Louis Riddick Is Gone

See, I kinda miss when all I knew about the team was how they played on Sunday. But somehow I can't look away and am actually posting on this thread. I sort of liked Riddick's occasional appearances on skins.com TV. No doubt this is the serious house cleaning we've all been waiting for.

(It really must be the offseason...:sleep: !)

what exactly was his job? i know what the job title was. but what did he do?

I think Riddick was a goner when Cerrato realized within the last year that every free agent or trade acquisition we've made within the last few years has failed when our coaching staff had not had any direct experience with the players in question.

If you can't successfully recommend the acquisition of free agent/trade talent without relying on your own coaches for input, then you don't bring a whole lot of value.

Peace out Riddick.

Question though, why do people care how Dan Snyder chooses to fire a scout? Why do people care if Dan Snyder is a nice guy? That's what I want to know.

I think I see where you're coming from, it's business & we support the biz by watching, buying tickets, etc.

Yet maybe that's it, since we support the skins we feel like shareholders w/a vested interest & we want our top people to be good at what they do but also to foster a good work environment. Essentially the 2 are one in the same, the days of dictator type bosses are not entirely over, but today's work force doesn't respond well to that kind of authority.

I didn't mean to start rambling this much, so to try & conclude; Skins fans don't want to hear about Snyder coldly letting one of his top guys go after 7 years because it brings up bad memories of what happened w/Lavar, ARch & L. Coles & almost w/Springs this past year. As a loyal fan, I'd be happy if I could feel that Snyder is not so much a "nice guy" but is decent & fair w/his employees, as I feel that's what's best for the team.

One more thing for fans to bitch about. Some people just eat up whatever BS JLC puts out there.

No big deal if you ask me. And who cares if Snyder didn't do the firing? The head of the dept. Riddick worked under is perfectly appropriate. I don't know about where you guys work, but where I work the CEO of the company doesn't fire employees.

I mean Eric Schaffer is the best at what he does and he is being treated quite fairly. It's a results based league, results based world really, and the fact that Vinny or Danny were or were not there when Riddick was notified of his dismissal is a lot less significant than the fact that the guy has not performed well at his job recently. Seriously, who cares?

Does anyone here get let go by the owner of the company or the CEO? I think that it is the norm that people get let go by their supervisor. That is exactly what happened in this case. The fact that they Campbell was once subordinate to Riddick is circumstantial. JLC will do anything to stir the "Melrose Place" plot. We all know that he is about to be canned soon too. He is obviously doing everything he can to scrap together interesting pieces for the Post.

I think the fact all of JLC sources are employees who seemingly have a bent against Snyder really tint his thoughts. Put someone in an environment where employees bitch and moan and complain and they'll think everything is completely screwed up. Put them in a situation where everyone is happy then they'll think everything is great. In JLC's case though he gets to CHOOSE who he hangs with(Ie his sources) and they all lead him to believe the place is crap. It is the exact opposite of what Maske perceived when he was the lad beat guy and the Post fired him for being to positive.

I guess the Skins' penchant for restricting access is the main cause here since they make it hard for the local media to access a balance of employees rather than making media find sources who'll always tend to be nagative since they are fundamentally going against procedure.

what exactly was his job? i know what the job title was. but what did he do?

He oversaw all pro scouting. Meaning off and in-season free agent workouts/signings, scouting from other leagues (Chris Wilson), trades.

Some have touched on it. My thing is ultimately, I care if the Redskins win or lose. I don't care how they do it. If they do it by buying every player in sight and they win a title, I'll be happy. If they forego free agency and win a title, I'll be happy. They can win it eating spam, they can win it with green eggs and ham, they can win it with a coach named Sam.

Ws and Ls folks.

Admit it, come Sundays in the fall, you're all going to give two craps about how Louis Riddick was let go. Hell, come Sundays in the fall, you'll be like Riddick who???

Bad PR move. Who the frick cares. Will it affect wins and losses? No, then what freakin ever.

I don't even buy that it's a bad PR move. It's barely a blip on the NFL news wire today.

The Redskins aren't the only team in the league that fires scouts.