Redskins fire GM Scot McCloughan

The Redskins will get more grief about the exact same circumstance than any other team in the NFL. Just part of the Redskins experience.


Imagine the grief if they had kept this all under wraps and just out of the blue canned him and we had no idea why. Not saying the leaks were the right way to handle it, but it was probably a lose/lose for the Skins either way.

This could very well be the worst off season in NFL history so far.....

Im not buying for a second Scot's drinking was the problem. Everything I have read has people saying it didnt affect how he did his job. No, the real problem was Bruce Allen. Listen to Mike Jones' interview yesterday on ESPN 980, he went into great detail about the whole situation. Scot didnt really have the power he was led to believe when he signed on. He was supposed to have final say over personnel decisions but Allen was way more hands on than expected, overruling him on a number of decisions. Hell, at one point, Scot AND Jay wanted to cut Kory Lichtensteiger but Bruce overruled them both and kept him. And when things went wrong Bruce would make Scot the scape goat in league circles. Like on the Kirk decision last year, Scot wanted to get him signed but Bruce was against it, and when it became apparent they should have gotten the deal done after all, Bruce was telling people that if it hadnt been for Scot, they would have. Is it any wonder there was friction? Understandably Scot finally had enough and basically quit. Man, screw Bruce Allen. Seriously, get this turd out of here. I dont see us ever being a respectable team with him in charge

I'm not a big fan of Bruce Allen but if Scott wasn't drinking we wouldn't be having this conversation. Every alcoholic I've ever known that started drinking again, and from what I've read, Scott never even stopped after losing 2 jobs because of it, started with having a drink with his buddies and after the first couple of times because nothing went wrong, thought he/she had a handle on it. By the time they realized they were wrong they were trying to trim their pubic hair with a weed whacker because they couldn't find the sissors. No matter how you look at it, SM has a problem and his decision cost him again no matter what Mr. Brownose Allen thinks of him.

Imagine the grief if they had kept this all under wraps and just out of the blue canned him and we had no idea why. Not saying the leaks were the right way to handle it, but it was probably a lose/lose for the Skins either way.

Or if something public happens like Scot getting a DUI or something.

Report: Kirk Cousins won't sign with Bruce Allen still employed (http://was.247sports.com/Bolt/Report-Kirk-Cousins-wont-sign-with-Bruce-Allen-still-employed-51703015)

Report: Kirk Cousins won't sign with Bruce Allen still employed (http://was.247sports.com/Bolt/Report-Kirk-Cousins-wont-sign-with-Bruce-Allen-still-employed-51703015)

Good for Kirk.

Good for Kirk.
So you are ok with a player saying who the team should have negotiate and write the contracts?!!?

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So you are ok with a player saying who the team should have negotiate and write the contracts?!!?

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I'm good with an employee who flips the bird to a snake in the grass for a manager, especially if this doesn't hurt his future employment chances.

"Cousins has some of the biggest cojones in history...dude is drafted by a team that just made the most lopsided trade in history for a player at his position, somehow he manages to rise from the ashes and become a starting quarterback. Suffers repeated setbacks. Turns down 60M betting on himself and balls out. Now he's willing to repeat the process all over again if the team doesn't' fire it's the GM. Dude is fucking nuts..." - sailingdude12

I'm good with an employee who flips the bird to a snake in the grass for a manager, especially if this doesn't hurt his future employment chances.

"Cousins has some of the biggest cojones in history...dude is drafted by a team that just made the most lopsided trade in history for a player at his position, somehow he manages to rise from the ashes and become a starting quarterback. Suffers repeated setbacks. Turns down 60M betting on himself and balls out. Now he's willing to repeat the process all over again if the team doesn't' fire it's the GM. Dude is fucking nuts..." - sailingdude12

If Cousins had big cojones, he would deliver during big moments such as the last game of the season last year when the playoffs were on the line.

I can understand if our dysfunctional team was running Jay Gruden out of town, that he would feel this way. But Jay, the coach who believed in him and gave him the opportunity (at the risk of his own status with the team) is still with the team and pretty much in control.

But this is all a negotiation ploy to either get the team to trade him. Because this is all he can do, he has little or no bargaining chips in this situation.