'd cut him 10/10 times before I let McC go.

Do we know that's a true statement? Couldn't it be that SM didn't want to spend time answering redundant questions, and that BA was the person to do it? (I mean I can certainly see a no-nonsense GM wanting to pass the press off to a figure head guy, and then letting the figure head claim that he made the decisision)

Well, I would say if that's the case, then McCloughan and Allen should have made a joint statement to the media stating as such and squashing any rumors that there's some bad blood between the two. With them being silent on the subject (McCloughan having no choice) just keeps fueling the rumor mill and that is not a distraction you want going around at Redskins Park.

We all agree that McCloughan is not the problem, and there is pressure on everybody to make this coming year a success. But the more that the front office stays silent on this story, the more rumors will start flying. Such as McCloughan's drinking, the power struggle, Dan Snyder not being behind Kirk Cousins, etc.... the Post is having a field day and will continue to do so until someone from the front office comes out and sets the record straight. Until then, I can't help but to think what's being said is true.

Bruce Allen needs to hit the road. He fucking sucks at picking players and should have been fired after 2014. Can Eric Schaefer do his job? Why is Snyder still employing this clown? What has he done since he's been here? Piss away draft picks for lazy ass, flabby, out of shape McNabb? Piss away more picks for RG3? Or overpay old ass Jason Hatcher? This idiot paid Andre Roberts big money and he couldn't catch the ball. Long, Breeland and Murphy are only serviceable players! Nothing more. Ryan Grant is a practice squad player. Amerson? Total bum that wanted to play video games all day. Tracey Porter played like 3 plays his only year here. His best players are Reed, Moses and Thompson.

Don't forget Morgan Moses. Allen had a hand in drafting him and he's preformed quite well.

In defense of Allen, he was definitely a step in the right direction once Snyder canned Vinny Cerrato. I would take Allen over Vinny any day, which shows you how much I loathed Cerrato as a Redskins GM. I think what Allen is best at is delegating responsibility to others who can do the job better than he can. Eric Schaefer does a fantastic job with the contracts, McCloughan IS better at player personnel than Allen. Allen can gloat all he wants to about 2014, but let's compare McCloughan's overall track record to Allen's and there's no comparison and Bruce Allen knows that.

I can't help but to think if there might be some issues with McCloughan's drinking and that's the reason why Allen has put the gag on SM? I hope this is not the case. Usually an alcoholic who doesn't completely abstain from the drinking falls back into alcoholism. I know every few alcoholics who can have an occasional beer and not have it lead to another and another and another.