Report: Shanahan to DC done deal

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Originally Posted by GMScud

I agree that Snyder backing the eff off is great thing. I was listening to 980 early this morning, and Hanrahan was saying that Bruce Allen's job won't really be personnel. He's going to be an administrative guy, handling organizational structure, player contracts, things of that nature.

As far as picking players, they were saying that will be in large part Mike Shanahan's job. That concerns me a bit. He wasn't a great personnel guy in Denver by any means. Shanahan will also likely be team president. I guess I'm worried about how expansive his role will be. I'm much rather he just coach, but then again if that's all we wanted from him we probably couldn't get him.

Allen will have two main focuses. First get rid of all the dead weight on the team. Then he will make sure the coach gets what they need, which is not always the same thing as what they want. Gruden has talked about this before. How he and Allen would go back and forth a lot because Allen was determined to make sure Gruden had the right players he needed, but not always what he wanted.

I'd also prefer that Shanahan just coach, but as you say it's not possible to just get him as head coach. I'm curious to see what happens with the staff below Allen.