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Originally Posted by SmootSmack
Seriously, why are you so fascinated with George Allen? Ever since you joined this site that's basically all you've talked about.
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I readily admit to being fascinated with George Allen and more interested in talking about him than I even am in talking about the current Redskins. GA was more than a great football coach - his enthusiasm, his coaching philosophy, his "the future is now" motto, his ability to turn around the fortunes of losing teams overnight, his great abiliities as a psychological motivator and other factors make him not only very interesting, but also inspiring.
The Redskins were losers for most of the previous 2 decades before George Allen arrived; GA took the Redskins to their first Super Bowl and never had a losing season with the Redskins (or his other NFL team, the Rams - who were losers before GA arrived). George Allen, in addition to being a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was voted as one of the 70 Greatest Redskins and probably did more than any other Redskin to promote the Redskins-Cowboys rivalry. GA is one of the great major impact figures in the history of the storied Washington Redskins franchise.