Scot McCloughan to be new Redskins GM
 

New thread time :)

[url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000454845/article/scot-mccloughan-to-be-new-redskins-general-manager?campaign=Twitter_atn_orr]Scot McCloughan to be Redskins' new general manager - NFL.com[/url]

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Holy sh*t. This is the best thing to happen to the Redskins in a long time.

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Best move in years, bring on the next DC.

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I hope this franchise doesn't drive him to drink again. I'm not totally joking

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Here we go again. F u Snyder doing just enough to keep me a fan.

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See how it goes this time. Lol.

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It should be noted that the GM role can mean a lot of things. We'll have to see, but I think this is pretty similar to what just happened with the Eagles in that Howie Roseman was "promoted" to let Chip Kelly have personnel decision making.

I am [B]guessing[/B] McLoughan will report to Allen, with Allen empowering him to make draft selections, while Allen retains contract negotiation and cap management duties.

But whatever, bottom line is this is a talented personnel guy who will actually be picking the personnel. He wouldn't have taken the job otherwise.

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Hopefully he will bring us the next Russell Wilson and Richard Sherman.

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Time will tell, but as of now I am glad we made this move.

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[quote=SFREDSKIN;1103451]Best move in years, bring on the next DC.[/quote]

Wonder if this bring us more towards Vic Fangio?

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John Schneider gets most of the credit for building the roster in Seattle, in my opinion Scot deserves that credit instead, even if they are buddies.

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[quote=Chico23231;1103461]Wonder if this bring us more towards Vic Fangio?[/quote]

I'm guessing Donatell or Ken Norton Jr. But one never knows.

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Best move Snyder has made as owner of the team... There is now light at the end of the tunnel..

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[quote=Fiversons;1103464]Best move Snyder has made as owner of the team... There is now light at the end of the tunnel..[/quote]

I'm not sure it wasn't Allen making this move.

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[quote=SmootSmack;1103452]I hope this franchise doesn't drive him to drink again. I'm not totally joking[/quote]

They just need to leave him alone and let him do his job. Snyder and his clones just need to step aside.

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Well Dan has done it again. I'm back in for another year.. Hopefully this will start being a professionally run organization.

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A name to temper the optimism: Matt Flynn.

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This is a very high risk move, IMO. I don't doubt his ability to do a great job as GM.

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There's hope for us yet.

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[quote=Lotus;1103457]Hopefully he will bring us the next Russell Wilson and Richard Sherman.[/quote]

McCloughan may be a genius, but he won't succeed here if Gruden and his staff don't develop his players. Seattle and San Francisco have great coaching staffs. Gruden hasn't proven a thing yet.

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[quote=SmootSmack;1103452]I hope this franchise doesn't drive him to drink again. I'm not totally joking[/quote]


That's my worry. The stress/drama going to make the guy go back to binge drinking. Let's hope for his sake and for ours that doesn't happen.

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[quote=SirLK26;1103472]McCloughan may be a genius, but he won't succeed here if Gruden and his staff don't develop his players. Seattle and San Francisco have great coaching staffs. Gruden hasn't proven a thing yet.[/quote]"Gruden hasn't prove a thing" isn't true. What about Andy Dalton? He's no Rodgers, but better than any QB we've had the last two seasons.

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[quote=SirLK26;1103472]McCloughan may be a genius, but he won't succeed here if Gruden and his staff don't develop his players. Seattle and San Francisco have great coaching staffs. Gruden hasn't proven a thing yet.[/quote]

Pete Carroll wasn't very good the first go round. Takes good players.

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[quote=HailGreen28;1103476]"Gruden hasn't prove a thing" isn't true. What about Andy Dalton? He's no Rodgers, but better than any QB we've had the last two seasons.[/quote]

I was talking about Gruden and his staff here in Washington.

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[quote=44Deezel;1103478]Pete Carroll wasn't very good the first go round. Takes good players.[/quote]

They go hand-in-hand.

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[url=http://www.fieldgulls.com/2012/1/5/2682285/the-seahawks-silent-partner-scot-mccloughan]The Seahawks' Silent Partner, Scot McCloughan - Field Gulls[/url]

Good Read.

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[quote=SmootSmack;1103452]I hope this franchise doesn't drive him to drink again. I'm not totally joking[/quote]
According to some of the DC ESPN affiliates, he's the kind of guy who tries to...."control" his drinking with only drinking a beer....now and then.. In all seriousness, that rarely works.
LOVE the move and I hope. LORD HOW I HOPe.....it works

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[quote=Brody81;1103468]Well Dan has done it again. I'm back in for another year.. Hopefully this will start being a professionally run organization.[/quote]
lol....I hear ya brother.

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Dan Snyder has a new drinking buddy! :Smoker:

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[quote=SmootSmack;1103452]I hope this franchise doesn't drive him to drink again. I'm not totally joking[/quote]

This was my biggest concern above all. :(

Now, here's hoping we got something long term RIGHT this time!

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Really like this move. A true talent evaluator in the position to do just that. Bruce does a good job with the cap, and that is where his focus should lie (as well as being the public face which he is pretty good at). Just glad we have a talent guy who is responsible for acquiring talent and not a cap guy anymore.

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[quote=Hog1;1103483]According to some of the DC ESPN affiliates, he's the kind of guy who tries to...."control" his drinking with only drinking a beer....now and then.. In all seriousness, that rarely works.
LOVE the move and I hope. LORD HOW I HOPe.....it works[/quote]

From where he was, the occasional beer is fine.

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Hopefully this will put an end to the quick fix nonsense we see with this team year after year.

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NFL Network makes it sound like Scot McCloughan will get free reign to run the scouting department. I really like that he has had success (good track record) and is considered by his peers to be a very good FO person. most of all he is relatively young 42 or so.
We have come a long way from a FO run by Vinny 'bag of doughnuts' Cerratto and Dan Snyder. Now Hazlett is gone. Things are starting to look up.

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[QUOTE=Defensewins;1103491]NFL Network makes it sound like Scot McCloughan will get free reign to run the scouting department. I really like that he has had success (good track record) and is considered by his peers to be a very good FO person. most of all he is relatively young 42 or so.
We have come a long way from a FO run by Vinny 'bag of doughnuts' Cerratto and Dan Snyder. Now Hazlett is gone. Things are starting to look up.[/QUOTE]

Uh oh ... It sounds like we are winning off the field.

Be afraid ... be very afraid!

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Can I get a fu*k yeah? Look at us, attempting to be a real professional football team! Now I'm really looking forward to the draft. Find us some winners.

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[quote=HailGreen28;1103455]Here we go again. F u Snyder doing just enough to keep me a fan.

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See how it goes this time. Lol.[/quote]

Lol.. I'm still not willing to allow myself to be completely optimistic. I refuse to fall for the okey-doke again...but I'm intrigued..

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[quote=KI Skins Fan;1103470]This is a very high risk move, IMO. I don't doubt his ability to do a great job as GM.[/quote]

What's the risk? Can it actually get worse than it was the past 2 years? I suppose a run of futility like the Jags, Browns, Raiders, Redsk...oh wait a minute.

Seriously, there's not much risk at all...but I'm still in wait and see mode.

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I'm all in for this move. I don't see this being much of a risk at all. It's a better situation than AJ Smith, Bruce Allen, and especially Vinny Cerrato being involved with personnel.

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[quote=JoeRedskin;1103495]Uh oh ... It sounds like we are winning off the field.

Be afraid ... be very afraid!

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Except this HAD to be done. There wasn't any other choice that wouldn't have incited fan riots.

If you think about it, we're in uncharted territory now -- Schottenheimer, Gibbs and Shanahan all had the dual role of head coach & general manager/player-personnel decider-in-chief. Then you had Spurrier and Zorn being fed with players from Bozo the Clown.

Now there's a guy from the outside with football acumen, and a resume of success at picking out talent.

Dare I say it ... but, ... [I]it's different this time.[/I]

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[QUOTE=Beemnseven;1103502]Dare I say it ... but, ... [I]it's different this time.[/I][/QUOTE]

Said the cocaine addict.

... and, as your fellow co-dependent Redskins fan and enabler, I nod my head in agreement.

See you in rehab in 2016.




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