Rifts between Shanahan and Snyder?

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Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Nope, sorry. You have WAYYYYY too much faith in Shanahan to sweep the McNabb thing under the rug as an "aw, shucks" personnel mistake given 11 years of McNabb in Philadelphia. A 2nd and a 4th were given up for the right to make that mistake and then admit that mistake.

And it's also shameless to try the package the Haynesworth situation as "he inherited him" so any horrible management of the situation can be blamed on other parties.

I don't think Mike Shanahan is ever going to mail you a handwritten letter telling you that he's unfit to be coach of the Redskins. Sometimes, you just have to pull yourself out of the moment for a second and read between the lines. When we start rationalizing the obvious mistakes as completely understandable errors, that's what I mean by the "faith in lord Shanahan" crowd.

If you've decided he can do no wrong, then its more clear to me why thinking he should be fired is such a lunatic position for Redskin fans.

I completely agree. The Shanahan side of the McNabb/Haynesworth fiascos made me much less sanguine about the future of our club. Fisher and Reid were able to get much more productivity out of those two players and that is what coaching is all about.

That said, it is foolishness to call for Shanny to be fired, as some are doing. You have to give him more time, even if it means "grin and bear it" as a fan.