Set it all aside -- Training Camp Begins

[TenandSix:Unacceptable]

Originally Posted by Lotus

It depends on what you mean by "intimately involved." Who plays when was a decision of ShanaDad and ShanaDad alone. Can't knock Bruce for a decision which wasn't his.

If you can't wrap your head around the idea that the GM of the Washington Redskins was intimately involved in the decision I don't know what to tell you...

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by TenandSix:Unacceptable

If you can't wrap your head around the idea that the GM of the Washington Redskins was intimately involved in the decision I don't know what to tell you...

You could tell the truth and admit that you don't know whether or not Allen was involved in the decision to start RGIII.

Even if Allen was involved, nobody was going to tell Shanny how to run the team. Contractually, he had full authority over football operations. Dan Snyder was the only person who had the authority to stop Shanny but the only way Snyder could have stopped him under the terms of Shanny's contract was to fire him.

[TenandSix:Unacceptable]

Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan

You could tell the truth and admit that you don't know whether or not Allen was involved in the decision to start RGIII.

Even if Allen was involved, nobody was going to tell Shanny how to run the team. Contractually, he had full authority over football operations. Dan Snyder was the only person who had the authority to stop Shanny but the only way Snyder could have stopped him under the terms of Shanny's contract was to fire him.

As I wrote earlier, it doesn't matter either way because if he did try he didn't do a effective job of convincing Dan and Mike. If he didn't it is a classic example of being a lackey/yes man. Neither are admirable traits in a football boss imo. If it's a third scenario, and he was offering an organizational mea culpa, saying they disrespected the football gods by doing it, he should have had a tone of accountability and said it was a mistake that we hope to learn from. In any of these cases his remarks on the subject leave a lot to be desired as does the timing.

I'm ready to move on from this topic and go back to talking training camp, but it goes without saying that Allen wasn't an innocent bystander in the handling of the Griffin post injury situation.