Washington Redskins: How Daniel Snyder found his man in Mike Shanahan

[rbanerjee23]

Originally Posted by artmonkforhallofamein07

Great article.
The guy may have made a ton of mistakes running the Redskins in the past, but he finally got the hell out of the way and turned it over to a group of guys to lead us back to being contenders again. I applaud the guy for owning his mistakes and backing off to let football guys do their thing.

HAIL! We are back baby. We are back... We are getting Doug back!

I am going to wait till the redskins are an above .500 team before applauding DS for leading us to 'being contenders'. Also, how has he owned his mistakes? his hiring of Shanahan shows off everything that is wrong about his ownership. I put him and Al Davis as the worst owners in the league.

[artmonkforhallofamein07]

Originally Posted by rbanerjee23

I am going to wait till the redskins are an above .500 team before applauding DS for leading us to 'being contenders'. Also, how has he owned his mistakes? his hiring of Shanahan shows off everything that is wrong about his ownership. I put him and Al Davis as the worst owners in the league.

I would think you could say by getting the hell out of the teams way he owned his own mistakes. He realized the way he was trying to get the job done was wrong, and brought in the right people to "right" the ship. By doing so he admitted to not knowing what he was doing, and in a sense owned up to his mistakes.

I never said DS lead us to being contenders, and I also might add that I am not sold on this year, but I am sold on this franchise's new direction. Which I believe in the next couple of years will be put us in contention to win the East and hopefully more.

How is hiring MS showing off everything that is wrong with his ownership?

ALSO wow, you put our owner and Al Davis as the worst owners in the league and fail to mention Jerry Jones.

[rbanerjee23]

Originally Posted by artmonkforhallofamein07

I would think you could say by getting the hell out of the teams way he owned his own mistakes. He realized the way he was trying to get the job done was wrong, and brought in the right people to "right" the ship. By doing so he admitted to not knowing what he was doing, and in a sense owned up to his mistakes.

I never said DS lead us to being contenders, and I also might add that I am not sold on this year, but I am sold on this franchise's new direction. Which I believe in the next couple of years will be put us in contention to win the East and hopefully more.

How is hiring MS showing off everything that is wrong with his ownership?

ALSO wow, you put our owner and Al Davis as the worst owners in the league and fail to mention Jerry Jones.

Going after Shanny in the middle of the season with Zorn still as the head coach = everything wrong with DS. And look at your previous post, verbatim you said DS brought in guys to 'lead us to being contenders'. And I hate Jones as much as the next Redskins fans but under his ownership, Dallas has made the playoffs 12 out of the 21 seasons he's owned them, won the division outright 8 times, won the conference 3 times, and won the superbowl 3 times. Again, I hate, hate, hate Jerry Jones -- but his team's performance under his ownership is not even comparable to DS.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by rbanerjee23

And I hate Jones as much as the next Redskins fans but under his ownership, Dallas has made the playoffs 12 out of the 21 seasons he's owned them, won the division outright 8 times, won the conference 3 times, and won the superbowl 3 times. Again, I hate, hate, hate Jerry Jones -- but his team's performance under his ownership is not even comparable to DS.

Well, that's a bit misleading. Many of those years they excelled and were in the playoffs, other people were making the decisions. (Jimmy Johnson, Bill Parcells) You notice after those guys left, the teams dropped dramatically and for good reason. Jerry doesn't need to be the GM. He has no business at all being the man making personnel decisions.



3 in a row...somebody COMBO BREAKER!!

[53Fan]

Thanks for posting this SCP. It just confirms my thoughts about CP. He was a major distraction and a Prima Donna who put himself above team. I'm glad he's gone.

[WilbursHomie]

Did I miss the part of the article about Clinton Portis or something? Is there a page two I can't see? I really want to read this.

[artmonkforhallofamein07]

Originally Posted by WilbursHomie

Did I miss the part of the article about Clinton Portis or something? Is there a page two I can't see? I really want to read this.

yes there is, at the bottom of the last paragraph of the 1st page of the article you will see there is 3 more pages. They are marked as tabs on all WP articles that have multiple pages. The CP story is a very short part of the article.

[CultBrennan59]

very good article, I always like to hear the whole behind the scenes as to how a hiring is done or contract is made.

I also wouldn't mind hanging out with snyder for a night being in DC one moment and then saying 'O F#ck it! lets go to Denver and hang out with Ole Mike Shanahan!' the next moment. Couldn't you just see those four guys as the guys from the hangover and Vinny as Allen (Zack Galifianakis)

[artmonkforhallofamein07]

Originally Posted by CultBrennan59

very good article, I always like to hear the whole behind the scenes as to how a hiring is done or contract is made.

I also wouldn't mind hanging out with snyder for a night being in DC one moment and then saying 'O F#ck it! lets go to Denver and hang out with Ole Mike Shanahan!' the next moment. Couldn't you just see those four guys as the guys from the hangover and Vinny as Allen (Zack Galifianakis)

lol... who let the dogs out.. whop ..... whop.whop..

Also where do you think DS and his lackies got there drugs! LOL

And yes hanging out with DS for a night may be fun, the dude may get crazy.

[CultBrennan59]

Originally Posted by artmonkforhallofamein07

lol... who let the dogs out.. whop ..... whop.whop..

Also where do you think DS and his lackies got there drugs! LOL

And yes hanging out with DS for a night may be fun, the dude may get crazy.

Couldn't you picture snyder as Neil Patrick Harris from Harold and Kumar

[saden1]

Zorn didn't run situational drills and he tried to show up a vet. The fact that he was a pos coach doomed him not Portis.

[ethat001]

This makes it all the more interesting now in comparison:

1) Zorn era: Portis defies coach and goes directly to Snyder who makes coach apologize.

2) Shanny era: Shanny benches $100 million dollar man, expensive FA Pro-Bowl QB, and releases Portis in the second season. Not a single word from Snyder.


Basically Snyder undermined Zorn's authority from year one. Zorn should've been able to put Portis in his place if he wanted to. Also seems like the players didn't respect Zorn, lost the locker-room. (Not saying Zorn would've done any better with more authority.)

Also says that Shanny has complete control.

[mooby]

You know, that was a great article that had a great behind-the-scenes look at the hnic at redskins park, but after reading that article I feel like shanny represents our last hope at turning this franchise around with dan in charge.

I honestly don't think ds has changed that much from the sound of it. And if he fires shanny, which could very well happen judging from both his treatment of zorn and the way he blew up at shanny after the mcnabb wristband incident, makes me think this team could be doomed for a few more years. Danny's reputation precedes him enough that could hamper his ability to find another top notch coach.

All in all this article just makes me want to root for shanny even harder, because I don't feel like I can just keep putting up with the constant losing. It's gotta be our turn at some point, and I hope that point is soon.

[44ever]

Its sunday!!!!!!

[htownskinfan]

to me that article just made Danny look like an idiot.Lets get drunk and go get Shanahan! That explains some of his other moves.How many other moves did he do after drinking? Hey,lets get Jeff George! deon!,etc
And letting Portis dictate to him like that is pathetic