Four years ago next week, Mike Shanahan sat in an office at Redskins owner Daniel Snyder’s estate in Potomac and signed a five-year contract to become the team’s new head coach — a contract that implied more than a $7 million annual salary. Shanahan would be granted full control over the Redskins’ football operations.
Mike Shanahan hasn’t solved Washington Redskins’ problems during uneven tenure - The Washington Post