Redskins Unlikely to Hire GM

[SmootSmack]

From what I've heard Gibbs is expected to have a pretty big say still in the decision making process.

Anyhow, assuming Gregg Williams becomes heads coach here is how I would shake things out:

Snyder: owner and CEO (until I round up some more money, I'm not quite ready to buy the team from him)

Vinny Cerrato: Bump him up to a Executive VP role. He's not going anywhere so we probably shouldn't consider that option. I don't think VC does the horrible job everyone else does. But I would give him more of a hands-off big picture role now

Scott Campbell: I would move him up to Director of Player Personnel, meaning he would jump over Louis Riddick. But I think Campbell has earned the opportunity to have a bigger role. As Director of Pro Personnel he's been instrumental in bringing guys like Griffin, Washington, Springs. You can say well all it took was Snyder writing the check but Campbell led the charge to make sure the right people were given the checks. More impressive to me though has been his work in charge of the college scouting team the past three years. Guys like Taylor and Landry probably aren't surprises but then you've got guys like Golston, Montgomery, Doughty, Heyer, Blades, Buzbee. True there are no garauntees and he has missed (Newberry, Jordan Palmer) but overall I think he has done a job good heading both the college and the pro scouting teams.

Anyhow, I would keep it in house and bump Scott Campbell up to a position where he is heavily involved in the overall say of the final roster.

Gregg Williams: Let him just focus on being head coach this year. Make sure he's part of the personnel selection process but don't give him (for now at least) any official front office position.

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Snyder: owner and CEO (until I round up some more money, I'm not quite ready to buy the team from him)....

Anyhow, I would keep it in house and bump Scott Campbell up to a position where he is heavily involved in the overall say of the final roster...

Sounds good to me, if your take on Campbell is correct maybe we have the next Polian or Pioli in house. When you get close on buying Snyder out let me know and I'll come up with the last few hundred mil

[sportscurmudgeon]

Danny Boy owns the team and as long as he does he will be a hands-on owner. Deal with it...

When he hired his boyhood idol, Joe Gibbs, to come in and save the franchise from the Steve Spurrier miasma, Danny Boy said that Joe Gibbs would be in charge of "all-things-football." Two things are wrong with that:

1. It wasn't true.

2. Joe Gibbs isn't really the person you want to be in in charge of "all-things-football". Gibbs' successes in the 80s were built on the wisdom and the trading/drafting acumen of Bobby Beathard in the absence of a salary cap. That's what happened here; any other version of that success is revisionist history.

When Gibbs let it be known that Snyder was the guy who settled the disputes that could not be resolved between him and others in the organization, it was patently clear to anyone paying attention that Gibbs was not in charge of "all-things-football". If he were, there would never have been any unresolved football issues; his would have been the final say.

So, if Danny Boy could not cede authority to his boyhood idol, it isn't gonna happen for the next guy or the guy after that or the guiy after ...

And Vinny C. - aka Vinny Boombatz - is a confidante of Danny Boy. He's here and he ain't leaving town so pencil him into any processes or structures that you may want to conjure up for the Redskins. Here's the problem: Vinny C. has more bad judgments about players than he does good judgments. And he has the hands-on boss' ear and the hands-on boss makes lots of the final calls.

So, hang on for more ups and downs and changes of directions with this organization. In fact, maybe calling it an "organization" is the biggest mistake because it seems to spend so much time randomly changing its collective mind and its direction. Maybe we sould really call it a "chaos"?

There won't be a real and functioning GM here any time soon. Deal with it...