Redskins Make Changes to Front Office Structure

I thought this would merit its own thread. The team has made several changes to its front office structure:

Washington Redskins promote Doug Williams, Eric Schaffer (http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/19623620/washington-redskins-promote-doug-williams-eric-schaffer)

Changes:

Doug Williams, Senior VP of Personnel (3rd highest ranking member behind Snyder, Allen)

Eric Schaffer, VP of Football Operations

Scott Campbell, Senior Personnel Executive

Kyle Smith, Director of College Scouting (son of A.J. Smith)

This is a PR move, nothing more nothing less.

Obviously Allen has structured this in favor of him having most the power in the org. I really don't care at this point, but he needs to win.

His head should be first to roll if things go south.

I like it. You may also notice at the bottom, Maclin is now a Raven.

Washington Redskins- ESPN (http://www.espn.com/blog/washington-redskins)

This is a PR move, nothing more nothing less.

100% true, and no one is responsible for anything; cuts, draft picks, or trades

Still gonna be Allen/Williams/Gruden doing personnel moves for the roster, so I don't think this changes anything. Just a shiny new title for people probably doing the work anyways.

I like it, I guess. For those still upset about McC; he was no big lost, if he was so great some other team would have got him by now.

IMO I think we had a very good offseason at least on paper. Don't feed into the negative media shit about the Skins; sign KC to a good contract and the Skins had a very good offseason.

I like that this clarify the structure of the front office.

To me it seems that Williams and Gruden will be doing the majority of the decisions, with Allen having the final say on major issues (i.e. Cousins' contract, etc., etc.).

I think this change gives Gruden more of an opportunity to have input in personnel decisions.

Overall the team has had a good offseason so far, with a nice combination of free agency pick ups and draft picks. Now the icing on the cake would be signing Kirk to a long term contract, but that's not going to happen until July.

I like it, I guess. For those still upset about McC; he was no big lost, if he was so great some other team would have got him by now.

IMO I think we had a very good offseason at least on paper. Don't feed into the negative media shit about the Skins; sign KC to a good contract and the Skins had a very good offseason.

How do you assume how the human mind operates? Unless you know him personally is it safe to assume he wants a job with another team? I think in the event he has relapsed, operating his own scouting business would be a win-win. He makes money, he still gets to do scouting (which is obviously his forte), he's his own boss (doesn't have to worry about getting fired because his boss is jealous of not getting any credit).

Maybe he hasn't taken a job because he doesn't want to take a job. Maybe he hasn't taken a job because he signed a NDA where he still gets paid by the Redskins in exchange for not joining another team. I don't think it's as clear-cut as you make it seem.