A.J. Smith to be Redskins GM?

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by Lotus

It's a pipe dream to think that Bruce will be removed from personnel matters.

Everyone here knows that Bruce sucks at personnel. But Bruce himself seems to have no idea. And he is in charge. So, he can empower advisers, but in the end it will be his show because he doesn't know better.

Thinking that Bruce will remove himself from personnel matters is unrealistic.

SmootSmack can probably verify how much of Rapoport's info actually winds up being true, but I did ask him, via Twitter, if McCloughan was indeed interested in joining the Redskins, and Rapoport responded by saying "He is". So, there is interest between both parties. Now, what that means, I have no idea.

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Bruce doesn't need to be removed from having the responsibility for this to work favorably for the Redskins. Any good manager recognizes his own shortcomings and hires people to help fill the gaps.

Bruce could hire AJ Smith or Scott McCloughan (or both) and let them make the draft picks and free agency recommendations. Bruce could empower them to do that.

Then Bruce could remain in the position of negotiating contracts. AJ Smith could say hey we need to sign X player and Bruce could handle the negotiations, which has been a strength if you're evaluating him fairly. Look at the DJax contract, no risk, high reward.

So let AJ Smith or Scott McCloughan pick the players, but don't let them pick the price. I think it could work really well.

Exactly. Hiring McCloughan only makes Allen look that much better. Why in the world would he not go for this? Because he wants to be the head chief that picks all the players? This isn't Vinny Cerrato.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

SmootSmack can probably verify how much of Rapoport's info actually winds up being true, but I did ask him, via Twitter, if McCloughan was indeed interested in joining the Redskins, and Rapoport responded by saying "He is". So, there is interest between both parties. Now, what that means, I have no idea.

Rap is very well connected. I lean on his info a lot

[Paintrain]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Rap is very well connected. I lean on his info a lot

This still seems like a longshot, would you agree? It seems more likely that Smith steps into the head personnel role than McCloughan based on his closeness with Allen and the fact he's already 'in house' I would assume, especially the way the Redskins do business.

Ideally McC coming in from the outside with a completely fresh set of eyes and given full control of scouting and personnel would give us some legitimate hope for the first time since the '90s.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

This still seems like a longshot, would you agree? It seems more likely that Smith steps into the head personnel role than McCloughan based on his closeness with Allen and the fact he's already 'in house' I would assume, especially the way the Redskins do business.

Ideally McC coming in from the outside with a completely fresh set of eyes and given full control of scouting and personnel would give us some legitimate hope for the first time since the '90s.

Yeah it's certainly much more a long shot than Smith. And I do have concerns about McC. I didn't realize that the Redskins had been using him as a consultant of sorts during the season.

Scot does have ties to Allen though, through his father/brother

[over the mountain]

FA agency begins sometime in mid March.

Are we under any pressure to get our FO in order asap bc of any event or activity before then? college workouts, etc?

(i see you lurking sandtrapp - congrats on the win)

[diehardskin2982]

the three of them together could be something interesting. Allen as President, AJ as senior executive, McC taking over for Scott C. The question is who stops Dan from chasing shinny Free agents and busts players her get obsessed with?

[MTK]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Yeah it's certainly much more a long shot than Smith. And I do have concerns about McC. I didn't realize that the Redskins had been using him as a consultant of sorts during the season.

Scot does have ties to Allen though, through his father/brother

Uh oh, good ol boy network

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by diehardskin2982

the three of them together could be something interesting. Allen as President, AJ as senior executive, McC taking over for Scott C. The question is who stops Dan from chasing shinny Free agents and busts players her get obsessed with?

This would be ideal IMO. I think McC, while a great talent at choosing talent, still has to prove he can handle himself accordingly. These incidents were rather recent and I would like AJ and bruce over him. That's the last thing this organization needs right now is a high level executive effing up. The league's not in the mood of tolerating major eff ups right now.

[Skinsfanatic]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Uh oh, good ol boy network

I was sitting here wondering who in the NFL ISN'T connected to someone already in the Redskins organization in some way or another? Especially if people are going to do with connections like "he worked with [insert name here]'s father/brother/mom/hair dresser".

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Skinsfanatic

I was sitting here wondering who in the NFL ISN'T connected to someone already in the Redskins organization in some way or another? Especially if people are going to do with connections like "he worked with [insert name here]'s father/brother/mom/hair dresser".

Yeah it's silly.

It's a small world in the NFL. Chances are someone knows someone.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

FA agency begins sometime in mid March.

Are we under any pressure to get our FO in order asap bc of any event or activity before then? college workouts, etc?

(i see you lurking sandtrapp - congrats on the win)

Sooner the better I'd imagine to start putting together a plan. Senior Bowl is the first offseason event I think.

[Lotus]

Networking is a normal part of many businesses, including the NFL and my own industry. Personally my point about networking was not about the act of networking, but who is doing it.

Bruce Allen's "networking" results in a last place finish for us every year. So we should either:

1) make searches open and competitive rather than networked
or
2) use the networking contacts of someone other than Bruce Allen and his cronies like AJ Smith

Since option #2 is impossible until we fire Bruce, I would vote for option 1, if my voice mattered.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Networking is a normal part of many businesses, including the NFL and my own industry. Personally my point about networking was not about the act of networking, but who is doing it.

Bruce Allen's "networking" results in a last place finish for us every year. So we should either:

1) make searches open and competitive rather than networked
or
2) use the networking contacts of someone other than Bruce Allen and his cronies like AJ Smith

Since option #2 is impossible until we fire Bruce, I would vote for option 1, if my voice mattered.

So what's your opinion on McCloughan?

Pretty hard to take networking completely out of the equation no matter which direction you go.

It's not like we were some fine and dandy franchise before Allen came along.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

So what's your opinion on McCloughan?

Pretty hard to take networking completely out of the equation no matter which direction you go.

It's not like we were some fine and dandy franchise before Allen came along.

Well, that's true. But replacing Vinnie with Bruce is like replacing herpes with chlamydia.

If Bill Belichick wants to network someone for us, I'm all for it, including McCloughan.

But if Bruce Allen networks, I'm concerned, 28-52 concerned.