Let's talk about the front office situation

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by saden1

I am merely puzzled what's his purpose? Is he the GM? What kind of retarded management structure is that? Who is the baby and who is the bathwater?

My firm believe is that Snyder created this miserable structure for a reason. Why?

He was not a GM in the traditional sense. He had no control over player personnel. It was a Bill Parcells, Jimmy Johnson, I-buy-the-groceries-and-cook-the-dinner model.

Snyder hired Allen with a true GM model in mind, but to get Shanahan to sign on the dotted line he had to give him full control. That rendered Allen's true GM role useless, so Snyder had him doing other things.

Now Snyder has given Allen true GM power with player personnel decisions.