RI: Redskins Make A Big Hire

Morroco Brown........Wasn't that the name of a movie starring Richard Roundtree, Ron O'neal, Rudy Ray Moore, Pam Grier and Bernie Casey?

Good to see they hired a young, local guy & that all the front office people are in place to get ready for camp & looking at vets around the nfl to sign for depth. Brown is a former LB & we need some depth there. Coincidence or not, I wouldn't be surprised if the first free agent we get this summer is a LB. There's a couple big names still unsigned I believe; spikes & Colvin to name a couple.

I have long been a critic of Cerrato because I saw him as nothing more than Snyder's football fantasy yes man.

I am beginning to change my opinion. It appears to me that Cerrato is hiring (in Campbell and Brown) men who are young and highly regarded in the talent aquisition field. Further, it seems that several of the recent missteps (e.g. Lloyd & Arch) were coach driven and, as I understand it, were opposed by Cerrato. Further, this season demonstrated a shift in emphasis to the draft (C. Johnson excepted) and a deemphasis on trading away the future.

While it is only one year, I think the Brown hiring and promotion of Campbell over Riddick may be an indication that "slow but steady" wins the race on a consistent basis.

Snyder said that Gibbs taught him patience - Maybe he was on the level.

Bottom line - it appears that the Skins are looking for talent in the talent aquisition side of the business. That's a good thing.

Small world indeed. I went to Mount Saint Mary's or "Mount U" as we called it.

Anyone named Morocco must be cool

This is my favorite part of it all

"The Redskins called a meeting and Mr. Snyder came to address the entire organization," Brown told WolfpackChicago.com . " They said there were two people doing an excellent job...Morocco and the janitor."

I was going to post the same thing. That's too funny.

You've pretty much got it. Many teams (though not all) have a similar structure in some way, shape, or form. But yeah it seems that Brown will oversee trades/free agency, in-season pickups/AFL/CFL/practice squad personnel while Campbell will be his boss and continue with overseeing the college scouting.

Ahhh. I see. Thanks.

Good news i guess, i just can't get that excited for a FO job that is so far removed from on-the-field matters.

Here's some more on Brown:

Morocco Brown - Redskins Insider (http://blog.washingtonpost.com/redskinsinsider/2008/05/morocco_brown.html#more)

BTW, JLac is pretty positive in the Skins here. He's been getting flak from some on this site for being all negative. Seems like he likes this move, for what it's worth.